500 penal. Republicans it bolstering the covid lab leak theory. We need to have a serious investigation. Why would democrats not join us in getting answers? are. Pete: good tuesday morning. I m pete hegseth in for brian kilmeade. Steve: good morning, dallas, texas. Ainsley: we thank you for waking up with us y all. We love that state. Steve: the metroplex. It is august 3rd, 2021 it is a tuesday and live from the mezzanine level, welcome back to the couch, folks. Ainsley: i like that song. Pete: it is the metroplex, isn t it? steve: metroplex fort worth, dallas. Ainsley: you spend a lot of time visiting your daughter she moved back there. Steve: she is working there. Her husband is working there. Went to college there. Ainsley: dallas is a fun town. Love dallas. Steve: we re going to start with something you probably have, and that is covid confusion. Today president biden is going to have to address the nation again, a second time within a week about concerns over the cdc s ever changi
build back better. this is enough, on this legislation. plus, tiger s back. the golf legend returns to competitive play with his son by his side. and then later, a tradition returns. i m mark strassmann, think you ve got a tradition? trying getting a tradition going for 6,000 kids. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight top government officials are warning that the united states is likely tonight top government officials are warning that the united states ask likely to see is likely to see record numbers of new covid cases and as the highly contagious omicron variant rips across the country. the delta variant still accounts for most infections but omicron is now in 48 states plus the district of columbia. marci gonzalez leads us off from los angeles international airport where there is a crush of travelers already on the move for the holidays. marci. reporter: jericka, go
americans has received that shot worrying health officials. nbc s steve patterson has the latest on all of this. hey to you, steve. hey, alex, yeah, experts are warning all of the conditions that were in place for what some are now calling a potential viral blizzard, the more transmissible omicron variant is projected to become the dominant strain within just weeks as cases spike, as hospitals fill up in these marquee events now shutting down. covid whiplash, as the nation teeters once again on the edge of a winter free fall, long lines at testing centers across the country, families hoping for negative test results ahead of the holidays. health officials once again pleading with the public. for the unvaccinated, you re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm. reporter: with cases up more than 24% over the last two weeks and deaths now averaging 1,300 a day, hospitals are bracing for a hard
Party things hosted by epic steak captioning sponsored by cbs tonight, covid whiplash. two years into the virus, us cases are surging again, seemingly out of control. millions risk the holiday rush, sick of the mutating variant. wait being for hours to get covid tests. i m marci gonzalez in los angeles where a spike in covid cases isn t stopping travelers. from big cities to the heart land, stressed travelers, for another covid wave. very, very soon do we see variation. cases spike, also, tonight, democratic senator joe manchin deals a possible fatal below to, democratic senator joe
across the country, including in the netherlands which has become the first country in europe to reenter lock down. streets normally parked ahead of the christmas holidays are now largely empty with strict measures expected to last until mid january. but there is a glimmer of hope. the first treatment for covid have been given to patients in the u.k. the u.k. as part of a major study. a move and a medication being described as a game change are. it s beginning to feel allot like christmas plans are being put into disarray, including the queen, jericka. imtiaz tyab accountable thank you. across the us the latest covid surge is again strange hospitals and health care workers in cities big around small. our cbs affiliate in wisconsin,