rights will follow. senator schumer on the senate floor, the day after the martin luther king holiday, of course, quoting dr. king on the need for voting rights. meanwhile, on the covid front, the u.s. hitting another grim covid milestone, as the total number of cases now exceeds 66 million since the start of the pandemic. this comes as the nation faces a conflicting reality, as we re seeing cases peaking here along the east coast and beginning to drop, but rising elsewhere across the country. new york, an early hot spot for the omicron variant, seeing covid cases drop nearly 47% since earlier this month. dr. fauci saying it s too early to tell whether omicron will mark the final wave of this pandemic. it s an open question as to whether or not omicron will be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for. joining us now, dr. vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist and an assistant professor at the university of
with a limp response to what russia is doing, we shouldn t be surprised when the chinese do the same thing with taiwan. when they try to cut off our access and turn us from a global power to a continental power. people in my district don t want to see their kids working for chinese companies instead of american companies. they want to us maintain a strong role in the world, a strong competitive role. and i think they see this as an opportunity to say to not just the russians but the chinese, that we won t semithem just rewriting the next century. thank you so much for being here. coming up, we look at what the russian moves actually may not for the borders on the ground in ukraine. and then a covid milestone that is good news but there is growing concern about the long term health impacts for people had a had it. es and up to 10 times the speed d at no extra cost, the downloads are flying fastst! verizon is going ultra, so your business can t too. (johnny cash) i i ve traveled ev
Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach could keep the Asian financial hub cut off from most of the world until 2024, according to a draft report by the European Chamber of Commerce in the city.
to each his own. so, we are waiting any minute to hear from president biden talking about that vaccination push for kids. we are certainly going to bring that to you live as we expect him to be at those microphones really any minute. all of it as we mark a major covid milestone today with roughly 28 million kids between the ages of 5 to 11, now eligible for the pfizer vaccine, and 15 million doses allocated by the biden administration so far. we ve got an early rush already on with some locations expecting appointments to be booked through thanksgiving by the end of the day today. with me now is kim whose 8-year-old daughter eunice was the first in line at children s national hospital right here in washington. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us. you re welcome. i m glad to be here. of course. there you are. i couldn t see you, but i could hear you talk to me, if you