caucus support. they are still in a standoff. and, he is waiting for them to and as long as most republicans in the caucus support him, he has the ability to do that. by the way, you know, you mention this point as well about the perception that some of the holdouts were slated by him during the election process, i mean, the mccarthy pack has given $316,000 to those who are now opposing him, to the likes of scott perry, and you hear, is michael cloud, matt, gates byron donald as well. there is a number at play. chip roy, just to name a few. you go down the list, all these people have gotten some money from the pack. you catch the, check but i didn t really want it. but here s the thing, at some point, will democrats have to be incentivized to do anything? and will they look bad if they
going to happen to the next guy? the holdouts are not saying we are ready to coalesce around this other person who actually could win the majority and the caucus support. they are still in a standoff and he is waiting for them to blink, and as long as most republicans in the caucus support him he has the ability to do that. by the way, you mentioned this point as well, about the perception that some of the holdouts were slighted by him during the election process. i, mean the mccarthy pack has given $316,000 to those who are now opposing him. to the likes of scott perry, andy harris, michael cloud, andy biggs, matt gates, byron donalds, there are a number of people. anna pelino luna, you go down the list and all of these people have gotten some money from the pact. they catch the check. they cashed the check, but i didn t really want it.
teens have yet to get the shot. what you have now is you have an undervaccinated or relatively unvaccinated population of children with a highly contagious virus, and this virus is seeking out the susceptible. and that is children. reporter: massachusetts 12-year-old mikayla decelle has asthma. she was infected alongside her father mike. both of them are unvaccinated, and both were taken to intensive care. you got to really protect yourself, you know what i mean? even if you don t have any underlying health problems, you gotta protect yourself. get vaccinated. i should have did it. reporter: today in yonkers, new york, parents lining up with their kids, waiting for covid tests to return to school monday. but 1 in 4 of the district s tests are coming back positive. we want our kids in a classroom setting. we want them learning. but at the same time, we have to do so in a safe manner. reporter: today, the national case average climbing past its already record-breaking heights
increased by 11% last week while those in the americas rose 39%. i want to take a look at the numbers compared to last here in the u.s. cases in general up 79%. they are at 316,000 and counting. hospitalizations up 9.1%. deaths down 9.5% and it s that down number i want to emphasize here. it seems as if the side effects to omicron are not as deadly as its predecessors, predecessor variants. that s exactly right. when you lack at the omicron variant, it doesn t tend to infect the lung cells, deep in your lungs as much as upper aerowave cells. that s a good thing in a severity standpoint. there s a lot of people getting infected so the potential to cause havoc and to wreak damage
major story. the explosion of covid cases across america. the u.s., for the third day in a row, reporting record numbers. the country now averaging more than 316,000 new cases per day. the new york times reporting the fda is expected to authorize the pfizer booster for children ages 12 to 15 as early as monday, as record number of children are now hospitalized with the virus. still, new york city pushing ahead with its new year s eve celebration in times square. dr. anthony fauci urging people, if you re going to celebrate tomorrow night, do it in smaller vaccinated groups. here s abc s trevor ault. reporter: tonight, a record number of children are going into the hospital with covid. 380 a day. now more boosters likely on the way. the new york times reporting the fda is expected to expand pfizer booster shots to 12 to 15 years as early as monday. and this news comes as a trio of new studies further show the vaccines are both safe and effective for children. but so far, 30 millio