the bolton allegation baseless kate andrea mitchell, thank you. potential turning point in ukraine s counteroffensive against russia strike at russian airfield on the crimean peninsula, which russia seized from ukraine back in 2014 one person was killed, as many as nine many as russian warplane destroyed. according to ukrainian forces military has not publicly claimed or denied responsibility. growing concern and criticism tonight over the spread of monkeypox and the white house response, with cases climbing to over 9,000 now vaccines hard to get and some communities are seeing a devastating spike. here s miguel almaguer reporter: across the country, the lines still stretch for blocks as the u.s. continues to struggle to vaccinate americans against monkeypox. this as cases now double in counties like los angeles and miami-dade monkeypox is serious. every american should take monkeypox very seriously.
so he is doing exactly what the cdc is recommending for the rest of the country. and it is very important to point out that he is vaccinated and boosted twice and following the cdc guidelines. yeah. so i wanted to point out that there is this new commonwealth fund which concludes looking at the data, december 2020 to this past march, u.s. efforts to vaccinate americans, to get the needles into arms, have prevented more than 2 million deaths and 17 million hospitalizations. that is empirically good news. i should note that congress just left town without approving new funding for covid response. it is a democratically controlled congress. are you worried about running into problems with testing and booster supplies? definitely. we really do need money. it is not just talk saying we
we have generated a record job creation and economic growth ine country. we move forward in the face of covid-19 and move forward in the face of the delta variate. we will move forward now in the face of the omicron variant as well. thank you and god bless our troops and i hope you all i was be speaking with you before them. but a merry christmas as we approach it. questions? should americans be worried, sir? do you think that other countries will be reluctant to report variance or other strains given the travel ban you have put so quickly in south africa? president biden: no, i don t think so. i don t think that is what is going to happen. again, the reason for the travel ban is there were significant number of cases unlike other the country in the world.
coming in over the next few weeks they do not any additional measures are necessary. by that the president said he does not believe fine this new variant is here in the united states there won t be need for economic lockdowns. he said he won t get in the face about governments without mask mandates but he said people should wear a mask when indoors and in crowded spaces. part of this challenge for the president is public health and psychology as americans hear there s a new variant spreading around the globe just before the christmas season. reporter: it was notable that the president entered the room saying he wanted to be honest with people about what we know and, of course, what we don t know about that. what he said is that on thursday he ll give a speech talking not only about the omicron variant but generally what this winter is going to look like when it comes to covid-19 in the united states. he says that does not mean any more lockdowns or shutdowns. he does not anticipate t