woman accused of recruiting jeffrey epstein's victims. also congressman adam kinzinger will be our guest after calling out kevin mccarthy for cozying up to extremists in their party. and remembering broadway legend, steven son time. we'll talk to tony award winning actress patty lapone. we begin this morning with covid. countries around the world are scrambling to contain a new strain of covid-19. since being discovered in south africa, the omicron variant has spread to a number of nations across the globe. raph sanchez has the latest from israel. >> reporter: travel chaos as countries around the world race to shut out the omicron variants. >> we are now in a race against time. >> reporter: the most drastic