On this edition for Sunday, December 19, the omicron variant’s spread causes record case numbers in New York state and a series of lockdowns in Europe leading up to the holidays, why car prices are soaring, key Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says no to President Biden’s Build Back Better bill, and an effort in San Francisco to provide guaranteed income for people experiencing homelessness. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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