a record number of hurricane-force winds, parts of the u.s. blasted by another round of damaging storms. omicron, delta and the flu. the trio that has doctors facing a long winter. he s out, urban myers rocky tenure of the jacksonville jaguars ends after less than a year. it is thursday, december 16th. it s 5:00 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we begin this morning with this wild weather, really historic weather blasting a broad swath of the u.s. heartland for the second time in a week.