burbank, california, and you re going to martial your economic might to attack the parents of my state? we view that as a provocation, and we re going to fight back against that. all right, so, this is the latest in a series of trump-leaning moves by the governor with presidential ambitions including lax covid policies, gerrymandering. state representative anna eskamani has been publicly speaking out against the governor and is joining me now. thank you so much for joining us on this, representative eskamani. we appreciate it. let s talk through this. i just had a reporter on a little bit earlier from outside orlando or disneyworld, i should say, reporting on this, saying that the burden could easily fall on the taxpayers here. you got $163 million a year, it seems, that disneyworld essentially is paying to cover its own public services. so the question is where will this go? who s going to have to pick up the bill on all of this? well, thank you so much for having me. this is anot
and it s joe biden. and i m vice president. and my name is kamala harris. a very heated moment there. let s get right to karen travers at the white house. democrats were stunned today by manchin s move. but some are still calling for this vote even though they don t have the support they need to pass this. reporter: this current bill cannot pass without joe manchin onboard. the white house says they re not giving up on build back better. and they re going to find a way to move it forward next year. but democrats now have to decide whether they re willing to scale it back to get to something that senator manchin can support. cecilia? that s so true. and that other breaking news from washington tonight. elizabeth warren just moments ago announcing she s tested positive for covid-19. reporter: senator warren says she s experiencing mild symptoms, but is fully vaccinated and she got her booster. she says she s grateful for the protections against serious
overseas tonight, the new variant ripping through the uk. this weekend, london seeing the largest number of new cases since the pandemic began. wembley stadium now a mass vaccination center. the netherlands now in a new nationwide lockdown. france cancelling its famed new year s fireworks. and germany shutting its borders to british travelers. and with millions of americans already on the road for the holiday, the tsa screening more than 4 million people since friday alone. many now forced to make the difficult decision of whether to travel this holiday. breaking news in washington. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren announcing just moments ago she has tested positive for covid with a breakthrough case. she says she is experiencing mild symptoms. this, as west virginia senator joe manchin delivered a potentially fatal blow to president biden s domestic agenda. announcing he is a no on the build back better plan. manchin saying he has major concerns about the price tag. the
with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us, i m dion lim. the omicron variant is fueling the latest surge in covid cases. in developing news, abc news reporter marcus moore has expert advice on how to handle the holidays. marcus: president biden will deliver a speech on tuesday to address the omicron variant as the country faces another unrelenting surge in covid cases. the u.s. now averaging more than 125,000 new cases every single day. at the end of october, the nation was averaging about half that, 64,000 new cases per day. demand for testing is on the rise. long lines outside testing centers across the country. as we go into the holiday season, testing is really important so that people can gather safely. marcus: the latest surge is being driven by the omicron variant which seems to be accelerating in its had spread across the country and is said to be the dominant variant in the u.s. it s shaping up to be a hard winter. we re going to see huge case numbers tha
the current surge still fueled by the delta variant. health officials urging people to get the booster shots to stay safe. fewer than 30% of fully vaccinated americans are boosted. with cases soaring, we re now seeing images so eerily reminiscent of the early days of this pandemic. hospitals overwhelmed. some calling in the national guard. people struggling to find tests. this line in new york city stretching blocks. the city seeing three straight days of record infections. this current surge is rocking professional sports. the nba postponing at least five games because of safety protocols. the nhl and nfl also taking action. and just moments ago, elizabeth warren announcing that she has tested positive for covid. saying she s vaccinated, but is now experiencing mild symptoms. and all of this, as president biden is set to address the nation on tuesday. we ll walk you through all of this. starting right now with janai norman in new york, where the