President Biden announces new action against COVID as cases of the new variant begin to spread across the U.S.

The question is whether the president's plan will keep Americans safe.

Plus, Congress averts a government shutdown after a chaotic day on Capitol Hill.

The question, what about the other must-pass items still on his agenda,

like the debt ceiling? And Alec Baldwin in his first sit-down interview since the deadly shooting

on the set of the movie Rust. The question remains, who is responsible for this tragedy? It's way

too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wants to emphasize T-G-I-F.

I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Friday, December 3rd.

We'll start with the news.

As the White House urges more Americans to get vaccinated, new Omicron cases are emerging in the U.S. and around the world.

The latest here domestically are now confirmed in Colorado, Minnesota, and New York. NBC

New Senior White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell has the latest.

Expected, but still unnerving. More cases of the Omicron variant detected inside the U.S.

New York officials calling a news conference to announce Omicron is there. Add Colorado to

California and Minnesota. Officials identified Omicron in a Denver area woman who returned after a tour in Southern Africa.

She was fully vaccinated but had not received a booster.

She is experiencing mild symptoms and is isolating at home.

In Minnesota, Governor Tim Walals tried to offer reassurance.

It's not surprising that it showed up.

That case involves a Minneapolis area man, vaccinated and boosted, who had traveled to New York

City, where he attended an anime convention last month, held at the Javis Center, the very

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