At the terrifying moments when the Hostage Situation came to an end after an hourslong Terror Attack on a Texas Synagogue. The rabbi is sharing new details about what it was like inside. Hello and welcome to this Special Edition of the lead. Im poppy harlow in for jake tapper. We begin with our health lead. The u. S. Surgeon general is warning the next few weeks of the pandemic will be tough. Dr. Vivek murthy says Omicron Cases have not peaked nationally and that means this virus will keep spreading at a Breakneck Pace for now. A crush of Covid Patients means some hospitals are running out of uninfected Health Care Workers and space to treat other patients in the intensive care units. More than 156,000 people are now hospitalized with this virus. Cases in parts of the northeast do appear to have crested. A huge relief for those areas. But as nick watt reports, its far from a national trend. The Covid Forecast is improving. Looking better. The covid clouds are parting. Reporter in new y
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Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history. The long-expected result became reality on Monday, when the Spurs' star from France was announced as the unanimous winner of the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. “My goals were always to help my team as best as I could and get better as the year went on,” Wembanyama said from San Antonio on TNT after the award was announced on the network's NBA playoff pregame show.