from your local community hospital without delay? today that is uncertain. and it is unfathomable to me, here in america, where people have been able to see the science play out before their eyes, they ve seen this vaccine work. they have waited it out because facebook might have told them otherwise, but they have seen it and yet we have this happening. yeah, and now you re being asked to get boosters as well because of the omicron variant and it s clearly evidence you need that booster and people who didn t get vaccinated will not get the booster either and be susceptible to another variant of this pandemic. we have some of this in europe too. there s a lot of vaccine scepticism particularly in central europe. what s happened because of that, you have countries going back into lockdown, reimposing all of those restrictions that hurt economies, that hurt the social life of people, leave people isolated and alone but it is the only thing those country places like austria felt they ca
clearly rising alarm within government about this new variant. absolutely, clive and let s be clear about this, this is a moment the prime minister wanted to avoid, the first reimposing of restrictions in england since the great unlocking in the summer, bringing to some extent england into line with the other nations of the uk. i think what was interesting about what the prime minister said, when i asked him, look, is thisjust minister said, when i asked him, look, is this just the beginning minister said, when i asked him, look, is thisjust the beginning of new restrictions? he said they are temporary, restrictions will be reviewed in three weeks time but he did not say that restrictions would necessarily be wound down after three weeks, there is still the possibility they could go up and i think we are very much in the hands of the virus and what the scientists find out about the virus. he did tell us of course that this christmas would be better than last but that is setting a pret
with covid. it s the second patient in the hospital today who now needs intensive care, but there is only one bed free. i m afraid the numbers will go up. and i know that i will have to take hard decisions, whom to get into intensive care and whom not. i was afraid of it, all the three waves that we had, we took those decisions. so, what s gone wrong for israel? this, after all, was the first country in the world to offer a vaccine to every resident. but cases are rising, the government reimposing restrictions, even considering a lockdown. one thing that went wrong is just biology, which is the delta variant. but then i think the other thing that went wrong is the slight euphoria that we had thinking that this is over, and not going after vaccinating
in charge gets a call. there is a patient, three vaccinations, covid positive, with acute respiratory failure. with covid. it s the second patient in the hospital today who now needs intensive care, but there is only one bed free. i m afraid the numbers will go up. and i know that i will have to take hard decisions, whom to get into intensive care and whom not. i was afraid of it, all the three waves that we had, we took those decisions. so, what s gone wrong for israel? this, after all, was the first country in the world to offer a vaccine to every resident. but cases are rising, the government reimposing restrictions, even considering a lockdown.
jet fuel on it. reporter: in major cities crime is skyrocketing. two shootings have d.c. s police chief calling for change. we have a vicious cycle of bad actors who do things, no accountability and they end up back in communities. reporter: in congress, comprehensive criminal justice reform seems out of reach. the delta variant is causing a surge in new covid cases and deaths, the white house is struggling to increase vaccination rates and some cities including st. louis are reimposing mask mandates even for vaccinated residents. .over the weekend the president had a chance to make a campaign stop in virginia. the commonwealth is going to be holding a gubernatorial election this november and that race may give both parties crucial insight into how voters feel heading into next year s midterm elections. joining us now is senator tim scott, the top republican negotiator on police reform. senator, welcome back to fox