children. more than a million children testing positive just last week. and in new york city tonight, sarah palin here for a trial. the judge revealing she has tested positive. what he said today after what palin has publicly said about ever geflgting a vaccine. here s abc s kaylee hartung. reporter: tonight, health authorities are cautiously optimistic about the numbers they re now seeing in parts of the country. the regions that saw the omicron spike first now showing signs they might be turning the corner. new cases are now plateauing or falling across 31 states. i think there s a lot of room for optimism right now. many parts of this country are rounding the corner in this epidemic and starting to see that easing pressure of cases. reporter: but authorities urge caution. saying, do not be complacent. pointing to the numbers. still, nearly 700,000 new cases a l highatnyiminthpandemic. and hospitals in many states are still crushed. and deaths from covid, which always lag behin
number of people who are still unvaccinated. today, senior nhs doctors are saying, it is still not too late to get a jab, arguing the more people who take up the vaccine now, the greater the easing pressure on the nhs. and it s a message that maggie keenan also believes in. whatever you thought before, please do have the jab. there s nothing to it. don t be afraid of the needle, it s to save your life and to save other lives. please have it done. at any one time, hospitals are still caring for around 6000 covid patients. the unvaccinated make up the majority of the people who fall so ill they need intensive care. one year on, the virus still poses a threat. dominic hughes, bbc news. we ll be catching up with maggie keenan, and may parsons, the matron who gave her that historic first jab exactly a year ago today, at 8.30am. existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the omicron variant of covid according to a world health
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pompeo is trying to engage the sincerity of kim jong-un. that s something that there s a lot of skepticism about. many wonder how sincere kim jong-un is and for reducing or getting rid of his nuclear program. the secretary of state is in pyongyang to figure that out. trying to get intelligence on what north korea has of their nuclear program and perhaps agree to a time line to when north korea would surrender it and what it would receive from the united states in return. the secretary spent three hours in negotiations. for reports that the united states is easing pressure, that s something that the state department is denying. heather nauert said in a statement, nothing could be further from the truth. our policy towards north korea has not changed. we re committed to a denuclearized north korea. the trump administration maintains that its still applying pressure, still has those sanctions on north korea,
on the riding mississippi river. army corps of engineers opening two more floodgates today easing pressure on levees protecting baton rouge and new orleans. opening of the flood ways began saturday submerging low-lying areas. residents were warned to evacuate. parts of a three mile area could see pakistan is expected to return tomorrow the wreck hajj of the a military helicopter the wreckage of a military helicopter that went down. it was blown up by u.s. forces to protect secret information onboard. senator kerry secured the deal today with pakistani leaders. head of the senate foreign relations committee is in islamabad trying to mend u.s. relations. now back to greta. greta: right now are going deep inside north korea far beyond pyongyang this is part one. we left with reverend graham and headed north to the border