now, your first reaction wouldd, be wait a second, this seemsly like a revision of what i saw i personally. wasn t it joe biden who promoted the vaccine, who made it mandatory? e obvi wasn t joe biden ioun charge? di became obvious the vaccine didn t work and didn tt joe biden s media tell us to get the shot months aftert. donald trump left office? you mapossy rememberib that posy because you remember clips like this is from july of last year>i . if you rsee a school teacher, ir you re a nurse, if you reo ge a cop, you need tod get vaccinated. and if you don t, you need to look for another job.you re yeah, take the vaccine or you re fired. in retrospect, it s pretty obvious they were carrying wate ir for donald trump in that video. if you re still not convinced, you re probably a cynical person, probably have concluded democrats are panicked about being blamed for the single greatest public health disasterf in history and they re tryingamo to shift the blame to donald dre trump befor
hospitals a day trying to find beds for patients. we have patients that sit in the emergency room for three or four days. gabe, it is not just covid tests in short supply. reporter: yes, lester here in new york and places like florida, we are hearing monoclonal antibody treatments are running low. this testing clinic behind me stopped seeing new patients minutes ago because they ran out of staff. gabe gutierrez, thank you let me bring in chief white house correspondent kristen welker kristen, it is not just the covid response, it is turning into a critical moment for president biden on a lot of levels. it is president biden faces two key tests. first on covid, his message, the u.s. is better prepared than march, 2020 when there were no vaccines he faces criticism for being unprepared on testing. he ran as the candidate that could turn the corner on covid.
i understand that the government is trying to get as many people tested, trying to get ahead of this, but i probably got a cold waiting in the cold for three hours reporter: new york city announcing today it will pay people $100 to get their booster shot atlanta reinstating an indoor mask mandate, chicago imposing a vaccine requirement for indoor public places. there s no denying we are in a fifth wave of covid-19. reporter: overnight, the nhl paused its season until after christmas. broadway cancelled more shows. infections are generally more mild first known u.s. omicron death reported in harris county, texas. a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions who was unvaccinated more states are ramping up containment with more than 1300 americans dying each day massachusetts activating up to 500 national guard members there s no question the next few weeks will be enormously difficult for the health care community. reporter: in neighboring new hampshire, some hospitals
cases and deaths are still surging and this is hitting close to home. sources tell me the white house is expecting more cases after a staffer tested positive. the president is still negative. then there s a second flash point, his signature $2 trillion social spending and climat bill that joe manchin derailed, but president biden insisted he could work with manchin to get something passed back on covid, i spoke with the u.s. surgeon general dr. vivek murthy if you come up from a test, get a positive result, what should you do, especially assume you don t have symptoms. what should you do that s an important question because people can transmit the virus, in some cases even if they don t have symptoms if you test positive, important thing to do is number one, you have to isolate for a period of time the cdc recommends ten days because you could spread it to someone else
a cyber attack would let russia cripple ukraine and make it harder for nato to respond with military force. tonight, the national security council confirms the u.s. is continuing to help ukraine shore up defenses. more on the alarming covid surge heading into the holidays with cases skyrocketing. we want to dig deeper on the question of what to do if you or a loved one tests positive gadi schwartz has what you need to know. reporter: just before the holidays, a new wave of early pandemic déjà vu. the cdc saying vaccinated, boosted or not, if you catch any variant of covid, the guidelines are still ten days of isolation. i m in day six. seven. one of the two kind of lose track of covid isolation. reporter: she s a vaccinated, boosted health care worker that