on this final day, remember, the world is trying to understand how the covid variant will be. this as pfizer receives covid boosters for 16 and 17-year-olds dow futures are sinking under uncertainty. >> jury selection begins in the death of seant fe wright

jessie smollett claims he is the victim the first time in 400 years, the island paradise of barbados is a free republic tiger's plans for golf and how he is recovering "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances mena >> i'm phillip mena. president biden is calling for calm and covid vaccinations. while no case have been discovered here in the u.s., on monday, he addressed the nation amid growing alarm saying the variant is cause for concern, fought a cause for panic here's abc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: good morning, as more countries around the world try to contain the omni chron variant, the president trying to reassure america as scientists

try to find more information about the variant. with the new variant spreading around the world, president biden says he's not considering any widespread lockdown. >> this is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. >> reporter: the president huddling over the weekend, says the white house is working with vaccine manufacturers to develop vaccine or boosters if needed. >> the best protection against this new variant or an of the variants out there, the ones we have been dealing with already is getting fully vaccinated, getting a booster shot. >> reporter: the cdc is stressing people 18 and older should get a booster it comes as the biden administration's new travel restrictions for each sank country takes effect nay bar foreign visitors to the u.s., other countries such as israel, morocco and japan are launching more drastic steps, banning all travelers, as a

growing list of people ban omnicron, reinstituting the indoors mask advisory. >> we have no notification it has arrived in ontario, which is literally across the bridge where i live i can see canada from my rouse. >> reporter: south africa's president said the global travel restrictions are an over reaction some doctors say the variant symptoms are mild. >> are we overwhelmed, no. >> reporter: but there are questions about the transmissibility, resistance of vaccines and severity of symptoms base on limited evidence from south africa, this new strain appears to be highly contagious. what we don't know is whether it is more deadly than previousrun ones and other vaccine work against it all three manufacturers in the u.s. are testing them right now. >> it's highly likely there will

be loss of vaccine effectiveness, whether we have to treat the current vaccines, we don't know. we have to wait a couple weeks until we get the chief data. >> reporter: they say the omnicron vaccine should take months to manufacture. should americans get used to the idea they may need a covid booster every year much like the flu shot >> i think so. these major coronaviruss, we see this, they become endemic, just remain in societies. >> reporter: the question is how soon before we might have a confirmed case of the variant here in the u.s. the answer is very quickly the white house says that the country is saying nearly 80,000 samples per week, more than any other nation is only a patz of time, philip >> gabe. thank you. jury selection begins today in the trial of kim potter the former minnesota police officer. potter is accused of shooting

dante wright she mistook her gun for a taser and accidentally shot and killed wright potter is charged with first and second degree manslaughter high profile attorney ben crump is representing wright's family. opening statements begin next week the new york attorney general has released video from the investigation into former new york governor andrew cuomo the transcripts are also raising questions about the role that his brother cnn anchor chris cuomo played behind the scenes from nbc new york jonathan dean has the details. >> do you swear this testimony will be the truth and nothing but the truth? >> yes, i do >> former foernl attorney general seemed sour. he was seemingly at times uncooperative. >> how do you want to define girlfriend how do you want to define date

>> how do you define date? >> it doesn't matter how i define date. how do you define date it's your question >> he denied up theing, harassing, any of his accusers >> that never happened >> in addition to his video testimony, the tomorrow released video of six accusers, all who alleged wrongdoing by cuomo or a toxic work environment >> i remember going straight to my bus, definitely trying to touch me i remember standing there, like, okay, i kind of froze. >> for the first time we see testimony from cuomo's former top aide melissa derosa. she testified she did not see him harass anyone. investigators seemed to touch upon unsubstantiated rumors, which she and cuomo deny that they had an affair >> has he ever kissed you on the mouth? >> no. >> derosa after hours of testimony. >> would it surprise you to

learn the governor frequently kissed annabel walsh >> no. i'm sorry, i'm so tired. >> she called it a day transcripts released of cuomo's brother cnn anchor chris cuomo he admitted being looped in on e-mails when the allegations surfaced in march of this year, delo sa asked him to check his sources chris cuomo respond he was on it, later answering that no one heard anything yet >> your thanks to jonathan for that report. the trial of jesse smollett begins in ernest this morning. he is accused of lying to police in 2019, that he was assaulted in a hate crime. nbc news' megan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: actor jesse smollett on trial that he staged a racist and homophobic attack

three years ago. a jury of 12 in a packed courtroom. he said he was attacked by two men who threw a noose around his neck and yelling homophobia slurs and support for president trump. they allege he paid two brothers to carry out the attack. chicago police calling it a pub lissity stunt in 2019. >> "empire" actor jesse smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. >> reporter: investigators say he was unhappy with his salary on the tv show "empire," setting up the scheme to secure more money. >> smollett paid $3500 to stage the attack and thrash chicago's reputation through the mud in the process. >> reporter: smollett and his team continue to maintain his innocence. >> i have been truthful on every single level since day one. >> reporter: prosecutors dropped

service in 2019. a appreciable prosecutor found quote substantial abuses of discretion and operational failure. a few grand jury then indicted smollett on six felony misconduct charges in 2020 for lying to the police. this summer smollett's lawyer accused the special prosecutor of harboring political motives and writing in a statement, mr. smollett is innocent of these charges. now we are focused on going to trial the brother smollett allegedly paid set to be key witnesses in the trial an attorney for the brothers says they express tremendous regret for their part in the alleged scheme. >> the brothers are sorry for their involvement and they're been do everything they can to make the right. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last a week. >> our thanks no megan fitzgerald for that report. an opening overnight in the

football carousel continues to spin from south bend to baton rouge, lsu is tapping brian kelly for the head coach he is the winningest coach in fighting irish history and will take over a program last three coaches won national titles the athletic says he told his notre dame team, ranked sixth in the nation he would meet with them this morning this is after lincoln reilly filled okc's vacancy basketball phenom' paige beckers, she became the first collegiate athlete with a sports brand, now a sophomore at uucon she joins serena williams in gatorade's branding. let's look at the day ahead with meteorologist janessa webb on this final day of november

good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning, yes, the chill is in place across much of the east coast. we do have freeze alerts across the deep south if you are in southern georgia, alabama and mississippi, so temperatures are hovering in the low 30s, in that area but we are watching this lake enhancement bouncing off three lakes, huron, michigan and erie. you are seeing that for detroit and greater cleveland, now it's making its way into d.c. dealing with light snowflakes this morning so accumulation totals, they will be light across this areaf 63, slightly cooler in the upper

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great britain? >> reporter: well, philip, it means happy birthday, barbados the caribbean island became independent from britain in 1956 it's retained the queen as its head of state. there are now only 15 countries, like ja make car, bahamas, canada and australia prince charles was on hand as the queen's royal sovereign was lowered the last time. speaking at the event, he talked about slavery, a background of that island and british rule, which he says forever sustains our histories. he also spoke about the continuing relationship between the two countries. the queen also sending her good wishes and happiness and prosperity to the people of bar bar dos as the first ever president was sworn in the prime minister on hand along with the most famous, rihanna, what a party

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