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congregation beth israel. one hostage was released. he was physically not injured. they are bringing the standoff to a peaceful end. we are working to confirm the stunning account from a kin going congre gant who says she was watching a live stream of today s sab bothd service when the suspect entered. with me now is ed lavandara, who has been on the ground covering this really since this happened. you have been there and you were there the moment that one of the hostages, a miami, was released. that is at least one piece of good news out of this tragic situation. what more can you tell us? well, it s been three hours since that hostage was able to get out of the synagogue, which sits just about a little more than a quarter of a mile down the road from where we are. and so, we presume hostage negotiators continue doing their work this evening, as you said. we are going into about ten hours that this hostage situation has been unfolding here in the town of colleyville, ....
generation vaccines and anti-virals and therapeutics as well. we re in the process of working with dr. fauci s team to develop a unified nir research agenda and budget to address these issues to identify candidates that might already be in the pipeline to help support the research into candidates that are just starting in the pipeline so we can accelerate the availability of next generation vaccines and therapeutics. thank you for that answer. dr. walensky i would like to ask you a question about access to testing and in particular what is the cdc doing to make sure that testing capacity is robust in rural america and also among community health centers in disadvantaged parts of the country? thank you, senator kaine. we have this program increased community access to testing in collaboration with as per as well. this is a program that has collaborated with fema to increase surge testing just over the holidays. we ve increased testing, federal testing sites for pcrs ....
yes, absolutely. i think we all see the need for next generation vaccinations and anti-virals and therapeutics as well. we re in the process of working with dr. fauci s team to develop a uniied research agenda and budget to address these issues to identify candidates that might already be in the pipeline so we can accelerate the availability of next generation vaccines and therapeutics. thank you for that answer. dr. walensky, i d like to ask you a question about access to testing and in particular what is the cdc doing to make sure that testing capacity is robust in rural america and also among community health centers in disadvantaged parts of the country? we have this program increased community access to testing in collaboration with asper as well. this is a program that has collaborated with fema to increase surge testing. just over the holidays, we ve increased federal testing sites for pcrs, 12,000 testing sites doing thousands of tests over the holidays. w ....
plug. patrick mcenroe, i appreciate your input here. you should know that china apparently is so scared with what you have to say about this that they blacked out the feed of cnn to china during this segment, underneath we re showing the live feed, the people in china are seeing now, color bars there. they don t want china the chinese people to hear what you have to say, patrick. we do. thanks so much. hopefully my podcast as well, john. i ll stay on this topic until we know for sure that peng shuai is safe, and is sound of mind, and can speak her mind. the wta has not gotten any assurances of that thus far. that is a huge problem. good for you. we appreciate you speaking up. thanks so much. thank you, john. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, december 2nd, and i m brianna keilar with john berman. it was inevitable but very alarming this first confirmed case of the omicro ....
covid-22, a third year of the pandemic rebooted with a new variant, omicron. experts say the strain has been identified in over 15 countries. it s expected to reach the u.s. it had been, for example, almost a month since the president gave formal remarks about covid, and the new variant, however, it has pushed this white house back to tackle the subject once again. today biden emphasizing he does not see, and fauci agrees with him, a need for new shutdowns. we should not be freaking down. not a cause for panic. it s not the time to panic. we re going to fight covid this winter, not with shutdowns, but with widespread vaccinations, testing, boosters and more. concern should spur us to do the things that we know work. the things that experts know work starts with vaccines, almost 60% of americans now are vaccinated. that s still, though, a figure that experts say must rise. safety measures work, but they continue to tax public patience after these two years of ....