interesting that bill deblasio does it does as i bill deblasio does it does as he is leaving in handsat will change too much in the short—term. do you think is fair? i the short-term. do you think is fair? ~' ,., the short-term. do you think is fair? ~ , fair? i think some people well. there are _ fair? i think some people well. there are a _ fair? i think some people well. there are a lot _ fair? i think some people well. there are a lot of— fair? i think some people well. there are a lot of questions. i fair? i think some people well. there are a lot of questions. a| there are a lot of questions. a lot of new yorkers are vaccinated, by the vaccination rate is high. another big change moving from one dose to two doses as a requirement to enter most indoor venues, there are a small number of people who have had allergic reaction to the vaccine who might have trouble getting a second dose so they will need a medical exemption or something like that. overall, new yorkers have accepted the vaccine mandates, but really, the move to the private sector is a bit different. public sector empl

sean: after crippling covid mandate new york city mayor bill deblasio wants us to believe he cares about small business. we will hear from one owner who is not buying deblasio's act. and thrown out of the burger king for not flashing their vaccine passport. stay right there. we are coming back. .. moving is a handful. no kidding! fortunately, xfinity makes moving easy. easy? -easy? switch your xfinity services to your new address online in about a minute. that was easy. i know, right? and even save with special offers just for movers. really? yep! so while you handle that, you can keep your internet and all those shows you love, and save money while you're at it with special offers just for movers at xfinity.com/moving. ♪ ♪ >> sean: when new york city mayor bill de blasio imposed one of the strictest vaccine new york city mayor bill deblasio impose one of the strictest vaccine mandates he did it spiked into the small businesses, they feared they would lose customers and employees because of it but have no fear, the lame-duck mayor now says it is all because he cares. >> i care deeply abo

how furious were you when bill deblasio made this announcement?s no sense especially for parents like me. i have vaccinated children. i have teenage children who received the vaccine and nothing about their life is changed. they are still masked when they go to school, parents still not allowed in the classroom so fool me once but this is ridiculous. my 5-year-old kindergartner never spent a day in school without a mask on his face and now he can't go to a restaurant to eat chicken fingers. it makes no sense. todd: losing cops and firefighters and all types of city workers to these mandates. our families next? will we lose families out of new york city? >> not just about the vaccination mandate. it is also the masking of children has become intolerable to me because we've known since last year since the early days of the pandemic the kids are at minuscule if any risk from the survivors they transmit it at much lower rates than adults and then the riots that we lived through, the breakdown in law and order, the neutering of the nypd and this is bec

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new york mayor bill deblasio dropping vaccine mandate on private employers and coming for your kids.break it down. father of a 4-year-old artistic boy asking the supreme court to block the biden administration's transport station mask mandate. easier exclusively and the harry potter reunion missing one key figure. who could it be. raymond arroyo casts his spelling seen and unseen but first, no more war, the focus of tonight's angle. president biden is getting to bed extra early because last night's kennedy center otter had him the past his bedtime the nothing with that mister and lauren michaels is thoroughly exhausting. tomorrow he will dial in to what is being dubbed a virtual summit with vladimir putin. at the top of the discussion list is ukraine where russian troops have amassed at the border. >> the lettuce sideline images, moscow is engaged in an unprecedented build up near the ukrainian frontier. enough to manage an overwhelming invasion. >> russia is preparing to invade ukraine with 175,000 troops. >> thousands of russian troops have deployed over the border with ukraine, th

new york city mayor bill deblasio announcing scaling back new york celebrations in times square.red to show proof of vaccination and all will have to wear a mask. griff: as we look at another covid christmas officials are advising drastic measures like wearing masks at home. doctor fauci said you should consider when inviting your unvaccinated guests. doctor janette nesheiwat joins me live. merry christmas to you. thank you for getting up early as families across the country are worried about this kind of christmas. my 89-year-old mother is coming up today from florida to spend christmas with my family so she's not alone but we are concerned that she is safe. he is vaccinated and boosted but we want to take precautions. what are you advising families like mine to do? >> happy holidays to you. americans have worked so hard this year with the vaccines and the mandates and the masking and testing. we should celebrate the holidays but do it safely. if you are at high-risk, not vaccinated, you want to take the extra step, get tested and wear a mask indoors into your able to get those

