tested positive. plus, the first case of omicron reported in the united states. the question is what will president biden announce when he updates us on the fight against covid later today? and lockout. major league baseball shuts down for the first time in decades after owners and the players union failed to reach an agreement with four months left before the season. the question is opening day in jeopardy? it s way too early for this. good morning, kind of. welcome to way too early, the show that is going to be clear about this. games better not be lost. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 2nd. we re going to start with the news. the inevitable has happened. the first case of the omicron variant of covid-19 has been dedeathed in california. the cdc announces the patient returned from south africa last week and developed symptoms a few days later. the person then tested positive for covid, and genome sequencing confirmed it was the omicron variant.
the three men, now convicted murderers, are facing up to life in prison. they ve also been indicted on separate federal hate crime charges. the president issued a statement calling arbery s killing a, quote, a measure of how far we have to go in this fight in this country. our administration will do the hard work to make sure it s not just a phrase embracened in stone above the supreme court but a reality for all americans. vice president kamala harris released a statement saying the fact remains we still have work to do. the defense counsel chose to set a tone that cast the ministers of the trial as intimidation and dehumanize a black man with racist jokes. also tonight there s a new report about the progress of the select house committee that s investigating the capitol riot and insurrection. in the four months of the inquiry, the committee has issued over 40 subpoenas. they ve held one public hearing. they ve interviewed about 200 witnesses, and they ve held one steve b
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
trump escapes the cage and makes a play. we are going to be doing a rally at madison square garden. jesse: who is behind the arab spring break? a primetime investigation. show your face. are you scared to show your face? with more on the stormy weather, here is our weather person and meteorologist. here s where the hurricane is right now. jesse: al rocher is getting sued over de i. how do you think he tasted? uncle who? jesse: there s an animal loose on the streets of new york city. breaking out of his cage at the crack of dawn this morning donald trump headed straight into a construction site. jesse: donald trump amid a sea of hardhat this morning. it wasn t even 6:30. the former president shaking hands, signing at the. talking to the people who built the city of new york. i think there is may be. [ inaudible ] there are very talented people. they don t get the credit for it. very few people can do what they do pay her it was guys like this that did i
taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea