Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that believes that 2022 has to be better than the last two years, right . Im Jonathan Lemire on this monday, january 3rd. The highly contagious Omicron Variant continues to fuel an unprecedented surge in this pandemic. According to data from the new york times, the average number of daily infections across the United States has doubled since christmas day. Were now at 400,000 new cases. Hospitalizations are also rising, and while not at the same pace, the sheer number is enough to strain hospitals across the country, however, theres encouraging news out of south africa where this strain originated. The governments there said the surge in cases has peeked without a significant increase in deaths. There are also new developments in the controversial cdc guidelines that cut the isolation time in half for those who test positive but werent showing any symptoms. There are questions over why the agency does not r
Right there. Well, i cant wait for this one. I think it is going to be amazing. And new day continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. All right, good morning to our viewer here in the United States and all around the world. It is friday, october 1st. We do have breaking news. What could be the first pill used to treat covid19. This could become a reality and very soon. Drugmaker merck announced this morning that its antiviral drug customers the risk of hospitalization and death for people who have covid in half. Merck has paused its trial, and plans to ask for Emergency Use Authorization. Now it is important here to note that this is meant for patients who are already infected with covid. Not a replacement for a vaccine. Dr. Sanjay gupta here with me now. This feels look a big deal. Yeah, this could be a big deal. Were getting all the information from the company right now. It has got to go through the process that everyone knows and learned about over the last couple of years. T
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: we begin the morning with this: former president donald trump hits back at special counsel jack smith after the justice department unseals a 37-count indictment. pete: the indictment claims trump illegally kept boxes of classified documents at his home in florida. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with the details. good morning. reporter: good morning. more than just keeping files at his home, prosecutors stated that the former president was showing sensitive documents to people who did not have proper security clearances and kept those files sprawl out in random storage spaces within mar-a-lago. the 37 charges span 7 federal laws that smith if s office has accused trump of breaking including 31 counts of w
his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a densely p
rachel: welcome back. look at that, good times roll. the good times are rolling. 7:00 here, and and it s new year s eve. you guys have plans? joey? pete? joey: yeah, i ve got great plans. this evening i m going to host the big weekend show. i m very excited about that. pete: i hope you re at a hotel slows and not going anywhere else. joey: i can hear the chaos but not be a part of it. pete: the minnesota vikings are playing the pack ors tonight, so jen is not losed about that. she does not want to the spend it s a controversial game, yes, it could have playoff implications rachel: you ll be in nashville? pete: we ll be home. rachel: i ll probably be watching the peakers too. [laughter] pete: sean duffy if will be watching on the other side of the equation. rachel: that s the only time he really insists on watching, if the packers are plague. pete: and they re playing the vikings. it s at lambeau field, he ll be into it. joey: we started the first hour with our new c