south africa where it first appeared, germany, the uk and canada. so it's just a matter of time before cases start to pop up in the u.s., and that's a reality underlying president biden's remarks on monday. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists. and we're learning more every single day. >> what we don't know yet, and this is crucial, is whether omicron will turnout to be any more dangerous than the delta variant. that's now the dominant strain in the u.s. it will be at least a week or two before scientists learn whether omicron will turnout to be more infectious or more deadly. meanwhile, experts say the vaccines we already have are likely to provide protection. >> we have every reason to believe, even though this is an extraordinary unusual variant because of the number of mutations, there's no reason to believe that it will not happen that if you get the level of antibody high with the regular booster to the regular vaccine, that you're going to have at least some effect, and hopefully a good effect on ability to protect against this variant. vaccination is going to be the solution to this, whether it's the delta variant or whether it's the omicron variant. >> let's turn to cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta for more on the search for answers. >> well, christine, laura, we're seeing the scientific process sort of evolve and unfold real-time as we have so many times throughout the last couple of years. there's a lot that we don't know about this because this is all really new. what we do know is that this new variant omicron was identified not long ago. it came from a specimen that was taken on november 9, it was identified over the past few weeks. and we know that it's becoming the dominant strain of virus, of the coronavirus in that part of the world, in south africa. we know it's in many other countries now, 15-plus other countries around the world. and also we are figuring out that the -- there is a total of 50 some mutations on this, 30 of which are on the spike protein itself. let me show you this if i can for a second. this is a 3-d animation of the spike protein, and all those different colors on there represent these different mutations. that's what scientists sort of look at trying to figure out what are these mutations, have we seen them before. some of them they have seen before. some of the mutations have been associated with higher transmissibility. some have been associated with being a little bit harder to detect by antibodies. so maybe some escape of immunity. but we don't know what it all means when you bring it all together. there's a lot that we still don't know about this new variant, and that's what they're going to be figuring out over the next couple of weeks, how transmissible is it, how sick does it really make people. do current vaccines work against it. again, that's obviously a big question. and how about the risk of reinfection if you've been infected with one of the previous variants, how well does that immunity, that infection-acquired immunity protect you against this? one thing i do want to show you. hospital rates in this particular province where the virus was first identified, this variant, this is south africa. it's late spring over there, so not flu season. weather is getting warmer and yet we do see the hospitalization numbers going up. is it related to this particular variant? we don't know yet. but that's the kind of detail that, you know, these investigators and scientists are going to be looking at to try and figure out how they're going to answer some of these questions. what they're saying is that in terms of figuring out how likely it is to make people more severely ill, that's probably a week or so away, several days to a week away before they can say that. but probably 2 to 3 weeks before they really understand how well the current vaccines work. so we'll be getting a lot of information, christine and laura, on this. watching the scientific process unfold as we get that information, we'll bring it to you. >> thanks to sanjay there, so helpful the way he lays it out. >> they discovered this a week ago and already the world is in overdrive to try to understand it and how to move forward. >> learn the lessons from delta. it's time for three questions in three minutes. let's bring in the emergency medicine physician. so nice to have you on "early start." >> good morning. >> good morning. there is still so much we don't know about this variant and so we want to be careful here. but the travel restrictions came relatively quickly even though there is so much unknown. and some medical experts, some doctors seem to suggest that this actually disincentive eyeses other countries other countries to be transparent if the virus crops up around its borders. listen to dr. jonathan reiner on this. >> i think this is really an illusion of protection. the metaphor i've been using, it's like locking a screen door. you feel like you've done something to protect yourself but you really haven't. >> where do you come down on this? do you think these travel bans are a good idea while we wait for more information? >> i tend to agree with it. we know it is already in 21 countries, one of those being canada. i think we're fooling ourselves to think it's not already in the united states. travel bans do a good job of making us kind of other different countries and now we need to think about the grassroots efforts of what we know works, whether it's delta or omicron or maybe if another variant pops up in the future, we know vaccination is incredibly helpful. we know masking, we know ventilation in the northeast as it gets cold and people move inside. we know what works. we know the layers of protection that are needed. the travel bans are a distraction at this point. >> we should really not ignore what we know. the delta variant, we are in the thick of it here heading into the winter. what are you seeing in your