charge of the trump investigations. the incoming manhattan da talks exclusively to cnn. welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start with the health lead and covid cases spiking across the u.s. we're now averaging 130,000 every day. that's up 10% in a week. hospitalizations are also up about 35% in the last month. with about 1 in 5 of all icu beds in this country taken up by a covid patient. health officials warn the highly contagious omicron variant will soon be responsible for most cases. but for now, it's that other superspreader, the delta variant, driving this december surge. athena jones reports drugmaker moderna has encouraging news about its boosters and the fight against omicron. >> it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper