so we have stephanie. it was good to meet you and interview you and you can pronounce your last name for us and welcome good morning and please make some opening comments and we'll open it up to committee members. we received a number of letters of support. my personal interview with you led me to believe you are a well qualified believed to be member of the m.t.a. board of directors and, with that, i will turn it over to you. >> thank you, chair peskin. thank you, supervisors. my name is stephanie cajina and i'm honored and humbled to be before you today as nominated for the s.f.m.t.a. board of directors. i would first like to that the mayor and her team for believing me and for shepherding me through this process: there is no greater honor than to serve my hometown. i was born and raised in san francisco as a first generation nicaraguan american. anded the 14 line was integral to connecting my family, housing and taking me to school. my mother depended on the special supplemental program for women and ch

stephanie, _ in. let our spring in our panel on this. stephanie, why _ in. let our spring in our panel on this. stephanie, why do - in. let our spring in our panel on this. stephanie, why do you - in. let our spring in our panel on| this. stephanie, why do you think there has been this, notjust anti—semitic tax going up but attacks on minorities across the board in the united states? i attacks on minorities across the board in the united states? i kept talkin: board in the united states? i kept talking about _ board in the united states? i kept talking about the _ board in the united states? i kept talking about the previous - talking about the previous administration before because i don't _ administration before because i don't want to underestimate the power— don't want to underestimate the power that the trump administration had on _ power that the trump administration had on the _ power that the trump administration had on the tone of this country. when _ had on the tone of this country. when you — had on the tone of this country. when you have so

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. we will return after headlines. hospitals close to capacity as covid patients continue arriving. government data shows more intensive care units are running out of beds, and a federal website will begin taking orders wednesday for free covid tests, a limit of four per home. the cdc clarifies cloth masks do not offer as much action against omicron as surgical or respirator masks like n95's. the best mask is one that fits well and is worn consistently. chains like cvs and walgreens closing some of their stores this weekend due to staff shortages. the leader of the far right over leaders militia pleaded not guilty -- oath keepers militia pleaded not guilty in connection with the january 6 insurrection. he pleaded not guilty and was ordered to remain in jail. a republican congressman who voted to impeach president trump over the assault is retiring. presented of john katko of new york will not seek reelection. he is the third of 10 house republicans who voted for impeachment deciding not to run agian. the white house wa

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. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with “newshour west.” we'll return to the full program after these latest headlines. president biden is trying to ease criticism over the covid 19 omicron surge, as cases keep hitting new records. he argued today that those lly vaccinated and insteadre very unlikely to get seriously ill. at the same time, he said his administration is working hard to address a nationwide shortage of covid tests. pres. biden: on testing. i know this remains frustrating. believe me it's frustrating to me, but we're making improvements. in the last two weeks, we've stood up federal testing sites all over the country. we're adding more each and every day. stephanie: in other developments, the cdc approved earlier booster shots of the "pfizer" vaccine changing the guance from 6 months to 5 months after the second dose. and the state of maryland declared an emergency and activated its national guard due to overwhelmed hospitals. meanwhile, in texas, thousands of members of the national guard are refusing to be vaccinated, in vio

stephanie: but maybe will not cut it. the recovery is moving at a snails pace, and the numbers prove it. i team analyzed cell phone location data that estimates visits to restaurants across california fell 58% between january 2020 and april 2020, following widespread lockdowns across the state. since then, foot traffic has improved some, but when omicron hit -- >> you could see things diving down. stephanie: the i've down dropped in november, when restaurant visits went from almost pre-pandemic levels to a 30% decline statewide. but in the bay area, the impact was harder. >> the longer it goes on and the more difficult it is for people to get back in the city. stephanie: tony says their business is struggling more than previous surges, as federal-aid has run out, compounded with the city's ghost town. >> downtown is a ghost town. >> the city needs to be flowing with more bodies of people. more people feeling comfortable to come into work, but it just has not allowed that to happen. stephanie: the analysis of safeguard dat

