daily show co-creator liz winstead will join me later on this hour.hour with the omicron surge that forced so many americans to change the way they rang in the new year. as the pandemic enters its third calendar year the new variant has increased concerns about the post-holiday outbreak. just yesterday more than 360,000 new cases were reported nationwide and even that could be an undercount given the holiday weekend. this is coming as the fda is expected to sign off on pfizer booster shots for kids aged 12 to 15. the boosters could be crucial at a time when more children are being admitted to the hospital, a 66% increase in just one week. all of this combined with the muddled efforts to increase testing both in facilities and at home creating a significant problem for the biden administration into 2022. joining me is mike to talk more about this. mike, the president has a lot on his plate in the coming year. but we have to start with, of course, the surge of omicron. two major things here he's dealing with. high case loads across the country, and you

liz winstead is the founder and creator of abortion access front. michael is a democratic strategist and senior vice president of firehouse strategies and alonzo is a comedian appearing at the philadelphia comedy club. i'm curious to know how all of you would grade biden's year. liz, let's start with you. you gave president biden a b minus. why. >> i think partially it's because it mind blowing to hear him be so woefully ignorant to who is actually in the senate and his constant surprise that he's being blocked at every turn. did you forget you were vice president under a president who was blocked at every turn? and also because he was in the senate and was making deals. none of those people remain in the senate. the senate flipped over. so that's like saying, hey, i used to go to this really great mom and pop restaurant and that turned into a chain and you wonder why it's not great anymore. it's like it's different now. >> i totally agree with you on how -- i am personally surprised at how naive joe biden was about the republican party, exactly lik

liz winstead, the founder and chief creative officer of the abortion access o front. and michael star hopkins, a strategist and senior vice president of fire housea strategies and alonso boden is a comedian whoo will be appearin at the helium comedy club in philadelphia march 3rd through march 5th. it's great to have all three of you with us. i'm curious to know how all of you would grade poind's first year. we got your results earlier in the day. the highs andou lows, liz, star with you, you gave president biden a "b" minus. why? >> i think partially it's because it's mind blowing to hear him be so woefully ignorant to who is actually in the senate, and his constant surprise that he's being blockea at every turn. it's like, did you forget you were vice president under a president who was blocked atu every turn? and also, because, yeah, he was in the senate, and was making deals. none of those people remain in the senate. the senate flipped over. and so that's like saying, hey, i used to go to this really great mom and pop restaurant and then that restaurant turned in