we spent $11 trillion fighting covid.we don t have another trillion. we have to safely learn to live with covid. we re not going to do it in a reckless fashion. we ll make sure our cities are up and thriving and we re going to do it in a safe way. trace: indoming new york city mayor eric adams promising to keep the private sector mandates in place. the cdc says nearly two million covid cases have been recorded in the past seven days as the omicron variant puts dents in plans for the new year. let s get to steve harrigan. good afternoon. records being set for new covid cases across the country. 15 states reporting the highest single day rates.