stephanie: it certainly has. health officers from contra costa, solano and napa counties say they have not peak from omicron yet but are close and expect the impact to hospitals and icus will get worse for it gets better. for the eye team, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. ama: the biggest news today, the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer. next, his ties to the bay area and what it could mean for the future. dan: when it comes to the edd, the motto seems cut benefits now and ask later. 7 on your side's michael finney is helping people with real disability claims who can't get their money. sandhya: our stretch of dry days in the middle of winter could possibly come to an to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. women are living longer than ever before with kisqali when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pi

stephanie mutz from sea stephanie fish based out of santa barbara. she came by and she brought an ice chest full--i'm talking like 40 sea urchins, and we just start cracking them with these japanese crackers. opening them up, just putting them on. who want sea urchin on their tacos? boom, boom, boom. we're just putting sea urchin on top of the tacos we're already making. it didn't matter what it was. we were just adding sea urchin to everything. stephanie: so similar to wine, and what makes wine grapes spectacular is the terroir. for sea urchins, it's the merroir. it's the chemical composition in the water, the temperature of the water, the plants that are growing, especially the macrocystis, the giant kelp, and that's the predominant food that the sea urchin eat. it makes it sweet. so all those put together, the topography of the bottom, then the chemical and the temperature composition of our water is pretty special. you usually put them on the tostadas, right? wes: yeah, i like using the urchin on my tostadas raw, just like straight up on there. o

stephanie: i am stephanie sy with newshour west. we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. there's fresh evidence tonight that the omicron spike in covid-19 infections is hurting the u.s. job market. new unemployment claims jumped 55,000 last week to 286,000. all told, more than 1.6 million people in the country are now collecting jobless benefits. the congressionacommittee investigating the january 6 capitol riot asked today to interview ivanka trump. members said they want the former president's daughter and adviser to discuss her actions and conversations on that day. meanwhile, a district attorney in georgia asked for a grand jury to help investigate whether mr. trump tried to interfere with state election results. president biden marked one year in office today with a new focus on passing at least some of his domestic agenda. his build back better bill, worth some $2 trillion around health care, education, and climate was blocked in the u.s. senate. so, on wednesday, he promoted action on any chunks of it t

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> good tuesday morning, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, january 4th, and we have a lot to cover this morning, so sit down and let's get smarter. this morning you are going to see a very big headline out there, one million now covid cases reported just yesterday. sounds very scary, but be careful. a lot of those cases were reported late because of the holidays. in some places health departments were shut down for the holidays and reported a week's worth of cases in just one day. that said, cases are still up big time, particularly in the southeast where states like florida, louisiana and georgia have all seen their numbers go up more than 500% in the last two weeks. across the nation more than 3,000 schools have opted to shut down, but thousands more are using some combination of testing and masking protocols to keep their kids in-person, in school. the reaction from parents across this country, frustration, confusion, anxiety and fear. in other words, it feels like 2020 all over a

>> reporter: good morning, stephanie. president biden saying he will nominate his candidate for the supreme court by next month, one month from now, which will also coincide with black history month. and the president is not going to be starting from scratch because he and his team have had a list of potential candidates in place since really the campaign days and shortly after president biden made that announcement during the campaign that he pledged to nominate a black woman to the supreme court if he were elected. over the coming days and weeks, the white house is going to start reaching out to a number of those candidates likely to include the ones on your screen right now, to start setting up meetings for president to actually have a chance to interview them. we are also told that president biden plans to really work closely with lawmakers of both parties, senators from the democratic and republican party, to get their feedback on who they think would make a qualified pick for the supreme court. he is also planning t

hi, stephanie! hi! and also claer barrett, who is consumer editor at the financial times. hi, claer! hi, thanks for having me! thanks for coming on. so, first of all, stephanie, with your kind of like macro economic hat on, do you think the government is making the right judgement in terms of the economy and the public finances and people's incomes by going ahead with this national insurance increase? i have to say, i mean, - just looking at the squeeze that is coming down the track for the typical household, - i mean, there are various ways of measuring it, - but depending on what you conclude i or do not include, it is at least i l £600 extra just on energy bills l and taxes for the typical household on an income of around £27,000. i but it — it is a lot more of that| if you take into account the fact that inflation will be biting into wages as well. - so, if you're looking and that, and particularly that massive i jump in energy prices. — it does seem extraordinary that any government would still be - going ahead with a tax rise that hits working people particular

