there are thousands of people in lockdown in apartment buildings where there have been hundreds of covid cases detected. all the schools in the city are closed right now. and the restaurants are closed after 6:00 p.m. soccer fields are shut down, outdoor soccer fields, just some of the examples of what the government is doing to try to keep covid out even though it s clearly in this crowded city. brianna? ivan, thank you so much for that unusual, alarming report. ivan watson. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and we do have breaking news this morning. pfizer just announced the start of a clinical trial for a new vaccine engineered to specifically target the omicron variant. the company has already started manufacturing doses and plans to have the new vaccine ready in march. joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanj
top diplomat for the united states as the tensions between russia and ukraine intensify. and legal pile-on from the capitol to georgia to the white house residence, more trouble for donald trump. thanks for being here, everyone. we ll start with breaking news. a trio of new reports just out from the cdc offering the very first look at how covid vaccines hold up against the omicron variant. and the data paints a pretty clear picture of how crucial boosters are, protecting people far better against this particular variant than just the two-dose regimen. the report showing those with booster shots offer a better chance for staying out of the hospital if they become infected. the studies also come at what could be another critical turning point in the pandemic. almost half of the country now reporting declining cases with some more glimmers of hope that the surge has passed in the northeast, but still hospitalizations are on the rise across much of the country. and there s also
very close relationship with sean hannity. later, a start-up trying to guard against hope sietzs. they re here to share some news. they will join me for news about newsguard later this hour. first, the never-ending election. neverending elections are so bad for the united states. as president biden hits his one-year mark in office, donald trump hits a wall, repeating his usual lies at a rally in arizona overnight. the rallies themselves are barely news anymore. what s newsworthy, what s interesting, is the way these allies are covered or the way they re ignored. for example, here s what trump said at the very top of the rally saturday night, calling the media the big lie. last year we had a rigged election and the proof is all over the place. we have a lot of proof and they know it s proof. they always talk about the big lie. they re the big lie. but the fake news and the lame-stream media refuse and refuse, they refuse to talk about it. so he s actually right about t
terrorists is no longer the greatest threat to this country. instead domestic political extremism is, quote, the most urgent terrorism threat the united states faces today. that s a very stark assessment. you have to ask, who exactly are the terrorists who threaten us so urgently? the report did not even mention the deadly riot that had just taken place. there was no word about antifah, the gun man who murdered 800 americans in chicago. no. they weren t there. the biden administration declared the quote, most lethal element of today s domestic terror threats are political conservatives. people who disagree with joe biden. now that report was released almost exactly six months ago. six months ago this friday. it received relatively little attention. no major news organization even asked the most obvious question. the terrorists who threaten us, where are they? if trump voters are really the most, quote, lethal threat our country faces today, where are all the people they have
greatest threat to this country. instead domestic political extremism is, quote, the most urgent terrorism threat the united states faces today. that s a very stark assessment. you have to ask, who exactly are the terrorists who threaten us so urgently? the report did not even mention the deadly blm riot that had just taken place. there was no word about antifah the gun man who murdered 800 americans in chicago. no. they weren t there. the biden administration declared the quote, most lethal element of today s domestic terror threats are political conservatives. people who disagree with joe biden. now that report was released almost exactly six months ago. six months ago this friday. it received relatively little attention. no major news organization even asked the most obvious question. the terrorists who threaten usos where are they? if trump voters are really the most, quote, lethal threat our country faces today, where are all the people they have killed? that s not an ea