results? and face-to-face with a killer. a professor describing his encounter with michigan state university gunman and the quick thinking that may have saved lives. plus, a major recall of tesla cars. the car discovered a problem with the self-driving feature. what you need to do if you happen to own one of these vehicles. welcome. we start with trump speaking about the unidentified object shot out of the sky. president biden says nothing suggests these objects are related to china s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects from any other country but we should note the u.s. has not yet been able to recover any of the debris from the three objects shot down over the weekend because of remote locations and severe weather. president biden also said he hopes to speak with chinese president xi jinping soon although we should also note attempts by top u.s. officials to speak to their chinese counterparts have been rebuffed in recent days. let s get straight to cn
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growing hope this afternoon that the omicron surge may be on the decline. new cases are trending down in the u.s. and hospitalizations are dropping rapidly in some parts of the country. and there is even more research about the effectiveness of the coronavirus boosters. new studies show that the shots are 90% effective against hospitalizations from omicron, while providing the best protection against the variant. here to talk about all of this, associate dean of public health at brown university, dr. megan raney. so good to see you. it s a joy to be here with you today. so let s start with the new cdc study. it is pretty compelling evidence, right, of the booster effectiveness. what s your take-away? so the big take-away here is, first, show up and get your first doses of vaccines if you haven t, because those are still quite effective to get the first
from things like mask wearing when things are better and have the ability to reach for them again should things worsen. if and when we update our guidance, we ll communicate that clearly and based on the date saw and the science. let s discuss with andy slavitt, from the biden white house covid response team and dr. megan ranney, associate dean of public health at brown university. andy, when it comes to mask guidance and you know you just spoke with dr. walensky, is the cdc missing yet another opportunity to get out in front of this and be a leader on this key issue, as i said, i know you spoke to her today. yes, i just got off the long conversation with dr. walensky and here is her position. she s delighted that we re seeing cases drop. we re still at a place where we have about 150,000 cases aday. more than 2,000 deaths. and 97% of the country is technically a hot spot.
swells up in you when you know you re helping your community. it s a beautiful feeling, honestly. reporter: at this hospital, national guard members are scheduled to work only for about two weeks. that two weeks can be extended if there is a need. it seems fairly clear there will be a need. bianna. our hats off to them for extending their help. joining me, dr. megan ran any, associate dean of public health at brown university and dr. michael min nah from e med, a health care company that provides at-home covid testing. let s begin with chicago public schools canceling classes today after teachers voted to go virtual. more districts across the country are going remote or at least delaying the return to class due to these on going surges. earlier this morning, dr. leana wen said if they re wearing a high quality mask and if they re vaccinated and boosted, the