spencer: our dust sandhya: our dust stephanie:-- stephanie: our analysis showing this. these counties do not believe they have officially peaked from omicron just yet. preparing for the peak. the omicron peak. the signal some sense of normalcy lies ahead. san francisco, santa clara, karen counties heading in that direction. but most of the bay area has yet to reach that as icus continue develop. solano county health officer says there have been more hospitalizations during omicron than any surge in the pandemic, but the icus are not as packed as previously seen in other waves. >> only about a third of them are being taken up by covid and during delta, it was half. stephanie: are you concerned it will get worse? >> i am. i don't think we are at the worst of it yet. stephanie: the abc 7 news i team's analysis found that this is one of five counties that all reported on average more than 80% of icu beds were occupied in mid-january. the rest of bay area counties fell below that, san francisco i-73, alameda 69%, sonoma 68% leaving marin with the lowest at 44%. >> the peak o

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stephanie miller is a comedian and host of the stephanie miller show on sirius xm. noah shack man is the chief editor of rolling stone. and stand-up writer with trevor noah. stephanie, i have to ask you, do you feel straight-up gaslighted by the republican party here? >> i do not feel gaslighted. we have always been at war with east asia. it is exactly like that. if you've ever been in a relationship like that, you recognize it, right? i mean, you just play the tape, ayman. they are on tape saying the opposite, and so it really is like we've all been taking crazy pills for the last year, right. >> i mean, the kevin mccarthy sound bite where he completely pretends he doesn't know what he's talking about, it's mind boggling. you do know that you speak to journalists every day. did you not know that conversation or that comment was going to be recorded? i mean, noah, what do you make of pence choosing to speak up now and on this and making the comparison that he did? >> god, he's such a bench. come on, man. they said "hang you" and then you're going to turn around and

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hey, there. i'm stephanie ruhle live at ms. nbc headquarters right here in new york city. this is thursday, january 27th, and we begin this morning broadcast with breaking news. we got the latest snapshot of our economy, and boy, does it look good. the gdp numbers for the fourth quarter are fantastic, shows that the u.s. gross domestic product grew at a 6.9% annual rate at the end of 2021. that is significantly better than analysts expected. remember, omicron did not really hit until the end of the quarter, in december, meaning the report doesn't show the full scope of the economic picture right now. at the very same time, fed chairman jay powell says he's expecting to start raising interest rates in march, stressing the fact that the fed will need to be, quote, humble and nimble as it tries to bring down inflation. for everyday americans out there, here's the immediate problem -- raising interest rates will eventually bring down prices but not right away. and in the meantime, it's going to make things like credit cards and mor

stephanie: i am stephanie sy with the newshour west. we returned to the full program after the headlines. the biden administration's website for requesting free, at-home "covid" tests is now up and running. it's online a day ahead of the officially scheduled launch. households can order four tests from the website, covidtest.gov. it will focus -- we will focus on efforts to deal with covid after the news summary. in oakland, administrators at three schools cancelled classes today after a third teacher "sickout" this year. in the last two weeks, the school district has closed more than a dozen schools amid organized protests from teachers and some students over covid safty concerns. more than 1200 students signed a petition asking the district to move to online instruction, and provide more testing and masks. students in other cities including chicago and new york staged walkouts on similar issues. the u.s. senate formally opened debate today on voting rights legislation, with little prospect of any bill passing. democrats want to expand

jim also giving his own stock summit picks today and we're excited about that stephanie link, joe teranova, jon najarian co-founder of market rebellion.com and jim cramer, the host of "mad money" and the cnbc investment club i can go on and on and on. the dow is green, and not at the best levels. as carl said, the s&p is negative and there's the ten-year note yield 167 and jim cramer, welcome. nice to see you. >> thank you so much, judge. great to be on the show. this week has been incredible. i scribbled down idea after idea as people come prepared. >> this week is really all about ideas. first and foremost, i want to know from you, what's the most important thing you're watching today. is it rates? what is it >> no. i'm watching salesforce. let's get right to it. >> really? >> yeah. i've been trying to think what's the key to this market, so to speak. i want stocks that are in this cohort of companies that are high-priced servings and multiple for sales which i don't want or for earnings which salesforce has and waiting for the sellers to finish. so when you ask me what i'm looking at, i

