schools? we ll get to the fast-moving developments on that front straight ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, december 22nd. we have host of way too early and bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and best selling author of the confidence code series, katty kay. good to have you both on board. yeah. let s really quickly, jonathan, we re going to talk about what the president did yesterday, but you re a new york guy. it s really you talk to anybody in new york city, and what they re going to be telling you is they can t get tested. i mean, it is the frustration is mounting. hard to find a booster, too. it is also sort of a we are so far removed from march 2020. everybody is getting this. it is spreading like wildfire. i have yet to really meet anybody who is freaking out about it. it is kind of like, all right, we ll get through this. it s not as serious.
and, mika look at the pretty trees. look at the commerce tree. the comcast commerce tree. it can just be about happiness sometimes and not about honey. no, i think that tree s about money. it looks happy to me. people from around the world they come in they go right in the nbc store. and they go in and say you know what i m going to buy a morning joe mug. i got chills, i m going to run inside the nbc experience store. and get morning joe clogs and ear muffs. oh, the clogs are the best. i love those, i wear them around every day. it s wednesday, december 22nd, three days from christmas, children, jonathan lemire and katty kay are with us. katy, you go into that nbc experience store, you get the morning clogs. the kids will love it. they ll wear it to school, to
hey, there, i m stephanie ruhle, kicking off a second packed hour of coverage, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. it is wednesday, december 22nd, and if you are just tuning in, there is a lot we re following this morning. so buckle up and let s get smarter. right now, we are on verdict watch. in minneapolis, minnesota, the jury is deliberating in the trial of former police officer kim potter. and deliberations are also underway in the trial of jeffrey epstein s longtime confidant, ghislaine maxwell. plus, pushing past the party infighting. senate democrats just held a virtual meeting after senator joe manchin sank president biden s build back better agenda, and he was on this call. what we re learning about how that went and what comes next. also this hour, president biden looking to tackle a major new pandemic challenge.
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the move comes after the nhl announced a shutdown of all league operations starting today until sunday to try to curb the recent surge we have seen in the league. . sports in the age of covid. andy, appreciate it. thank you. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, december 22nd. i m john berman. brianna is off. erica hill joins me all week. what a week. yeah. it s quite a holiday week, isn t it? president biden telling americans who are vaccinated and boosted, they can gather safely with family and friends over these holidays as they normally would. speaking to the nation, the president rejected lockdowns and