Three u. S. Senators announced today that they have tested positive john hickenlooper of colorado, independent angus king of maine and roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. That comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. Alabama has no, zero icu beds left. In fact, it s in negative territory. With some patients being treated on gurr. Alabama s republican cover declared a state of emergency last week as her state s hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. Her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. Not on the virus, but on virus protections. Like in neighboring georgia where hospitals are also running out of icu beds. Governor brian kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt mask mandates and in texas, where health officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has
Tonight. Are you in the cnn newsroom, a jawdropping reality check from the cdc a short time ago. According to cdc, covid has been fatal to less than 1. 001. The socalled break through infections occasionally happen. They rarely lead to symptoms that require hospitalizations. So the bottom line, the vaccine works. Worried health experts are now scrambling to drive home that message as the frightening spike in cases and hospitalizations pushes higher. You can bring the very contagious delta variant which accounts for thousands of cases and vaccine hesitancy, less than half of the nation is vaccinated. It s slowly inching higher as the cdc dress e stresses the vaccine is still the best protection against protection and hospitalization and death. As the cases climb nationwide, the conditions spread only worsen. Next week, kids will start returning to school. And those younger than 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated in the united states. In new york, though, there are signs of progres
good evening, rich. following the call, senior administration officials say they are now watching the russian/ukrainian border toe. se what russia does from here. because heard from jen psaki on this 50 minute call. she says president biden urged russia to de-escalate tensions with ukraine and make u clear tt the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively impression further invades reached frame. that decisive response according to senior administration officials have been sanctioned. in 2014 russia invaded part of ukraine and did the same to neighboring georgia in 2008. ahead of the skull it was unclear c why the kremlin requested this conversation between the two, chris evans. one abbasid are to russia says masco rushing asking for a call is pretty unusual. i thinken it is a good sign. presidentra. rarely asked for calls. i think the remember one time that he has for call. it s usually the other way around, so that means he has a message that he
happy new year, gillian. i am anita vogel. live out west as fires rage. we begin with a special new year s eve edition of fox news live with a look at the world ringing in 2022. gillian: millions of americans are revving up to celebrate the new year, even amid a nationwide surge of new covered cases, concerns about the omicron variant front and center for other americans once again this new year s eve. the government putting in place limits on gatherings and for travel, both foreign and domestic. compounding the nation s worry is the testing shortage. people are still waiting in line for hours to get tests, then waiting days to get those results. anita: but we begin at the crossroads of the world where the ball is set to drop in a little less than 11 hours from now, and our laura ingle is live in times square. hi, laura. hello, ladies. welcome to the crossroads of the world, where the crowds are certainly smaller, but they are back this year and they are getti
president in wilmington, delaware. good evening, rich. richard: good evening, bret. following that call senior administration officials say they are now watching the russian ukrainian border to see what russia does from here. just heard from white house press secretary jen psaki on this 50-minute call. she says, quote: president biden urged russia to deescalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear that the united states and its allies and partner also respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. that decisive response, according to senior administration has been sanctioned and bolstering nato and ukrainian forces. in 2014, russia invaded and annexed part of u.k. did the same to neighboring georgia in 2008. ahead of this call it was unclear why the kremlin requested this conversation between the two presidents. still unclear. one former u.s. ambassador to russia says moscow asking for a call pretty unusual. i think it s a good sign. president putin rarely asks for