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move on. same goes for the national championship game january 10th in indianapolis. the committee does say the title game could be pushed back to no later than january 14th if needed. all right. finally, check this out. misfits forever a hero after that shot. she promised them all hot chocolate if she made it. nothing but net. all-time great schoolyard moment. the kids will remember that forever. they will be at high school graduation and say, remember the time ms. fitz made that shot and we got hot chocolate. erp this had he cheering so well. teachers are awesome. that, they are. . chefs had he even jumping up and down. you make a shot like that, you should jump up and down. she had great form. she knew it right out of her hands. i do like the high school graduation imitations where they look like 68 years old, smoked four packs a day. that s not how high schoolers sound these days? totally how it was when i graduated. new day continues right now. ....
her here. it literally only fair. she s on a show or we re talking about her. this is more important tonight. our first guest tonight is going to be congressman jim clyburn. this is very important because just over an hour ago he released a statement and tweet saying he tested positive for covid. it s been a tough situation for him because he had to miss his granddaughter s wedding. but he did say he is a symptomatic and the great news is jim clyburn is feeling well enough to certainly join us right now at 10:00 and i m always happy to see him. i ve never been hapier to see him than when i m going to see him tonight on the show. i saw that notice from congressman clyburn. i was happy to see that he said he was asymptomatic but my heart went into my throat when i saw that notice. give him my love and i m glad you got him. he s a healthy 81 years old and triple vaccinated so we think it going to be fine. right on. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. we ll ....
nice to be with you, my friend. president biden says if you are vaccinated, and boosted, go ahead, spend the holidays with family and friends. the president says the rapidly spreading omicron variant is cause for concern, but not panic. the country is much better prepared now to tackle a covid resurgence than in the early prevaccine days. for the millions who remain unvaccinated, there was this stark warning. almost everyone who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. i honest to god believe it is your patriotic duty, the choice can be the difference between life or death. please get vaccinated. the biden administration s response to skyrocketing omicron cases includes expanding test sites across the country, distributing at-home tests to those who request them, deploying a thousand service military members to help overburdened hospitals and adding new vaccination sites. elizabeth cohen joining us now. elizabeth, good morning. a lot ....
i m still smiling over commander in leash. yeah. we have more of those this morning. don t you worry. i can t wait. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, december 21st. the omicron variant has taken over. it is now the most dominant strain of covid in the u.s., making up more than 73% of new infections. according to the cdc, they just released those numbers, that s 21 days after the first case was identified here. new york has seen a three-fold increase in covid cases in the past week. new jersey reporting the highest number of daily positive cases in almost a year. but the good news, out of both new york and new jersey and this is really important although they are rising, they are not seeing a drastic jump in hospitalizations yet. we re going to speak to a new york hospital official in a moment who will tell us they have plenty of capacity, at least for now. this is not 2020, he says. we are learning of ....
there is good news, both new york and new jersey are not seeing a drastic increase in hospitalizations just yet. a few minutes ago, we spoke to a hospital official here in new york who says stay calm. this isn t 2020. he says they still have plenty of hospital capacity. telling you it is not a crisis. those are good things to hear. president biden, meantime, later today, he s going to lay out a new strategy to fight the covid resurgence. this strategy centering on testing. the president will announce the purchase of half a billion rapid tests along with a plan to distribute the tests, free of charge, to americans who request them. his other important message, fully vaccinated americans don t need to cancel their holiday plans despite the rising case count. joining us now, dr. peter how t hotez, dean of the national school of tropical medical at baylor college of medicine. always good to see you. let s start with what we re going to hear today from the president. 500 ....