ohio s governor has issued this warning. today we have more in hospitals throughout the state than at any other time during this pandemic. i think it s important to emphasize something. what we re seeing in our hospitals, our hospitals filling up, our emergency rooms, is being driven by people in ohio who are not vaccinated. at princeton university in new jersey, students won t be allowed to venture out beyond the county when they return in mid-january after winter break until at least the middle of february. the restriction does not apply to its sports teams. all students are also required by the way to be vaccinated. all of this is happening as the biden administration announces the fda has authorized two new over-the-counter at-home covid tests set to bring tens of millions of new tests per month to the u.s. some other good news, a clinical trial released from south africa shows a booster shot of the johnson & johnson vaccine provides strong protection against severe d
so far, hospitalizations and deaths, as i said, are not increasing at the same pace. four states maine, michigan, new hampshire, and vermont are now showing record-high numbers for hospitalizations this month. and at least three other states ohio, indiana, and delaware and also washington, d.c. are approaching their previous highs. and right now, pediatric hospitalizations for covid are up nearly 50% across the country over the last two weeks. close to the record high in september. and with americans across the country still waiting in line for hours to get tested, president biden just told reporters moments ago while walking on the beach in delaware that his administration is, quote, making a bit of progress at distributing those at-home test kits to americans. but those remarks, coming within minutes of the fda announcing those rapid at-home antigen tests may be less sensitive to actually picking up the omicron variant. so, one out of every 50 residents right here i
than a million cases in a week. we re live at the white house and in new york city where a new health advisory is out in response to the omicron variant. and we re also live on capitol hill where it appears two key democratic priorities won t get done before christmas and are up in the air in the new year, as well. we ll talk to one senator on what s next for build back better and voting rights. i m garrett haake. we have medical contributor dr. vin gupta. i want to start with you and with a new clip we re just getting in from an interview that dr. anthony fauci conducted for nbc nightly news tonight. listen to this if you re a family sitting around the table planning your holiday trip and you re watching this right now, what should you be rethinking, what would you advise people, not even in an official capacity, but simply good-old common sense? well, again, vaccination is going to make the difference, lester. if i have i m a family member, i m vaccinated, i
who have said such kind words about me. they re probably not true. but they were nice. reporter: respect earned through his years of public service and capped with a congressional gold medal in 2018. but dole s storied career brought congress together in a rare unanimous vote to pay tribute to this world war ii veteran and son of kansas who achieved so much. impaired by war, but never deterred. longevity was among his gifts. in his 90s, dole returned to kansas to visit every county one last time. it s one time i can say to you that i don t want any of your money. [ laughter ] reporter: from his roots in russell, kansas, dole joined the army during world war ii. gravely injured in italy, dole gave credit to the people of kansas for putting their faith in him. i was in the 10th mountain division. reporter: elected to the senate in 1968, rising to republican leader for a dozen years. father to daughter robin from his first marriage. in 1975, he married elizabeth, his p
is on top of the omicron variant. and the story shaking the media world today. cnn let s go chris cuomo after they say troubling new details emerged about his behavior. that s coming up. we are going to begin with sad news, bob dole has died. he was 98. he died in his sleep this morning. flags at the capitol have been lowered to half staff. dole was a patriot serving in world war ii until honorably discharged and he continued the service as a senator and becoming the presidential nominee in 1996. in 2018, the eighth senator to receive a god medal for service to the nation. he was also awarded the presidential medal of freedom. julie, talk us through the reaction on the hill to senator dole s death. bob dole is always going to be a central figure on capitol hill. you saw the flags lowered to half staff. speaker pelosi did almost immediately. he announced this year that he was battling stage 4 lung cancer and passed away this morning in his sleep and reaction is already p