good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wants to emphasize tgif. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, december 3rd. we ll start with the news. as the white house urges more americans to get vaccinated, new omicron cases are emerging in the u.s. and around the world. the latest here domestically are now confirmed in colorado, minnesota, and new york. nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell has the latest. reporter: expected, but still unnerving. more cases of the omicron variant detected inside the u.s. new york officials calling a news conference to announce omicron is there. add colorado to california and minnesota. officials identified omicron in a denver area woman who returned after a tour in southern africa. she was fully vaccinated, but had not received a booster. she is experiencing mild symptoms and is isolating at home. reporter: in minnesota, governor tim wolfe tried to assure everyone. a man was boosted and attended an an
All right. that is going to do it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. way too early is up next. president biden announces new action against covid as cases of the new variant begin to spread across the u.s. the question is whether the president s plan will keep america safe. plus, congress averts a government shutdown after a chaotic day on capitol hill. the question, what about the other must-pass items still on his agenda like the debt creeling. and alec baldwin in hit first sitdown interview since the deadly shooting on the set of rust. the question remains, who is responsible for this tragedy? it s way too early for this.
Major gains. should we expect that to continue? what are we seeing from companies in the u.s. or across the globe? are they all slowing down plans? a lot of places were hoping to get workers back to the office by the new year. is this new variant changing that? this is another big question. so far we ve seen players across the world take a more cautious stachblts we ve seen grofts approve work from home places where infection rates are high. they ve pushed back their return-to-office dates back several times already. they were looking at january 10th. but according to a new internal memo, that date has yet again been delayed. the company is still encouraging ploys to come in. they want to get that muscle memory working as they put it. they want people to remember
We ve been covering the biden administration s new travel rules ahmed the new concerns over the omicron variant. how are the revisions going to affect travel and tourism. they re just now getting back on their feet and now the arrival of the new variant certainly threatens that proeg. we heard from the united ceo warning the new variant will have at least a short-term impact on bookings. bookings will be lower than they otherwise would have been. we re also seeing the number of traveler drop, checking in. americas are now exhibiting more caution when it comes to booking international trips. so google, obviously a major player here, is pushing back its date over the concerns of the variant. we see home stocks have seen
Symptoms and is isolating at home. reporter: in minnesota, governor tim wolfe tried to assure everyone. a man was boosted and attended an anime convention last month held at the javits center, the very place that once served as a covid field hospital. conventiongoers urged to get tested. new york governor kathy hochul. we do expect more cases, but to the extent they re mild, wheel address them. it s not cause for an alarm. reporter: the president, a visit to the national institutes of health. we re going to attack this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion. reporter: one new benefit. the cost of in-home covid tests will be reimbursable through your private health insurance. expect it to begin in late