were breathing in the same cell, creating a variant. with that being said, it could make it more closely related to a bad cold versus the full delta, way too early, though. i don t want to qualify any of that. but that s the early information. and for those of us who just can t do a deep dive on the science, what you re saying is if it does end up having this in common with the cold, we call it the common cold for a reason, right? a lot of us get it, but it s incredibly mild is. this the way that perhaps, you know, covid might develop in this way? yeah. i mean, i do believe that if you look at all of us who have spent our lives studying this and look at virology, as covid goes, it will migrate to something that our immune system can deal with. i don t want to call it the common cold, but maybe a flu. but this is not the flu. people are dying of it. you need vaccinated. but yes, we think when we hit
major points of contention between the two leaders including putin s demand to president biden. also this hour, major questions in the investigation to last week s deadly shooting at oxford high school in michigan. today authorities set to interview an artist at whose studio the parents were found. what his lawyer is saying now. also questions about how the school handled some disturbing behavior prosecutors describe from ethan crumbley in the hours before the shooting. we re going to start, though, with the latest on this variant and the omicron variant detected in 17 states. the new covid testing requirements are going into effect for new international travelers. walk us through the testing and what travelers are saying. reporter: they re looking at a new landscape and some new
captions by vitac www.vitac.com you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. in just a few hours from brond, brand-new covid testing requirements will go into effect for anyone coming into the united states. it s part of the effort to curb the new and possibly more transmissible omicron variant. these new rules mean that starting at midnight tonight, all in-bound international travelers to be u.s. must have a negative covid-19 test within one day of travel regardless of nationality or vaccination status. non-u.s. citizens must also be vaccinated. let s get right to cnn s nadia romero in atlanta. nadia, what else do we know about these new travel restrictions? i m guessing some travelers might be confused, but they better get with the program. they need to get with the
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the shocking video, a man allegedly armed with a knife, the officer firing nine shots into his back and side. and time to shine. your front row seat for tonight s beloved holiday tradition right here in rockefeller center this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, the omicron covid variant has now officially been identified in the united states. the white house toe kay discovering the variant in california of the country s first known infection of the puzzling, highly concerning strain. here s what we know. the infected person identified as recent traveler from south africa, fully vaccinated and having suffered only mild symptoms tonight the biden administration, which for days has been braced for the arrival of this variant, is set to tighten covid testing requirements for arriving international travelers, including americans. much of the focus tonight remains on the effectiveness of vaccines 197 million americans, 59% of the population, are considered fully vacc