Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/december-20-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Monday on the NewsHour... Monday on the NewsHour, more U.S. schools and businesses close while hospitals brace for a wave of new patients from the omicron variant. Then, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin deals a blow to the White House, saying no to President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill. And, Dr. Francis Collins discusses his long career as he leaves the top job at the National Institutes of Health. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode Vaccines reduce hospitalizations, but slow testing and rapid omicron spread worry experts 10 min Manchin rejects Build Back Better bill over ‘inexcusable’ differences with White House 11 min News Wrap: Jury begins deliberations in Kim Potter trial over Daunte Wright shooting 6 min Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Build Back Better setback, omicron’s spread 9 min What we’ve learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial 7 min Dr. Collins reflects on career at NIH, COVID response effort, work on genome sequencing 9 min