and we begin with the breaking news on the cdc s new recommendations on how long covid patients should itis isolate themselves. tom, this is huge news. tell us more. jim, we ve been expecting a change like this for several days now. like omicron itself, it s been moving very, very swiftly and now we know a little bit more. big news from the center for disease control. shortening the recommended time from ten days to five days if asymptomatic followed by five days of wearing a mask. the announcement came just hours after president biden admitted to the nation s governors covid testing has not kept pace with the omicron threat. it s not enough. clearly not enough. we know we would have gone harder, quicker if we could have. with covid cases soaring, more than 2,000 flights were grounded and nearly 3,000 delayed in the u.s. just today. that s on top of thousands over the weekend. and flight crews keep calling in sick even as holiday travelers keep coming. we actually cha