welcome to meet the press daily, i m chuck todd. here we are, anxiously awaiting the science on omicron. public concern waits for nobody and right now uncertainty is dominating the headlines. what the white house says and does to fill this vacuum of information is going to be critical in the next couple of weeks. they use this as an opportunity to reset their messaging on the pandemic, specifically vaccine mandates, or not. the white house s covid task force is holding its briefing on omicron right as we speak. they are echoing president biden s comments that the variant is a cause for concern, but not panic. it comes as the cdc has clarified and strengthened its recommendations for covid booster shots, basically saying unambiguously all adults should get boosted when they are at least six months removed from their last vaccine dose. so here s cdc director rochelle walensky just a few minutes ago. for the 45 million unvaccinated adults, now is the time to get vaccinated.
the economy is worse than it s been in a decade. we re tracking consumer fears about high inflation and the potential recession just hours after an historic interest rate hike by the federal reserve. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news. on the bloody battle for the southern ukrainian city of mariupol. russian forces now inside the steel plant at war with the city s last defenders. cnn international security editor all. is this potentially the last stand for mariupol? reporter: it does look dire. frankly, it has looked dire for the ukrainian troops inside that steel plant. such extraordinary, well fortified structure they ve managed to hold on to for weeks if not months now. the commander of the azov commander saying that indeed, russian troops have been inside the compound for two days now and there was intense fighting, saying that he is simply wit
the mayor says there are still hundreds of people that are sheltering inside of the dark, dank maze of the underground bunkers that are below that azovstal steel plant. they re still there including dozens of children. still, ukraine s foreign minister says despite russia s claim that it now has complete control of mariupol, the ukrainian soldiers, according to the foreign minister, are still holding their ground. holding their space in and around that steel plant. the russians did ramp up their attacks after more than 100 people actually were able to be taken from that plant after months in these very, very difficult conditions. mothers and children, older folks who have been hiding there for such a long time in complete darkness. we re starting to hear some of the stories of what it was like to be in there as families were terrified for their lives, hearing the strikes hitting again and again over their heads. jake. and the ukrainian military says russian forces are large
documents case. details from pennsylvania, he is the victim of cost control. and trump versus grievances, chuck smith is moving forward to the january 6th in 2020 investigation. it could result and a criminal indictment. what you can expect one of trump s legal fronts this week. plus, president biden has more good economic news to highlight. even as congressional republicans keep talking about impeding with pressure coming from donald trump. based on what? we will unpack that strategy. let s get started, we have a lot of business. we are looking at a consequential week ahead for donald trump and for democracy in america. on tuesday, a federal grand jury in washington d.c. will meet for a potential third criminal indictment against trump. of course, efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election this comes just days after the special counsel s office tacked on three additional charges. we are looking for espionage obstruction who died but in the documents case. special
prosecutionte failed tonight in georgia supreme court. also say, i m self-conscious about giving youa an update like that. i feel like you have to run over to t your personal white board cork board with thumb tacks and strings on it to keep track of these things. if you are feeling like all these stories about trump facing charges are all blending together, if you re having a hard time keeping track of all the jurisdictions in which he is being put on trail for criminal charges or maybe, first of all, you do not have to feel embarrassed about that.ba you are not alone. it is getting hard to keep track. second of all, we ll have more only later in the show. help hopefully with disentangling all of his various indictments and potential indictments and how some of them may affect whether others may go forward. we llma have a little disentangling help with that later this hourit tonight. we re also going to be talking with pennsylvania s governor, joshs shapiro. aspen pen governo