my guest. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. the january 6th select committee just minutes away from a vote to try to hold former-justice department official jeffrey clark in criminal contempt. now, we are going to bring that to you when it it happens. clark tried to help trump overturn the 2020 election and st stonewalled the committee last month. if the vote passes, clark is likely to become the second person to be held in contempt. the president s former chief strategist, steve bannon is, as you know, currently awaiting trial for a misdemeanor criminal contempt charge after he refused to cooperate with the committee. now, make no mistake. clark, like bannon, has crucial information about trump and possibly about his role in the insurrection. according to the committee so this is what we know about clark s role there is evidence that just days before january 6th, clark circulated a draft letter at the justice
strategy. comes less than a week after the omicron variant was first identified in south africa and on a day we learned what had been expected that omicron is here. we knew that it was just a matter of time before the first case of omicron would be detected in the united states. and as you know, we know, i have been saying it and my colleagues on the medical team and others have been saying it. we know what we need to do to protect people. get vaccinated, if you re not already vaccinated. get boosted. that first patient, a traveler from south africa, who is now in california is said to be isolated and experiencing mild symptoms. dr. fauci joins us in our next hour for a special cnn covid town hall. right now, i want to go to cnn s kaitlan collins with her new reporting there the white house. so what are the president and his team doing tonight in response to this first-known case? well, anderson, ever since south african scientists last week told them they thought that
new variant. have they had a booster shot yet? to my knowledge no. reporter: they returned to the united states on november 22nd and tested positive a week later and isolating as close contacts are being traced and tested. all close contacts thus far have tested negative. reporter: the news coming as the cdc prepares to tighten testing restrictions on all travelers entering the united states shortening the time frame for a negative test from 72 hours to 24. this person, i mean, did what we hope other people would do. they got off and as soon as they became symptomatic, they went and got tested and it was positive. reporter: a mandatory quarantine not under consideration as dr. fauci is calling on the 100 million eligible americans who have yet to get boosted to do so. if you look at the peak following the third shot boost, it goes way up here. reporter: fauci warning not to wait for a omicron tailored booster shot. the mistake people make is to say let me
right now, i want to go to cnn s kaitlan collins with her new reporting from the white house. so what are the president and his team doing tonight in response to this first-known case? well, anderson, ever since south african scientists last week told them they thought that this could be a more concerning variant than some of the other ones that you have seen, the president and his team have basically been meeting nonstop. whether that s within the agencies, people meeting and talking about how they are going to respond to this. or the president meeting with his medical team directly. they have had hours on ends of meetings where he has been peppering them with questions about the data here, the timeline of when they are going to know more to those big questions, like how severe of disease this could cause or whether or not it evades vaccines because the president has been clear that he wants to know more. and of course, anderson, today it was the day that his medical team
at the new rules on wearing face masks being brought in on public transport as measures are increased to fight the new covid strain. the telegraph is also leading on these new measures saying the self isolation rules for close contacts of people with the omicron variant will lead to chaos in schools. the financial times focusses on the flurry of travel restrictions that have come in across the globe in an attempt to curb the transmission of the variant. so let s begin. the transmission of the variant. joe, the transmission of the variant. let s start with you to joe, let s start with you and turn to the mail. boosterfor all over 18, it confidently predicts reveal. everyone in britain to be offered third job within weeks you combat spread of omicron variant. to be fair, this is a story that appears on quite a lot of the front pages. yes, it is. exceptionally competent it is can happen. they signed a whitehall say that the joint committee on vaccines and immunisation is g