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president biden: i expect this not to be the new normal. i expect the new normal everyone gets vaccinated with booster shots. the president made the remarks prior to a meeting with business leaders to discuss supply chain issues. the public address scheduled to follow was abruptly canceled and wanted more time to talk. those issues would be exacerbateed if omicron takes hold. increasingly fragile economy strains the selling of his $2 trillion spending bill. for now he said lockdowns are off the table. so is his vaccine mandate for now with courts blocking that. the president is expected to speak on thursday to address how plans to address the new variant. dana: we learn chris cuomo was working his own media sources to dig up dirt on the governor s accusers. from newly released text messages. cnn now saying it is planning to conduct a thorough review. bryan llenas is live in new york with the new developments. stay with me as i guide you through the series of te ....
discuss what this could mean for transmissibility and vaccine efficacy. and dr. anthony fauci weighed in just a short time ago. well, certainly, there is a new variant that is now in south africa, that has some mutations that are raising some concern, particularly with regard to possibly transmissibility increase, and possibly evasion of immune response. we don t know that for sure right now. this is really something that is in motion, and we just arranged right now a discussion between our scientists and the south african scientists a little bit later in the morning. so a lot we don t know. but this news is making the markets nervous, dow futures are down 800 points, with travel business being especially hard hit. with me, more on this. nbc news foreign correspondent, and gary joins us live from a testing site in pennsylvania, and also with us dr. peter hotez, co-director for the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital, and dean of the national ....
have this discussion that if we do end up recommending this vaccine, we would only do it if we would give it to our own children. reporter: now more guidance for expectant and new mothers. the director of the cdc urging eligible pregnant and nursing women to get vaccinated and get the booster shot, too. should get vaccinated if you are pregnant, if you are eligible for a boost and your pregnant, you should also get your booster during that period of time. and i would say for nursing, as well. reporter: despite overwhelming scientific evidence of the effectiveness of vaccines, fears over the vaccine and its side effects still persist. about 100 out of about 13 million people who got the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine developed a rare neurological syndrome including anthony flint. while the fda has not established that the vaccine can cause the syndrome, it noted an increase in reports of the condition. yes, i really wrestled with it because the this could e ....
the u.s. taking the space race to the next level by exploring the beginnings of the solar system . first, we have new details on a breaking story that we ve been covering out of haiti. an ohio-based group called christian aid ministries has confirmed that 17 missionaries and family members abducted in haiti on saturday are affiliated with it. that comes in a report from the washington post. a source in haiti security services told us earlier that 14 adults and three minors were kidnapped north of port-au-prince. we have more details now that we spoke to matt rivers a little earlier, take a listen. reporter: so this is basically very much an ongoing situation at this point. what i can tell you is that we were doing stories about kidnappings months ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th. and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year specifically, a significant spike in kidnappings. i ha ....
russia s offense ministry is vowing to increase missile strikes on kyiv after the sinking of the moskva vessel. u.s. officials claim it was hit by two missiles while russia claims a fire broke out on the ship. this comes amid the horrifying discover of 900 bodies following russia s withdrawal from an area. most of the civilians were executed and bodies abandoned in the streets. overall the united nations has recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in the country so far and that number is climbing. russia s bombardment of the key port of mariupol has left the city in ruins. the city has been able to with stand the kremlin s attack this far, weapons and supply shortages could weaken the resistance efforts. the governor said the city has been, quote, wiped off the face of the earth by russian forces. with that in mind, president zelenskyy is ask the biden administration to designate vladimir putin as a state government of terrorism. nbc news raf sanchez is in ukraine where the ....