we ll start with the latest headlines surrounding covid s new wave. the biden administration will soon be sending a half billion free tests to american homes, as pharmacies struggle to keep up with demand. more on the biden plan in just a moment. it comes as hospitals reach a breaking point thanks to the one-two punch of delta and omicron. professional hockey is being put on ice, literally, with a game last night postponed over covid concerns. new york city s outgoing mayor is paying people 100 bucks to get boosted. i like it. that works. while the incoming mayor scrubbed plans to celebrate his inauguration. i like it. get to work, baby. get to work. that s a good idea. atlanta reinstates an indoor mask mandate as health care workers in california will be required to get an extra shot. and what about the nation s schools? we ll get to the fast-moving developments on that front straight ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, decemb
on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explosions about 15 minutes apart from each other at 3:00 local. the death toll keeps rising. right now saying at least 103 people have been killed, and over 210 people have now been confirmed injured at that blast, went off near a cemetery in iran where that ceremony was being held to mark the death of soleimani in 2020 by a u.s. drone attack. state media saying there was one explosion and second one du
american politics. joe concha, one of many here today with us on that big story. along with our top tier mid-term political panel that joins us with their thoughts on the new wall street journal polling that i think is one of the most interesting numbers we ve seen so far. if these numbers hold up, they show huge demographic shift that may be underway in america. white suburban women that make up 20% of the electorate shows they have swung away from democrats since august. if that number is accurate, it shows a huge move. that would put plus 15 in favor of the gop with this group. let s get some analysis as we bring in mike allen, axios co-founder and co-author of smart brevity and juan williams, fox news contributor. mike, that number caught my attention. i want to go back quickly here, this is the 2018 fox voter analysis. suburban women went for president biden in a big way. you can show the split here. democrats 60%. republican 38%. so do you buy these numbers that sho
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