we ever we have seen cases rise with winter weather as people go indoors and we know the virus is easily transmitted in cold, dry air. so bottom line is if you want to maximize your protection against all the variants, getting boosted is the way to go. we just need to this continue. right. and hope that the lines aren t long and make it easy for people. dr. murthy, thank you so much. i appreciate your time tonight. of course. thanks so much, erin. take care. you, too. and next, the breaking news. a school shooting in michigan. three students killed today at school. eight others injured. officials just holding a press conference, what we are learning about the victims and the alleged teenage gunman tonight. plus, peng shuai missing from public life yet the international olympic committee says they are not concerned about her safety. why? well, one of the longest-serving members of the ioc is going to take my questions tonight. and a woman who accused jeffrey epstein of sexua
in the sex-trafficking trial for jeffrey epstein s longtime companion. what prosecutors and glhislaine maxwell s defense are claiming tonight. let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, the cdc s new booster strategy. the agencies tasked with protecting the health of americans now emphatically saying all fully-vaccinated adults should get a booster. this new guidance, because of the omicron variant. and while there are still so many unanswered questions about whether it s more dangerous or resistant to current vaccines, today president biden urging calm in the face of new fears. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have more tools today to fight the variant than we have ever had before. from vaccines to boosters. the president stressing the importance of what we ve known, really, from the beginning. getting vaccinated is the only
burnett. outfront tonight, the standoff over president biden s spend bills. proeksives and moderates digging in their heels as top democrats scramble to find a middle ground before the president leaves town thursday. house speaker pelosi claims the framework for the president s sweeping build back better plan as they call it is about 90% there. well, 90% s nothing if you don t have progressives on board and congresswoman pramila jayapal is not on board. she leads the progressive caucus. they want more than a framework if they are going to back biden s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. that s the bipartisan one. and pelosi is shutting that down. speaker pelosi, congresswoman jayapal just said that a framework agreement is not enough to vote for the bill. i think it is. so, congresswoman cori bush responding in a tweet quote it s not enough for me and there are more of us. it s a threat from progressives to the rest of the democratic party, and many ways it is a
movie. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg on the defense. moments ago, zuckerberg on an earnings conference call speaking to investors, addressed the thousands of pages of leaked internal documents which paint a damning picture of the company s problems. from promoting extremism to human trafficking and here s what he just said on the call. i am quoting mark zuckerberg. good-faith criticism helping us get better but my view is that we are seeing a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company. the leaked documents he is talking about are known as the facebook papers. and they were originally leaked by whistle-blower frances haugen. they offer a disturbing look inside the social media giant because among the allegations of haugen s is that facebook struggled to regulate hate speech and misinformation, which eventually helped spur the deadly insurrection
burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. a major development in the search for brian laundrie. the fbi just confirming that they have found what appear to be human remains along with items they say belong to laundrie at a florida nature reserve. earlier today, investigators found what appears to be human remains along with personal items such as a backpack and notebook belonging to brian laundrie. officials are now working to formally identify the remains with dna. laundrie has not been seen since around the time his fiancee, gabby petito, was reported missing last month. and his disappearance sparked a massive nationwide manhunt. meanwhile, petito s body was discovered in wyoming where the two had been together during a road trip over the summer. medical examiner ruled last week that she died by strangulation. le leyla santiago is outfront live in north port, florida. and leyla, fast-developing story at this hour. they had been combing this nature reserve to the extent