hospital right now? >> yeah, so i'm in the northeast and we had gone from having fabulous numbers actually to, in my community, some of the worst in all of new york city. my husband is an i.c.u. doctor and he'll be heading in for another shift in a very crowded i.c.u. in hospitals that are now full. but remember, there is a lot of covid and the adult population is certainly still being hit harder by covid, but our pediatric hospitals certainly is seeing an increase in numbers as well, but we're also seeing all the other germs, so all the other winter stuff, flu numbers are starting to appear. respiratory virus, all the other stuff is back because of less physical distancing, less masking, more travel, more interaction. so covid still remains a problem, but we're hit with all the winter stuff as well. >> doctor, the cdc has now sort of changed its stance on boosters, taking less of, i don't know, sort of permissive sort of, if you feel like it stance, basically saying everyone should run out and get a booster. i wonder in your mind, are we sort of behind the ball on this? it seems like the time to do this would have been weeks ago before we had even heard about omicron. >> well, you know, there are a lot of the population is still well within six months of getting their second shot and we know unfortunately a lot of the population still has not been vaccinated is certainly true when you look at the global level. i'm grateful my 5-year-old just received her second vaccine yesterday. but boosters are certainly critically important. i'm excited to see the request to have 16 and 17-year-olds now receive their booster as well. i think globally, yes, preventing a new variant like omicron would have happened by making sure the world was vaccinated six months ago, but everything we can do now moving forward, keeping in mind of course delta is certainly here in the u.s. and causing a huge amount of difficulty in our hospital systems and for the burden of disease in our communities throughout the country, whatever we can do to get ourselves protected and vaccination including boosters is just where we are right now. remember, most vaccines we receive in childhood are multi-shot series. so as a pediatrician, the fact it might turnout to be a three-shot series doesn't surprise me. it is the norm of mostly of our vaccinations. >> my littlest is getting the second shot today. i know that feeling when you finally get your whole family vaccinated. it is just like liberation. doctor, pediatric emergency physician, thank you so much for joining us today. >> my pleasure. thank you. as dr. murray was referring to, pfizer is set to ask the fda to green light its booster shot for 16 and 17-year-olds. the agency is expected to sign off quickly on the request. currently only people 18 and older are eligible for booster shots six months after their second dose of the vaccine. and with this new variant raising so many new questions, anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta will be joined by dr. anthony fauci for a all-new cnn global town hall "coronavirus facts and fears." that's tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern. all right, federal reserve chairman jerome powell testifies about the new threat posed by the omicron variant. as we have said, much remains unknown about omicron, but powell's prepared remarks say that if the new variant prolongs the pandemic, it could hurt the economy in three ways. it could keep pushing prices up, it could hurt job growth, and make the supply chain crisis worse. powell predicts the u.s. economy will show 5% growth for 2021. that is strongest growth actually in decades, right? 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>> reporter: today we are watching for in court basically the reaction of three judges on the d.c. circuit court of appeals to donald trump. now, trump is going to make some arguments in court today, and there's not going to be a ruling that we would expect, but what we are watching to see is how the court system is going to continue to react to donald trump trying to say that as a former president he is entitled to some sort of control over records from his white house. now, trump has not been successful in making these arguments so far. he's claimed now before this appeals court that he -- that this really, if they rule against him it could really hurt the presidency. it could give unbridaled abilities of congress to sue presidents. this is the sort of case we are looking at three democrats on the court of appeals -- i'm sorry, three democratic appointees on the court of appeals who already may not be sympathetic to trump based on what their past rulings have been. this is the type of case that could really go to the supreme court. it raises lots of big questions. and in the context of the house january 6th investigation, that investigation is seeking lots of documents from trump as they investigate trump, as they investigate what went on in the white house. right now there's about 700 or more documents that are on hold that the national archives, the biden administration want to turnover to the house. the house doesn't have them yet. they are pending in this court case. and also it's not just about documents. this court case is affecting witnesses in the investigation, people that the house has reached out to and said, we really want you to talk to us. and they have said, we can't yet because we're waiting to see what happens in court. those are top people, top people from the white house who would have had conversations with the president, people like mark meadows, the former chief of staff. he was subpoenaed. and a few others who are resisting speaking right now to the house. >> speaking with people who are resisting speaking to the house, you have this former d.o.j. official, jeffrey clark. people might remember him, trying to curry favor with the former president, buddying up to him about all these