is are democrats ready to get back to work. and a scientific wonder as researchers discover a embryo egg inside. the question is is this a plot for jurassic park people? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that has a lot of questions from white house press secretary jen psaki which she joins us later in the hour. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 22nd. we ll start with the news. thanks to a steep surge in coronavirus cases across the country. president biden is outlining new steps his administration will take to combat the new omicron variant. according to the president, new vaccination and testing sites will be set up nationwide. the government will buy 500 million rapid tests and distribute them to americans free of charge. and 1,000 medical professionals will be sent to help hospitals overwhelmed with patients. speaking from the white house yesterday, the president try to reassure americans that the rise in
americans should prepare for the spread of omicron. senator joe manchin deals a blow to joe biden s build back better. peng shuai s latest interview. announcer: live from london. this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. monday, december 20th. nearly two years since the covid-19 pandemic turned the world really upside down. the threat is far from over. one u.s. health experts says we re beyond counting the waves, the country is facing a tsunami. it is now being detected in 45 states. you can see on your screen. experts say it s just a matter of time before omicron accounts for a majority of new cases. it comes as the u.s. is already grappling with the surge driven by the delta variant. countries now averaging more than 130,000 a day infections a day and experts warn omicron will only add fuel to that fire. have a listen. we are going to see a significant stress in some regions of the country on the hospital system, particularly
airports on friday seeing double the number of travelers from 2020, but storms could up end the itinerary. your new day starts right now. thanks so much for waking up, up with us sunday december 19th. i have to acknowledge a wave of panic when i say december 19th. i have not done enough christmas shopping yet. i m in pretty good shape but you have plenty of time. hope so. the start of christmas week brings additional anxiety for millions of americans, not just because of shopping delays but covid-19 cases continue to rise across the u.s. and now the white house says that president biden will address the nation about the threat posed by the new omicron variant, as one medical expert put it, a tsunami is coming for unvaccinated americans. the omicron strain has been detected in all but seven states in the country. experts, though, say the delta variant is still fueling the latest wave of infections. from new york to miami and across the united states, lines for covi
. pete: we request and you deliver yet again, our nation s anthem on this sunday morning, december 19th, year of our lord, 2021. welcome to fox & friends. thanks for being here. we have four big hours for you. as always wonderful to be here with my dear friends will cain, rachel campos duffy. how are you doing? rachel: could the pictures get any better every single week? i will tear up, i saw the veteran for 98 flags for my birthday 98 birthday. by the grave stone of a vet rang. we love it. keep sending them. that is purple, viking cover, right, pete? pete: close, close. a lot of people. rachel: good morning, everybody, merry christmas. looking forward to the last weekend before the holiday. will, how are you doing this morning. will: several of the photos look like stock photos. they re not. they re user photos. you re wonderful photographers with wonderful moments. speaking of patriotic i can t wait to hear from pete in just moments from the speech you gave out there in
to the january 6 investigation. former trump official mark meadows is suing lawmakers to block their subpoenas. we ll tell you the committee s response. the omicron variant of the coronavirus now in 22 states. health experts are predicting a winter surge and urging americans to get their booster shot. and 2two more countries joi the diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. we ll have china s reaction. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s thursday, december 9th, and we begin with the latest challenge to the january 6 committee s ability to investigate the capitol insurrection. it s an about face by former white house chief of staff mark meadows on testifying. instead, he s suing the house speaker and the committee to block enforcement of his subpoena to appear. donald trump s former top aide is claiming effective privilege, but he s already turned over thousands of pages of documents and has written about conversations wit