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this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, to our viewers in the west thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, the new covid variant omicron is spreading to a growing number of states. late this evening the governor of new york announced five new confirmed cases. it has also been detected in california, minnesota and colorado. since omicron was first discovered by scientists in south africa, it has spread to at least two dozen countries. it is now the dominant strain in south africa where infections are spiking. the biden administration today launched a new campaign to get more americans a booster shot, part of a strategy to manage a surge of delta infections already underway. cbs weijia jiang leads off our coverage from the white house. good evening, weijia. good evening, margaret. tonight, we are learning that four of those new omicron cases are in new y ....
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secretary of state anthony blinken warns russia ahead of meetings over tensions of ukraine at the top of the agenda this shower. and true to his word, the women s tennis association boss puts principle ahead of profit, suspending tournaments in china over the safety of peng shuai. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. it is thursday, december 2nd. we begin with the omicron variant of the coronavirus, now confirmed in the united states. now, dr. anthony fauci says the person is fully vaccinated and had recently traveled to south africa. the u.s. is now among many countries, at least 20 countries, in fact. have a look at the map. and territories with confirmed omicron cases even though the world health organization says it remains dominant around the globe. have a listen. having a single person who had what would be considered a breakthrough infection because the person was fully vaccinated d ....
till without power. and the singerjosephine baker, becomes the first black woman, to officially be declared a national hero, in france. good evening. the prime minister has vowed to offer a coronavirus booster to everyone in england who is eligible within the next two months as he said it was time for another great british vaccination effort. the military will be brought to help the nhs and volunteers with vaccination centres being set up around the country. 22 cases of the omicron variant have now been identified in england and scotland. nicola sturgeon says the nine cases in scotland are all linked to one private event ten days ago and don t appear to be related to travel in south africa. in england boosters will be offered to the most vulnerable. first with m million more people eligible right now. once again people will be invited to come forward in age bands. everyone who can have a booster should have been offered one by the end of january. 400 military personnel ....
day. but president biden is actually moving the remarks until wednesday. he was supposed to speak 15 minutes ago to talk about the supply chain issue. the white house said he wanted to spend more time to talk with the ceos. there was some video of a pool spray where the camera is in the room and the president makes comments. the white house believes that is sufficient saying the president will talk about it wednesday. back to the issue at hand. he met with these fortune 500 company ceos to come with a plan to ease the supply chain tensions, some of the companies like best buy, food lion, mattel, this comes as inflation is at a 30-year high. the president received a sampling of reports from brick and mortar stars and online websites. we need to talk about how well-prepared are you to have to product you need on your shelves and how you have innovated and hired to overcome these supply chain challenges you have. the president met at the white house, ships continue to ....