i'm sandra gavin, back with more great content from the digital side of al jazeera. that's our website, social media and podcast. now for many people around the world, this is a festive time of year. so this week we've got a mix of stories that all have something uplifting about them. call it art, feel good episode if you want. we got a story from jordan about female footballers, you surprise themselves and the people around them with the power of sports. and we'll show you a beautiful film from italy about a photographer taking an old school approach. and by that, i mean, really old school with a camera from 19 o 7. the cameras are for later in the show, we're actually going to start with refrigerators. because all across the u. s. fridge is full of free food. i've been popping up on street corners. the idea is you take what you need and you donate what you can in this episode of the 80 plus series, eat this jamara. alum? sure. he goes to philadelphia to see how it all works. ah, this is me opening a fridge in the middle of the street in philadelphia, and its bursti

. >> sandra: gavin newsom just put out a statement saying it's the early detection systems in california variant and we should assume it's in other states as well. there's no reason to panic, he says, but we should remain vigilant in urging vaccinations. getting your boosters and wearing mask indoors. there you have it. the news that was expected now that the variant has been confirmed in the united states. to dr. fauci's point and dr. rand paul's point, there's a lot we don't know about the variant. the president himself is urging calm on all of this while also promising new restrictions that could be announced as soon as tomorrow. >> john: just reflecting back on what governor gavin newsom said in the statement you said. this person who came in from south africa on the 22nd came down with symptoms of their own volition and initiative went out got tested. that is how they found out this was a positive case. the spike dropout had an early identification that it was omicron. doc, i said to send her a moment ago, i don't if you're hooked up, if there's one case of omicron, there is maybe 1

. >> sandra: california governor gavin newsom reimposing indoor mask mandate and applying to everyone regardless of vaccination status. gavin newsom and politicians are using this to justify their power. bring in former press secretary ari fleischer, great to see you. the state of california, put on the screen the states that have mask mandates in this countrior i should say again or now, you look across the country at the states and now california. okay. that is regardless of vaccination status and all along you have heard the left say this has to be about science. does the science say fully vaccinated individual should have to still wear their masks indoors, ari? >> ari: i think masks is the totally wrong issue here. i think vaccines is the right people, that is what people need to do and i hope people do it. you can't mandate it, that is the solution. i have no faith that masks work, sandra, none of us know. how many different situations where people in restaurants don't wear masks, i was on the airplane the other week and the announcer came on and said, you need to wear your masks