the nba, nhl and nfl also postponing games. and the nfl now changing its testing protocols. no longer requiring testing of asymptomatic fully vaccinated players. covid striking maryland governor larry hogan and members of congress with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, new jersey senator cory booker, and colorado congressman jason crow all testing positive for the virus. right now you need that third dose. i wish we could call it a booster. it is a three-dose vaccine. reporter: and with doctors reminding us that basic mitigation measures like masking could help stop the spread. washington, d.c. is reinstating a indoor mask order only lifted at the end of november. d.c. is experiencing the lieist case council since pandemic began. the new order will be if place starting tuesday, december 28th, lasting through the end of january. victor. athena jones, thank you so
category for travel including spain. so let s head to the airport now. millions of americans are traveling, despite the rise in new covid infections. tsa screened more than 2 million people at u.s. airports for the fourth day in a row on sunday. cnn aviation constituent pete muntean is live at reagan national airport. talk us through the stats and how are things running? reporter: you know, vickor, so many people are facing the dreaded go or no go discussion and many people are going. 2.12 million people screened at airports across the country just yesterday. that is the fourth straight day of numbers higher than 2 million. not seeing a stretch like this since after thanksgiving. in fact, the friday number, the highest number since the monday after thanksgiving. clearly so many people feel confident about traveling right now. just look at the long lines at airports yesterday from atlanta to boston, to l.a.
square event for crowds to show up. right now you have to be vaccinated and if they hold it. but for people considering going there or to the peach drop in atlanta or any of the similar events across the country, what would your advice to them be? good or not good or if you are vaccinated your fine? what do you think. i do not that i that mayor de blasio should cancel the event because it is outdoors. the events that are safe should be kept and also the events that have fun for people, too. we can t be canceling everything. if we re going to be living with covid for the foreseeable future. would you say if you choose to go, make sure your vaccinated and boosted and wearing a mask, even though it is outdoors there are a lot of people packed around you, wearing a three-comply surgical mask and don t care a cloth mask, there is no place for them in light of omicron. so wear a high quality mask, a three comply surgical mask and
i also think it is going to become less about case counts and more about hospitalizations. if it is the case, right now i have ten or 12 friends who have covid right now. that feels like new york city right now. positive cases are everywhere. and that is true in other major cities as well. so in that environment, in this dynamic, it is going to be different than it was a year ago with covid-19. the washington team reporting that the white house may be shifting toward counting severe cases not just new cases. exactly, yes. we ll see what we hear from the president as he makes a speech about omicron tomorrow. brian, good to see you. joe manchin is blaming white house staffers for the handling of the build back better negotiations after he delivered a potentially fatal blow to the democrats spending bill. the white house is now responding. we ll have that for you. and also in minneapolis, the jury is deliberating in the trial of kim potter, the former police officer who mistook
test. good question. it is a very good question. so the at home tests are not perfect. no test frankly is. but we should not let perfect be the enemy of the good if that what the at-home test does is it shows whether you are infectious, you are carrying enough virus to inspect other people at that point in time. there is to point in getting a test three days ago and when you should be getting a test right before you re seeing somebody or getting together with friends. as to when you would want to get that test, after exposure you usually get a positive result three days after exposure. so if you just got exposed to somebody who has covid, don t get tested right now. wait three days and nen that period of time quarantine yourself or if you re fully vaccinated, least make sure thaur that you re wearing a mask. the mayor de blasio said the city has not yet made a decision on if it will cancel the time