to just go home. the unvaccinated serb is the number one seed in the australian open and is on the cusp of becoming the so-called g.o.a.t., greatest of all time. now, if a court once again rein states his visa, djokovic could become the first man to win 21 grand slam titles to give you a sense of what s on the line here. all signs indicate he won t leave the country without a fight. his visa battle is a big deal in australia as you can imagine, where people have been really suffering through some of the toughest covid restrictions anywhere in the world. now, for an update on all of this, we want to go straight to melbourne now and our paula hancocks. and really good to have you there on the ground, paula. i mean, look, people were wondering will he or won t he. in the end, the immigration minister i guess must have felt to do anything but deport him would have been untenable. reporter: well, paula, what we re hearing from the statement is we believe they had to do it on the
provide critical support to help relieve some of the drain and the strain on the health care system. and more relief. early indications suggest the omicron surge is starting to slow in a handful of northeastern cities such as new york and washington, d.c., that bianna got hit first with this. yeah. that is a promising sign. in moments, president biden will speak from the white house laying out his latest efforts to tackle the pandemic. then he ll be heading to capitol hill later this afternoon where he will make a direct appeal to senate democrats to take action on voting rights. this as house minority leader kevin mccarthy changes his tune, saying he will not cooperate with the committee investigating the capitol riot despite previously saying he d do so. we begin this morning at the white house with president biden set to address the nation as covid hospitalizations hit record highs. cnn white house correspondent john harwood is following. john, the president expect
many hits. and she s in a league of her own and making baseball history again. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone prices are up. grocery inventories are low, and all roads lead to the bumpy covid landscape. we got news today confirming what many of us have already seen for ourselves officially consumer prices rose by 7% in december compared to the year before. for perspective, inflation hasn t climbed this quickly since the early 80s lately we have been paying more for almost everything from a gallon of gas to a pound of chicken supply chain issues reaching their choke point at the check-out aisle. and at the same time, store shelves are once again thinning out grocery stores are running low on every day items. we re covering it all this evening, starting with the inflation impact and peter alexander. reporter: tonight, the alarming spike in inflation soaring to its highest level in nearly 40 years, casting a shadow over america s ent
committee chair bennie thompson wants to know what mccarthy talked about with trump and trump s staffers as the riot was unfolding. there is a lot we don t know, but here is what we do know, mccarthy said himself that he spoke with trump on the phone during the riot and as nbc news reported last year, it did not go well. the sources telling us mccarthy was shaken up by what happened and the republican leader telling trump himself on the phone, who the f do you think you re talking to? well, things are changed. now mccarthy is slamming the committee s probe saying their probe is an abuse of power and do not forget exactly one year ago he publicly blamed the former president for the riot and he called on the house to censure trump. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of respon
disease does it cause, and how well does it evade immunity, including vaccines? dr. anthony fauci says you won t very any answers from this single case. having a single person who had what would be considered a breakthrough infect because the person was fully vaccinated doesn t really tell you much at all because we have breakthrough infections with delta, people have been vaccinated, fully vaccinated. very often, more often than not they have mild illness. the world health organization is advising people in certain high risk groups to postpone travel because of the variant. don t cancel christmas yet. dr. fauci says you can enjoy a safe holiday with your family including traveling if you are vaccinated. president biden is set to visit the national institutes of health today, we are will lay out a nine-point plan to help tackle the next phase of this pandemic. cnn s jeremy diamond and natasha chen are covering this this morning. run us through the steps the biden administ