and we begin with the breaking news on the cdc's new recommendations on how long covid patients should itis isolate themselves. tom, this is huge news. tell us more. >> jim, we've been expecting a change like this for several days now. like omicron itself, it's been moving very, very swiftly and now we know a little bit more. big news from the center for disease control. shortening the recommended time from ten days to five days if asymptomatic followed by five days of wearing a mask. the announcement came just hours after president biden admitted to the nation's governors covid testing has not kept pace with the omicron threat. >> it's not enough. clearly not enough.