The nation seems to be bracing for another long period of COVID-19 dominating the headlines as the Omicron variant continues to spread in the U.S. In our Correspondent Close-Up, Clayton Neville takes a look at how the world is reacting. Speaking of reaction, Capitol Hill correspondent Linda Kenyon tells us how lawmakers are responding to Senator Joe Manchin announcing he will vote "no" to the Build Back Better plan. Lauren Hirsch of the New York Times stops by to share her reporting on the confusion among large employers in the United States over how to enforce or whether to enforce federal vaccine mandates. And Jim Roope tells us how California Governor Gavin Newsom is mimicking Texas' abortion laws by trying to do the same in his state with guns.

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