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mayor bill deblasio's solution is don't do them outside, do it inside where it is more comfortable. >ing to get our senior centers open post covid fully operational the mayor is focusing on a community center for those who are addicts. this is extraordinary not only dangerous for the surrounding community, in other cities the tried this has not resolved the issue and led to other quality-of-life issues in those neighborhoods but the reality is it is a violation of the controlled substances act. in 2018 when the mayor started kicking the surround i reached out to the doj under the trump administration, received a commitment they would intervene if the mayor move forward and he backed off a plan but now with the new administration he's trying to proceed with this or is proceeding with it and i wrote to the doj yesterday asking them to intervene, a violation of federal law, something the trump administration took philadelphia's court over and won that lawsuit. >> did you hear from the doj. >> you see what happens, they do more to stop the root cause of the problem. we know 80% according

it is a rare occurrence but it does happen. >> harris: bill deblasio giving himself credit for a job he said. >> eight years i've been mayor, index crime major crimes in new york city down 11% over eight years and we did it bringing police and community closer together. look around the city right now. this city is thriving. today in new york city it is a much safer city than we were eight years ago no question about that. >> harris: overall violent crime is down in the city from last year. the murder rate in new york jumped nearly 40% since deblasio took office in 2013. new york is just one of many democrat-led cities where homicides are spiking, which makes them more dangerous. jason. >> well first of all i would say it's also in republican led cities like jacksonville, florida, many others, tulsa oklahoma that have also had very high spikes in murders and in crimes. particularly since 2020 which was a tough year for the entire country. and we have to give some credit to the new york city police department because they have gotten those numbers down. burglaries are down, rapes are d

new york city mayor bill deblasio announcing a sweeping vaccine mandate for all private sector employeesus as the city battles the recent wave of omicron variant cases. he won't be in office much longer but decided to do it on his way out? the most expansive vaccine mandate in the country affecting millions of people who work in 184,000 private businesses here in new york city. beginning on december 27th just four days before mayor bill deblasio goes out of office the mandate will be put in place on all employees who work if private businesses in new york city. also new yorkers age 12 and older will need to show proof of having had two vaccine doses instead of one to enjoy indoor dining, gyms, entertainment and performance venues and starting on december 14th all children ages 5-11 must show proof of having at least one vaccine dose to go into restaurants, entertainment venues and participate in high-risk extracurricular activities like sports, band, orchestra and dance. eight cases of omicron have been found in new york city, seven in new york city. the mayor says the vaccine mandate is

. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio is expanding the vaccine mandate including all private-sector employees. >> this is how we put health and safety first, by ensuring that there is a vaccine mandate to reach everyone, universally. >> reporter: the first in the nation mandate is set to take effect in a few weeks which includes new guidelines requiring children between ages of 5 to 11, vaccination for indoor dining, fitness, and entertainment venues. >> as long as we have that first dose and can continue to precipitate in indoor dining and entertainment all these great things. >> the biden administration is requiring travelers to come into the u.s. to present a negative covid-19 test, taken one calendar day before departure. regardless of vaccination status or nationality. >> now, we are like, do we wait to do our test today or tomorrow? >> several mild cases of the omicron variant have popped up in more than a dozen states. >> you really must be careful before making determinations that it is less severe, or that it really does not cause any severe illness, comparable to delta. >>

carley: challenging a bill that would allow noncitizens to vote in municipal elections as mere deblasioned into law. >> this bill is allowed to become law will allow foreign powers having a strong presence here with a capital with the un. the ability to influence us elections. carley: the former chief of us border patrol, good morning to you. 800,000 green card holders and people with work visas would be allowed to vote if the bill passes. bill deblasio said he would sign it into law. what do you think of that? >> a terrible idea. the privilege to vote, the right to vote should be reserved for people who are here as citizens. anyone who is here, can participate in this culture, participate in politics. just like the border, just like drivers license for people here illegally in-state tuition, these things are going in the wrong direction in places like new york where they are a sanctuary city and having immigration rules and enforcement around immigration protectors and adding benefits to people is a terrible idea. carley: not just new york took to way and the build back better bill, 6.

