BREAKING NEWS: Omicron is spreading so fast it's now the most dominant coronavirus variant in the United States, with the CDC confirming it now accounts for 73% of all new cases. Dr. Jay Varma, Covid-19 adviser to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, joins to discuss this explosive rate of infection, his concern about people who are not fully vaccinated and a health care system that is under severe strain.

Plus, Democrats frustrated as Sen. Joe Manchin derails Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ bill, jury deliberations begin in the Daunte Wright manslaughter and Thearnos founder fraud trials, closing arguments are heard in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial, and the Jan. 6 Committee looks to question GOP Rep. Scott Perry.

Hosted by Laura Coates, in for Don Lemon.

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