influence shakespeare. jillian: fan cancel culture has gone too far. todd: will you deliver? the rest of february before she starts calling me on it and taking attendance. jillian: welcome on wednesday morning. todd: president biden has townhall. jillian: press on his plan to open went unmentioned. todd: the president s pledged to parents. reporter: president biden taking the covid-19 relief plan. anyone in milwaukee in this when those schools reopen. they are open for one day a week. the easiest set to open, the goal will be five days a week. reporter: mistaken communication was a statement by his press secretary last week. to have the majority of schools, more than 50% open by day 100 of his presidency, it is a week or not more. reporter: biden pledged by the end of july there would be 600 million doses available, a return to normalcy by christmas. he also misspoke about the vaccine situation. there s nothing in the refrigerator, 10 million doses a day
rising possibility of russian military action at any time. at the same time, president biden is considering moving troops within europe closer to russia s border as well as in the black sea and increasing bomber flights over the region. even as we re building up deterrence, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that s the preferable path forward for everyone. it s the responsible thing to do, and we ll pursue it as long as we can. at the same time we ll continue to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. the optimism, the fight against the omicron variant is growing in the u.s. across the country as the national 7-day average of confirmed cases finally begins to shift downward after a record setting surge. there is still pressure on hospital workers in some western is southern states where omicron cases are at their peak, and vaccination rates are low. our nbc news poll contains bad news for democrats w
the cdc recommends isolation for most people who test positive for have been exposed to the virus, from five days to ten. during evidence people are most infectious in the early days of the illness. let s bring and doctor farney makary, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health and fox news medical contributor. marty, welcome, good to see you. let s start with talking about the omicron variant where we are, these new studies about t cells and how they seem to be very active against the omicron variant and maybe reducing the severity of covid. we got a lot of good news this week, a study out of johns hopkins that confirmed the t cell immunity from omicron and delta crossover, there s good cross immunity. the t cell immunity doesn t really protect you from getting the infection but it does prevent severe disease, it takes a few days to kick and it s powerful. we got another promising study that answered the open question, does it omicron immunity cross over to delta? it
jillian: is across the country were handed get out of jail free cards. the latest move from the biden doj that made the crime crisis worse. todd: bittman this is she sorry for calling west virginia s poor and strung out. a west virginia coal miner, what he thinks about her apology. we will get right to this, facing criticism for surging omicron cases amid lack of available covid tests at of the holidays. todd: the president places blame on the unvaccinated. reporter: good morning good. several cities and states back to strict pandemic measures. president biden said this is not march of 2020 but that came with a warning to the unvaccinated. president biden: vaccination requirements are not popular with many or even for those who are anxious to get them. my administration put them in place not to control your life but to save your life. and the lives of others. it is legal and effective amble save thousands of american lives. reporter: steps in the plan to combat the om
filibuster loving manchin and sinema. theyed a adjourned this morning and won t be back until january 3rd. it s beginning to look like nothing will be passed by christmas. joining me is member of the house judiciary committee, of course, washington congress woman camilla jayapal. a lot of people are disappointed build back better won t pass. it s great to see them shifting to voting rights, however, there is a hump to getting over voting rights. their actions to get it passed. one is adopting a one-time chain, senator kaine to install a talking filibuster and force the gop to stand on the floor and maintain 41 votes to black legislation. what can you tell the american people this morning about vetting voting rights passed? good morning, tiffany. it s always great to be with you. look, this is the single-most important thing we have to do. the congressional black caucus prioritized this for the entire year. we ve prioritized eliminating the filibuster. we would sell it for r