stephanie: counting -- >> 5, 4, 3, 2 -- stephanie: for a happy and healthy -- >> new year. liz: and happening now, a growing memorial on the hollywood walk of fame for betty white, following news of her passing. people gathered at her star to leave flowers, candles, and a copy of her book. she passed away yesterday in los angeles weeks before her 100th birthday. she was known by generations of fans with a career that spanned nearly eight decades. best known for her roles on the mary tyler moore show and the golden girls. but white was not just a legend on screen. she also dedicated her time to many nonprofit organizations from animal advocates who knew her to stage performers. everyone agrees she was the real deal. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has more on the legacy she leaves behind. >> i am devastated. she is my hero. one of my all-time icons, and really i think such a comedic genius. >> houser going? cornell: betty white really was a hero to --. she has channeled her in the live dry show at san francisco. >> eileen's imaginary lay made over me. >> people say i loo

stephanie sierra has the latest. stephanie: tested, marilyn more is tired of waiting. she is scheduled to get a test with virus geeks, a company with more than one doesn't test sites across the bay area. -- more than one dozen test sites across the bay area. results are promised within one to two days. moore was promised to results within three days. >> which i thought was reasonable. stephanie: now it has been a week. the same story for jenny. >> this is not ok for them to be contracted by the department. stephanie: the i-team went -- reached out for further comment and receive an automated emails a they have tripled capacity in order to catch up on the current backlog but added processing times may take up to five to seven days. >> it defeats the purpose and aggravates me. stephanie: according to data, only 3% of labs facilitating covid-19 testing across california in january reported results five or more days later. >> any company that is producing anything that has more than 24 hour turn around time, we are wasting our money. i do not understand this. stephanie: we

stephanie, what do we know about the suspect and their motive? who here's what we know so far, just behind me is where this attack took place earlier today. what we know is that a man entered the lecture hall while class was going on an open fire with a long barreled gun. it is believed that he ran out and is now dead. police secured the area after the campus was on lock down. the police have been cautioning against speculating why this attack happened, and they will be continuing their investigations and to understand more. exactly why and what is the motive behind this attack? 70, how a police treating this incident. again, police are cautioning against speculation. a press conference is imminent and there will be more details to come to light. but as mentioned, all we know is that a man attacked the lecture hall. the scene is now secure, and students are now walking around campus, so there is no longer a threat. there hasn't been a threat for many hours. and so, but we will hear more about what the motive is behind this attack. and you'll have

stephanie? >> doctor, the previous surges happened when we were dealing with more dangerous variants or we didn't have the vaccine or available treatments. omicron is really bad right now like a blizzard but it is supposed to pass relatively quickly. how concerned are you? >> what i think is going to happen is that omicron is going to come, it's going to hit us over a period of weeks and then hopefully cases will collapse the way they did in south africa. but what will happen in the interim is that certain hospitals, especially those that were already kind of getting crushed by delta patients that have a lot of people in the community, that are high risk, that haven't been vaccinated, they are going to take a major hit. and the goal will be trying to bridge into the other side of this once omicron starts to subside, and that's going to be very difficult in certain regions of the country because they just don't have capacity, they don't have staffing, and we are going to have to be really, really

but certainly the evening more opinion shows. >> you know, stephanie, we've talked a lot. we talked after your book came out about you reflecting on your role in the trump administration. you've said things like you're not sure that you will ever be redeemed for your participation in the trump administration. you know, you really have soul searched in the wake of leaving. i do wonder what you think is next and if there's anything that you can shed light on on what comes ahead? . >> absolutely. and i'mst ill not looking for redemption. i'm actually just looking forward. i've been watching this past year, as the president continues to manipulate people and divide our country because he has a fragile ego. that's all there is to it. next week a group of former trump staff are going to come together. administration officials are going to come together and talk about how we can formally do things to try and stop him and also, you know, the extremism, that kind of violence and rhetoric that has been talked about and continues to divide our country. i myself am hoping to travel th