baseless allegations of voter fraud. the committee is now mulling a contempt citation for him as well. just remind our viewers, though, why he matters. what would be the impact of his testimony? >> reporter: that's right. so, clark is someone that was a top official at the justice department. he was the number three essentially, three or four at the justice department. >> right. >> reporter: he was apparently believing that the justice department should investigate election fraud as a way to give cover to trump. he made all kinds of proposals his superiors shot down. those people have gone in to congress already to the house and spoken to them about what clark was doing that trump wanted to make clark the attorney general. now, why clark is important here and why the committee wants to talk to him, even if they've already talked to the people around him at justice, is because he would have had direct conversations with donald trump that right now he's saying, no, i don't want to reveal those to you because i believe that the court system is still figuring this out. i believe that they could be privileged. so with clark, if the committee does make an approval for contempt referral -- criminal contempt referral on wednesday, that's when they're scheduled to do it, that's another step in the process on their side where they can make a referral to the justice department. the justice department could then decide whether they want to bring a charge. he would be the second person. steve bannon has already been charged with misdemeanor contempt of congress and has pleaded not guilty to that, is fighting that case. and clark, like you mentioned with these other witnesses, is waiting and saying, you know, i showed up to speak to the house, and then just didn't answer questions. so he's a little bit different from bannon in that he didn't just outright refuse to talk to the house. he went in and said, there's privilege that's shielded. let's wait for the court system to play this out. >> right. he did follow the typical process, even if the committee would say that he is sort of stalling. we'll see where that goes in the days ahead. caitlan, thank you for staying on top of it all. appreciate it. >> reporter: thanks, laura. just ahead how a phone call between congress women laurenne boebert and ilhan omar played out. and a tech visionary, elizabeth holmes. that's next. hey hun hey, get your own vapors relax with vicks vapobath or with vicks vaposhower. take a soothing vicks vapo moment wherever you chose. it's the black friday sale. get 30 to 50% off everything. ♪ ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. 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i understand they are saying not to panic, but are they providing any more data right now? >> reporter: you know, it's fascinating to be here at the epicenter of all the drama, to be honest with you, laura. and to see the information that is filtering through from government officials, from experts here in south africa, and every day there is a press conference explaining the clinical data and what we know there is anecdotal evidence right now to show omicron might not cause severe illness and specifically for those under the age of 40. but this is still anecdotal and it came from one doctor in pretoria. but the message has been clear. vaccination is one key tool to try and fight this variant. just taking a step back here and seeing the travel bans that have been implemented in southern africa, it has been absolutely debilitating. and just to see the chaos that it's caused, president biden said that the omicron variant is a cause of concern and not panic, but i think we've reached far beyond that now. omicron has been found in over 17 regions around the world, around 70 countries have instituted some kind of travel ban, and interestingly the omicron variant has been identified in south africa and botswana, but there's been a lot more travel bans against southern african countries where it has not been identified as yet. -- unknown factors here, the fear is omicron might have already spread, but scientists here that have been so ahead of the curve in genome iic sequenc have helped the world understand this variant and will continue to do so. that's the key message we're hearing from authorities here. >> and it was their quick reaction that really helped get everyone have a hold on this as swiftly as they did. thank you for your reporting, eleni. in spain a hospital in madrid announced the country's first detected case of omicron. earlier portugal discovered the first case in players of a soccer team. one of those players had just returned from south africa. many other european nations detected the variant including uk, denmark, czech republic, italy, belgium and now germany. so let's go to berlin and bring in cnn's frederik pleitgen. nice to see you this morning, fred. >> reporter: hi there, christine. you're absolutely right. the european continent now really concerned about this new omicron variant. obviously a lot of the countries that have detected it so far which is really a lot of western european countries in total. the people who it was detected in there were by and large travelers from the southern portions of africa, mostly from the country of south africa itself. however, since last night germany has had its fourth confirmed case and this was a person in the southeast germany without any sort of travel history to the southern portions of africa or from south africa as all of the others have had. obviously that raises big alarm bells here in this country in germany, and all this comes, by the way, not just in germany, but in large portions of europe as the coronavirus itself the variant that we've had so far, the delta variant, is really running wild. germany has had record infection rates for several weeks running now. they've had record daily new cases for many weeks as well. and so germany is now indeed talking about a possible full lockdown for the entire country. of course, austria has already gone that way. what's going to happen here in this country in just about two hours from now is that angela merkel who is still chancellor here in this country is going to meet with her designated successor olaf scholz and they are going to start debating measures with the representatives of the german states to see what can be done. it's not clear whether or not they are going to decide on some sort of further lockdown measures today, but it is certainly something that many people here feel might be in the cards very soon as europe general struggling with the coronavirus and now the omicron variant on top of it, christine. >> fred pleitgen in berlin, thank you so much. meanwhile here at home, president biden tried to calm fears of the unknown about this virus. addressing the nation monday. