suspended all of its games for the next several days over the christmas weekend, in an attempt to slow the spread. right here in the nation's cap capital, the mayor, muriel bowser, announced the reinstatement of an indoor mask mandate, that starts today. in new york, which has seen a threefold increase in covid infections in the past week, new york city mayor bill de blasio says the city is testing more people than ever. and that contributes to some degree to the number of new infections we're seeing. officials say omicron is increasing the demand for testing. the supply chain can't yet keep up. hours from now, president biden will address the nation on the issue. he is expected to announce the purchase by the government of half a billion at home rapid tests, which will be sent, for free, to anyone who requests one. let's begin at the white house, jeremy diamond is on the north lawn. jeremy, notably this, president is not going to come out today and say we're going to shut down the country or parts of the country again today. he's talking about targeted