well, the last thing anyone in the u.s. needs is more confusion over coronavirus shots. according to the cdc, less than half of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the confusion is what we re getting after pfizer announced its see waning immunity from its shots. it an nonethelessed it will try to get emergency authorization for a booster shot. well, that caught held agencies off guard. the cdc put out a statement assuring that the coronavirus shots are working take they re supposed to from illnesses and dr. anthony fauci is offering his own clarifications. nothing has changed with regard to the cdc s recommendations. so, we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing, but the american public should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. the cdc and the fda say if you ve been fully vaccinated, at this point in time, you do not need a booster shot. the world s top health agencies also agree with dr. fauci. athena jones has more on that and the worrisome s
u.s. health officials are reassuring americans, they do not need a third-coronavirus shot, right now. that guidance, after pfizer announced it is seeing waning immunity from its vaccine, and is trying to develop a booster for emergency authorization, in the u.s. but the director for centers for disease control says, in the rare cases where vaccinated people get infected, they aren t getting seriously ill. and that proves the shots are working. dr. anthony fauci agrees. nothing has changed, with regard to the cdc s recommendations. so, we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing. but the american public should take their advice, from the cdc and the fda. the cdc and the fda say, if you ve been fully vaccinated, at this point in time, you do not need a booster shot. the world health organization and the european medicines agency are trying to calm confusion, as well. saying, there needs to be more data, before determining whether boosters are necessary. athena j
well, the last thing anyone in the u.s. needs is more confusion over coronavirus shots. according to the cdc, less than half of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated, but confusion is what we re getting after pfizer announced it s seeing waning immunity from its shots. it announced will try to get emergency authorization for a booster shot. well, that caught u.s. health agencies off guard. the cdc and fda put out a rare joint statement, reassuring americans that the coronavirus shots are working the way they re supposed to by stopping serious illness and dr. anthony fauci is offering his own clarifications. nothing has changed with regard to the cdc s recommendations. so, we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing. but the american public should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. the cdc and the fda say if you ve been fully vaccinated at this point in time, you do not need a booster shot. the world s top health agencies also agree with dr. fauci athen
up covid deaths and nursing home facilities. he claims he has done nothing wrong, but is facing bipartisan backlash. one state democrat, assemblyman ron mckim, says the governor bullied him and threatened to destroy him. when you get closer to the truth of the scandal, governor cuomo tries to implicate you in the cover-up, or threatens her livelihood if you don t lie for him. that s what happened to me. for 10 minutes, he berated me, yelled at me, told me in my would be over. i had tonight, not tomorrow, tonight to issue a new statement, essentially asking me to lie. juan: new york city mayor bill de blasio, he s backing up the idea that formal is a bully. that s classic andrew cuomo. a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. the bullying is nothing new. i believe ron kim, and it s very sad. juan: jesse, yesterday we were talking about what is the crime that he did. i don t think there s any question he made grievous mistakes, but is that th
tomorrow i ll be 18 seconds later. we begin with the breaking news on the pandemic. this omicron variant of covid first hit the united states officially. we can tell you now it is spreading. it has now been formally confirmed and found in three states, california, colorado and minnesota. what do doctors make of this new variant? well, we will ask the doctor who treated the very first omicron case in the united states. he joins us in a moment. as for those three states with the variant, experts view this as a floor. they expect more spread on the way. indeed, the person who has it in minnesota had traveled recently to new york city to a very large anime convention in late november. as it happens, we have a photo. about 50,000 people were there celebrating, discussing, learning, doing all the anime things. and given that crowd and what is known about variants, the mayor of new york says they are operating as if there is already community spread of the variant in new york city