there was news about the new variant. we'll get to that. go ahead. you have this one. >> bill: i was cheering for your broncos. >> dana: you wanted me to be in a good mood? >> did the bengals win? >> bill: on this variant now the president met with his covid response team last night and meet next hour. the president will speak to the american people. >> dana: task force says it will take two weeks to collect more information. what do we know now? omicron was first detected if south africa thursday and beginning today the u.s. is restricting travel for non-citizens from there and seven other nearby countries. >> bill: japan, israel, morocco are imposing a ban on all foreign travel. overnight canadien reported its first two cases. >> dana: the variant is already likely in the united states and too early to tell if existing