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.

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