beasted for yourself and for the population. professor, thank you. thank you. still to come this hour, several european countries, they re reinstating lockdowns. look at the empty streets there. as the highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread. which country is flagging u.s. visitors in particular later this hour. it might help you planning your vacation. first a gut of wrenching blow to the white house agenda. what president biden and democrats will do now after senator joe manchin says he s a no on build back better. and closing arguments in the trial of kim potter accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. what the jury needs to hear before deliberations later. their car insurance. al cs ow! i m ok! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. only in theaters december 17th. all the gifts you really, really, really, can t wait to unwrap.
if we don t act, the future is very grim. reporter: two months ago, president trump saying that startling number would be a sign the administration s response has been effective. if we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job. reporter: tonight, 20 states and puerto rico reporting increases in new cases. texas with more new cases wednesday than it s ever had in a single day. houston taking innovative precautions, announcing a covid threat alert system. one official sounding this alarm. we may be approaching the precipice of a disaster. reporter: in arizona, daily new cases doubling over the past two weeks. and icu beds are filling up. a month after florida reopened, the state s reporting its highest number of new cases since the pandemic started. all this, as other governors reject the idea of reinstating lockdowns as cases rise. we made the right decision to go ahead and lift some of these restrictions so that we don t cause more damage