here in new york city, brooklyn borough president and former new york city police officer eric adams looking to become the city's second black mayor. new jersey governor phil murphy attempting to do what no other governor from the garden state has done since 1977. win a re-election, and in boston history made no matter who wins. rehema ellis in my home state of new jersey and trymaine lee in massachusetts. ra hane ma rehema, in jersey, w second doubters we are. no democratic has won re-election in over 40 years. people in new jersey moving out because of high taxes. they are pushing the govern beer to try to push the president to reinstate the s.a.l.t. deduction. easier said than done. how's it looking for the governor? >> reporter: according to some poll watchers, stephanie, the governor's favored to win. biden won the state last year in the presidential election. 57% of people voted for the democrat, but 41% of the people voted for a republican. i have to tell you, over the last few days this race has narrowed. think about the issues for the incumbent governor phil murphy, it's cov

alarming for people in new york city. they say it could affect response times and not just the fire department but you have thousands of people within the nypd who are unvaccinated. you have sanitation workers unvaccinated. and none of those people are allowed to come to work today and not getting paid. the fire department outside this particular fire house the union leader showed up at 6:00 in the morning. >> that's our issue, is we only got nine days to comply with the mandate. the teachers got 30 days. corrections has december 1 as their date to comply. all we are asking for is extra time, to get time to file the religious and medical exemptions and get the vaccination if they so choose. >> reporter: so city leaders are accusing the unvaccinated firefighters of putting new yorkers at risk. they accuse the city leaders of putting new yorkers at risk. all eyes are on the response times and whether or not it is really going to affect whether you have fire trucks showing up in time. you also talk about the police, as well.

cases a rise here in new york city. and mayor de blasio reencouraged people to wear masks in grocery stores, retail stores. and we know people already have to wear masks at public transit, in schools. so i talked to nbc medical contribuor doctor natalie azar and this is what she told me. >> this is probably the cycle that we'll be experiencing maybe forever. we may find out in two to three weeks that we can live with omicron. that if you have been vaccinated and boosted, you are still, you know, reasonably well protected and certainly well protected against severe disease. >> good news is here in the city about 77% of people of all ages have gotten at least one shot. we also know that the governor says statewide 90% of adults have gotten at least one shot. >> dr. gupta, i said it before, the white house said more than 96% of the 3.5 million federal workforce has already been vaccinated. that is great news. however, a judge blocked in ten different states the mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated saying vacci

we're about to have the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city four days from now. should people be worried? should rules be changed? should security be different? >> one thing i do worry about -- actually, two things, is one is the idea of contagion. whether it has anything to do with this accident last night and the killing of these people, others might be thinking of an attack like this somewhere in the world. they get the idea, they see what happened, we see the media attention and then they try and replicate that. i think the other thing that i've been quite concerned about in many places, the dramatic increase in outdoor dining and that outdoor dining oftentimes is set in the middle of streets and roads. and just as someone who has worked counterterrorism a long time, i've had times where i'm just very concerned because imagine a restaurant which is completely out in the street or a lot of these structures which we put out into the street due to the pandemic, things are opening back up and i just worry about public safety in general and how we contain it. so a

take a look at these new numbers from new york city. in just the two weeks since the mayor announced a mandate for all city workers, the number of police officers who got vaccinated jumped 70% and a 58% increase for firefighters. also today, the united states is lifting pandemic travel restrictions that have barred many international visitors since early last year. measures that have crushed revenue at hotels, retailers, restaurants, and of course, airlines. so let's discuss. julia ainsley joins us now and rahema ellis is at new york's jfk airport. help me understand this. i talk to fortune 500 ceos every day of the week and i haven't spoken to one who hasn't been in absolute support of vaccine mandates. even if this gets held up, is it really going to impact what's happening? >> i guess it depends on some of these republican attorneys in the courts here, stephanie. we know that republican attorney generals sued the biden administration and they have won in the fifth circuit. that's that very conservative circuit that also sided with th

. >> for an aging city like new york city, this bill was incredibly important and the reality is that this is the type of investment that people actually pay taxes for. those basic infrastructure needs that you expect from government but have been neglected for decades. >> so explain what we're seeing here, claire. are we actually seeing republicans who are putting constituents over their party? and how come they're being punished in the house for doing it, but over in the senate, lindsey graham, mitch mcconnell, they voted for the infrastructure bill. nobody's yelling at them. >> yeah, the leadership in the senate, the republican leadership voted for this bill. >> can you explain this? >> we are hanging on by our fingernails in washington to a pretty basic concept. can you vote for something because it's a good idea or do you have to vote against it because the other party's in charge. that's really the reality that's going on here, stephanie. >> but how come that only -- you only get punished if you're in the house but not in the senate? >> because the house is a much more partisan

