prepared if needed, my team is already working with officials at pfizer and moderna and johnson & johnson to develop contingency plans for vaccines or boosters, if needed. thursday i ll be putting forward a detailed strategy outlining how we re going fight covid this winter, not with shutdowns or lockdowns, but with more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing and more. so ana, obviously all eyes will be on the president and the white house on thursday as he lays out the plans. meantime, he says he does plan to be briefed on this issue by his covid team every single day this week as they move towards thursday s announcements from the president. phil mattingly at the white house, thank you. let s now talk about the new u.s. restrictions on travel. nick neri is live in atlanta at hartsfield jackson international airport. nick what, countries are on this list of do not travel to the u.s., and what has been the response where you are? reporter: yeah, aprila, these travel restricti
to determine whether the variant is vaccine-resistant to figure out how to best fight covid. holiday crowds are filling the sidewalks, freeways and airport in l.a. this weekend amidlks, fd growing concerns about omicron, the new coronavirus strain. it s almost definitely here already. just looking at the number of cases coming off planes this weekend, it is almost a certainty that there have been cases that have gotten into the united states. scientists are working to quickly understand just how dangerous and contagious the strain is, but they say they haven t found that omicron is vaccine resistant. former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. if someone infected with delta is protected or fully boosted is protected that could be a good back stop to this becoming epidemic in the united states. the threat of omicron comes as covid cases are surging. the hardest hit states, michigan, minnesota, wisconsin. these cold weather states have
for a busy week ahead. cbs weijia jiang has the good eng, we. reporter: good evening to you, meg. new tonight we know that tomorrow president biden is planning to update the american public with the latest developments on the omicron variant. we also know that soon after he got back to the white house this afternoon, from his thanksgiving break here in nantucket, he met in private, in person with his covid response team, including with dr. anthony fauci, to talk about the administration s plan to deal with this new strain. dr. fauci informed the president that it will approximately take two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity and other characteristics of the variant but he continues to believe that the existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of protection. he also urged people to get their booster shot. along with the pandemic president biden sealed a deal
to fight covid, which the president has stressed is key to getting the economy back on track. the cdc is now recommending vaccines for children age 5 to 11. they were approved for emergency use. and today, there was an announcement of a pill that blunts covid infections and reduces the risk of hospitalization and death. where the democrats go next as they try to further the president s agenda is where we start this hour. sam stein is here, white house editor for politico. also joining us, basil smikle, democratic strategist and director of the public policy program at hunter college. donny deutsch is here, host of the on brand podcast and senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle joins us. steph, i saw you on morning joe this morning and i was thinking about all these developments. i was thinking about the jobs report. i was thinking about progress on his agenda, and i was wondering if might be better for democrats if election day were next tuesday. it might be better if demo
half full. you have got to come along right now. it is for biden, for voters, it is for the democratic party. they are bringing it to the floor. this is old school, no more talk, bringing it to the floor. clyburn is perhaps perhaps we don t appreciate it on a day in and day out but day in and day out one of the most important and appreciated people in the capitol. thank you for starting us off. when we come back, the fight to preserve democracy, the justice department is challenging texas s voter suppression law. it is just one tool in the arsenal for the right to vote in america. we will look closer at this lawsuit in texas. there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need