i never got to say good-bye >> reporter: stephanie became one of the 600,000 americans to go missing every year. her disappearance a short-lived news story. >> a waco woman disappears, leaving her family with nothing but questions. >> reporter: by 2019 waco police had suspended their investigation. >> the investigator has overturned every stone that they -- that they could. they chased down every avenue of trying to piece together some kind of evidence we're just not able to find anything. >> i mean, nobody was helpful at all like they just didn't want to help i'm guessing they just closed it because they just didn't want to deal with it anymore. >> reporter: help came ultimately not from law enforcement but from a group of citizen cold case sleuths. youtubers and scuba divers called adventurers with purpose, that travel the country helping desperate families. >> more often than not they say you have done more for us in one day than anybody has done combined for us in the last x number of months, days, years. >> reporter: for jared, it started in 2018 as a hobby, clearing trash from

stephanie: the time out not reflected on the roads. there has been a too percent to 13% drop in traffic moving into this city over the past month according to the metropolitan transportation commission. >> the figures on the bay bridge are very comparable to where they where precisely at this time last year. keep in mind, we were at the peak of the delta waves a year ago. stephanie: at that time, we did not have to deal with this, but more like this. michelle, who works at an i.t. consulting company in san francisco, expects that to be the norm. >> we actually asked everybody to work remote from home. >> are you concerned about going back fully? >> i am more concerned about actually larger companies empty so it has become a different kind of fear. economic and isolation fear. stephanie: new data from the chamber of commerce shows 15% of companies plan to stay remote permanently. another 15% are not coming back to the office, with the majority, more than 50% adopting a hybrid model. >> we were so excited when we last spoke that we thoug

johning me, stephanie link, bryn talkington, jim lebenthal and anastasia omarosa, chief strategist at i.m. capital the s&p going for its first close above 4800 and got off to a good start and it is now below that level and you see the dow is the big winner at this moment up 240 the nasdaq is where the big selling is taking place at this very moment and a lot of it has to do with all of the way on the right-hand side of your screen 168 is where the ten-year note yield is now pushing xlf, xle, they have a great start to this year and they're continuing their rise and some of the cyclical stocks are having a good run of it g g guys, good to see everybody. i see moves from josh brown they want to highlight. josh, tell us why you sold store capital. s-t-o-r, a name you spoke about numerous times why is it not in your portfolio? >> store in and of itself is not that big of a deal and there seems to be management stuff going on there the cfo stepped down in the middle of the year and then in the last week of the year, the chairman and former ceo who we had had on the show over the years and

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stephanie, what more have you learned? yes. well why? right? outside, around 50 meters behind me is where the incident occurred. what we know so far is that a man entered the lecture hall while a class was going on and use apparently, a long barreled gun. he is said to have fled out into the area nearby and is now dead. police currently have investigations ongoing. they are currently at the scene. and what we also know is that 4 people were wounded one critically and it is understood that reportedly that person has died, but that is unconfirmed reports. and the 3 others are still injured. 70 have we heard from the police or local politicians? yes, local and regional politicians have been sharing their condolences online. at least one is coming to the university of heidelberg to tend to the situation. we also have students and who have issued a call for having a safe university. here is a lot of concern that remains, but at the moment the situation is under control and police will have updates to come. how have people reacted in heidelberg to th

stephanie, what's driving all of this stuff? >> i don't know. i thought that the markets gave up on volatility. what this is is sort of a rerp to fundamentals, jose. we have a few things going on. at the beginning of this year, markets were hitting record highs. we are in an economic recovery. however, we're also hitting a 40-year high in terms of inflation. and over today and tomorrow, the federal reserve is meeting and we're mostly likely going to get an announcement that they're raising rates. what does that mean? they're going to raise rates, because they want to cool down the economy a little bit to try to get a handle on inflation, and in doing so, the stock market doesn't necessarily love that. remember, when the rates are at zero, there's nowhere to go for investors but stocks to make money, for companies and individuals, it's easy to borrow and grow your business. but what the fed is doing now, rightfully so, is taking this security blanket away. and now businesses are going to have to stand on their own. and that's causing shaky market

