i m joe fryer. nice to be with you on this christmas eve, a day americans are being tested in many ways ahead of their holiday get togethers. first with the ongoing surge of the omicron variant. many people enduring long testing lines to make sure it s safe to gather with friends and family. that s if they can even find a place to get a test. a short time ago new york s governor announcing the they shattered the record for new covid cases. 41,441 new cases. that s because of widespread testing out of nearly 61,000 tests done in just one day. at the airports, passenger patience is being tested as well.