tested positive. plus, the first case of omicron reported in the united states. the question is what will president biden announce when he updates us on the fight against covid later today? and lockout. major league baseball shuts down for the first time in decades after owners and the players union failed to reach an agreement with four months left before the season. the question is opening day in jeopardy? it s way too early for this. good morning, kind of. welcome to way too early, the show that is going to be clear about this. games better not be lost. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 2nd. we re going to start with the news. the inevitable has happened. the first case of the omicron variant of covid-19 has been dedeathed in california. the cdc announces the patient returned from south africa last week and developed symptoms a few days later. the person then tested positive for covid, and genome sequencing confirmed it was the omicron variant.
the president s residence. it s the a-list of a-hole. like ivanka and jared and donald trump jr. everyone has a gift to take home. alert. rudy called win of something. i would be asked for him to be disciplined for that. rooty-tooty. science is saying something if i am wrong, i can go to prison. did you? . give them hell karen brockovich. this is this week in covid history. wow. [ applause ] that was a good one. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, december 2nd, with us we have elise jordan is back with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, there he is. last night the january 6th select committee voted to recommend another contempt of congress charge. this will one for a formal justice official who was apart of trump s attempt to subvert his 2020 loss. we are learning more about the people around trump who helped him undermine public health. namely, the revelation that the former president tested positive for coronavirus three day
new fears kicking off of an outbreak putting americans on edge. the president still on vacation in the home of a billionaire in nantucket, massachusetts. let s turn now to jacqui heinrich in that town. we saw the president yesterday, but what s he saying now about the new variant? reporter: hey, good morning to you, edward. despite holiday sales that were expected to climb at a record pace this year, national retail federation predicting up to 10.5% the global markets are reeling from the news of this new variant, and yesterday president biden announced travel restrictions from south africa and seven other neighboring countries will be imposed similar to those imposed by the u.k., more than a dozen other countries after they spoke with scientists about how fast new variant was spreading and also whether vaccines are effective against it. the president said the decision to hut down travel from south africa was made out of an abun cannes of caution, but he abundance of caut