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The shrink-fla,jtion really sneaks you want on them -- sneaks up on them just because product you're used to buying is reduced in size. arthel: listen, president biden and some economists say this pandemic will continue to drive inflation. so how does this new variant, omicron, factor in? >> well, i think, you know, what we saw during the kind of height of the pandemic was a lot of people staying home, and we saw the shutdowns. unfortunately, i cothink that -- i heard an analogy that said the world was at a red light, and once we opened back up, it was a green light, everybody came rushing in....

>> well, you know, i would have thought there was a better chance before yesterday, frankly. i think omicron, this variant, could potentially change things. obviously, you got huge voters mt. senate, joe manchin and key stint cinema -- kyrsten sinema, senator manchin has been wary of this bill to begin with. he's called for a pause at times worried about inflation, worried about the debt. of course, the department was high before the pandemic, then $5.a 5 trillion almost $4 trillion bipartisan making the debt higher, so he was worried about that. and then you throw this in omicron, and i do th...

Caution. the restrictions were announced quickly but don't take effect until monday. some medical experts say that will considerably lessen their benefit, and just one cay after dr. fauci tried to quell concerns saying there's no indication it's in the u.s., one day later, today, he appeared to reverse course saying he would be surprised if it wasn't here already. looks like we don't have that sound bite there, my mistake. centers for disease control said today no cases of the variant have been identified in the united states. the ckc is continuously working to monitor variants and surveillanc...

As 30 of those spikes on omicron. i was boeing to ask you, doctor -- going to ask you if we should assume it's already in the u.s., but we see c. fauci saying he wouldn't be surprised if it already is here. what does this mean for the millions of people traveling this weekend and through christmas and new year's? >> listen, i agree with dr. fauci. likelihood is the virus is already here. we're starting to see wherever you shine a flashlight, you're likely going to find something out there. in terms of what it means right here, listen, we have the tools to be able to prevent virus from spreadin...

Covering the news with you on this saturday. alicia: so great to see you too, griff, and that was a wonderful conversation. "fox news live" continues with molly line and arthel neville. griff: i'm griff jenkins in washington, thanks for watching and have a safe and happy weekend. ♪ arthel: the world is on high alert as the u.s. and several other nations impose travel the restrictions on south african countries after the emergence of a new covid variant. the cdc and state department now warning americans not to travel to those countries. hello, everyone. welcome to "fox news live," i'm arthel...