Tomorrow ill be 18 seconds later. We begin with the Breaking News on the pandemic. This Omicron Variant Of Covid first hit the United States officially. We can tell you now it is spreading. It has now been formally confirmed and found in three states, california, colorado and minnesota. What do doctors make of this new variant . Well, we will ask the doctor who treated the very first omicron case in the United States. He joins us in a moment. As for those three states with the variant, experts view this as a floor. They expect more spread on the way. Indeed, the person who has it in minnesota had traveled recently to New York City to a very large Anime Convention in late november. As it happens, we have a photo. About 50,000 people were there celebrating, discussing, learning, doing all the anime things. And given that crowd and what is known about variants, the mayor of new york says they are operating as if there is already Community Spread of the variant in New York City. Now, many
Because he was not a direct advisor to the president, there was not a direct privilege claim here. but if he claims the fifth, which he has heard bennie thompson say, we want him to come in on saturday, we re going to have him assert the fifth amendment right, if that s what he wants to do, question by question. the question is, is he asserting it in a reasonable way to try to not incriminate himself, or is it just a blanket effort to create a new way to delay the proceeding? if that s the case, then they ll have a record they can take to the department of justice and ask for it. maya wylie, thank you very much. let me tell folks what we have coming up, because it is going to be a wutang kind of day on the beat. a special guest on obama
Staircase to stage. get writ ever you get your booksing. thank you. thank you, ari. appreciate it. we appreciate raekwon. you can find all of this online at ari melber where we posted more about the wu tang interview. i want to say one more thing here. this period from thanksgiving to the new year can be quite a special time. many americans share recipes or traditions on social media, or even tiktok. after some delay, tonight we with report for you the beat is joining the tiktok craze, including the new video you see on your screen. this is fresh from my family s thanksgiving where my brother and i muse on the cappuccino skills that we got from our dad. the key is keeping it dry or you end up with a latte. and my dad, who just turned 78, by the way, happy birthday, dad, did a very brief cameo. despite working in the news, i don t have many tiktok followers to be honest. i m hurting out here. if you guys want to join in the craze, because people and families are doing it, you can
when i heard about the science behind the new sensodyne repair and protect with deep repair i was super excited about it. it shows that the toothpaste goes deep inside the exposed dentin to help repair sensitive teeth. life is just too short to miss out on simple things like drinking that cold cup of water or having a sip of hot coffee. i have the science to prove it, i can see that it works and i feel confident recommending it to my patients. i m really excited to recommend new sensodyne repair and protect with deep repair. as republicans try to install new loyalists in the positions to oversee elections, it s a special day on the beat. if you ve seen this show, you know. it s called simply chai day.
Probably more so than some players, it runs on muscle, it runs on players. i think they have to be reminded that you are nothing nothing without players. and i think that hopefully tony clark will mobilize the players from top to bottom if we just stick together. if we just stick together, we can get what we want, because without us there is no gain. and they sound like that is the plan. bill rhoden, thank you for spending time with us. it s so nice to see you. and thank you to all of you for letting us in your homes in these extraordinary times. the beat with mari elber starts right now. i owe you 18 seconds.