stephanie, this going to go on for quite a while. and what they're trying to get is some sort of parole in addition to what potentially could be mandatory life in jail. >> as i said before, you know, they have to do what they have to do. there is a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years. they are going to try every -- i don't want to say every trick in the book, but they're going to try every legal maneuver they can to get the judge to consider parole or even a lighter sentence. you hear the judge -- the lawyer now talking about the unfairness of -- or the lack of justice in the minimum sentence and the judge is clearly not hearing it. you're going to hear more of that as the judge -- as the lawyers do their best to get their clients some leniency this morning. >> we'll monitor this hearing and update our viewers obviously as to what's going on. stephanie, thank you very much. >>> other important news we're following right now, any moment now president biden will speak on the december jobs report. we're going to have live coverage. l

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thanks, stephanie. it was -- it was ordinary in that the experience he has had is the experience that tens of millions of people are having, but i've been studying and tweeting about this for now two years and having it hit a family member as it's his so many was very different. first of all, i got to experience the uncertainty of decision making. you do a test the first day, it's negative. does he have it, does he not have it? trying to find a test. i went to three, four different pharmacies to find a test, couldn't find one. should he take medications? i studied this. well, i'm not sure. and then the emotion kicks in and come peelts against the data so one morning the day after he got sick, i called him up, didn't answer. called him again, he didn't answer. i went to his apartment to make sure he was breathing. when it your family, it's emotional and the uncertainty is really staggering. >> overwhelming by uncertainty and emotion. amazing, you study this. think about what it like for the rest of us. i

ruhle joins us now stephanie, what does this expected move by the fed mean to all of us? >> reporter: lester, when the federal reserve raises interest rates, that is a signal that the economy is doing well. however, in the short term, higher rates means it will be more expensive to get a mortgage, a car loan, and the interest rate on our credit cards, well, that's going to go up too. so before that happens, if you can, now is the time to start paying off your debts, refinance your mortgage, and make that big purchase if you're planning to take out a loan. >> so, stephanie, higher interest rates aren't necessarily bad? >> reporter: that's absolutely true. now finally we're going to earn a little bit more on our savings. and even more importantly, if the fed succeeds, prices will stop going up so quickly, and that is something, lester, all of us want >> all right stephanie ruhle, thank you. >>> up next, military men and women answering the pandemic call of duty in the classroom. >>> spotify users, listen up. rock legend neil young's music is being removed from the service a

>> look, i think they have to act on all of the issues stephanie. i of course appreciate the energy that voting rights is getting right now. considering that is a foundational right, that should be protected and preserved i do think still the democrats need to move forward with build back better. move forward on accountability with january six. these are things that voters want to see developed. want to see get across the finish line. because of voters going to these midterms with a question mark in their mind about how their lives will improve. or how they were impacted by this president, compared to the defeated former guy. that is not a place that democrats need to be, that is not going to be helpful to them in these midterms that. all or >> that mean some sort of compromise within the democratic party, to get something done? >> it has. two >> as important build back better is, it's hugely important, it is though we dismiss the heart infrastructure package, which was a huge win. donald trump spent four years talking about infrastructure week, a f

stephanie back with us. and stephanie, i know the white house had promised to send out a half billion rapid test kits to homes across the country starting in january. we keep tracking this. it's now january 10th and we're learning this is still weeks away? >> reporter: yes, david. the first tests will be sent out at the end of january, but by the time all 500 million tests are sent out, the omicron peak could be on the decline. in the meantime, starting this saturday, americans can buy up to eight at-home rapid tests per month and get reimbursed by insurance. just make sure to keep that receipt. david? >> that's right. insurance has to cover eight kits a month. great news. stephanie, thank you. >>> now, to the arctic blast across much of the country. ten states under alerts right now. the coldest air of the season, in some places, it could be the coldest in years. these temperatures across several states, moving into the nrtheast tonight. in new york city and boston, wind chills well below zero by morning. w

