good friday morning. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. and i m christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour. time for the top stories to keep our eye on today. house plans to vote on the president s $2 trillion build back better plan today. they were delayed by an 8-hour plus speech by minority leader kevin mccarthy that ended just moments ago. the budget office says the bill would add $267 billion over ten years. that does not include revenue from irs tax enforcement. some health experts warning the u.s. could be in the early stages of a winter wave of covid cases. they re up 14% since last week and we are approaching 100,000 new cases a day. here we go begin. minnesota, wisconsin and michigan are already in the throes of this wave. memphis police releasing photos in the suspect of