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good to be with you here, laura. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. two variants are reminding us why this virus isn t going away any time soon. the u.s. shattering its record for average daily cases more than doubling in two weeks, thanks to a combination of both delta and omicron. the cdc even adjusting its data now, showing delta still accounts for about 40% of these cases. hospitalizations are not spiking as fast, but experts still have concerns about the weeks ahead. there is no question that january will be filled with a lot of short-term challenges. hospital beds, staffing shortages of tests, shortages of almost everything. it s tough to handle this many indications at once. i think we have a good thing in these tests, but there won t be enough in many places to get us through the most trying time. now the fda says at-home coronavirus tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant. that could send more people ou ....
boosted but we want to stay on air. we do. we do. we want to bring you all of the information you need for this holiday season. let s begin with the covid contradictions. americans trying to live with a resurgent virus for christmas week. so consider this. millions lined up to watch the new spider man in crowded theaters. and yet new york state broke its record sunday for the highest single day case count for the third day in a row. folks, we are talking over 22,000 new covid cases reported for a single day. this is not omicron. this is the delta variant and this return to life indoors that s driving these numbers. and yet we still haven t gotten the testing right in this country. look at this. people lined up at testing sites for hours. i was one of them. results taking longer and longer. rapid tests virtually impossible to find at your local drugstore. i have a couple of friends that haven t been vaccinated did catch covid or have scares so trying to play it saf ....
all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m john berman. brianna is off. erica hill with me this morning. on this new day , omicron in america. new york city seeing a huge spike in cases. but some hopeful signs as well. senator manchin puts a nail in the build back better legislation. the white house with a new scathing response. a republican plan to block president biden from seating a supreme court justice if they take back power in the midterms. the new cnn reporting ahead. swinging into theater and the record books. spider-man shatters the pandemic-era slump at the box office. all right. we do begin with breaking news. moderna announced just moments ago that its preliminary data suggests its covid-19 booster is effective against the omicron variant. this is welcomed news, as dr. anthony fauci warned omicron will become the dominant variant within a matter of weeks. this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling ....
roof there is just gone. and that s what it looks like in mayfield as you go block to block. there is destruction like that across the state of kentucky and across the region. it all started friday night with the first twister touching down in arkansas and striking a nursing home. one person died. the governor called incident a miracle as the swarm of twisters tore a path 20 miles across kentucky. a candle factory was leveled with 110 people working a night shift. it s unclear how many were inside at the time. rescuers crawled over the dead to get to the living, a disaster scene. and we know it smelled like scented candles. eight confirmed dead. eight unaccounted for. in dawson springs, kentucky, the death toll stands at 13. there are still 100 people missing there. home after home destroyed. the mayor estimates 75% of the town is gone and described the scene in one word, chaos. right now more than 50,000 kentucky residents are without power. 18 counties are reporting ....
rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. janis joplin was found dead last night. the cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. he was 27. the early years of the 70s are sad in music. because you lose people. and you lose the beatles. the small gathering on saville row is only the beginning. the event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. it was like a death for a lot of people. rock n roll as we understood it in the 1960s was no longer with us. i ve never been without the beatles. never. and i wonder what i m doing here with no drummers and no nothing like that. well, you might know i lost my old band, or i left it. imagine there s no heaven it s easy if you try for so long, you kind of waited ....