stephanie, they say don't worry, these prices are temporary. but jason fuhrman notes, a noted economist, notes they've been saying this now for many months. are these prices actually here to stay, stephanie? >> well, no one knows. no one has a crystal ball. but people keep thinking the way inflation works or the way it's monitored, the price is going to go back down. likely you're not going to see businesses cut prices. again, this goes back to what jay powell said, why would they cut prices, they don't need to, demand is up. however we could start to see the rate of prices increasing start to slow. we saw that in this last pci report. the administration isn't wrong. all of this is tied to covid. and the further we get away from covid, the more the supply chain and the labor issues start to get worked out. things will flatten. but this idea that, oh, we're going to get back to normal, that's not the case. look at some things that are having the biggest price increases. again, it's cars. we know that when you've got a chip shortage, that impacts

you do want want to miss our trades today joining me for the hour, jason snipe, stephanie link, josh brown and pete najarian co-founder of market rebellion.com. good to see everyone today let's take a look at where the markets currently stand because they look different than they did an hour ago. nasdaq pushing a 100-point gain. the dow is down nine yields holding steady, very much the key part of the story today. 176 is the yield on the ten-year note so, pete, jim cramer said the following. this is what he did on twitter people are looking at the ten-year if the ten-year stabilizes buyers come in and they seem to be doing that, pete, in the nasdaq >> yeah. there's no doubt about it, scott. take a look at the reaction. as a matter of fact, yesterday how about the move where we reversed 400 points give or take and now we're just adding to that it's a remarkable move to the upside and there is that fear of missing out and everyone is being looking at this saying, look, when is my opportunity people are looking at a lot of these names and there are so many names that are absolutely beat

his partner, officer mora, is in an icu tonight fighting for his life lester >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> as part of that surge in violent crime, many american cities are seeing a dramatic rise in carjackings. gabe gutierrez has more on that >> reporter: this nypd body camera video from earlier this month shows a brazen carjacking in broad daylight in midtown manhattan. the suspect plowed into parked cars as police tried to stop him. in a separate incident, a 14-year-old suspec was just arrested for this carjacking weeks ago, a particular crime that in new york city surged 55% last year also, in 2021 philadelphia saw an 85% jump a congresswoman's car was recently swiped in broad daylight there so far this year, the city's already reported more than 100 carjackings. >> carjackers have been utilizing a bump-and-run technique where the perpetrators initiate the carjacking by tapping your vehicle with their vehicle. >> reporter: in washington, d.c. a council candidate was carjacked earlier this month. >> as soon as i came out, the vehicle was instantly in my face and guns were pointe

stephanie: absolutely. elizabeth holmes found guilty on four counts, three of those pertain to investors and one is the conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors. she was found not guilty on four other accounts and deadlocked on three. what this signals for what is next for her is a sentencing hearing which won't happen until 1-2 months. we are told it is not likely she will be taken into custody after today. a lot of this lies on what we know will happen with her attorney. 1-2 months is what they are expecting for the sentencing hearing. the federal probation department has to interview her along with some of the investors before they make any determination and they will make a recommendation to the judge or the terms of her probation. i want to step back for a second as we just not out of the courtroom. the jurors looked very tired. four months of this trial coming down to the seventh day of deliberations for these eight men and four women who have been in a conference room every single day for th

i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it's tuesday, january 25th. we have a lot of news to get to, so buckle up and let's get smarter. >>> this morning we are keeping a close eye on wall street after the dow saw a nearly 1,200-point swing yesterday from tensions overseas to possible interest rate hikes. we'll break down what is behind the massive volatility and the wild ride we're seeing on wall street. >>> plus, breaking coronavirus news. pfizer now testing an omicron-specific vaccine, this as schools are struggling with how to handle high amounts of positive cases among students. we'll be speaking to one superintendent whose district has gone remote indefinitely. is this doing more harm than good? and we've got other breaking news this morning. after decades of status quo, the s.a.t. exam making a huge change that could impact millions of high school students across the country. it might be time to toss your number 2 pen similars. >>> we start with the tense standoff between russia and ukraine, tensions growing more urg

