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Positive or having cold symptoms, to make sure they don't have covid before they go and see family. a lot of attention on covid right before people are getting together for the holidays. >> and a lot of health experts are calling it a winter wave. so we normally see the flu and the cold and other respiratory illnesses this time of year. now you add in covid-19, that's the concern. there could be a big spike in cases and hospitalizations after the holidays. >> nadia, great information this morning. thank you so much. >> thanks. we want to turn now to the protests overnight across the country ...

Were cancelled last year because people were concerned about covid-19. the concern is there. now there's a vaccine and the booster shots that are available to so many americans. and it's not just the winter holidays but dr. sanjay gupta says there's actually data, research, science, backing the boost for the booster. take a listen. >> most of the people ending up in the hospital with covid are the unvaccinated. the next biggest category is people who have received the vaccine, but we do see people who have been boosted getting additional protection from that severe illness so that's what i thi...

Booster shot. but we are already in what many health experts are calling a winter wave of cases. listen to one expert say what we're experiencing right now. >> we're starting to see now the beginning of that winter wave. we've had a 14% increase in cases over the last week. we're about to go yet again over 100,000 new cases a day, and it's starting up in the northern midwest, minnesota, wisconsin, michigan. so that's very concerning that the winter wave is now upon us and now starting. >> and the tsa today saying that they're breaking a record for travelers during the pandemic. so you can tell...

Good friday morning. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour. time for the top stories to keep our eye on today. house plans to vote on the president's $2 trillion build back better plan today. they were delayed by an 8-hour plus speech by minority leader kevin mccarthy that ended just moments ago. the budget office says the bill would add $267 billion over ten years. that does not include revenue from irs tax enforcement. some health experts warning the u.s. could be in the early stages of a winter wave of covid cases. they're ...

In this country right now, there's been this talk about the potential for a winter surge. the idea that we may be on the sort of beginning of this winter wave of covid, when you look at, for example, people getting ready to travel, see family for the holidays, the expectations for a surge after that. how important are these booster shots to try to push that wave back, to try to stem that tide, if you will? >> right. well, i think we're definitely going to see a surge, because we see what's happening in europe and what happens in europe eventually happens here in a few weeks to months. i think ...