bill deblasio couldn't be clearer in a way, could he? get vaccinated seems to be the big call.y, it is 90% of omicron cases or all cases, far less in other parts of the country. i presume you still have a bit of a patchwork view as to how best to tackle this? it is very much a patchwork view, and we are also going to be hearing from president biden later in the day on tuesday, and he will again reinforce this message that those people who have the vaccination and the booster, if they are infected by this virus at all, are likely to be a symptomatically at least have very mild symptoms, whereas those who have not been vaccinated will continue to, as the press secretary at the white house said earlier today, drive hospitalisations and deaths, and it will be a very tough winter. very discreetly setting out, in fact in the last few minutes, he has been tweeting about this, and in some detail which is unusual for this president to tweet as much as hejust for this president to tweet as much as he just had. for this president to tweet as much as hejust had. but again, laying out the s

it comes as we just heard bill deblasio announce a plan to reopen schools with a ramped up testing policy we talking about for cases and how are they handling the surge right now? >> in new york city there has been a five fold increase. and half of them are under the anyone of five, they're not eligible, yet, to be vaccinated. the new york department of health are looking at these numbers and they found it so concerning they put out an alert to parents calling this a striking increase and warning parents as well as doctors and health care workers that interact with and treat children to pay attention to this speaking to other doctors in the new york area they're saying the same thing and they're saying they're worried about what they're seeing in their hospitals. >> 97% of the hospitals are full with children that are not vaccinated. if parents want to do right by their child, they need to vaccinate everyone in their home. most transmissions happen in the home. >> when we're talking about covid-19 vaccinations, there are children admitted because of acute covid-19. through a routine test

mayor bill deblasio says this. >> bottom line is that there is -- today in new york city a much safere eight years ago. >> dana: the numbers are telling a very different story. where is the disconnect? an alleged human smuggler the southern border facing charges after crashing into other car killing a mother and daughter. we're live in texas next hour. designers and do-it-yourselfers. parents and friends. if joint pain is getting in the way of who you are, it's time to talk to your doctor about enbrel. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop permanent joint damage. plus enbrel helps skin get clearer in psoriatic arthritis. ask your doctor about enbrel, so you can get back to your true self. play ball! enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been someplace where fungal infections are common. or if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been t

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sheriff, he's the new mayor and making it clear to the liberal city council that he is nothing like bill deblasiotold you about this good samaritan who helped a woman in need and took down a purse snatch her in a grocery store parking lot. the sheriff awarded him for his bravery, stick around for that. ♪♪ a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the #1 cold shortening brand! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam. zinc that cold! xfinity rewards are our way of thanking you it shortens colds! just for being with us. enjoy rewards like sing family fun nights! rent sing for $1 then belt out all your favorite tunes from the movie with sing karaoke. plus, see sing 2 in theaters with buy-one-get-one free fandango tickets. join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. heather: jury is in the kim potter will begin deliberations and a few hours into day 2 by asking the judge what they should do if they cannot reach a verdict indicating they may be in a deadlock. potter, forme

new york city mayor bill deblasio announcing a scaled back celebration in times square. over the omicron variance, attendees over 5 will be required to show proof of vaccination and all will have to wear a mask. >> a third-grade teacher promises hot chocolate if she could seek a full-court shot. check out what happens next. ♪♪ griff: this video is going viral for the reaction from the kids. it is a division i basketball player for rutgers university, getting the assist in the reindeer outfit. he tweeted out, it warms your house. full disclosure i have children that went, on such a great school. mike emanuel, and how proud they are of this. benjamin: i wouldn't know how it feels. the hole-in-1 on the golf course or something like this. she has got that but looks like such a love the teacher, you see how this reacts. it is a heartwarming video. you brought it around to everyone in the office and we were all watching it. they keep watching it again. griff: to get in the spirit and put little boy in our hearts. benjamin: we have a jampacked christmas eve show for you this mo

bill deblasio is on his way out of office. mandates, governor hogle is considering a statewide vaccine mandate for kids to attend school. it pushes to promote landing -- dave: they are not paying attention to the science either before or after what happens. it is extraordinary. is that why new york is bleeding people and businesses to states like florida but let more focus on personal responsibility than mandates? >> directly related to people hitting their breaking point, if they moved to texas their money goes further, and impacting people's lives, being able to exist. the heavy hand of government, instilling fear in the population and trying to exert more control, individuals, families and small businesses and others. they are hitting their breaking point and argon. dave: they have 0 tax rates, income tax rate in florida and that is why people are leaving. best of luck, have a wonderful christmas. we are in the green, red as a christmas, too but we are happy to see green on the screen than red right now. all the indices are

mayor bill deblasio's term will end later this week on new year's eve. ric adams will be sworn in as mayor on new year's day. benjamin: president biden signs the new nearly $770 billion defense bill that neither he nor the military are fully satisfied with. >> tray with all the details. >> reporter: yesterday president biden signed a $760 billion defense bill but the plan doesn't include money to move detainees from guantÁnamo bay. in a statement the president said the bill constrains the flexibility of the executive branch and should illuminate restrictions about transferring those at gitmo and a provision that will require reports on how much american misery equipment was deployed when us forces left afghanistan. breaking the sound further the bill put into place a 2.7% pay increase for troops in the national defense authorization act that will remove 50,000 soldiers from receiving cost-of-living allowance from the pentagon. right now there's tension in the military over policies that include the vaccine mandate for troops. 169 marines and 27 members of

