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Slack.com slash DHQ. It's Monday, November 28th. Goodbye, zero COVID, hello, tens of thousands

COVID. We start here.

Here's a big shoutout to you.

China e-rups with infections and protests. It's really putting a test on Xi Jinping's zero

COVID strategy. The country's seen surges before, but this time it's sweeping the mainland

and could once again affect the entire world. Guess who's coming to Donald Trump's dinner?

This is a former president, essentially one of the leaders, if not the leader of the Republican

party, dining, hosting at his home. This white nationalist leader.

The former president's new acquaintance has sent the GOP scrambling and prices have gone

up that didn't stop us from paying those prices.

The habit, if you like, of shopping for holiday gifts is a very difficult one to change.

What a record-setting Black Friday means for the rest of the year.

For ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky.

Good morning. Good Monday. Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. And

yet as the reality of the new work week arrives, I should say it's also very possible that

what a lot of people had this weekend was COVID.

It's much, much better than it was, but it is not at a level low enough where we should

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