our other major headline tonight, new year s storm threats. two big systems hitting on both coasts. in the west, 13 states on alert for heavy mountain snow. torrential rain and nasty weather moving east just in time for the new year. our team tracking it all. six years of former president trump s tax returns now made public after years of legal battles. what they reveal about his profits and losses. foreign bank accounts, and how he paid no taxes in his final year at the white house. how trump is responding tonight. southwest airlines resetting and resuming normal service tonight after nearly 16,000 cancellations since the holiday travel meltdown began last week. the airline ceo talking exclusively to abc news, apologizing and promising the company will make good on passenger reimbursements. the finances of embattled congressman-elect george santos under new scrutiny. tonight, questions about how he spent campaign money. more than $70,000 in air travel and hotel expense
Increase across the country. fueled by the highly contagious omicron sub variant. the philadelphia health commissioner says the measure is a chance to quote get ahead of the pandemic. joining us now, white house reporter for the los angeles times, msnbc political analyst, eli, thank you for being here. we saw philadelphia yesterday take the step that i feel like other cities may be forced to follow suit. reinstating mask mandates. how difficult will that be for public officials, and in particular, right now, democrats, who lead most of these big city, and of course control washington, to put back in place some of these pandemic health requirements? well, it may be tough, and it may depend on where they are, and what the constituency looks like in urban place, you know, people may be more accepting of some of these mandates than obvious people who have been in rural less populated areas, but
Omicron variant as it spreads across the country. lauren blanchard is live with for. today president biden will meet with the nation s governors and the covid response team to talk about what comes next. some states are reinstating mask mandates. others are considering shortened quarantine periods to help get people back to work faster. more than anything, the president is likely to be asked where are the tests is last week the president promised 500 million free of charge rapid test kits but the tests won t be available until next month. not all at once and well past the holidays. the website to request one isn t live yet as we wait for the rapid tests americans have been met with long testing lines or sold out pharmacies. obviously got to do better. i think things will improve greatly as we get into january but that doesn t help us today and tomorrow. dr. third down fauci says it s not the time to take off masks and they are aware there is a testing problem.
In-person new year s eve celebration in grand park. d.c. is reinstating mask mandates, weeks after lifting it. in boston proof of vaccination will be required starting next month for indoor spaces, including restaurants, gyms and theaters. overnight, the nhl announcing it will pause its season until after christmas, calling off a five-game schedule thursday. joining us now the surgeon general of the united states, dr. vivek murthy. it s very good to have you back on the show. first, i would just like to ask what can we expect to hear from the president today, especially per training to the highly transmissible omicron variant. thanks, mika. today the president is going to lay out for the country what we can expect in the next few weeks with regard to omicron. he s also going to provide advice for people what they can do to stay safe during the holiday season. more importantly he s going to lay out concrete steps in three critical areas around testing, hospital support, increased