scientists looking to learn? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wishes it asked for that telescope for christmas. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, december 27th, and we ll start with the news. the highly contagious omicron variant continues to fuel record-breaking surges in covid cases. increased testing over the holidays has uncovered about 200,000 new infections per day. in new york state alone, more than 400,000 people were tested on christmas eve, not including at-home rapid tests, and nearly one in eight of those came back positive. the state reported nearly 50,000 new cases sunday, breaking the record it had set the day before. florida reported nearly 33,000 new cases on christmas day, also breaking its record from the previous day. over the weekend public health expert dr. ashish jha said it may be time to change the way we track the pandemic. for two years the pandemic preceded hospitalizations. so you
joe. with us, we have our katty kay and host of msnbc s politics nation and president, the national network, reverend sharpton and host of way too early, jonathan lemire. katty, how was your christmas? i didn t cry anywhere silently in any corner. it was great, my son had covid. we had a craft, we put bubble wrap between the front and backseat of the car. that was my idea of trying to create sort of a secure environment. he came home and he was in his room but at least he was in the house with us. that s great. yeah. you got to make do. we do what we can. fantastic. we do what we can said every parent ever born. reverend al, what about you? how was your christmas? great, we did what we did every year, we fed hundreds of hungry and homeless people and a lot of elderly just don t have anyone to eat christmas with. mayor-elect adams and lieutenant governor joined me several hours to give dishes. we could not let them to sit in the headquarters to eat but we g
Israel more than half the population here has had their third dose already. we ll learn something i think, the whole world will learn something of how effective the third dose on masks is that s slowing down or stopping omicron. israel has been a fascinating task case. raf sanchez, we appreciate you joining us. thank you all of you for waking up early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, december 27th. what a beautiful shot. a beautiful shot of the nation s capitol. the sun s coming up. how was your christmas? my christmas was absolutely wonderful. and a lot of it was with you,