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists and we're learning more every single day. >> the president also suggested he won't impose any further travel restrictions, at least not yet. for more let's bring in white house reporter jasmin wright live from washington, d.c. so, jasmin, what are you hearing behind the scenes right now? how worried is this white house? >> reporter: well, look, the president is trying to reassure americans that they want to stay vigilant in the face of this potential new threat, but not to panic as we just heard from him just now. and yesterday when he spoke, he spoke after meeting with his medical officials, medical advisers, including dr. fauci being briefed. he said they are learning more and more about the variant every day, every hour, but there was still a lot that was unknown, including the transmissibility and the severity and, of course, that could take weeks for them to find out. but the president was really firm in saying that folks need to get their vaccines because it's only a matter of time until a case pops up in the u.s. he said they need to get their vaccines and get their boosters. and after he spoke, the cdc even updated their guidance saying that if you have had their vaccine before june 1st, it is now time for a booster. if you are 18 years plus. but the president was asked about the potential of new travel restrictions because as we just heard from my two colleagues before, it's not just south africa and those seven countries around the region that have reported new cases. it is all over the world, really, five continents. and so the president was asked whether or not there would be more travel restrictions put in place. he said he didn't think so at this point because he said the point was not to prevent any of the variants from coming to the u.s., but was to buy time for americans to prepare. take a listen. >> the reason for the immediate travel ban is there were a significant number of cases, unlike any other country -- well, south africa in the world. we needed time to give people the opportunity to get the vaccination now before it's going to move around the world. i think it is almost inevitable there will be at some point that strain here in the united states. >> reporter: so that inevitability the president just spoke of, that is what federal officials are bracing for now. but the president said he did not believe that for now there would be any more lockdowns. he said he would present to the american people a larger case about how he wants the country to prepare for the wintertime in face of the pandemic. laura? >> all right, jasmin wright, thank you so much. all right. still ahead, will tiger woods ever play professional golf again? hear from him in his own words. and see the moment when rihanna was declared a national hero in her homeland. this is how we shine. ♪ find the p perfect gift at zales. the diamond store. xfinity rewards are our way of thanking you just for being with us. enjoy rewards like movie night specials, xfinity mobile benefits, and the chance to win tickets to see watch what happens live. hey, it's me. plus, get holiday gifts for everyone on your list with great deals on fan favorites from today. join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. welcome back. the island of barbados is officially a republic. in a ceremony last night, the queen's standard lowered for good. queen elizabeth removed as head of state and barbados swore in its first president. >> i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will well and truly serve barbados in the office of president, so help me god. >> the caribbean island cutting 400 years of british ties. many british fortunes made from sugar and slavery. prince charles was on hand to reflect on the island's journey as well. >> the creation of this republic offers a new beginning, but it also marks a point on a continuum, a milestone on the long road you have not only traveled, but which you have built. >> and a different sort of queen honored there. pop star rihanna was named a national hero. ♪ beautiful like diamonds in the sky ♪ ♪ shine bright like a diamond ♪ ♪ shine bright like a diamond ♪ ♪ you're beautiful ♪ >> the move by barbados marks the first time in nearly 30 years that a realm has removed the british monarch as head of state. it will remain part of the commonwealth. rihanna always a hero. >> love everything rihanna -- a business woman, by the way. >> yes. >> let's get a check of markets. the c.e.o. said they could struggle with the omicron variant. you can see asian shares mixed right now. europe has opened lower, at least 1% lower. stock index futures in the u.s. also having some trouble here, losing their footing. you're looking at maybe almost 500 points down on the dow when the opening bell rings if this holds. of course, uncertainty as we always say is the enemy of investors, and there's plenty of uncertainty right now. there's still so much we don't know about the omicron variant. it will take a couple weeks for the scientists to sort this