. >> eric adam says current mayor bill deblasio's vaccine mandate won't go away when he takes office.we want to maintain what was put in place for the business community. if there's a moment we can't change or alter that we want to do so based on the science. >> reporter: adam said his enforcement of the mandate would focus on compliance, not punishment. he added any new variant could be met by increased restrictions beyond the current vaccine mandate and president biden and president putin in a tense phone call yesterday of the russian president threatens to cut ties with the united states. todd: things remain tense on the ukraine border. >> reporter: the second phone call this month to discuss ukraine. following the 50 minute conversation both sides are reacting with jen psaki saying president biden urged de-escalating tensions with ukraine. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively of russia further invaded ukraine. part of that response with extensive sanctions against moscow. president putin morning russia would sever ties with the united states if

teacher, principal and charter school supporter, a clear shift away from the approach with mayor bill deblasioto be gaining momentum across the united states with 18 states passing legislation to introduce or expand programs this year. we are back with our panel, jason, you devoted your column to the subject this week. hint of optimism in new york schools? >> yes and not just in new york schools. it is important to remember, back in 2018, 2019, teacher walk outs in arizona and kentucky, getting their demands back and lots of accountability, squashing competition from charters and post pandemic a real turnaround. the mayor of new york and school chancellor, the largest school system in the country, school choice friendly -- a huge deal and i like to see it replicated. now you have a much less hostile relationship between school choice advocates and people in city hall and people running the schools and that is all well and good for the kids. >> the big issue is the cap on charter schools, the favor and against, more than 100,000 students, potential students on the waiting list to get into chart

of a restaurant for not providing proof of vaccination was we are talking to that parent about bill deblasio's mandate and the impact they are having on young kids coming up. >> doctor carol swain and congresswoman claudia tenney all live in the next couple of hours. days! cold coming on? zicam is the #1 cold shortening brand! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam. zinc that cold! these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. want to save on your home internet? xfinity is proud to support get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale the emergency broadband benefit program. for a limited time, you may be eligible to qualify for a credit of up to $50 a month toward your internet service through this program. that's right! you could qualify for a credit of up to $50 a month toward your internet service and equipment. for even more value, switch to xfinity mo

after a lot of speculation new york city's incoming mayor eric adams announced keeping bill deblasio's private-sector vaccine mandate which means basically anyone working in new york city needs to be vaccinated and that is not all. 's team brought us this new year's eve message. >> we will study the need for the up-to-date mandate which would require new yorkers to have their booster shots under the vaccine mandates currently in place. lisa: you can still get covid even if you are vaccinated, new york city doesn't report numbers on breakthrough cases. i'm sure that's just an oversight but we know they are happening. look massachusetts is population is slightly smaller than new york city. last week alone 44% of all total cases from people who have already been vaccinated. joining me now is doctor harvey ridge, yale school of medicine professor and epidemiologist and doctor marty macarey, professor of the john hopkins school of medicine and author of the price we pay. we see eric adams is now saying he's going to keep this vaccine mandate that new york is getting crushed, we saw 74,000 c

outcome would be he would establish trust in that community, he would distinguish himself from bill deblasio people rather than those criminals they have on the mirror. will: share your optimism. hope this was an unfortunate error. in speaking and reading about the new police commissioner, into broken windows, really made the city much better in the 90s, fingers crossed. >> i would like to mention i'm a distinguished senior fellow for the texas public policy foundation, one of the oldest conservative foundations in the nation. that's my big news and people like to know more. will: appreciate your time as always, congratulations. carley: congratulations. nbc report vanishes from the sidelines after taking a stand, controversial remarks, jack brewer reacts to veterans more. let's check in with brian kilmeade for what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> the biden white house inflation blame game becoming desperate. and corporate greed, i hate those people, the surge of costing everyday foods, we get reaction from a chef at one of the top new york steakhouses included later. larry trump will b

