majority indicated it would be preparing to strike down the biden administration s more expansive of the two policies, the covid employer rule while leaving the door open to potentially allowing the more narrow rule requiring mandates for some health care workers to stand. as dahlia lithwick and mark joseph stern put it today at slate.com, quote, where the liberal justices see sickness and death, the conservatives see a chance to crush government. it s a familiar pattern we ve been watching play out all year, whether it s abortion rights or gun safety legislation or policies aimed at combatting a global pandemic. the supreme court soon could become the place where major health and safety laws in america go to die. what is there to be done about that? joining us is dahlia lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for slate whose latest piece is dieted covid is an emergency, to scotus s conservatives it s an opportunity. dahlia, thanks for being with
of turkeys. neil: i remember that. the problem with this is if you re a consumer and you re a voter, you re looking at democrats who are trying to sort through the macroeconomic end trails of whatever is going on and who is to blame. meanwhile, republicans can sit back and borrow an argument from senator joe manchin and they can say, we re not to blame for higher prices. the market isn t to blame for higher prices. instead it s democrats that have spent more on combatting covid than the united states spent on the second world war and rebuilding europe. that is a much easier argument to make. as consumers and voters are frustrated, you know, i doubt that they take their anger out on, you know, a grocery store or some of these invisible people behind the scenes running these alleged cabals. they re more likely to say, i m going to hold whoever is in power accountable. neil: it s as simple as you
left behind? muscle. muscle. reporter: more recently, he made claims during the pandemic critics called medical misinformation. i would take it myself if i had issues with the virus. reporter: that s dr. oz speaking with larry king about using the controversial anti malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight the coronavirus. remarks he later walked back. because it s believed to be so safe, it s used widely and it turns out that it might have an effect against this virus. reporter: the fact is, the cdc has noted the drug s efficacy to prevent or treat this infection are unknown. it s warned that unsupervised use of hydroxychloroquine can cause serious health consequences including death. i think weaver got to be careful that we don t make that majestic leap to assume this is a miracle drug. reporter: 3% total mortality due to covid was worth the cost
to south africa. historic oral arguments in the supreme court in a mississippi law banning abortion after 15 cases. the case is a direct challenge to roe v wade and abortion rights in the u.s. are at stake tonight. and michigan prosecutors charging a 15-year-old high school student as an adult with terrorism and first-degree murder in the deadly shooting rampage that killed four students and wounded seven others. i want to turn to cnn s kaylyn collins for the latest case of the omicron variant here in the u.s. reporter: it s what scientists were bracing for. we knew it was a matter of time. reporter: the omicron variant now in the united states. this is the first confirmed case of covid-19 caused by the omicron variant detencted in th united states. reporter: a fully vaccinated person, returning from south africa to test positive with the
to get boosted to do so. if you look at the peak following the third shot boost, it goes way up here. reporter: fauci warning not to wait for a omicron tailored booster shot. the mistake people make is to say let me wait and see if we get one. reporter: more than 20 countries detected the variant in their nation raising questions about the value of travel bans. no one feels, i certainly don t, that a travel ban will prevent people who are infected from coming to the united states. but we needed to buy some time. reporter: fauci offering this advice for americans hoping to attend holiday parties. indoor typeset settings you know family is vaccinated you can feel safe not wearing a mask but when you re in a public congregate setting you do not know the status of the vaccination of the people involved, it is very prudent to wear a mask. reporter: tomorrow president biden is set to deliver a comprehensive speech laying out his plan for combatting covid in the coming months.