12/20: COVID cases rise ahead of holidays, a surge that could be different than past waves. A single Democrat stops the president's agenda for now.

Long lines for tests, as covid cases surge before the holidays. The fast-spreading Omicron variant has now been detected in all but five states. Average new COVID numbers have nearly doubled since the beginning of November, with the U.S. now averaging 156,000 cases a day. Moderna has released new data this morning -- that shows a third shot could be crucial to fighting the Omicron variant. A prominent Democratic senator has handed President Biden a major setback to his giant social spending plan. Turning to Asia, North Korea is telling its citizens to show greater loyalty to dictator Kim Jong-un, ten years after he took control of the nuclear armed country.

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