[laughter] i have some bruises. a little too far to the left. clumsy people should stick to dancing on the floor. you be quiet, i am trying to do a monologue. it s been really hard to gauge the vice president s performance during the afghanistan fiasco, mainly because she has been harder to find that a nonbinary taliban leader, which basically means he sleeps with both women and goats. it is almost like she was abducted by aliens, not the ones pouring across our southern border. honestly, i am starting to miss her. her gravitas, her sincerity, her compassion toward looters and arsonists. but also, i really miss her soothing laugh. [laughter] be honest, i am going to cackle withdrawal. but i have been making do with this. [cackling] come, my cohort in crime! greg: we would have more luck finding cesar romero at a laundromat in queens than finding kamala anywhere. guess that means it s time for. in search of kamala harris. with your hosts, sarah jessica parker
fate in the australian open could come at any moment. hello and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin in our health lead. a new warning from the top health experts. today dr. anthony fauci, and the acting fda commissioner say omicron is so efficient at spreading that almost everyone in the u.s. will at least be exposed to it. even if you re vaccinated and boosted. that does not mean, of course, that everyone is going to get infected or get sick. just exposed to it. the biden administration says it will send 10 million test kits to schools every month to help keep classrooms open. and the white house is actively exploring, we re told, making high-quality masks more available to americans. those efforts all could make a critical difference. right now a sliver of good news as cnn s nick watt reports. cases appear to be peaking in some places such as new york which means case counts could soon be coming down. omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of
sense of family, friendship, giving, and joy. the evergreen tree reminds us that even in the coldest, darkest days of winter, that light and abundance will return. through the years and through the eyes of first families. my grandmother decided in the mid-1920s that she was going to make christmas the biggest deal ever. my mother, i think, said it best when she said, you know, every day in the white house is a gift to my life, but never more so than at christmas. and i share that sentiment. in this hour, family, festivities, faith, and the work of the presidency, which doesn t stop any day of the year. announcer: the following program is brought to you in living color on nbc. hello and welcome to fireside history. i m michael beschloss. in this episode, little white house holiday magic, presidential historian style with help from the nbc news archives. the hope for all of us in public life and private is that the winter holidays are times of unity and peace,
ourselves as well. and during the christmas season, i think most americans do feel a greater sense of family, friendship, giving, and joy. the evergreen tree reminds us that even in the coldest, darkest days of winter, that life and abundance will return. through the years, and through the eyes of first families. my grandmother decided in the mid-1920s that she was going to make christmas the biggest deal ever. my mother, i think, said it best when she said, you know, every day in the white house is a gift to my life. but never more so than at christmas. and i share that sentiment. in this hour, family, festivities, faith, and the work of the presidency, which doesn t stop any day of the year. announcer: the following program is brought to you in living color on nbc. hello, and welcome to fireside history. i m michael. in this episode, a little white house holiday magic, presidential historian style, with help from the nbc news archives. the hope for all of u