of the jury. let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight breaking news. the country s fears confirmed. the omicron variant is now, by far, the dominant variant in the united states amid a surge of cases across the country. it makes up 73% of new cases right now, which the cdc previously estimated was just 3%. right now, the u.s. is averaging more than 130,000 cases every day. and president biden preparing for a major speech tomorrow to address this wave and announce new steps to fight the threat from omicron. this is not a speech about locking the country down. this is a speech outlining and being direct and clear with the american people about the benefits of being vaccinated. tonight, cities in the northeast are taking action. the mayor of washington, d.c. declaring a state of emergency, and reinstating the city s indoor mask mandate. boston announcing it will require proof of vaccination to enter most indoor pub
he loved being in the newsroom, being part of the team, and we all adored him. he felt a real connection with the audience too. after he was diagnosed with cancer just over nine years ago, he received thousands of letters and messages from people who wrote to him as if they knew each other, strangers who spoke to him as a friend, and he was really touched by your support. george was a man of great values and indomitable spirit, a big smile, a velvety laugh, a great friend. i saw him just a few weeks ago. he told me he had hoped to come back to work one last time to say thank you and goodbye right here, live on air. he didn t get the chance, so we have done it for him. i ll leave you now with george alagiah in his own words. my life is, for what it s worth, is divided into pre cancer and post cancer. yeah, the weird thing about a bowel cancerjourney is, you don t really know the beginning and you don t really know the end. so i know the day i was diagnosed with bowel cancer, b
and, we look at a treasure trove of freddie mercury s personal items collected over 30 years before they go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news. manchester city and arsenal go head to head at the etihad, with city looking to turn the tide in the title race with a win over the league leaders. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first plane carrying british nationals fleeing sudan is due to land at stansted airport in about an hour. the evacuees were initially taken to larnaca in cyprus, before boarding a charter flight to the uk. more flights are expected throughout the day, to move hundreds of uk citizens out of the country during a 72 hour ceasefire, which has come after more than a week of fighting. british passport holders have been asked to make their own way to an airbase on the outskirts of the sudanese capital khartoum. so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca. another potential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, bu
another act of senseless violence. teenager shot in new york city subway and suspect in the shooting sadly and tragically happens to be yet another teenager. police say that 15-year-old was murdered on friday night after think had some type of dispute. devastating mother telling new york post that her son is now just another number lost to crime. arthel: it s very tragic. president biden seeing economy with highest inflation in more than 40 years. fox team coverage start right now lucas tomlinson from the white house in moments. eric: first alexis mcadams who has the latest in new york. alexis. 79% of voters across the country say they are concerned with higher crime rates which isn t a surprise according to fox news poll. that s the case right here in new york where race for governor can be closer than expected. check this out in latest poll, democratic governor poll leading lee zeldin done by 10 percentage point but then that leads to 8 among those people who say they wil
In harmony and not in contradiction. but if netanyahu holds sway, and this is not changed, then what happens to israel? we are in the midsts of a fight, of a battle for israel s values. therefore, i don t want to think about the situation that this will continue without restrictions. but it s a threat, a real threat to israel s nature as a democracy, to israel s identity and this is why we are fighting against it. these are historical days, i don t want to undermine the situation at all. no, but ijust want finally to say that the demonstrationss on the streets for 28 weeks, there s water cannon and other. more than that. more than 28 weeks. is netanyahu banking on the protests just dissipating? frankly, i think he only cares about other things,