cnn has learned the president will announce the purchase of half a billion at-home rapid tests and a new plan to distribute them free to americans who request them. this as 73% of cases in the u.s. are now the highly contagious omicron variant, outpacing delta as the dominant strain. that s up sixfold in just a week. now, so far it appears most cases of omicron are relatively mild but it s so contagious it is crippling already overwhelmed hospitals. the resurgence has the nhl on ice. the entire season will be put on hold starting tomorrow till at least after christmas. let s bring in jasmine wright in washington. the there is covid exhaustion, now there is this. the vaccine is unreachable. what is the white house plan here? reporter: well, christine, a
also not helping sentiment, senator joe manchin sinking president biden s $1.75 trillion spending bill. that caused goldman sachs to cut its growth forecast next year. when industry that felt the pain was electric vehicles. stocks like lordstown motors, farah day future and nick a la dropped. tesla and general motors fell. both companies no longer qualify for federal electric vehicle tax credits, but would have under build back better. president biden has said he wants half of all new vehicles sold by 2030 to be electric. announcing it is going to pause its season through christmas due to the surge in covid cases right now. andy scholes has more in this morning s bleacher report. hey, andy. they were going to play two games tonight. after that the league is shutting down due to the rise in cases. daily covid testing for players will resume then. nine nhl teams already had this
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