Insurrectionists charged in the deadly January 6 capitol riot. And an increased Police Presence not the only detesrrent for chaos. They began installing fencing At The capitol square. Ramping up security at local airports. Its unclear how many people will actually attend this saturday. Amazing to see the need for all this eight months after January 6. Fortunately, both chambers of congress will actually be on recess this weekend, meaning this rally poses a smaller threat, at least to lawmakers and their staffs. The man behind this rally says, we wont see, he says, the violent spectacle thAt Took place on January 6th. Weve got a largely peaceful crowd. Weve had two events in washington, d. C. So far, At The Department Of Justice and At The prison. There have been no incidences so far. No one is bringing a weapon that will be a part of our crowd. We can assure you of that. Theyre coming out to support people who committed crimes. More than 500 participants in that rally. Authorities coun
That review published in one of the most prestigious medical journals, the lancet, saying even with the Delta Variant, Eas Efficacy against severe disease is so high already that a third shot is not needed right now. Erica, looking at this report, it seems first thing is first, which is focus on the unvaccinated now before you focus on getting a Booster Shot to the vaccinated. I agree thats exactly what it sounds like in reading that. Lets get to medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. To be clear, this A Group of scientists here. Theyre not suggesting that the science has changed. The vaccines still work, as we know. Theyre looking at the broader issue of the pandemic. Theyre really looking at both, erica. What theyre saying is that the Science Isnt telling us that a booster is necessary. Theyre saying that two shots the two shots that so many of us already got, that it works against preventing hospitalization. You might still get infected with covid19, but that two shots are very effe
the new strain. all of this prompting a number of colleges to move their final exams and even if final days of the semester online. omicron has been identified in 36 states. dr. anthony fauci says it s a matter of time before it overtakes delta as the dominant variant in this country. it has an extraordinary ability to transmit efficiently and spread. it has what we call a doubling time of about three days, and if you do the math on that, if you have just a couple of percentage of the isolates being omicron very soon, it will be the dominant variant. joining us now to discuss what this all means, dr. paul sax, professor of medicine at brigham and women s hospital and harvard medical school. good to have you on. the big-picture question is what s the right response to this, right? it s clearly spreading more quickly. some of the data seems to indicate it doesn t cause as severe illness. does that mean that shutdowns may not be necessary? how should folks be receiving thi
any moment now, president biden will address the nation from that podium right there amid concerning questions about potential contagion in the u.s. banking sector. what does that mean for your money? a very good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. president biden expected to try to calm fears in a matter of moments when he does make his way to that podium, this amid the failure of two u.s. banks. we re talking about silicon valley bank, which you ve heard a lot of this weekend, as well as signature bank. the biden administration is taking emergency action here and there is the president. let s listen in. for california. i want to briefly speak about what s happening to silicon valley bank and signature bank. today, thanks to the quick action of my administration over the past few days, americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. small businesses across the country that deposit ac
am taking the train. kaitlan, thank you very much. we appreciate it. cnn newsroom starts right now, of course, with the breaking news as well. good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we are following the breaking news this morning after u.s. flights were grounded, the faa now lifting that ground stop. u.s. flights resuming here. there is, though, as you can imagine a huge mess unfolding at airports across this country and, frankly, around the world. a key faa safety system went down earlier this morning, that led to some scrambling from coast to coast. here is where we stand at this hour, the faa says it is set to resume more flight departures this hour, but in terms of the backlog, the damage that we re seeing, the delays and cancellations, understandably rising by the minute. new york lines are growing, atlanta and chicago delay warnings taking over departure screens. they may be the lucky ones stuck in the airports that are already i