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daily . the white house certainly has a lot on its plate. talks with russia today. a big push on voting rights tomorrow, and build back better still just sitting in the u.s. senate. but right now the most urgent matter facing the administration for a political and policy standpoint is probably still covid. as the associated press notes the explosion in omicron cases has led to something of a breakdown in essential services at schools, hospitals and workplaces. the number of covid hospitalizations nationwide are about to eclipse the pandemic record. the number of daily infections nationwide just the ones we know about are obliterating previous records, and the surge has completely overwhelmed this nation s testing capacity. more schools are preparing for the possibility of remote learning as pediatric hospitalizations have spiked in the last month to new pandemic highs. but as the new york times notes, the number of incidental patients, people who test positive for cov ....
not the federal government s. i m benjamin hall, bill and dana are off this morning. julie, pleasure to be with you. julie: good morning, benjamin. i m julie banderas and this is america s newsroom. we have a packed show for you beginning with the rapid spread of the omicron variant. it is fueling staff shortages at some airlines blame for travel nightmare of canceled flights and a nationwide testing shortage is not helping. president biden admitting his efforts so far have fallen short. president biden: it s not enough. it is clearly not enough. if i had known we would have gone harder quicker if we could have. this is how many americans are spending the last week of 2021, waiting in hours-long lines for covid tests. julie: mike tobin on the travel chaos from coast to coast. dr. marty makary on the new cdc quarantine guidelines. rich edson is traveling with the president in delaware. the president spending a few days here at his place on the delaware shore. ....
leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. with nelson mandela hidden away in prison, tutu soon became the face of south africa s struggle for freedom and forjustice. he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last ....
kind in the united states. leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu, one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. with nelson mandela hidden away in prison, tutu soon became the face of south africa s struggle for freedom and forjustice. he leaves behi ....
leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu, one of the heroes of movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general antonio guterres called him an inspiration to generations. our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. with nelson mandela hidden away in prison, tutu soon became the face of south africa s struggle for freedom and forjustice. he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last of the generation o ....