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is are democrats ready to get back to work. and a scientific wonder as researchers discover a embryo egg inside. the question is is this a plot for jurassic park people? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that has a lot of questions from white house press secretary jen psaki which she joins us later in the hour. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 22nd. we ll start with the news. thanks to a steep surge in coronavirus cases across the country. president biden is outlining new steps his administration will take to combat the new omicron variant. according to the president, new vaccination and testing sites will be set up nationwide. the government will buy 500 million rapid tests and distribute them to americans free of charge. and 1,000 medical professionals will be sent to help hospitals overwhelmed with patients. speaking from the white house yesterday, the president try to reassure americans that the ri ....
only is it doing devastation but lifting other debris in that field and using it as weaponry as it keeps moving across the land. so you have these 200 miles an hour winds filled with this dangerous debris and little rattly like a blender where it s chewing up the landscape and the housing in there, which is what makes it so dangerous. to see the devastation that doesn t go on for block after block. goes on for mile after mile. it s stunning to see in these vivid images. we have seen this. we have seen these kinds of things throughout the years. but to the extent that we re looking at right now on the screen is really, you know, just stunning, sandra. going back to the governor s words just talking to us, saying the recovery efforts will be measured in years, not months. confirms of the 65 dead, the age ranges from just months old, a baby, that lost its life surrendered to injuries from the rubble to victims in their mid 80s. a nursing home was greatly affected by this ....
with the january 6th committee along with my colleagues ryan nobles and mike warren, we have learned that the committee subpoenaed short a few weeks ago. but that unlike some other trump officials, he s not fighting the subpoena. and, anderson, short s cooperation is a significant development because he is, as you say, a firsthand witness to so many critical events. he was with mike pence at the capitol on january 6th. he was also in the oval office on january 4th when former-president trump tried to convince pence not to certify the election results. so, um, all of these things our sources say add up to one thing. short s assistance signals a greater openness among pence s inner circle with one source telling me the committee is getting, quote, significant cooperation with team pence. just for context, short is considered one of pence s most loyal aides. it is hard to imagine that mark short would cooperate with the committee without pence s blessing. so, i mean, thi ....
nobles and mike warren, we have learned that the committee subpoenaed short a few weeks ago. but that unlike some other trump officials, he s not fighting the subpoena. and, anderson, short s cooperation is a significant development because he is, as you say, a firsthand witness to so many critical events. he was with mike pence at the capitol on january 6th. he was also in the oval office on january 4th when former-president trump tried to convince pence not to certify the election results. so, um, all of these things our sources say add up to one thing. short s assistance signals a greater openness among pence s inner circle with one source telling me the committee is getting, quote, significant cooperation with team pence. just for context, short is considered one of pence s most loyal aides. it is hard to imagine that mark short would cooperate with the committee without pence s blessing. so, i mean, this is kind of a new divide in how the former president s team ....
regardless of nationality, regardless of vaccination status. also developing this morning, the mayor of new york city just announced the city s implementing a first in the nation vaccine requirement to include all private sector employees. the city will also expand its vaccination requirement for indoor dining and entertainment to include kids as young as five now. these changes come amid continued uncertainty over the new omicron variant which has now been defetected in at least7 states. but the delta variant is the major problem still in america. and is what is driving another surge it appears. the u.s. is averaging more than 120,000 new cases every day, highest level since early october. but its hospitalizations that really tell the story. up 27% in the last month with around 60,000 people every day sick enough with covid to need hospital care right now. let s start with pete muntean live at dulles airport in virginia with more on the new testing requirement going in ....