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regardless of nationality, regardless of vaccination status. also developing this morning, the mayor of new york city just announced the city s implementing a first in the nation vaccine requirement to include all private sector employees. the city will also expand its vaccination requirement for indoor dining and entertainment to include kids as young as five now. these changes come amid continued uncertainty over the new omicron variant which has now been defetected in at least7 states. but the delta variant is the major problem still in america. and is what is driving another surge it appears. the u.s. is averaging more than 120,000 new cases every day, highest level since early october. but its hospitalizations that really tell the story. up 27% in the last month with around 60,000 people every day sick enough with covid to need hospital care right now. let s start with pete muntean live at dulles airport in virginia with more on the new testing requirement going in ....
she s going to expand on that tonight on this program. also, exclusive reporting from donie o sullivan on how the social network, facebook, makes money on the anti-vaccine message. this comes at the end of a day that saw seven new cases of the omicron variant identified and underscores the need to get on top of the situation. it prompted pfizer s ceo to tweet that his company has asked the fda to expand authorization for booster doses of its covid vaccine to include 16 and 17-year-olds. quoting from him, it is our hope to provide strong protection for as many people as possible, particularly in light of the new variant, he said. now, when he posted that, there were two new reported cases. one in minnesota, the other in colorado. late today, new york added five new cases. today also saw president biden visit the national institutes of health just outside of washington and unveil new covid fighting policies. they include fighter testing requirements for travelers coming ....
borla to ask for expanded doses of the booster vaccine for 16 and 17-year-olds. quoting from him, it is our hope to provide strong protection for as many people as possible, particularly in light of the new variants, he said. when he posted that, there were two new reported cases, one in minnesota, the other in colorado. late today new york added five new cases. today also saw president biden visit the national institutes of health just outside washington and unveil new covid fighting policies. they include tighter testing requirements for travelers coming into the u.s. and extending the current mask mandate for domestic planes, trains, and buses. he touched on that but made boosters the heart of his message, using the b word more than two dozen times. the cdc, the food and drug administration, the fda, and our top public officials recommend all adults, all adults get a booster shot when it s time. but here s the deal. more than about 100 million are eligible for boos ....
can you see that, can you see that? now let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer, the gun goes off. more now from cnn s lucy kafanov in denver. reporter: christine, laura, good morning. this was an emotional, raw interview after alec baldwin describing what happened before as well as the moment in which cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed. he described rehearsing a scene in which he draws a weapon and says he pointed it just to the side of the camera as hutchins instructed him to do. he said he cocked the gun asking whether she could see it and then let go of the hammer when the weapon discharged. baldwin insisting he never pulled the trigger. well, the trigger wasn t pulled. i didn t pull the trigger a. so, you never pulled the trig sner no, no. i would never point a gun and pull the trigger. that was my training. on day one of my instruction in this business, they said don t take a gun and go click, click, click. y ....
member of the january 6th select committee, representative elaine luria. and in the deadly michigan school shooting, the prosecutor now says potential charges against the teenage suspect s parents could be announced within 24 hours. we ll get a live update from the local sheriff on the chilling details in this case. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. up first this hour, president biden s new plan for trying to beat back a spike in covid cases this winter around the uncertainty with the omicron variant. let s go straight to phil mattingly. phil, the president says the u.s. has the tools to deal with this new variant. what steps is he specifically taking? reporter: wolf, those are tools that the united states did not have last year at this time heading into the winter months and obviously with new concerns about those variants. the president laying out a series of new initi ....