happy new year, gillian. i am anita vogel. live out west as fires rage. we begin with a special new year s eve edition of fox news live with a look at the world ringing in 2022. gillian: millions of americans are revving up to celebrate the new year, even amid a nationwide surge of new covered cases, concerns about the omicron variant front and center for other americans once again this new year s eve. the government putting in place limits on gatherings and for travel, both foreign and domestic. compounding the nation s worry is the testing shortage. people are still waiting in line for hours to get tests, then waiting days to get those results. anita: but we begin at the crossroads of the world where the ball is set to drop in a little less than 11 hours from now, and our laura ingle is live in times square. hi, laura. hello, ladies. welcome to the crossroads of the world, where the crowds are certainly smaller, but they are back this year and they are getti
immunity entirely. the biden administration announced new travel restrictions. this is where we begin our coverage this hour with jacqui heinrich. hi, jacqui. hi, gillian. we got a new statement from president biden about the new variant that the world health organization has deemed the omicron variant. there s three key points from the president. he said for vaccinated, the best way to strengthen yourself is to get a booster shot as soon as you re eligible. for those not yet fully vaccinated, he s urging people to get vaccinated today saying this includes children and adults. and then finally he says the news about new variant should make it clearer than ever why this pandemic won t end until we have global vaccinations. he wants intellectual property protections to be waived so the vaccines can be made globally. this is a quick action taken from the white house. this comes after the u.k. and several countries restricted travel from south africa and neighboring nations. dr
the governor here in colorado says that at first glance of their damage, they don t believe any schools were damaged and they don t believe in hospitals where, either. he says if it s it holds up that no one was killed in this fight would be new year s miracle. and help folks impacted by the fires listen to those warnings and get out. gillian can expiate some truly terrifying images there, jeff. is it unusual to see these kinds of blazing wildfires at this time of year? we are used to seeing them when the weather is warm. it s been one of the driest cold-weather seasons for the denver area. they haven t had much snow if any at all. you have that, those dry conditions, combined with the strong wind gusts that are almost unheard of through area.
All of this prompting the governor did declare a state of emergency. jeff paul joins us from colorado where thousands have been evacuated. hi, jeff. yeah, gillian, officials wrapped up their third news conference of the day saying most of the larger portions of this wildfire are now out and they are thankful the snow is starting to fall. but they say the recovery effort will be very slow, and it is massive with so many families impacted by this stretch of wildfires. throughout the colorado area. this is just one of the neighborhoods impacted that we are seeing where very few homes still stand. you can see there are some firefighters out there putting up some of putting out some of thespot fir. people are returned to their homes finding they have nothing left. you drive around cities like louisville, this is what we are seeing up close. this is just one of the hundreds of homes in one of the many neighborhoods throughout this colorado area they were burned
[laughter] happy new year to you. seems like a pretty great day to stay home and not going anywhere. right, anita? anita: it sure does. i m getting a little nervous from jeff s report. i m supposed to fly into philadelphia airport in the next two days, so maybe i m spending a few more days here. we will see. gillian: maybe you can reschedule that flight. i don t know. republican and democratic lawmakers here in washington are entering 2022 with one eye already on the midterms. democrat hillary clinton has this warning for her party. take a listen. it is a time for some careful thinking about what wins elections, and not just in deep blue districts where a democrat and a liberal democrat or so-called progressive democrat is going to win. first of all, we don t know what the state of the map is going to be after all the redistricting. it appears as though the republicans, and a number of states, are doing their best to