gamut between claiming there is no constitutional right to abortion to pressing why 15 weeks was enough time to figure out if you need an abortion. attorney julie reichelman and u.s. slisor general preologua pushed back reminding the supreme court a 15-week ban would cut the current time period nearly in half, mepging the stakes of their ruling. the real world effects of overruling roe and casey would be severe and swift. if this court renounces the liberty interest recognized in roe and reaffirmed in kissy, it would be an unprecedented contract traction of individual rights and a stark departure of principles of starry zisis. the court has never revoked a right so fundamental and essential to americans to their ability to participate fully and kathie lee gifford equally in society. the court should not overall this central component of women s liberty. the report has never revoked a right. justice alito seemed to speak for most of the conservative members of the court
president biden: i expect this not to be the new normal. i expect the new normal everyone gets vaccinated with booster shots. the president made the remarks prior to a meeting with business leaders to discuss supply chain issues. the public address scheduled to follow was abruptly canceled and wanted more time to talk. those issues would be exacerbateed if omicron takes hold. increasingly fragile economy strains the selling of his $2 trillion spending bill. for now he said lockdowns are off the table. so is his vaccine mandate for now with courts blocking that. the president is expected to speak on thursday to address how plans to address the new variant. dana: we learn chris cuomo was working his own media sources to dig up dirt on the governor s accusers. from newly released text messages. cnn now saying it is planning to conduct a thorough review. bryan llenas is live in new york with the new developments. stay with me as i guide you through the series of text mes
controlled states to undermine the administration s push to get everyone vaccinated. joe, it s interesting because as time goes by and the science bears itself out right before our eyes, i just wonder if those efforts fall on more deaf ears along the way. i don t know. first of all, i probably called it omicron yesterday. i did yesterday. omicron, i don t even know what that means. yeah. omicron, omicron, i ll tell you why. here in new york, i can tell you nobody is paying attention, and nobody cares, and nothing s going to shut down. we re done. they re done. i was flying up to laguardia. i ve been flying here for 30 years 35rks years. never once has a pilot come on over washington, d.c., and say, traffic is so backed up in laguardia, we re going to have to circle around washington, d.c., for 45 minutes. we vectored around d.c. so we could find a slot at laguardia, and then went out to east last night, you know, where i usually do at the grill out there. you know,
as the world watches and waits to see the impact of the omicron covid variant, here boosterjabs are to be offered to everyone over 18. the gap between the second vaccine dose and the booster will be cut from 6 months to three. and all twelve to fifteen year olds will now be offered a second vaccine dose. the government s deputy chief medical officer jonathan van tam says it s pretty likely that vaccine effectiveness will be reduced by the new variant but hopefully only to a small extent when it comes to preventing severe disease. as the number of cases increase in the uk and around the world, scientists believe it will take about three weeks to understand the effects of omicron. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. boosting the boosters, like those being given in derby today. that s now the official response to the new variant. experts have told ministers that, as well as all adults being offered boosterjabs, the gap between the second dose and the next should be slashe
stephen sondheim. tributes pouring in for the man behind some of broadway s biggest smashes. and shake the holiday season into high gear with the return of the famed rockettes. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening we re going to tell you what we know and what we don t know tonight as a worrisome new covid variant rears its head labeled with the greek letter omicron and classified by the w.h.o. as a variant of concern. today the u.s. announcing restrictions on travel to here from south africa where the variant is spreading experts troubled by the large number of mutations. while there are early indications it could be more transmissible than previous variants, it is not known if it is more deadly and if it can weaken the effectiveness of vaccines uncertainty rattling financial markets today as the u.s. averages 90,000 new covid infections a day. in a moment, some of my conversation with dr. fauci about the omicron variant. but first, gabe gutierrez w