party things hosted by epic steak captioning sponsored by cbs tonight, covid whiplash. two years into the virus, us cases are surging again, seemingly out of control. millions risk the holiday rush, sick of the mutating variant. wait being for hours to get covid tests. i m marci gonzalez in los angeles where a spike in covid cases isn t stopping travelers. from big cities to the heart land, stressed travelers, for another covid wave. very, very soon do we see variation. cases spike, also, tonight, democratic senator joe manchin deals a possible fatal below to, democratic senator joe
across the country, including in the netherlands which has become the first country in europe to reenter lock down. streets normally parked ahead of the christmas holidays are now largely empty with strict measures expected to last until mid january. but there is a glimmer of hope. the first treatment for covid have been given to patients in the u.k. the u.k. as part of a major study. a move and a medication being described as a game change are. it s beginning to feel allot like christmas plans are being put into disarray, including the queen, jericka. imtiaz tyab accountable thank you. across the us the latest covid surge is again strange hospitals and health care workers in cities big around small. our cbs affiliate in wisconsin,
dr. francis collins set the greatest threat is to americans still not fully vaccinated and boosted especially as millions head home for the holidays. if you are not vaccinated i would say travel is really not a great idea because you are in a very vulnerable place now with omicron. reporter: and that concern is for more than just people who are flying for the holiday. royal caribbean is now reporting 48 positive cases on one of its ships, now docks in miami. jericka. marci gonzalez with us and the big picture on covid thank you. president biden will address the nation on tuesday. cbs christina ruffini is with us, where the fellow democrat, christina. reporter: that s right, jericka. if you remember back in november, progressive democrats only agreed to support that bipartisan infrastructure bill, because they were promised could reach a deal on the larger social spending measure.
heartbroken. we were very disappointed. reporter: and the good news is you re back. we re back. we re here. and this year the need is so great and yet our hands are tied. we can only do so much. reporter: the group lost its usual warehouse. donation he are down, need is up. they d like to help twice as many families like the carters,. we are doing the very best we can now during this time of covid and everything so it helps out a lot. believing in santa is one thing. being santa is another. some people have a gift for giving. mark strassmann, cbs news, grand rapids, michigan. and we thank god for santa s helpers. that s the cbs news for this sunday. i m jericka duncan in new york, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
reporter: angry protests in the heart of london. as police and antivaxxer accounts clash in front of parliament. end of vaccine mandates and other covid measures. the unrest comes, after england has recorded the highest number of children admitted to hospital with covid since the pandemic began. december the 12th, more than half just 75 years old and under. they re a lot younger than half just 5 years old and under. they re a lot younger than the patients that we used to we had in the first and second surge. reporter: as record number of new nefntions threaten to strain britain s already health system, 100 people are being boostedin london alone. the wait time is two to three hours. so many people are complaining. why do you think you should get this? piece of mind if anything else.