first white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live tonight from the north lawn, good evening, peter. good evening, bret. voicials around here want people focused on the new infrastructure law traveling to minnesota tomorrow to celebrate its passage but, instead, they are dealing with the latest reminder that this president, who promised to shut down the virus hasn t. it s called the omicron. this variant is a cause for concern not a cause for panic. but new travel restrictions are in place on residents of eight african countries dealing with outbreaks. the point of the travel of the restriction, to give us time to get people to get protection, to be vaccinated and get the booster. that s even though biden blasted trump the day he announced similar travel bans. this is no time for donald trump s record of hysteria, xenophobia to lead the way instead of science. critics see a clear flip flop. when president trump did this he was labeled as a raci
crash bam boom. geraldo. geraldo abbreviated geraldo news with geraldo. back, beautiful cruise of the west indies on board the seaboard odyssey saint martin. barbados is great. oh, that s cranberry sauce. i finally had cranberry sauce. jesse: there he is with his shirt off. dana: that s it for us. special report suspect next. hi, bret. bret: i want to go on geraldo s trips. thanks, dana. good evening. i m bret baier, president biden is urging americans not to panic over the new coronavirus strain discovered in south africa but is now in different parts of the world. the president is urging people to get vaccinated to get a booster shot but says he will not immediately push for new mandates and restrictions beyond a travel ban from some african countries. we will talk with former assistant health secretary admiral bret injury roar about the vort in a few minutes.