behind closed doors, not at the capitol itself, that needs to be brought to life. so they need to find witnesses and it seems like they had witnesses who had access to important information, who are credible and honest, who don't have any political allegiance that's going to shade the truth and who can explain this in a way that makes it really hit home just how important this is. >> elie honig, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, paula. staggering new numbers on the nationwide search in covid cases. the u.s. seven-day average of new cases now up to nearly 400,000. and health experts say those numbers will climb even higher as the impact of holiday gathering sets in. the healthcare workforce is already stretched thin. yet, they must prepare for the worst yet again. >> the only difficulty is that when you have so many, many cases, even if the rate of hospitalization is lower with omicron than it is with delta, there's still the danger that you're going to have a surging