Trumps legal team will face the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. This as the Special Counsel requests an aggressive trial date. Meantime, trumps 2024 republican rivals are flocking to iowa for the annual state fair. Former Vice President mike pence is being heckled by some people at the fair as a traitor. A Covid Variant grips the country as Health Experts brace for a surge in the flu and rsv as well. A viral Triple Threat threatens america. And thousands of hackers are headed to las vegas for a chance to win millions of dollars in prizes to crack chatgpt. The white house is telling them, do your worst. Cnn this morning starts right now. Breaking news this morning, that death toll from the catastrophic set of wildfires across maui has risen to 55 people. Officials are warning its expected to increase as Search And Rescue efforts continue. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising, and we will continue to see loss of life. Its
season, we have protection against all three major viruse flu, covid and rsv. we know the flu shot is recommended for everybody si months and older. covid updated boosters against one of the newer trains are coming out end of september, and rsv, there s a new shot for babies which is really protective and recommended for babies under eight months. people are excited that will cut down on hospitalization risk, and 60 plus, particularly those more vulnerable, there are two new vaccines. there s a lot of protection available out there. one thing to know about flu, the timing is really important. people say flu before boo, get your vaccine before halloween, you don t want to wait too long. that s new to me. we like rhymes in public health. you don t want to get it immediately because the protection can wear off after five to six months. public health officials say end of september, into october, don t wait too long. don t go out immediately. flu before boo, you would not forget that.
that sobering figure. more than 100,000 new cases. of those, more than 13,000 confirmed to be the omicron variant, and what the government is focusing on is how that will translate into hospitalization rates. we heard warnings from the uk s scientific advisers, that we could see a surge in hospitalizations if urgent action suspect taken. a stud y suggests omicron carris less chance of hospitalizations, 45% reduction in hospitalization risk. but they have warned this is early data. it really is from a small sample. and there is still a lot to know about the omicron variant. what is the situation across the continent of europe in terms
admitted to the hospital. that s obviously a big difference. if we look at the study in scotland, they found a two-thirds reduction in hospitalization risk with omicron and importantly found that a booster was linked to a 57% reduction in risk of symptomatic infections. in other words, get vaccinated if you haven t already. that will help you against omicron. the differences are like night and day. and if you re more than six months past your second vaccination, go get yourself a booster. jim? it s been consistent from the doctors get vaccinated and get the booster. reporter: right. elizabeth cohen, thanks very much. thanks. i want to speak now to the director of the illinois department of health. i wonder if you could begin on for you, at this the front line level of treating the covid outbreak, what difference dawes it make to have these antiviral pills, two of them, to help treat the infected? we know that this is another