good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that will look for the lighting of the rockefeller christmas tree right outside later this evening. there it is. i m jon lemire on this wednesday, december 1. let s start with the news. in an effort to detect and contain any cases of the omicron variant comes into the united states, top health officials are expanding a surveillance nation at some of the nation s biggest busiest airports. four at new york, newark, atlanta and san francisco. here s what cdc director rochelle walensky said yesterday at yesterday s covid release. this allows for specific arrival increasing capacity to identify those with covid-19 on arrival to the united states and enhancing our surveillance of the omicron variant. to be crystal clear, we have far more tools to fight the variant today than we had at this time last year. we are actively looking for the omicron variant right here in the united states. right now, there s no evidence of omicron
course. onward. as we head towards super tuesday. i don t believe donald trump can beat joe biden. also tonight, delusional demands. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling on hamas to get serious about negotiating. then we ll have the progress that we all want. we ll have the latest on the talks. plus, storm watch. the coast-to-coast system threatening to bring severe weather to millions in the coming days. we ll tell you when and where it s expected to hit. and the party is on! also court chaos. out of control fans rush the hardwood after wake forest s upset win over duke. a star player injured. tonight, who s crying foul. and later, the power of play. the evolution of dolls over generations telling the story of the black experience. re-imagining the doll. that was really important. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight former president don
paid to those materials when you are in office and after you leave office, and clearly that did not take place in this case. but the unequal treatment before the law was deeply troubling to me early this week. well, well, well. that was mike pence two weeks ago talking about president biden s classified documents. but now it s pence s lawyers who are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president s home. also ahead, kevin mccarthy makes food on his promises for committee assignments, procking high-profile democrats from one and adding fringe members of the gop to others. plus, the pentagon now appears to be ready to send tanks to ukraine after all. we ll explain why the move is as much about putting pressure on allies as it is about arming the ukrainians. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a packed show and we begin in washington where c
meghan markle s explosive interview with oprah. so what is next the queen and the royal family? it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early oig, the show that know that when grandma talks, you better listen. the house is expected to vote today on president biden s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. debate on the bill scheduled to begin just after 9:00 a.m., timing of the final vote is fluid given that republicans may try to slow the process. house democrats aim to get the bill to president biden s desk so he can sign it before key unemployment programs expire this coming sunday. it can take days for congress to formally send a huge bill down the street to the white house. once biden has signed it, the money can start flowing including those $1400 relief payments for eligible americans, $300 a week federal jobless benefits and those additional funds for vaccine distribution. new polling from the pew research center continues to show just ho