stephanie, thank you. >>> and on this martin luther king jr. day, a day of service and a call for voting rights. a crowd marched in denver, colorado, today, one of the largest celebrations in the country. while in washington, d.c., where the senate is set to debate voting rights tomorrow, members of dr. king's family took part in another march. his 13-year-old granddaughter calling out two democratic senators by name. here's abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott. >> reporter: just one day before a critical vote in the senate, the family of dr. martin luther king jr. marching in the nation's capital to demand action on voting rights. but they know the odds are stacked against them. senate republicans are opposed and two democratic senators, joe manchin of west virginia and kyrsten sinema of arizona, refuse to change the senate rules so democrats can pass the legislation on their own. dr. king's 13-year-old granddaughter calling them out by name. >> senator sinema, senator manchin, our future hinges on your decision and history will reme

>> reporter: right, stephanie. so here at coney island hospital they are one of six sites in various states that are about to receive surging medical teams here. what that really looks like is teams of about 20 or more people full of nurses, clinicians, technicians and real physicians who are going to join the every day functioning of the hospital because these are hospitals that have been incredibly strained during this omicron surge, they have staff members who are out sick themselves or who are experiencing extreme burnout. so these teams are stepping into every day real roles that patients will themselves see. you know, this is their hope here is to have an immediate impact that will carry these hospitals that are in such critical condition through the next 30 days and really get them through the worst part of this surge. what's also important to note here is that here in coney island or in places like newark, new jersey, at university hospital this is about surging resources to struggling hospitals but also to

. >>> our stephanie ruhle on the new warning from the irs and why your 2021 tax refund could be delayed big time >>> plus is major league baseball able to avoid a looming lock out "early today" starts right now >>> good wednesday morning i'm philip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera more and more vaccinated people are getting infected in an axios ipsos survey 31% of americans who thought they were vaccinated got the virus 96% of the staff are inoculated. now to jay gray for more on the current surge. >> reporter: the hearing opens with a warning, omicron is spreading out of control >> in massive unprecedented surge in the united states >> driving case counts to unprecedented heights here in the united states. >> reporter: the seven-day average more than 750,000 new infections every 24 hours, a 53% increase over the previous week and a pandemic record. hospitals across the country again running short on beds and staff. >> every time you start to feel a little bit hopeful and really tried to build on your resilience as a nurse, as a health care worker, as a parent, as somebod

stephanie: we are told 1-2 months at this point. a recommendation will be for the terms of her probation. that could take a while, so we will see within the next few weeks in terms of how they progress with those initial first steps. ama: stephanie, thank you so much. dan: a spokesperson from the u.s. attorney's office read a statement a short time ago outside the courtroom, thanking jurors in the elizabeth holmes case for their service. >> the guilty verdicts reflect ms. holmes culpability in this large-scale investor fraud and she must now face sentencing for her crimes. ama: download the abc 7 news app so you will be the first to know when news breaks in the bay area. for highlights of the trial check out a podcast called the dropout hosted by rebecca jarvis. listen wherever you stream podcasts. dan: let's move on to the pandemic and the big changes the fda made to expand booster shots today. it authorized boosters for kids 12-15. it could start as soon as thursday. the fda says instead of six months, now you only have to wait fi

stephanie, with russia announcing it is pulling back some troops, what are you learning about what it could mean for tension in the region? >> reporter: well, at this point officials tell abc news they haven't seen any signs of deescalation at the borders and because of this the uk is stepping in. they say they will consider a major military deployment to support nato legals along the borders. >> stephanie ramos, our thanks to you >>> we turn to the pandemic and the battle against the omicron surge. more evidence that the u.s. appears to be turning the corner, the numbers of new infections dropping or plateauing in 41 states, but many hospitals remain stretched. 82% of icu beds nationwide are occupied with covid and non-covid patients and there are concerns about the short supply of a new antiviral drug effective against omicron. abc's irene shaw is in los angeles. >> reporter: tonight new evidence the record-breaking omicron surge may be slowing, hospital admissions down nearly 10% nationwide in the last week, and in 41 states cases now plunging or plateauing, including california, w