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The preface of using those words is it triggers certain additional ways and strategies that states can use their powers to try to protect against actions such as this that are driven by the cartels. and now we have this new tool, where we are now returning them to the border. all of these are completely unprecedented. in state in the history of the united states of america has ever done this. >> and the border is on pace to be another record. leaked data published by the washington examiner shows as many as 161,000 children could come across the border alone without a parent or guardian. jimmy...

David road, thank you so much for your analysis and your reporting. appreciate it. stick around. we have much more to come in the second hour of "velshi," from how we landed in this covid testing debacle that we currently find ourselves in, to an escalation in extremism coming from republicans in congress. and the best stories you may not have heard about senator harry reid, a man who, yes, cared deeply and accomplished much, but also hung up on the president. another hour of "velshi" starts now. good morning. it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. i'm mehdi hussein in for "velshi." the omicron...

Entering the new year with a spike in covid-19 cases cost the country. this latest wave is driven by the omicron variant. for the first day of the new year, we've seen 161,000 cases. however, the daily average over the last 14 days has increased by more than 200%. on top of this, new reporting shows americans with kidney disease have experienced shocking rates of death because of covid-19. joining me now is dr. kavita patel, former obama white house policy director and current physician and fellow at the brooks institution. she's also an msnbc medical contributor.

The united states has signalled it will approve coronavirus vaccines for children under the age of five by the end of february. officials at the food and drug administration say they expect pfizer to submit evidence in the coming days. the company has trialled a two shot vaccine, in which dosing levels are much smaller than those given to adults. covid—19 cases among children have spiked since the rise of the omicron variant. seperate to that some interesting research published today by the financial times who has been looking at hospitalisations in the us. and they have concluded the number...

Accounts of front line medics who say lowered vaccination levels are perpetuating the pandemic in the u.s. just one example. the number of covid patients in the u.s. -- in u.s. hospitals on january 19th would have peaked at 91,000 instead of 161,000 if the u.s. had the same rates of vaccine coverage in each age group as denmark. david ignatius, it is frustrating because a lot of folks pushing back at those who are calling this a pandemic among the unvaccinated, it is the unvaccinated that has put america in the place that it is. it is the unvaccinated that has led to omicron. this is the scien...