President Biden Reassures U.S. Amid Omicron Surge

Holiday travel plus the highly transmissible Omicron variant equals record-breaking Covid cases across the country. Thanks to vaccinations hospitalizations and deaths remain lower than last winter's surge. But, the variant is causing staffing shortages from airlines to hospitals. Plus: nearly a year since the January 6th Capitol attack, 6 in 10 Republicans still believe there was significant voter fraud in the 2020 election. And Biden holds back-to-back calls with Russia and Ukraine's leaders. Could he help avert an invasion? On today's panel: The Wall Street Journal's Tarini Parti, Hans Nichols of Axios, the Daily Beast's Jackie Kucinich, Alex Thompson of Politico, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, CNN's Alex Marquardt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices