against the new coronavirus variant. the omicron. it is surging across the globe and that is not the greatest thing. it is also surging across america. you remember when it was a couple states then five or six. now 18 states. you can see the spread. more than 50 countries have recorded cases around the world. with everything that has been learned and applied there has been a quicker deployment than the initial reaction to covid to get international safety travel protocols into effect. the variant is believed already to be more transmissible than other variants so that s something that authorities are trying to deal with in real time. where s the good news? well, since last week, when the first case hit the united states, there are signs based on what they re learning that the worst possible thing that can happen in any illness may to the be happening much at all yet here and dr. fauci laying out a cautious optimism mixed with that evidence based good news. it is too early t
indicted candidate? for democrats, can they reinvigorate the coalition that put joe biden in the white house? how are they going to resolve a messy battle over the primary calendar? alas the chair, jaime harrison, about how his party plans to tackle those questions when he joins me, coming up first. plus, more from my recent conversation with two with the democratic party s biggest names. congresswoman, elk alexandria ocasio-cortez discusses that and makes the republican primary. governor gavin newsom explains why he s using his political capital to help democrats and red states. well there s so much that seems to divide us these days, music is one of the few things that brings us together. i join two members of the musical group, they ate it brothers at our weekend 14 i know it may seem like the election is pretty far off, but the truth is, the very first votes of the 2024 presidential sex durr will be cast just six months from now. this time next year, will be only days a