Holy hell can this buy bring the fire. He can bring the fire. This is a visionary leader. Also i have to tell you everybody in nerc knows when you need a bridge fixed, call that guy. And i think sometimes we forget and you see people a little onedimensional, but seeing a guy who cares so deeply about his family, a man with compassion, vision, and i have to tell you this. I know this from experience. There is no one you would rather go to a springsteen concert in jersey with than him, than that guy. Minnesota Governor Tim walz praising the guy he beat out to become the running mate of vice president kamala harris. We will have much more from that raucous rally in philadelphia and we will dig in reporting on why governor sha Picture Shapiro was not picked for vp. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. We have the host of way too early, Jonathan Lemaire. Symone Sanderstownsend is with us. Hours after kamala harris announced tim walz as her running mate the pair held their first joint rally
Taliban fighters marching into the presidential palace. They said they would move into that backdrop for a renamed country, the united emirate of afghanistan. Hours earlier, the afghani president fled the country. He did so to spare the city from more violence. In washington, the white house continues to monitor the situation. This evening, the pentagon announced that another thousand troops are headed to kabul, to help with the deteriorating security situation. That brings the total to 6,000 u. S. Troops in the region. To the best of our knowledge, u. S. Military forces and the taliban have not fired at each other. And the u. S. Has not conducted any air strikes in or around kabul in the last 24 hours. Secretary of state anthony blinken said the priority is to get all of the people out of the embassy. They have flown 500 embassy people out on aircraft. They are looking up to 5,000 people per day. Most embassy personnel are now at the airport. They lowered the american flag from what w
Shots. Nick watt is covering it all for us. Some people with compromised immune systems are getting good news. They now have final approval to get a third dose of the vaccine. Reporter: that s right, jim. And here s the deal. We have all heard the talk about breakthrough infections, people who have been vaccinated but catch covid anyway. Well, today the cdc told us that immunocompromised people make up less than 3% of the u. S. Population. But more than 30% of those breakthrough infections. So this is a big step towards dealing with that problem. An additional vac seep dose for the immunocompromised who might not have had a great response to two doses green lit by the fda last night. This afternoon, cdc vaccine advisers also voted in favor. 11 1 yes. 0 no. The is have it. It would have to be in an orderly fashion. So you would not want to say, okay, now everybody is going to go getting a third boost. It will be an orderly fashion, in a timely way. Reporter: in florida, the broward coun
and a winter storm sweeps across america, derek van dam tells us how bad it will be. and here s the thing, how best you can prepare. so serbian tennis star novak djokovic is fighting to stay in australia at this open to compete at the australian open, failure to get vaccinated against covid-19 contributed to the pat of his visa. he s back in detention a day after being able to practice on the courts. and an appeal hearing will be the player s last chance to avoid deportation. paula hancocks joins me live. as you were saying, djokovic will have to wait to sunday morning melbourne time plead his case. why don t you brings up to date on what to expect and how this will unfold. reporter: at this point, novak djokovic is back in detention, he s back in the park hotel, where he was a week ago, certainly not where he wants to be two days before a grand slam event but his lawyers, immigration lawyers, will be extremely busy at the moment. they have two more hours to file admissio
daily . the white house certainly has a lot on its plate. talks with russia today. a big push on voting rights tomorrow, and build back better still just sitting in the u.s. senate. but right now the most urgent matter facing the administration for a political and policy standpoint is probably still covid. as the associated press notes the explosion in omicron cases has led to something of a breakdown in essential services at schools, hospitals and workplaces. the number of covid hospitalizations nationwide are about to eclipse the pandemic record. the number of daily infections nationwide just the ones we know about are obliterating previous records, and the surge has completely overwhelmed this nation s testing capacity. more schools are preparing for the possibility of remote learning as pediatric hospitalizations have spiked in the last month to new pandemic highs. but as the new york times notes, the number of incidental patients, people who test positive for covid-19