emily: mario parker, appreciate the update. president biden is set outline new steps in the fight against covid-19. the white house says the president will announce what the administration is doing to help hard hit communities while issuing a warning of what winter will look like for the unvaccinated. robert joins us with more. talk to us about the state of omicron and the outbreak happening in new york city. >> omicron is clearly spreading fast. cases are increasing a lot in new york and jersey, new jersey with some of the highest case numbers. it is spreading fast in the northeast and the midwest. it is less clear, the severity. a lot of the cases in hospitals, people dying, those are still unvaccinated people. omicron can cause breaks through -- breakthrough cases but it is not clear whether the will be severe. emily: we got positive news about the effectiveness of the maternal booster. -- them moderna booster. >> moderna came out with news that as expected, two shots alone don't do that much to protect against breakthrough

and catch up with mario parker. let's start with the top of the agenda today. cracy summit led by the united states. what do we expect from this? mario: we are expecting president biden to follow through on some of the things he said earlier this year, that the world is in a fight for democracy right now versus apocrypha -- versus autocracy. one thing that is very essential for us to pay attention to is the fact that taiwan was invited , which is sure to increase tensions between the u.s. and china. lisa: is there a reason why the focus is suddenly entirely international at a time when there is still a lot to get done on the agenda? mario: president biden, one of the things he sought to do with his presidency is to show that democracy can still work, that it is still irrelevant form of government in the 21st century. so he is trying to get global consensus and build global consensus around democratic principles. at the same time, as i kind of alluded to, it isolates a country like china by inviting taiwan, and that also puts pressure on russia as well. lisa: the

jonathan: your wonderful and i enjoy hearing from you, mario parker in d.c.all from evercore, another upgrade from apple on the price target. they go from 180 to 200. they call it one of their topics of 2022. this stock has been climbing close to 180. they go from 180 close to 200. lisa: bank of america going overweight apple, saying that it is a buy. why for these particular analysts? is it the consumer is strong and apple is a dominant player in the market or an issue of virtual and augmented reality, new products that apple is putting out there? some of the most bullish calls have been done without even factoring that in. you put that on top of it and a lot of people are seeing a lot of potential gains for apple. jonathan: saying the following, the monetization of the in-store services and new product launches and margin expansion. that is his call for apple. caroline: there are five other analysts that currently say the price target should be 200 or above, the most bullish being jp morgan overweight to -- overweight 210. even amid supply chain issues mean

in washington, mario parker joins us right now. he leads all of our political coverage in washington, and we have a moment of silence for him as he does this horrific job right now. the jumble into holidays in washington is always there. there's a rush. what is different this year about the rush, the body language to get christmas eve? mario: the difference this year is just the internal fighting between the democrats. it has been persistent for most of this year. we have seen the latest chapter yesterday with prospects for the biden administration's build back a better agenda looking pretty grim, at the least, given some of the opposition from senator joe manchin, a story we have seen for most of this year play out. caroline: it now feels as though it is unlikely to get across the board when it comes to build back better. we were promised new feats on the federal reserve, looking for new voting rights. where does the attention turn if we cannot get an agreement with joe manchin? mario: we expect some of those nominations for the f