it is monday, december 27th. we start with several late breaking coronavirus developments. cases are surging. and the break in records. dr. fauci warning cases of the rapidly spending omicron variant will keep going up. with the country averaging 200,000 new covid cases every day. very well may be that focusing on hospitalizations as the parameter to follow and if they stay low and do not go back up but we are not there yet. we get increases in hospitalizations so we better be careful to think we are in good shape when we still need to be extremely careful getting people vaccinated and boosted, making sure we wear masks. we are in a tough situation. new york setting a record on christmas eve. nearly 50,000 people tests positive for covid and concerns of kids. the number of child hospitalizations from covid-19 quadrupling in new york city in recent weeks. with other cities on edge. renewing calls for parents to get the kids vaccinated. and then to top it all off, scores of