Done, but his biggest priorities are stalled because democrats cannot work out their differences. And wall street likes the new Federal Reserve plan to fight inflation, but how might tim pact you . We begin though with the coronavirus and with the big question. What does the rapid spread of the omicron variant and a sudden wave of major covid disruption tell us about the winter just ahead . President biden meets with his covid team today to discuss this moments Public Health triple threat, the Delta Variant already causing a case surge and a Health Care System strained. New omicron variant cases are climbing exponentially and the third piece, the flu now making an unwelcome comeback. Disruption is again way too easy to find. Cornell and princeton and nyu among the colleges and universities shifting back back to Online Learning and several Broadway Shows now closing for the same reason. Plus, the nfl, the nba and the nhl all seeing star players sidelined and games postponed. Cnns senior
Major developments with the pandemic. New Covid Infections are rising sharply driven in part by the omicron variant. Dr. Anthony fauci clearly raising the level of concern this morning. Certainly what it is showing us in other countries and i believe soon in our own country, george, is it has an extraordinary ability to transmit efficiently and spread. It has what we call a doubling time of about three days, and if you do the math on that, if you have just a couple of percentages of the isolates being omicron, very soon its going to be the dominant variant. But what that dominant variant is going to do is still unclear. Here is where we are right now. New cases in the u. S. Are up nearly 40 over the last month. The more important metric that we always watch is hospitalizations. Theyre up more than 40 in the last month as well. And part of the concern now is a onetwo punch of covid and flu season at the same time. This wave is leading to a slew of cancellations. Colleges, including nyu,
Its the top of the hour. Im alisyn camerota. Victor is off today. This hour President Biden will huddle with his covid advisors at the white house about the Omicron Variant. New infections and hospitalizations are rising, forcing some colleges and universities to go virtual again. Meanwhile, cdc advisors are set to vote on the future of the Johnson Johnson vaccine. A new analysis sthoehows the ra of a rare Blood Clotting Division of the that vaccine were higher than thought. They are talking with College Students who will spend the rest of the semester online because of covid. Jeff, what do we know . Reporter alisyn, we do know that President Biden will be meeting with his covid advisors here at the white house really making clear theyre taking seriously the Omicron Variant threat. Dr. Anthony fauci, of course fcourse, the chief medical advisor to the president said this will be the dominant variant as early as next month. Theyre bracing for another winter surge, and the white house cl
Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early. Lets hope your Interest Rates arent too high. Chuck schumer will likely delay his selfimposed deadline to pass President Bidens build back better plan before the end of the year. Without manchin, democrats lack the 50 votes needed to pass the measure with a simple majority. As my colleagues and i reported last night, theyve grown frustrated with the slow pace of talks and those in the white house are dismayed that manchins demands seem to be changing and they cant pin him down on an agreement. In the meantime sources are also saying schumer is hoping to take action on Voting Rights now before the end of the year. A group of four mode rat democrats including manchin have been discussing ways to change the senate rules to allow Voting Rights to pass with a simple majority. While touring the storm damage in kentucky, President Biden was asked about the pivot from bbb to Voting Rights. Mr. President , should Congression
That plan was already in the works as early as november 4th, the day after election day. Joining us to discuss, cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid and chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju who is on capitol hill this morning. As we wait to see what the doj decides to do and how long it will take to learn of that decision, there are these texts from lawmakers to meadows, and specifically one from november 4th thats really stood out in terms of what it laid out in the hours after the election. Absolutely. Lets take a step back here for the full context. Before he stopped suddenly cooperating, meadows handed over 9,000 pages of records to the committee. Now its been interesting over the past three days to watch the House Select Committee take a more aggressive stance, really sharing a lot more about what they learned specifically from meadows. Before the vote last night, the committee revealed more messages, including this one you just referenced from november 4th. N