to reject trump s request to keep hundreds of documents secret. let s go outfront. good evening. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. tonight breaking news, overwhelmed by omicron. for the third day in a row the united states breaking its own record for its daily average of new covid cases and hitting a very grim milestone. more children now hospitalized with covid than any other point in this pandemic. health and human services secretary becerra acknowledging it is a troubling development. we thought for the longest time our kids were safe because they didn t seem to be catching the infection the same way. today i think you re hearing the news. more and more of our children not only contracting covid but being hospitalized. this stuff is real. hospitals across the country are pushed to the brink. maryland and washington, d.c. now topping their previous peaks of covid hospitalizations just days after four other states also reported record high hospitalizations this m
they didn t come away with any idea on whether putin has decided to invade ukraine. more on that in a moment. it comes as this country is facing what one doctor called the biggest health crisis we ve seen, the new cases soaring past 300,000. pediatric hospital admissions are the highest they ve ever been over the course of this pandemic. we re going to be in for a very rough three or four weeks. i think it s good news that we ll have the boosters for the 12 to 15-year-olds so that will help a little bit but this is going to be a very rough time, not only for the kids but for the adults as well. as we head into this new year s weekend, be conservative, be thoughtful, keep your gatherings small and surround yourself with those who are vaccinated. you don t want to come out the other end of this weekend hospitalized or very sick. a source telling cnn the pfizer booster shots for kids 10 to 15 years old could be authorized in matter of days. dr. fauci says covid cases could p
350,000, and the line is going straight up. deaths are also climbing, jumping 18% this week. although children are far less likely than adults to become severely ill or die of covid, the avalanche of all of the new cases is pushing the number of kids being hospitalizes to new records. all this just as schools across the country get ready to welcome students back from the holidays. we ll be joined momentarily by education secretary eric cardona, and then by eric adams who will oversee the nation s biggest public school system. first, here s tom foreman. with the pandemic clocking unprecedented numbers of infections, the fda is expected to okay booster shots of the pfizer vaccine soon for 12 to 15-year-olds. the cdc has intensified its warning against cruise ship travel amid dozens of outbreaks. and health officials are advising caution onshore, too. i would not eat in a restaurant now without a mask. i would absolutely not going into a bar. if you go into a bar now, you ar
the avalanche of all the new cases this week is pushing the number of kids being hospitalized to new records, all this as schools across the country get ready to welcome them back from the holidays. we ll be joined by education secretary miguel cardona and erik adams, who will oversee the nation s biggest school system. reporter: with the pandemic clocking unprecedented numbers of infections, the fda is expected to okay booster shots of the pfizer vaccine soon for 12 to 15 year olds. the cdc has intensified its warning against cruise ship travel amid dozens of outbreaks. and health officials are advising caution on shore too. i would not eat in a restaurant now without a mask. i would absolutely not go into a bar. if you go into a bar now, you are very likely to get covid whether you re vaccinated or not. if you re unvaccinated and you go into a bar, you will come out of it infected. reporter: as predicted the surge is not hitting everyone equally. if you are unvaccin
hosting a saudi-backed golf tournament at one of his clubs. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. it is friday, july 29th. thanks for being here. let s get started with the news. we begin on capitol hill where senate democrats are racing against the clock to pass a wide-ranging spending bill through the process of reconciliation. with just about a week to go before congress leaves for a month-long recess, a source says that senate majority leader chuck schumer called on his caucus to stick together during a closed door meeting yesterday. just one day earlier schumer and west virginia democrat joe manchin sent shot waves through congress by shock waves through congress by introducing the inflation reduction act of 2022 seemingly out of left field. planning to bring it to a vote at the senate floor next week and democrats are expressing cautious optimism about the chances of moving forward and that includes president biden who had this to say at