bill deblasio issues the mandate with less than a month left in office. is the first through this.t. eric adams said he would revisit all the vaccine mandates before deblasio made the announcement. i don't think adams would continue this policy if it is put in place. >> we have to see what happens but there will be legal challenges, the jewish and catholic say they have problems very adamant about that. dave: the only schools that stayed open throughout the pandemic were the catholic and jewish schools, parochial schools in new york. >> a boost in enrollment because parents locked to them to look for in person in classroom learning. now to turn around and say parents have this option of enrolling students knowing it was not taking that away from teachers and parents, interesting. dave: thank you very much. the markets turns around, they are down on the dow by 50 points. marty walsh is here to tell us about these labor numbers and enes kanter freedom will be joining us as well. ... find out what's strong with you with fitbit sense and daily readiness. ♪ [laughing and giggling] (woma

bill deblasio is a great example, he tries to tell you new york is the safest big city in the world, the ranch remember those famous walking tours? they still have them but now they are called running tours because you're probably getting chased. it is and say what has gone on in the only reason they are acting now and this is where it is despicable is because they can see it hurting them as it becomes a political liability. your safety wasn't concern, the murder rate has skyrocketed, the murder rate had artie skyrocketed but they are saying it now because it is a liability for them and a very much created this world so we are looking at a garbage can knocked over in the living room and they can't make eye contact with us but they know who knocked over the garbage can. leaders who through the cops under the bus every time something went down. >> speaking of dogs they are going crazy listening to this. francis collins saying goodbye with this song about post pandemic life. listen if you must. ♪♪ somewhere past the pandemic ♪♪ when we're free ♪♪ bears life i remember of activity ♪♪ tod

. >> new york city mayor bill deblasio bringing a vaccine mandate on private employers across the 5 boroughs, the new policy does not include a testing option. >> this is how we put health and safety first, by ensuring there is a vaccine mandate that reaches everyone. vaccination works and vaccine mandates work. >> the mayor promising more specifics to be released next wednesday but the mandate will take effect on monday december 20 seventh. deblasio's term ends four days later at midnight on new year's eve. >> today marks 80 years since the attack on pearl harbor. in 1941 japan lodging a surprise attack on the us naval base in hawaii, more than 2400 servicemembers and civilians were killed. in addition to the lives lost, nearly 20 american naval vessels including battleships were destroyed along with 300 airplanes, the devastating surprise attack leading to the united states entry into world war ii. the more you read about and see about pearl harbor, the bravery of the men and women that day is unbelievable into those who lost their lives in defense of our country, unbelievable horrible exp

. >> especially with the breakthrough cases, let's talk about bill deblasio, an advisor, saying he hasof the big factors there. and we have been sharing notes on this. we're concerned about the rate at which the virus is spreading, how quickly it is shooting up, and it seems there are certain things about this variant that are different. we're seeing higher levels of virus in the upper airway, lower levels in the lung, and that may explain why perhaps the variant could be a milder infection. it won't cause as severe of a disease, but it could be highly on day outbecause there is a lot of virus that you could be spreading around? >> does that mean people may not need ventilators as much? we still don't have definitive data on the variant. so that doesn't say how severe of a disease it could cause. so far the signs point to it being milder, to causing fewer of the severe cases requiring vent nation, but we're still waiting for more definitive data on that. >> the new york governor has just been speaking on this, let's play a little more. >> did anyone hear what i said today about the sit

in fact, as we heard from mayor bill deblasio in some of his final days in office before the next administrationver, they said they want to send a message to the world that they'll be fighting through this while taking significant steps, that includes making sure those 15,000 people who are allowed to come into times square are masked, vaccinated and hopefully socially distanced. that's why they're greatly reducing the number of folks allowed in times square tonight. >> thank you. >>> joining me now is a professor of infectious diseases at the university of alabama birmingham. welcome to you, doctor. first off, let's focus on this alarming rise of hospitalizations for kids. up nearly 70% from last week. how concerned are you about these numbers, especially as schools, classrooms are set to reopen in the coming days. >> right. i'm extremely concerned like everyone else who has been sounding the alarm, particularly about the low vaccination rate in the kids that we're talking about who are being infected, as i said before, we're around 8% coverage in alabama for this age group. it's really worriso