. >>> hey there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is monday, november 29th and we have all the facts that you node to know. we start with coronavirus and fears over the rapidly spreading omicron variant. the president expected to give an update to the response to covid threat and that includes the restriction of traveling from south africa and it is not just the u.s. a growing list of countries are reinstating their travel restrictions and bans in omicron's wake. israel barring entry to all foreigners and morocco suspending incoming flights for two weeks. omicron are popping frup australia to hong kong and europe and health experts say it could already be here in the u.s. >> i would not be surprised if it is, we have not detected it yet but when you have a virus showing this degree of transmissibility and you're already having travel related cases that they've noted in israel and belgium and in other places, when you have a virus like this, it almost is ultimately going to go essentially all over. >> i've got the best team here wi

i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, november 16th. and here's what we're watching this hour. so let's get smarter. president biden set to hit the road to sell the bipartisan hard infrastructure bill he signed into law yesterday. as a state of the larger social spending bill remains uncertain but democratic leadership is vowing to pass it this week. >>> we're also watching a federal courthouse here in manhattan where jury selection is now under way in the highly anticipated sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell. jeffrey epstein's longtime friend and ally. >>> on capitol hill, the big question this morning, what will the january 6th committee do next, as longtime trump ally steve bannon vows to fight the charges he's facing. >>> and in the trial of kyle rittenhouse, the jury will be back in the courthouse to begin deliberations as both the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments yesterday. the city of kenosha now bracing for possible unrest following the verdict. all of this after another surprise bombshell with p

msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is friday, finally friday, november 12th, and we have got all the things you need to know to get your day started on this busy november 12th. we have fwt a lot going on this morning. we have got to start of course with donald trump. his former chief of staff, mark meadows has one hour to show up for a deposition or face contempt charges. we will keep an eye on capitol hill. plus, the latest in the fight over document trying to shield from the committee investigating january 6th. while in kenosha, wisconsin after eight days of testimony both sides are preparing for closing arguments in the kyle right enhouse trial. now the prosecution is asking if the jury can consider lesser charges. in los angeles, today is the day a judge could foimly free brittany spears and end the conservatorship that ruled her life for the last 13 years. >>> on this show we have got to start with the economy. on this show you are always going to hear about the economy. what a huge difference seven days can ma

i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is thursday, november 11th, and here are all the things we're watching on this veterans day. any minute now a ceremony will begin at arlington national cemetery on the first veterans day in more than two decades that we as a nation are not at war. president biden set to speak there later this morning. we've been keeping an eye on kenosha, wisconsin. plus, the first batch of documents that former president trump has been trying to shield after a federal judge again rejecteded his request. but we have got to start with the kyle rittenhouse trial set to resume, as i said, just a few moments from now after a dramatic day of testimony from the defendant himself. the 18-year-old saying he akact in self-defense when he fatally shot two people and injured a third during social protests in kenosha in august of 2020. as an extremely heated exchange between the prosecutor and the judge over the prosecution's line of questioning, the judge even yelling at one point with the possibility now loo

we saw a number of states, where i live in new york city, the decision was made, if you're an adult and you want a booster you can get it. here's what connecticut governor ned lamont said when he was asked about this yesterday. >> cdc, i can't understand who's eligible, if you haven't been vaccinated or, you know, more than six months, now is the time to get the booster. >> and we also saw dr. ashish jha our colleague write about the mixed messaging on boosters. we got a clear message about an hour ago. are you worried the damage, the confusion is there. >> the states made the right decision medically, but the optics of the states jumping the gun with the cdc and fda were pretty horrible. we're finally getting to the right decision. i think all of this could have been circumvented if beginning in january we said this is likely going to be a three-dose vaccine, which is what i always expressed and hopefully now we'll come to the right decision. now there's going to have to be a bit of a campaign to explain the need for it because we're already hearing, you know, some high profile individ

i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it's tuesday, november 9th. and we have got all of the facts you need to know this morning, so let's get smarter. >>> a new batch of subpoenas. the committee investigating january 6th requesting documents and testimony from six former trump officials. but here's the big question. what is taking so long and are they going to deliver. also on capitol hill, an uphill battle, as we await the president's signature on that bipartisan hard infrastructure bill. lawmakers are back to the negotiating table over the social spending plan. one lawmaker who has been a main broker, new jersey's josh gottheimer, will be here with the details. and we are pushing past the noise and getting to the facts. we keep hearing about this fight over critical race theory in schools. but what does it actually mean? and is it really present in classrooms across the country? but of course, we are going to start this morning with several dramatic new developments following the deadly crowd surge at the astroworld concert in houston, texas. the

york city. it is monday, november 15th, and we have got a lot of news to get to this morning, so let's get smarter. right now, we're watching a federal courthouse where trump ally steve bannon could turn himself in any minute now. he is facing charges for defying a subpoena, and that is very season business. the january 6th committee warning he might not be the last to face a subpoena. while in kenosha, wisconsin, the trial of kyle rittenhouse will resume in one hour from now, each side set to deliver closing arguments before turning the case over to the jury. also today, the president finally set to sign the infrastructure bill as his administration deals with rising prices and shortages that are not going away. the big question, what needs to be done. the president's top economic adviser, brian deese will be here to answer that. we have got to start this hour with all eyes on washington where former trump senior adviser steve bannon is expected to surrender to authorities and appear in court l

