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44 past the hour. this morning the labor department announced the weekly number of americans applying for unemployment rose to 244,000. thats an increase of 9,000 from just last week. thats on top of another rough inflation report today showing wholesale prices rose near record 11.3% from last june. this comes after the announcement that the price of consumer goods increased by more than 9% over the year. joining us now, msnbcs lindsey riser at the largest food bank in new jersey and victoria so...

Stunning speed. >> certain regions in the country, theres up to 50% of the isolates are omicron. thats a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. when you have a doubling time that is that short a period, pretty soon, that isolate is going to take over. >> we could be having a million cases a day if were not really attentive to all of those mitigation strategies and, you know, a small traction of a big number is still a really big number. >> do a million cases mean really sick people? l...

Allergies dont have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good. good morning, everybody. im lindsey riser in for craig melvin. as we speak, the u.n. assembly general is holding a meeting about the crisis. we got confirmation that government web sites were hit with a cyber attack. ukraine is moving to impose a state of emergency, even while kyivs mayor is telling people not to panic. some families are sending

Resisting russian aggression. that does not include fighting inside ukraine, which president biden has properly said we will not do. were not a european union nation, theyre not part of nato. >> matt, i want to go to you on the ground in moscow. put putin delivered an address saying the interest of russia and security of its citizens are, quote, unconditional. you watch and pay attention to a lot of state media. what does he mean by that and what does that signal for where his mindset is right n...

And gas and to modernize it, diversification away from you russian energy and by fortifying natos eastern flank in the most unified and determined way in the past 30 years. we can do all of this with confidence with our way of life, our economic and political model. if russia wants to sequester itself from the west, thats a bad choice and were ready to step up and advance our principles in defending ukraine. >> it is a pleasure to see you this morning. thanks for being with me. that wraps up the...

Fate of ukraine is being decided now. while hundreds of romanians rushed to the border to help in this video from a romanian newspaper. and two members of congress speak at an event put on by white nationalists and while most of the world condemns vladimir putin list tonight reaction when the events leader brings up russia. >> i look at china, i look at russia, can we give a round of applause for russia? >> plus, here in the u.s., new guidance for face masks, what you need to know about the po...

Thing, right? which is peace on earth and good will towards others and celebration of another year, and this year weve had an incredible year and now we have vaccines and people can get together and theres a lot to celebrate. >> there is indeed a lot to celebrate. im reminded of that episode of "sex and the city" when charlotte york was converting to charlotte goldenblatt, such a great episode. thank you so much, dean obeda la and molly john fas. i think were going to talk more about this, there...

Than previous lineages. i would say, you know, maybe part of that is true. its still pretty -- its still a bad actor, and were still seeing a big uptick in hospitalizations, and we have the story of the fact that so many health care workers are now calling out sick because of breakthrough covid. thats a very dangerous combination. >> and across europe, millions are preparing to celebrate another christmas under lockdown. its all in an effort to slow an onslaught of omicron cases. countries like ...

Lights, thats how i think it took off with, you know, with most people, i do know that my, down the street neighbor, leva, saw our lights up and said hey, i want to do that too so she contacted ryan across the street and the two of them coordinated and got lights up and from there, it really did just take off. and i think it was something youre right, we were just starved for it, we just needed that connection. >> well, matt rigs and crim morton, thank you not only for sharing your story but jus...

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