sir, will you reverse the travel ban now that omicron is so prevalent here in the u.s.? i m considering it. i ll talk with my team in the next couple days. look, remember why i said we put the travel ban on. to see how much time we had before it hit here so we can begin to decide what we needed by looking at what was happening in other countries. we re past that now. so, it s something that is being raised with me by the doctors. i ll have an answer for that soon. mr. president. in accord with keeping your trust. how do you rebuild trust? you know, i told you before you heard me say this before. some people think maybe i m not irish because i don t hold a grudge. i want to get things done. think there is a possibility of
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them. reporter: will you reverse the travel ban now that omicron is so prevalent here in the u.s.? i m considering reversing it. i m going to talk with my team in the next couple of days. look, remember why i said we put the travel ban on. is to see how much time we had before it hit here so we could begin to decide what we needed by looking at what was happening in other countries. and we re past that now. and so it s something that is being raised with me by the docs and i ll have an answer for that soon. reporter: the importance of keeping your word of trust, do you believe senator manchin kept his word to you, and how do you rebuild trust with progressives in your party to advance your legislation now? you know, i told you before, you ve heard me say this before, some people think maybe i m not irish because i don t hold a grudge.
kept the earlier covid variants at bay for many months with very few cases, they all suffered severe outbreaks in the end during this year. we speak now with rhoda odhiambo in nairobi. first of all, has omicron arrived in east africa? first of all, has omicron arrived in east africa? ., , ., , , ., east africa? not yet. no cases have been identified east africa? not yet. no cases have been identified in east africa? not yet. no cases have been identified in east east africa? not yet. no cases have been identified in east african - been identified in east african region, but that s also to show that perhaps it has been identified but they have not been able to share the data because we heard from south african scientists that the travel ban has been imposed in south africa and neighbouring countries, it s making it hard for them to be able to ship samples to other parts of the world where the scientists would be able to analyse the samples they collected. ., ., collected. your me