. >> current mayor, bill deblasio still hasn't announced whether the city held a celebration in times square, if you were in his shoes what would you do? >> right now, with the information i have, i would move forward with the new years eve but remember, that can change in the number of days in front of us. this is a moving target, it continues to evolve, it's a formidable opponent but we have two crises we're facing. the crisis of hope that many people believe the city should remain closed and tourism, multibillion dollar industry, we want them here, but at the same time finding the safety involved, i think he's making the right approach, will pivot and adjust based on what the numbers look like in time for new years eve celebration. >> why do you think you would allow the new years eve celebration to go forward right now and what would be the metric for you to not go forward? >> two things i'm looking at, number one, hospitalization. can we control the flow right now? doing an amazing job. new yorkers doing what's right. they are using masks when necessary. they're taking the vaccin

if the new york city mayor looks a map like this, listen to bill deblasio, yeah, i want everybody injust for the federal government, i want a mandate on private sector employers, tell your employees to get vaccinated. he looks around the world and looks at omicron and says we have to do this now >> germany, a very advanced nation, they are going through those restrictions and shutdowns. look, my message, every governor, every mayor in america, get in place some mandates now before it's too late because we cannot -- people's livelihoods and lives, can't go through more shutdowns and restrictions. >> do you agree with that? everyone keeps saying we still don't know enough about omicron to know exactly what to do. is the mayor right or is he getting out ahead, putting the cart ahead of the horse, if you will? >> i don't think we should be forgot begun delta, there's a omicron surge as well. let's worry about delta even if he had delta and not omicron i think vaccine requirements are necessary and appropriate at this point although i do wish that in new york city they were offering an ou

tomorrow new york city mayor bill deblasio will lay out details of his unprecedented vaccine mandate for private businesses which will take effect four days before he is out of office december 27th. you think it's political? hum. the announcement has many businesses scrambling to trial to comply. >> it really is like we're going backwards. every time he makes a new rule i lose business. every time he makes a new rule another business loses business. i think he is delusional. he doesn't have a clue what is going on in his own city, which is evident. >> harris: here is how deblasio defended his mandate. >> look at what mandates allowed us to achieve. our schools are safe. broadway is back and restaurants are safe because people go in there and no everyone is safe and everyone is vaccinated and kept them thriving while keeping covid levels low here. why wouldn't we want that for everyone? >> if it was such a great idea how come you didn't do it a month ago when we first new about omicron. polling shows 54% of americans think businesses should require employees to get vaccinated. far mor

. >> bill deblasio joining us here on msnbc this afternoon. mr.very much for being on with us. appreciate it. the new year obviously is right around the corner so you know what that means when we hit 2022, it's a midterm year with those congressional and senatorial races, potentially a deciding factor for what party controls congress for the second half of president biden's term. a lot of key races in the senate are toss ups in places like georgia, wisconsin, pennsylvania. here with us, nbc national political reporter, steve kornacki at the big board. steve, i love bringing you into the big board days before we bring in 2022. talk about what races you're looking at. it's early days yet, but not really. we're hitting primary season soon for some of these key races. >> these campaigns in a lot of cases already well underway here. obviously the backdrop here, joe biden, this is where he's pretty much closing out the year in terms of his average approval rating. compare that to his recent predecessors. he's between where trump was ad obama was at the

city in the early days of the pandemic and multiple times since then outgoing new york city mayor bill deblasiocision to let the times square new year's eve celebration go forward despite record covid cases in the city and new york state. >> look, i don't believe in shutdowns. we have to fight our way through covid. shutdowns are not the answer. the answer get people vaccinated. vaccination only. it will be outdoors, vaccination only, masks required, socially distanced. >> julie: hum. trace, back in 2020 can we put up deblasio's tweet. #as covid indicators continue to rise it is time to shut down indoor dining. we can't allow the virus to reassert in our city. i support governor cuomo's decision. together we'll fight back the second wave. i tell you what has been painful. the tenure of mayor deblasio in new york city. >> trace: isn't it fascinating that one day before you leave office you no longer believe in lockdowns? last year they had to be put in place. it is astounding. it's almost like these politicians believe we don't have videotape and can actually google some of their past statements