out. stocks rebounded slightly monday after that big slide on friday. monday the dow closed up 236 points. the nasdaq had a really good day, its best day since may. this morning all eyes on the fed chief jerome powell. he will testify before lawmakers, and we know he will say the new variant could threaten the economic recovery. he'll explain how. we have seen his testimony. fed up with high gas prices? jpmorgan seise you ain't seen nothing yet. the investment giant predicts the oil spike is just getting started. this is the prediction from jpmorgan. brent crude, $125 a barrel next year. today's price just over $73. if jpmorgan is right, prices at the pump could top $5 a gallon. the company says opec nations have plenty of oil in the ground, but they don't have the capital or the logistics to deliver it quickly. twitter announcing co-founder jack dorsey stepping down as chief executive immediately. his depar tour comes six years after he helped turn the business around. twitter achieved profitability, posted its first billion dollar quarter and released new features to users. peers found effective content moderation a challenge under growing scrutiny from lawmakers and the public. the company's chief technology officer will take over as c.e.o. to sports now and tiger woods speaking out for the first time since his car accident, about his health and his future in golf. andy scholes has it all covered in this morning's bleacher report. hey, andy. >> good morning, laura. in his first interview since that devastating leg injury suffered in february, tiger woods told "golf digest" he hopes to play on the pga tour again, but he accepts that being on top isn't realistic. >> i can participate in the game of golf. i can still maybe, if my leg gets good enough, maybe kickoff a tournament here or there. but as far as climbing the mountain again all the way to the top, i don't think that's a realistic expectation of me. but i think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day, never full-time ever again. pick and choose just like what mr. hogan did. you pick and choose a few events all year, practice for it and gear up and play. i think that's kind of how i'm going to play from now on. >> last week 15-time major champion posted a video of himself on social media taking practice swings with the comment, "making progress." tiger is slated to speak with the media later this morning at his invitational tournament in the bahamas. all right, in college football the coaching carousel continues to turn, and yesterday it was lsu making the splash. according to multiple reports, the tigers hiring bryant kelly away from notre dame to be their next head coach. kelly has been with fighting irish since 2010 and the winningest coach in school history. notre dame is 11-1 this season with its lone loss to cincinnati could still potentially reach the college football playoff. usc introducing its new head coach lincoln riley. the former oklahoma coach said he will return the trojans back to the national spotlight. >> i can promise you that you're going to get the best out of myself. you're going to get the best out of our staff, out of our players, and we're going to put something on that field that you're proud of. and i agree with chairman crusoe. this place is going to be full. this is going to be the, the mecca of college football. [ applause ] >> monday night football between the seahawks and washington coming down in the final seconds. russell wilson on his 33rd birthday, finding freddie swain up the middle for the touchdown. 15 seconds left. seahawks needing the two-point conversion to tie it. but wilson's pass right here picked off by kendall fuller. washington holds on to win that one 17-15. cowboys coach mike mccarthy meanwhile will miss the game against the saints after entering the covid protocols. the team said mccarthy will still be involved with the game preparations virtually. the 58-year-old coach said in june dallas's entire coaching staff was fully vaccinated. the cowboys have eight players and coaches currently in the protocols. finally, more baseball free acts cashing in big yesterday. short stop corey seeker reportedly signing with the rangers on a ten-year $325 million deal. seager's deal comes after signing marcus semien to a 7 year contract. the first team ever to spend half a billion dollars on two or fewer players in a single offseason. just hours earlier, the mets and pitcher 37-year-old pitcher max scherzer agreeing to $130 million deal. that means he's going to make 43.3 million annually, easy breaking the record by yankees ace gerrit ckole. sherzer's salary next season is more than the current opening day payroll for the entire rosters for the pirates and the orioles. but, christine, lots of desperate teams out there. mets are one of them. they want to win badly, and they're certainly trying to pay for it. >> that kind of money just blows my mind. >> not bad. thank you, andy. >> pay a virus researcher that much money. that's not how it goes. thanks, andy. all right, you can call him mr. freedom. nbc star enes kanter is a u.s. citizen with a new legal last name. the boston celtics center showed his ceremony. as he recited the oath, enes kanter freedom. >> i waited for this moment six years now and it's finally happened. it's a dream come true. the opportunity, freedom and human rights. you can have anything you want here. >> the nba star who was raised in turkey has been outspoken about human rights violations in china. his new last name will be on his jersey tonight when boston takes on the 76ers in philadelphia. >> congratulations, welcome aboard. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. more on what we know and what we do not know about omicron variant on "new day." that's next. it's the black friday sale. get 30 to 50% off everything. ♪ ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! 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