America Calls Out Sick, Metaverse Real Estate & Mobile Sports Betting

Workers sick from Covid are causing businesses to operate at less than full strength as there aren’t enough healthy employees to keep things running smoothly. Economists predict more than 5 million Americans could be stuck at home isolating from Covid in the days ahead. CNBC’s Andrea Day reports that some investors are paying millions of dollars for plots of land that don’t exist in the real world, but they do in the metaverse. A New York City man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kidnap and kill former President Trump. CNBC’s Leslie Picker reports on the lengths Broadway is going to in order to keep shows open during the omicron outbreak. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen reports police are warning that Apple’s ‘AirTags’ are being used to stalk people. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche discusses diplomatic talks between the United States and Russia as tensions over Ukraine hit a boiling point. Plus, CNBC’s Contessa Brewer reports on legalized sports gambling coming to New York this past weekend, and it crushed expectations.