The CDC is warning that a new variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has nearly

doubled over the past week, so it looks like COVID is the only thing that's actually doing

New Year New Me.

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late

Night with Seth Meyers.

On today's show, Seth talks to actor Michael Shannon, but first, a closer look.

Today, Republicans exploded into absolute chaos, unlike here at this show.

On what was supposed to be their first day in charge of the House of Representatives,

when a revolt by far right, Moga members blocked GOP leader Kevin McCarthy from winning

enough votes to become speaker on the first two ballots.

The first time the House has failed to elect a leader on the first ballot in a century,

and will almost certainly lead to even more GOP-in fighting in chaos for more on this.

It's time for a closer look.

It would take far too long to recount all the political tumult we experienced in the

year 2022, the January 6th revelations, the sedition charges for insurrectionists, the

criminal charges for Trump cronies, the FBI search, and Mar-a-Lago, the Supreme Court decision,

returning Roe v. Wade, the response to Russia's war in Ukraine and the shocking midterm

election result that defied decades of historical precedent among many other things.

Now, if after all of that, you were hoping the 2023 would usher in a new era of calm

and normalcy, then please allow me to introduce you to one Rudolph Giuliani.

Senior, realizing he wrote not just 2022 on a check today, but also that he wrote bribe

in the memo.

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