>> i don't think it can get worse then bill deblasio i have concerns when you have a are talking aboutrecovering much slower than the rest of the nation. the unemployment is twice that of the nation. i thought eric adams would come in and have a discussion with the business community and see how we can move forward together and turn new york city around. one of those things, at least allow companies to allow for a testing option. the company wants to allow their employees to be tested weekly as opposed to mandating the vaccine and losing an employee, that would make sense and be rational. also crime is another area where eric adams needs to focus. the highest it has been in a decade. we are seeing crime and other categories across the board. we need to restore the nypd clean clothes unit which went after trains and guns. make sure we are giving the police the resources they need to be able to do their job and restore the $1 billion cut the nypd has to endure due to mayor deblasio and the democrats in city hall. ashley: absolutely, we will see how many issues he addresses and the next o

new york city mayor bill deblasio saying the mandates will be a key tool in preventing the return of closures and lockdowns, part two of the one- two punch, president joe biden taking aim at this hour at high drug prices. we're going to have a full recap from the white house in just moments on exactly what he plans to do to bring those prices down you know, to the whole effect that we're talking about here, investors are brushing off the emerging threat from omicron with the dow hitting a session high of a gain of 775 points, it's on pace for its best day in 13 months. morgan stanley on board with wall street at this hour, saying they're not concerned. morgan people are not concerned about omicron as a major risk factor, in a note to clients the firms strategists wrote, " tapering is tightening for the markets and it will lead to lower valuations, like it always does at the start of any recovery." the note comes after fed chair jerome powell said the central bank will evaluate a faster tapering schedule during its meeting next week. the last one of 2021, and then of course, the cdc j

his final months in office mayor bill deblasio putting a vaccine mandate for private companies in placending indoor vaccine mandates to include children 5 and older. doctor bob is with me. may i express the opinion this vaccine mandate is a disaster and totally unnecessary? what say you? >> this is going to make it extremely difficult for small businesses to stay above the waterline because if you lose employees right now it is difficult to find replacements so this mandate i don't think is necessary, if based on the omicron variance we don't think it is necessary. at the bad move. stuart: bring us up to speed on omicron. we believe it is fast-moving but much less severe. this at some it up with what we know so far? >> that is right. omicron is very transmissive, 5 times or transmissible than delta but the people who have gotten that infection behaved as though they had the common cold. the coronavirus is a cause of the common cold. what this means in the development of viral mutants, i can't say this is a highly up regulated mutants. it may be one of those that is in between high and l

everybody is kicking bill deblasio around.s going to be fair and well especially on the covid front years from now. >> we'll talk about the legal aspect whether or not he can impose this on private businesses. >> the legal stories we are covering next block in chicago. >> not as exciting. >> jussie smollett takes the stand in his trial denying charges he staged an attack on himself and lied to about it to police. it's interesting. in the court battle brewing over new york city's vaccine mandates for private businesses. we'll look into that. "morning joe" its back in a minute. "morning joe" its back in a minute [school bus passing by] [kids laughing] [bikes passing] [fire truck siren] [first responder] onstar, we see them. [onstar advisor] okay. mother and child in vehicle. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. injuries are unknown. [first responder] thank you, onstar. [driver] my son, is he okay? [first responder] your son's fine. [driver] thank you. there was something in the road... [first responder] it's okay. you're safe n

the help wanted sign out on all of her locations, and part of it is the mayor here in new york, bill deblasioin the service industry right now. i mean, i'm working 70-80 hours a week myself just to be able to sustain the business, so unfortunately, the mayor has been really destructive and called the key to unlock new york city. it's destructive. it's hard to find employees. it's hard to find people to work now we're putting another thing over them that they need to be vaccinated in order to come in and get a job. i mean, what kind of world do we live in, what city do we live in and it goes way beyond new york city obviously we see this happening throughout the world and i'd love to emplore the mayor to take a look at what he's doing because he's doing more harm than good. brian: part of the reason why they can't hire people is they don't want to get vaccinated, a lot of people don't, especially younger people. also there's a sign on her front , she has two rests, one says we don't discriminate, vaccinated or unvaccinated, trying to tell people, and any official, i'm not asking anybody if the

the new york mayor, bill deblasio, says the country need to "go on a war footing" to fight the variant even more on vaccination, and we do know that vaccination helps address omicron. so, bottom line, fast breading variant, we are going to see a surge so, bottom line, fast spreading variant, we are going to see a surge in cases for a few weeks, then we think we are going to see it start to trail off. the answer is vaccination. bill de blasio there in new york. let's come back to the uk. let's bring in dr naomi forrester—soto, a virologist at keele university. thank you for being with us. the prime minister here clearly wants to give plan b some time to work but there is a feeling that he is preparing the ground for new restrictions on the other side of christmas. do you think they are necessary?— necessary? that is a really good ruestion. necessary? that is a really good question- i _ necessary? that is a really good question. i think— necessary? that is a really good question. i think that _ necessary? that is a really good question. i think that there - necessary? that is a really go

