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new fears kicking off of an outbreak putting americans on edge. the president still on vacation in the home of a billionaire in nantucket, massachusetts. let s turn now to jacqui heinrich in that town. we saw the president yesterday, but what s he saying now about the new variant? reporter: hey, good morning to you, edward. despite holiday sales that were expected to climb at a record pace this year, national retail federation predicting up to 10.5% the global markets are reeling from the news of this new variant, and yesterday president biden announced travel restrictions from south africa and seven other neighboring countries will be imposed similar to those imposed by the u.k., more than a dozen other countries after they spoke with scientists about how fast new variant was spreading and also whether vaccines are effective against it. the president said the decision to hut down travel from south africa was made out of an abun cannes of caution, but he abundance o ....
we have team coverage with jacqui heinrich who is covering the president from massachusetts, but we begin with jonathan in atlanta with more details on this omicron variant. katy hochul signed executive order freeing up hospital space for potential surge in covid-19 patients. it takes effect in december 3rd and will be reevaluated on january 15th, governor heck ho l said in a statement that while the omicron variant has yet to be detected, it is coming. first identified in south africa, but dr. anthony fauci said he wouldn t be surprised if it s already here. doctor: we have not detected it yet but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you re already having travel related cases that they ve noted in israel and belgium and other places, when you have a virus like, this it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over. to protect yourself against omicron the cdc recommends pretty much the same strategies of the ea ....
eric sean. alicia: and i m alicia acuña in for arthel neville. two big stories we are following closely this hour. national school board association apologizing for a letter sent to president biden that likened protests by some parents against school policies to domestic terrorism. following that letter, attorney general merrick garland instructed the fbi to take the lead on a task force to address threats against school officials. and we are learning new details after alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed a director of photography with a prop gun on a movie set. we will hear the 911 call. we have live fox team coverage, alexandria hoff from the national school board association and matt finn on the tragic baldwin shooting. live in virginia, hi, mark. mark: alicia, good afternoon, democrats are deploying the biggest names throughout the common wealth to try to race support for terry mcauliffe, former chair of democratic party and someone struggling get back his old ....
a akuhn. griff: i m griff jenkins. they re hoping to keep legislation that would transform government as we know it. let s go to mark meredith at the white house. griff, as you mentioned, it s it s been a whoo wild few days on capitol hill yet, the president is sure his agenda is going to get through congress. at issue, one the bipartisan infrastructure agreement that republicans for the most part are going to support and a much larger social safety net bill with moderate democrats saying they do not want to spend the massive amount that progressives want to spend and what they ll be willing to spend to get the goals achieved and we asked what comes next. he said this is messy and it s part of the way that washington works. i m a realist. i think that, i was in the senate a long timement i know how legislation gets done. there is no reason why both these bills couldn t pass independently, except that, they re not supposed to do it that way. got to have the votes. ....
you mentioned. and anita, it s great to be with you, that s what everyone is keeping an eye on here and that s monday, victory day, the day in history when the soviet union declared victory and it s a particularly special day because on the 73rd day of this war, president volodymyr zelenskyy put out a message on his telegram account to all ukrainians across the country please do not ignore the air ride sirens. it comes as russian missile strikes are pounding the seaport of odesa and in war torn mariupol, they re storming that steel plant at the same time the mayor there says there are some evacuations of women and children that continue. when we sat down on the 70th day of war with president zelenskyy, it was an amazing moment. here was a guy you would expect to be exhausted, getting little sleep and everyone thought he would flee and ukraine was thought to capitulate quickly instead he stayed and fought and rallied the nation and now rallied the world. and former pre ....