. ♪♪ >>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters in new york city on this very big wednesday, november 3rd, we have a ton to get to. let's get to the news and let's get smart e. it was a huge win for republicans in the virginia governor's race last night. glenn youngkin knocking off terry mcauliffe by more than 70,000 votes, and there's potential for an even bigger shocker in my home state of new jersey. the governor's race there still too close to call. this was a state where incumbent phil murphy was supposed to win easily. instead he's leading the republican jack chit rel lee. last night was a dream situation for the republicans. for democrats it is a nightmare or at the very least a wake-up call. the question is are they going to wake up, and what did republicans take away from last night? it wasn't a trump night. i want to dig into all of this with steve kornacki. he's at the big board, rehema ellis in hoboken, new jersey, and chris jansing in leesburg, virginia, and managing editor of saab doe's crystal ball. donna edwards, joins us, former democratic congresswoman from

york city police commissioner bernie kerik saying in a statement reported from our peter alexander through his lawyer that he will cooperate with the january 6th subpoena, but that he wants an apology if the committee. there are people who are cooperating. we know that the committee has talked to more than 200 people, and some of those 200 people have been voluntary. others of them have been people who have been served with subpoenas, so the committee moving forward on their work, even if it's not exactly in the light of day. >> let's turn to this so-called unite the right trial. the jury found charlottesville victims are entitled to millions of dollars and says organizers are liable. who are we talking about exactly? what are the chances any of that money actually gets paid? >> good morning, chris. we're talking about some of the most prominent white supremacist and racist organizations in the country, including richard spencer who kind the term alt-right and defended himself in the trial and a man named jason kessler, a guy named christopher cantwell who became known as the crying nazi b

>>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is wednesday, november 17th, and we've got all the facts you need to know this morning, so buckle up. let's get smarter. we've got two possible breakthroughs in the fight against the coronavirus where millions more people could be eligible for the booster in the coming days as pfizer asks for emergency approval of its antiviral drug. all of this exactly two years since the first covid case was confirmed in wuhan, china. >>> also today, the president will continue his infrastructure tour heading to detroit, michigan, as his party zeros in on the social spending bill with only a few days left before the break before the holidays. >>> and with both spending and prices up across the country, we're going to take a look at how it's shaping up to be the tale of two economies. hear from a family who is feeling the effects firsthand. we've got to start this morning's broadcast with a verdict to watch. in just moments, the jury in the kyle rittenhouse trial set to resume deliberations for a

i'm live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it's thursday, november 18th. and this morning we're watching two major trials playing out more than 1,000 miles apart. down in brunswick, georgia, any second now travis mcmichael, one of the three men accused of killing ahmad arbery will return to the witness stand. properors get to drill him on why he shot the fires after mcmichael said it was a act of defense. in wisconsin, we could get a verdict at any moment in the kyle rittenhouse trial. the jury is set to return to deliberations after zeroing in on one video. we have teams to bring us the latest. i want to start ron allen with the ahmad arbery murder trial is about to resume at any moment. what are we expecting today? >> we're expecting travis mcmichael to return to the witness stand and face a very aggressive cross-examination. the prosecutors are trying to convince the jury that all the defendants who were white made all the wrong and worst assumptions about arbery who is black and they had no reason to shoot and kill him. >> i want to give my side of the

. ♪♪ >>> hey there i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, november 23rd. and we begin this morning's broadcast with breaking news. all eyes on brunswick, georgia, where closing arguments are resuming right now. in the trial of the three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. this is the prosecution's rebuttal to the defense's closing argument from yesterday. let's listen in. >> so don't leave the house. here's an alternative. call the police. don't chase down strangers to confront them. don't go after pedestrians in your truck. common sense tells you, you go in a truck after a pedestrian, have you ever had a strange truck with people start yelling at you? would that startle you? i don't know. we don't know what was in the mind of ahmaud arbery. i mean, what do you think? these strange men pulling up in a truck, then not relenting and not backing off. how about some empathy. remember, listen, emphasize. where is the empathy, where did they go, you know, wonder what i'm doing to this other person. i wonder what it looks like from

york city. it is thursday, november 4th. we have got a lot to get to. so, let's get to the news and let's get smarter. the governor's race in new jersey was a stunner, far closer than anyone expected. but the results are finally in. overnight, nbc news called the race for incumbent democratic governor phil murphy. the gap between murphy and republican jack ciattarelli, less than 1.5%. the win is good news for democrats but it basically means tuesday was just a bag night as opposed to an outright disaster. the finger pointing, of course, has already started from the white house to congress to local officials. everybody trying to pin these losses on somebody else. but the more time democrats spend arguing about what went wrong on tuesday, the less time they actually spend on fixing it. i want to dig deeper and have the perfect team of guests to help me do that. nbc white house correspondent monica alba, former democratic senator from new jersey, bob, former white house press secretary under presid