into the winter. america bracing for a tough winter that s beginning to look a lot like last winter. already in the midst oh of a delta surge, the omicron varmt acc variant accounting for just under 3% of karss but spreading fast. this has a doubling time of two to three days. it s going to take over. we know it s very contagious. you saw what happened in south africa initially. then in europe. now in the u.s. it s doubling about every two to four days, and we ll see the number of cases go up pretty steeply. the u.s. averaging about 1200 deaths a day, and 130 new covid-19 cases a day, that up 10% from a week ago. hospitalizations nationwide up 35% over last month, and intensive care beds nearly 80% full. new york setting a record for