Senator Cruz told the Attorney General you should be prosecuted. Yeah. I'd have to laugh at that.

I should be prosecuted. What happened on January 6th, Senator? Yeah, there is new information on the

investigation into the Capitol attack and this emerging variant of the coronavirus. We've got our

go-to doctors lined up for the very latest on what Americans need to know about the evolving

threat. Plus, what those COVID concerns mean for the economy. A live report from CNBC is just

moments away. Capitol Hill, meanwhile,

has its own economic issues to deal with, namely a looming deadline to lift the debt ceiling

and to fend off a government shutdown. Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Monday, November 24th. Hope you all

had a good Thanksgiving weekend. With us, we have. It's the 29th. What am I saying? It's the 29th.

Happy Monday, everyone. With us, we have the host of way too early and White House Bureau Chief at Politico,

Jonathan Lemire, and member of the New York

Times editorial board. Mara Gay is with us. Good to have you both on board this morning.

As we look at countries around the world scrambling to contain a new strain of COVID-19,

since being discovered in South Africa, the Omicron variant, has spread to neighboring African countries and a number of other nations across the globe.

Canadian officials say the variant has reached North America with two cases appearing in Ontario.

Letter this morning, President Biden is expected to give the nation an update on his

administration's response. Members of the White House COVID response team briefed the

president yesterday and warned it could take two weeks before there is definitive information

on the characteristics of the new variant. Here's some of what Dr. Anthony Fauci said yesterday

about the omacron strain of COVID-19. It just kind of exploded in the sense that when you look in

South Africa, you were having a low level of infection, and then all of a sudden there was this

big spike.

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