new york city mayor bill deblasio is questioning if this measure can survive past his desk. >> i thinkstions about the city's authority verse yours the state's in this matter. but i respect the city council. >> deblasio said he will not veto if it does get on his desk. we're saying it is expected to pass this afternoon. non-citizens if it does pass would not be allowed to vote until elections starting in 2023. >> dana: it is stunning. thank you so much. >> bill: a few american cities but nowhere near the size of new york. you are trying to get an immigration system do it the right way? what kind of message does it send to them. we are a city of immigrants. so many from all different parts of the world come here. what's the message you are sending? >> dana: i this i the value of citizenship was well put by the man there. we'll see. it looks like it will pass. >> bill: we'll take you now to a moment on capitol hill that we do not see very often. the casket of the late senate majority leader bob dole has arrived at the eastern entrance to the capitol building. in a moment he will lie in s

new york city teachers are demanding that mayor bill deblasio consider the remote option.ear he is against that. >> ours schools have been very safe. the safest someplaces to be. schools need to be open. everybody talks about the needs of our kids, their health and mental health and nutrition needs and social and academic needs. schools need to be open. >> in new jersey patterson public schools announced they will be going to remote learning until at least january 18th and we see similar momentum across the nation. ben. >> benjamin: i shudder at the idea of remote learning, i really do. mike tobin live in chicago, thanks, mike. >> julie: our next guest is the father of a 6-year-old special needs child in the chicago public schools district. he says his son was failing all his classes in his remote learning last year but as soon as he returned to in-person teaching he got top marks all around from his teachers. he joins us now. thank you for talking to us. there are so many people in this country, parents who feel your pain. tell us first of all what it would mean to you an

points out of that, bill, repeated arrests and somebody who had recently recorded as homeless and bill deblasio has done so little to combat this problem and here is one of the consequences. >> bill: the issue of the homelessness has gotten worse since covid started to decline in the city. more accurately and if you are coming to new york, just look on any sidewalk, any corner, any street, it everywhere. we need to do something about it and figure it out. >> dana: good to know we'll rebuild the tree. >> bill: i found this in oklahoma. they have 140 foot christmas tree there saying it is the tallest one in america. it got split in half this past week. we're taking ideas. >> dana: i have friends who grew up there in oklahoma. >> i show it to you at home if i had time. that's the tree. right on, check it out in oklahoma. pacific northwest. dangerous new reality for the people in portland. the police department saying 911 call response times may be delayed due to staffing shortages and sheer number of quote critical incidents. am this nou. announcement coming as the democratic run city breaks the r

new york city mayor bill deblasio just announced today that the city is going to open additional testing latest data provided by new york city shows the percent of people testing positive is on the rise. the seven day average is just over 7%, one week ago it was less than half that. also increasing in the city covid hospitalizations and deaths despite the wave of new places, the mayor says shutting down the city is not a consideration thanks to vaccines >> we're going to double down now on vaccination to avoid shutdowns, to avoid restrictions i do not see a scenario for any kind of shutdown, because we are so vaccinated as a city and because we have the ability to get a lot more vaccinated. reporter: two days after christmas and just before he leaves office, deblasio will impose the strictest vaccine mandate in the country, all private sector employees in the city must be vaccinated or they cannot show up for work. the spike in cases is taking a toll on the city. radio city music hall canceled all remaining performances of its christmas show, and the next two games of the brooklyn nets h

we told you about the outgoing new york city mayor bill deblasio in that bombshell he dropped on requiringg down well, particularly when a lot of people wanted to know the details. today, the mayor who has what about two weeks left in office, maybe a little bit more than that, providing those details we have lydia hu with the latest. reporter: that's right the mayor spoke a little while ago unveiling the details of this vaccination mandate that applies to every private sector employee in new york city, so this means, starting on decembee barred from working in a new york city workplace if they are not vaccinated. now, companies are required to check the status of their workers and maintain records, so those records can be inspected by the city when asked. the fines for not comply complying on the businesses will start at $1,000, and then escalate from there. now, workers can seek exemptions for religion, or health reasons , but importantly, there is no testing option which makes this vaccine mandate the most encompassing in the country. now there's concern that the mandate will hurt return