rise in much of the u.s. today. the impact is being felt everywhere, across everything from air travel to event cancellations as officials debate those isolation rules for everyone who tests positive. there are more questions than answers on that front. plus, american political discourse has been so disrupted over the past four years that a grown man insulted president biden on a christmas call with the first lady with his wife and kids watching with a maga troll that means, according to wick pedia, eff joe biden. and later in the program, the great mass divide. a fascinating and distressing look at how one town s fight about masking and covid safety split the community right in half as we head into another divided new year in this country. all those stories and more when deadline: white house continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere. s after a qui. don t go anywhere.