universal operation which could happen in days. j & j s vaccine will play a critical part in getting shots into the arms of more americans. the president is hosting an event in the next hour to mark the 50 millionth dose. for the first time the cdc data is showing there have been more second doses given during the last week than first ones. as more doses are arriving, there are more variants that are raising alarm, the latest one detected in new york city and it may evade the natural human immune response. very concerning here so we ll be talking about that more in just a moment. first, though, i want to get to cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, there is still this huge problem with communities of color both getting access to the vaccine, having difficulty with that, and also feeling uncomfortable taking it, even as they are sickened and dying in greater numbers. tell us what the vice president is doing to address this issue. reporter: well, i thi
you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the omicron surge taking a toll on school, hospitals and businesses. we re following it all. so many organizations and institutions are over burdened and in some places like chicago t situation is clearly boiling over. reporter: that s right. stress delays, frustration, cancellation it s all part of the omicron surge and all parts of the country. in chicago they are locked in debate. in so many places we re seeing a will we haven t seen before to keep moving forward through covid. parents are outraged and making their outrage known to the teachers union in is a very different dynamic than ever before. reporter: tensions mounting in chicago. more than 340,000 students missing school for a fourth day. teachers refusing to return to the classroom. we re very frustrated that there are no public health leaders standing up and saying we should be moving to remote learning environment especially for a district of this
rogers: we ve had 29-year-olds making $1 million a year, expecting to make $2 million the year after that. diana ferry: but if you ve got plastic money, there s nothing holding you back. history will prove the bakkers were honest people. reporter: insider trading could become wall street s watergate. pauley: what do we call greed the day before an indictment? i m afraid recently, we ve called it success. robinson: the u.s. economy, which used to be the envy of the world, is in the most serious trouble since the great depression. inflation is rising while our standard of living is declining. thomas: there was tremendous inflation and not much growth. the country was not in a great depression in 1980, but the united states was in the dumps. dobyns: on wall street, it was cold, gray, wet, and miserable. there was no comfort to be found outside. and for investors, there was not much inside, either. the tickers carried almost nothing but bad news. mclean: we d come off a terribl
harris: pivotal hearing on whether he is immune from prosecution. you can t have a president without an interview, you have to be able to do your job. but if this didn t work out, if i wasn t given immunity, then other presidents, we talked about today, president obama with the drone strikes, which were really bad, they were mistakes, terrible mistakes, you can t put a price on that position. i think most people understand it and feel confident that eventually hopefully at this level, but eventually we win. a president has to have immunity. harris: this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner here with co-host kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. also joining us today host of the kennedy saves the world podcast, kennedy and fox news contribute dr. marc siegel. the hearing wrapped up this morning and decision from a three-judge panel is expected to come within days. donald trump attorneys argue prosecuting a former president would open a pandora s box. to authorize prose
cash just months after joe left the obama white house firm saying that has a breakdown of what we expect to learn today. good morning, brooke. good morning. to have, ashleigh, lawmakers on the house oversight committee will reveal their findings about the biden family s overseas business dealings later this morning. chairman james comey joined us yesterday to preview today s press conference. we re going to present bank records tomorrow. we re going to also talk about known i mean, this is not completely new. when we were in i was in congress. i mean, when the last election was going on, you were hearing these conversations. you saw the ukraine connections. you saw the china connections. these were all being late, but the mainstream media never picked it up. in fact, it was just pushed to the side. so today is putting it front and center for the american people to say, okay, make your own judgments here, and the white house statement about the committee s not investigat