i wish you could see it through my eyes, then you would know my if god, you re beautiful right now. merry christmas pete: welcome to fox & friends. it s 8 a.m. on the east coast here on fox & friends weekend, sunday, december 3rd, year of our lord, 2023, and that is snow at the blue mountain resort in, is it bath, pa? if. rachel: yeah. pete: bath, pennsylvania. rachel: it is gorgeous. pete: it looks cold. i don t want any part of it. rachel: at christmas time pete: was it snowing in bethlehem when jesus was born? will: right. rachel: no, but i m saying the experience will: got her. pete: the hesitation rachel: i m from the desert, or i m from arizona. i m saying that s a you know what? i love america in all or her will: she just played the ace of spades, and now you don t know what to do. [laughter] pete: the american card doesn t beat the jesus card. i played the beth he hem rachel: i agree, i m a christian first and american second. pete: there y
it very difficult for politicians and the president of the united states to describe a clear picture to americans of the economy. there are crosscutting elements to this situation in the american economy, no singular way to describe it. the one thing is getting a handle on the pandemic is going to be positive for the economy in 2022 if they can do that. omicron has raised fresh questions. we ll see how the president addresses. matt egan, john harwood, thanks very much. now to u.s. efforts to track the omicron variant. cases in five statses, something health officials anticipated would happen. they are ramping up programs to use genome sequencing to identify cases more quickly to track it. the biden administration has announced new measures to curb the virus spread this winter including new testing requirements beginning on monday for all international travelers