walker. pamela brown has the evening off. you're live in the cnn newsroom. millions of people around the world right now spending this christmas weekend gathered with friends and family but the coronavirus is taking no time off this holiday season. as new infections race toward record highs across the united states. new cases have already surpassed the summer surge fueled by the delta variant and hospitalizations are beginning to creep up, as well. the highly transmissible omicron variant spreading and vaccinated or not aaa estimates 109 million people will travel between christmas and january 2nd. that's a lot of people. all of that increased movement sparking a lot of concerns as we see long lines at testing sites across the nation. one bright spot dr. anthony fauci says, testing will get better in january. now, covid concerns have forced officials to cancel two college