postponed. one could argue, you know, the semantics of whether or not that s really considered an elective procedures, but these are the kind of things, jose, the consequences, the downstream effects that we see when hospital systems overrun. we have to really be very thoughtful and careful about the communication and messaging around omicron and variants, when they are apparently less virulent, as omicron is, you re less likely end to up in the hospital. but because of the sheer number of people infected, we re still seeing a massive number of hospitalizations, and as predicted, we re seeing a significant number of deaths accompanying those hospitalizations a few weeks later and we ll see that number regress, as well, in the next few weeks. dr. azar and yasmin vassoughian, thank you both for being with me this morning. time now to look at headlines out west. the omicron surge creating extreme staffing shortages in new mexico schools, as well. the governor calling on state workers
importance, both to ukrainians and to russians. so while people are nervous, while people are angst here, and they ve been preparing for an attack for the last month, i just want to show you how the military is preparing. so you can see the sandbags, you can see the tires. i can t show you any military positions, i can t show you any military checkpoints. you see these huge hedgehogs. this is a city that is fortified and ready, and they have been galvanizing on this civilian effort, as well. they ve been filling up sandbags. we spoke with a guy named nickolay who is running a huge humanitarian operation. not only are they supporting the 500,000 people who have decided to stay in this city, who have decided to stay and work and fight and live, but they re also taking direct orders from the east, from the army, from volunteers who are going east and sending essential goods out east. take a quick listen, yasmin, to get a sense of why he s staying here for his country. why are people stayi
hey, everybody. good morning. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m yasmin vassoughian in for jose diaz-balart. we re going to begin with the very latest on the war in ukraine. at this hour, the president holding a call with leaders from france, germany, italy, and the uk, to discuss the russian invasion of ukraine. all of this after russia s defense minister announcing that they have decided to drastically reduce its military activity near kyiv and chernihiv. that announcement coming as russia and ukrainian officials meet in istanbul for face-to-face talks aimed at ending the five-week-old conflict. an adviser to ukraine s president saying his country s primary focus is on security guarantees. and british defense minister saying that ukraine forces are having some success with counterattacks against russian
negotiations happening in istanbul right now? reporter: yasmin, the negotiations took place in the building behind me here, right about four hours, 10:00 until 2:00 in the afternoon. i m just going to look down to take you through the detail, because we are getting a lot of news from different sides about results of those negotiations. i guess the headline is that there does appear to have been some progress. turkey saying perhaps the most progress that there have been in talks so far. so as you mentioned at the top there, the russian deputy defense minister saying that russia will now drastically reduce its combat operations in kyiv and chernihiv, in order to boost mutual trust. i think importantly, the kremlin also indicating that it may be prepared to see a meeting between president putin and president zelenskyy. that there may have been enough agreed in this building behind me, for that kind of a meeting to take place. now, president erdogan of turkey has always said that he beli
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