the new strain. all of this prompting a number of colleges to move their final exams and even if final days of the semester online. omicron has been identified in 36 states. dr. anthony fauci says it s a matter of time before it overtakes delta as the dominant variant in this country. it has an extraordinary ability to transmit efficiently and spread. it has what we call a doubling time of about three days, and if you do the math on that, if you have just a couple of percentage of the isolates being omicron very soon, it will be the dominant variant. joining us now to discuss what this all means, dr. paul sax, professor of medicine at brigham and women s hospital and harvard medical school. good to have you on. the big-picture question is what s the right response to this, right? it s clearly spreading more quickly. some of the data seems to indicate it doesn t cause as severe illness. does that mean that shutdowns may not be necessary? how should folks be receiving thi
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police say a single gunman with an ar 15 type rifle fired upwards of 70 rounds from a rooftop into the crowd. the suspect now in custody charged tonight with seven counts of murder. apparently a young nobody with a history of posting violent images online. they had encounters in 2019 one involving a reported suicide attempt. the other after a family member told police he said he was going to quote kill everyone. they took 16 knives at that time. we won t show his photograph or use his name. we ll tell you what we know about the peoples whose lives he took. a lifelong member of the north shore congregation. where she served as an event coordinator. before that a preschoolteacher. local shopkeeper says she always brought a smile and a hug and a beautiful ray of light. jackie was 63. nicholas had come from mexico to visit family in high land park. father of eight, granddaughter told us he loved fishing and painting and walks with his family. according to the times he was sitti
for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation s independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. and there are disturbing new details about how he allegedly preplanned the attack for weeks. how he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape our former nbc news, kevi