industry experts were sounding the alarm just as the holiday season got under way with dire warnings about potentially crippling pandemic related supply chain issues leading to empty store shelves and long waits for package deliveries, empi stty stockingst now it appears a major crisis was averted with congestion easing and backlogs dropping. but what happens now as the omicron variant surges? is the global supply chain prepared to handle that? joining me now to answer is commerce secretary gina raimondo. you were at the white house yesterday for the supply chain meeting. there was an article in the new york times about this. by in large what are you seeing in terms of the christmas demand being met? good morning. by in large, it s a good news story. the president convened some of us in his cabinet and ceos of the gap, fedex, and other logistics companies.