spread holiday cheer. we begin with the growing threat of the omicron variant. cases are rising quickly around the globe. less than a month after it was first detected. in the u.s., experts are warning that americans could be facing a dark winter as omicron collides with the surge of the delta variant. the country is now averaging more than 125,000 new infections a day. cases are rising, especially fast in the northeast, midwest, and south, but experts say that s mostly being fueled by the delta variant, not omicron that s expected to become the dominant strain in the coming weeks, but cdc numbers show that omicron accounts for just around 3% of new cases. u.s. hospitals are already peeling the impact around 69,000 americans are currently hospitalized with the virus. and experts say omicron is only likely to make things worse, putting more strain on an already-overwhelmed health care system. the sheer number of patients that will still generate for hospitals will overwhel
protest for whatever issue, in danger. house democrats celebrating a big win after passing president biden s build back better bill, giving speaker nancy pelosi a career-defining achievement. this bill is monumental. it s historic. it s transformative. it s bigger than anything we ve ever done. but that size could be a major on stack toll get senator manchin s yes vote in the senate. pressure in china on the whereabouts of a tennis player after accusing a formal official of sexual assault. now the united nations is getting involved as the wta threatens to pull out. we ve got price spikes to worry about. what you need to know before heading to the grocery store for that holiday feast. good morning, everybody. it s saturday, november 20th. i m lindsey reiser. and i m kendis gibson. i was hoping for a thanksgiving feast, but we re traveling to phoenix, my wife and i. sticker shot. my bird is flying right now. fresh. fresh, exactly. we have a team of correspon
senate. one democrat already saying no. guess who it is. we ll tell you in a second. the january 6th committee ready to reprimand a no-show witness. what we re learning about the committee s next move and when that might happen. i m hallie jackson in washington where it s all going down in the last couple minutes and we want to start at the white house where president biden is meeting with his cabinet to talk about doing something with that new trillion dollar infrastructure bill he is set to sign into law on monday. we re also learning something else, nominating former fda commissioner to the same day he had at the end of the biden administration. not even a day into it a rocky road ahead. joe manchin saying his nomination is an insult to the many families and individuals who have had their lives changed forever as a result of addiction. i could not support his nomination in 2016 and i cannot support it now. nbc kelly o donnell is at the white house. let me set aside for a s
he has revealed himself to be a total ideologue and i suspected he would become of that joe biden nominated him to provide a cover for the department of justice to be deeply politicized and even weaponized against the american people. shannon: a number of heated exchanges went down on capitol hill. plus tennessee senator marsha blackburn who asked the ag whether he would equate angry parents to the oklahoma city bomber. she joins us live to discuss. parents frustrated over another prominent democrat posting a picture inside without a mask while their kids are forced to mask up for hours a day in schools. this time it s new york governor kathy hochul mask less on broadway. not violating any laws or guidelines but a stirring backlash from parents who say they have had enough. americans irritated as more and more out of stock signs propping up in stores and online. one store owner has advice on how to save for your christmas. we begin with that senate judiciary committee heari
atlanta braves are headed to the nlcs. they re a team that won their division. it wasn t a great division, quite frankly, so they sort of flew under the radar, as you said. the brewers were getting a lot of attention coming into the playoffs as a sleeper team. watch for the braves in the playoffs. they ll play either the giants or the dodgers because the dodgers did win in los angeles last night, appropriately forcing a decisive game between the two teams with the best records in baseball that will be played tonight in san francisco. wow, what a series that is. of course, i obviously didn t stay up to see it was not a walk-off. i thought it was. thank god. eighth inning home run. mike barnicle, we talked about yesterday the strategic decision that we had to make as a country, of calling joseph stalin our ally in the battle against adolph hitler and nazi germany. willie geist having to make a similar choice in supporting the boston red sox going into the alcs. take deep