press conferences. hbo bill maher exposing the left s covid obsession. i don t want to live in your mass paranoid world. it s silly now. it place as political liability in the midterms. what a stupid son of a [bleep] within about an hour of that exchange, he called my cell phone and he said it s nothing personal, pal. we like it loud we like it honky. brian: i have always said that. ainsley: like it honky? brian: i said do a show. if do you that we will open up a show with that. steve: you got a writing credit on this song? brian: you keep the money. there is two of them. steve: it s big and rich. what would you be described as. brian: invaluable. ainsley: funny. brian: big rich and not so rich. ainsley: make it loud and make it hunky. brian: honky or hunkying are do you know, joel? steve: oh, no. ains ains make it honky. brian: okay. i didn t know what that meant. like honky tonk. steve: that makes sense. we don t know what that mean
surprise, given the rampant increase in this variant. all of this comes on top of a surge largely due to the delta variant that has seen cases rise across the country. here in new york, we have had four-consecutive days of record-case numbers, statewide. it is causing confusion and, frankly, exhaustion, especially among overworked frontline workers, one of whom you will hear from in just a moment. i am john berman in for anderson. and now, let s be clear. as negative as these headlines might sound, this is not like the darkest days of the pandemic. not at all. for one, hospitalizations do not appear, as of yet, to be closely tracking the rising case counts. that has been the case in new york city, according to top health officials and in new jersey according to the governor there. time will tell if the broader country will be able to say the same. another explanation is also a second reason for for hope and that s vaccines. moderna today announced a third shot of its vaccin
reported less than a month ago is the dominant strain of new cases in this country. and made up 73% of new infections last week. 73%. a senior health official warned this weekend that these intexts are likely to increase and we ve just confirmed the first death in the united states due to the omicron variant in texas should not come as is surprise. this is on top of a surge that seen cases rise across the country. here in new york we had four consecutive days of record numbers statewide causing confusion and exhaustion among over worked front line workers, one of whom you ll hear from in a moment. i m john berman in for anderson. let s be clear. negative as these headlines might sound, this is not like the darkest days of the pandemic, not at all. for one, hospitalizations don t appear to be tracking the rising case counts in new york city according to top health officials and in new jersey according to the governor ther e moderna today announced a third shot of its vaccine s
that they be vaccinated or tests each week or go home. these rules keep workers safe. that will help keep businesses open. the people are vaccinated, tested, they re murder less likely to get sick and much less likely to spread to others. customers are more likely to shop because they know it s a safe environment. i know vaccination requirement are unpopular for many. not even popular for those that are anxious to get them. my administration has put them in to save your lives and the lives of others. 400,000 americans died from covid this calendar year. almost all are unvaccinated. almost all were preventible. it s going to save thousands of american lives. must also keep our k-12 schools open. the science is clear. it s overwhelming. we know how to keep our kids safe. k-12 schools should be open. that safety is increased if schools require all adults that work in the schools to get vaccinated. take the safety measure that the cdc is recommending including masking. i got cong
identified in south africa spreads rapidly and may show the ability to evade immunity and there s serious concerns that the covid advance evens may be less effective against this new strain. new covid cases meanwhile have surged in south africa in recent days. a growing number of countries, including the uk and france, are now banning travelers from south africa as well as neighboring countries. the variant has also been spotted already in belgium, hong kong and israel. the world health organization is warning it will take weeks to learn more details. all of this causing markets around the world to tumble. the u.s. markets included. they are down sharply. the dow jones industrial average, as you can see there, down roughly 1,000 points. so we ll start with this latest news out of south africa. that s where we find cnn s david mckenzie live in johannesburg. what are you hearing from south african health officials today? alex, just a short time ago the south african health mi