six fold increase in omicron s share of infections in only one week. it s responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections in the new york area, the southeast, the industrial midwest and the pacific northwest. president biden met with this covid response team and has a major address planned for tomorrow. the white house today revealing that biden himself has tested negative after coming into contact with the stuff member who contracted the virus. in the statement, the white house said on friday, that staff member had spent approximately 30 minutes in proximity to the president on air force one. the staff member is fully vaccinated and boosted and tested negative prior to boarding. the statement went on to say that the staff member didn t experience symptoms until sunday. he was tested on monday. we reminiscent of the early 2020, east our s long lines are forming in new york city as people prepare for the holiday gatherings. they are bracing for a heavy travel season. passen
in the new york area, the southeast, the industrial midwest and the pacific northwest. president biden met with his covid response team today and has a major address planned for tomorrow. the white house revealing that biden himself has tested negative after coming into negative with a staff member who contracted the virus. the white house said the staff member spent about 30 minutes in proximity to the president on air force i. he was fully negative and boosted prior to boarding. the staff member didn t experience symptoms until sunday and was tested on monday. in scenes reminiscent of the early 2020s, hours-long lines are forming in new york city as people prepare for holiday gatherings. the tsa bracing for a busy travel season, nearly 30 million passengers are expected between now and the new year. dr. fauci had this advice for celebrations. do not do things like go to gatherings where there are people who you do not know what their vaccination status is. if you do that
the hill tonight. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. build back better is all but toast for the year. congressional democrats don t want to say that they think president biden should say that democrats are now fighting internally. they are seizing joe manchin negotiated with the president for weeks and no closer to voting yes. we have talked, we have talked, we have talked. it s time to put it on the floor and vote. democrats are trying to coax manchin to support changes in the filibuster in order to approve voting rights. president biden and vice president harris zoomed with democratic senators on voting rights today but the double pressure campaign on manchin is back firing. reporters have hounded him for days. i m not negotiating with you all. can you ask all the questions you want. let me go this is [bleep]. you are [bleep]. okay? i m done. it s manchin spending, the filibuster even renewing the child tax credit. i went to joe and he said no, i m not agai
ago. and max verstappen is confirmed as the 2021 formula 1 world champion after stewards dismissed protest by lewis hamilton s team mercedes after last wrap last lap drama at the abu dhabi grand prix but the team say they will appeal again. welcome to bbc news and in a few minute we willjoin clive and viewers on bbc1 for the full national and international news summary. but before let s begin with this our s lead story. borisjohnson has warned the country has faced a tidal wave of omicron, the variant of coronavirus first identified in south africa a fortnight ago. in an address to the nation this evening he said the uk must reinforce the wall of vaccine protection and has set a new deadline ofjabbing every single british person aged over 18 by the new year. here is an extract from the address from the prime minister. ,., , from the address from the prime minister. , , ., ., minister. over the past year we have shown that vaccination minister. over the past year we have s
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