speaking out as questions grow about the tactics used by police. remembering american legends. longtime senator harry reid and nfl great john madden. tributes are pouring in for these two giants. we begin with the united states reaching a grim milestone in the pandemic as the delta and omicron variants continue to wreak havoc, the u.s. shattering its record for daily cases. the seven-day average now topping 265,000 cases a day. the prior record was set nearly a year ago. public health officials warn these numbers are going to continue to rise. hospitalizations are also up, but not as rapidly. they are about half the all-time high set last winter. the cdc this morning is defending its decision to cut the recommended time of isolation for asymptomatic patients. some scientists are accusing the agency of caving to public pressure instead of following the data. all this as the white house pandemic response team holds a briefing in just moments. let s begin our coverage with c
escaped death. today we remember harry reid s remarkable life. and a diplomatic follow-up. we re now learning president biden plans a thursday phone call with russia s vladimir putin. just moments ago at a white house coronavirus briefing, the nation s top health officials reminded us about complacency as covid cases are skyrocketing in the u.s. they said data overseas points to the new variant being less dangerous to vaccinated people, but its exact severity especially for children is still to be determined, and a contract for billions of free home tests is expected to be completed next week. health officials are also defending new guidance to allow people who test positive to leave isolation sooner if they don t have symptoms. the cdc director told cnn they re following the science but also human behavior. it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. we have seen relatively low rates of isolation for all of this pandemic, so we real
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