pattern here as more of these companies take the spike in cases into their own hands, and the response which is fairly blunt, in the case of citigroup, if you are thinking of coming back to work as of january 14th and you re not vaccinated, don t worry about it. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. we re going to explore the confusion over omicron. the good news is that it is not as dangerous. so while these spikes in cases look alarming, the fact of the matter is overall hospitalizations and certainly deaths are not nearly indicative of that spike as you might think. we re going to explore that in a lot more detail, the administration s handling of all of this. for that, we go to lucas tomlinson in washington. reporter: good morning, neil. some medical experts think the silver lining with omicron variant is an immunity boost. president biden insists things will get better despite a record-setting number of cases almost two years into the pandemic. no, i don t think covid
alex huff with that story. hi, jacqui and griff. the fact that they were included in the arguments without correction disturbed a lot of people. at one point said that the omicron variant is just as deadly as the delta was, which has not been proven to be the case. she added this. we ve had 100,000 children, which we ve never had before in serious condition and many on ventilators. second part definitely not true there and the number is actually just over 3,000 kids hospitalized, but the c.d.c. said that of those cases, it s unclear how many children were in the hospital for other reasons who simply tested positive for covid-19 upon arrival. regardless, justice sotomayor along with breyer and kagan with vaccines at larger private companies. and skeptical of the power of the branch siding with the biden requirement. and this is something that the federal government has never done before. justice alito offered this. most osha regulations, all of the ones of which i m f
we ll hear from the vice president first and the president. i m curious what you believe their message is going to be today and also then i want to ask you about all the questions that we still don t have answers to about what actually happened on january 6th. good morning. good morning, trace. you are looking live at statuary hall on capitol hill. a big moment speech for first the vice president and then the president and they will reflect back on january 6 one year ago. what happened inside the walls of the capitol. i think they are going to cast it in a way that s pretty stark at least the statements that they put out about these speeches ahead of time going right towards a threat to democracy. and then trying to pitch voting rights. democrats working on passing that voting rights bill at the same time as the president walks into the capitol. listen. we can all look back one year ago to a very dark day for america but also for the capitol specifically. dana, i was on wit
pandemic. those are the words of chicago mayor lori lightfoot after the teachers union voted to return the third largest school district to remote learning amid a surge of covid cases. sandra, good day to you. sandra: and good day to you, john. we have a parent here to respond later in the show and i m sandra smith in new york. classes in chicago are canceled after 73% of the union members voted to go virtual until at least january 18th. why? the union says they want to see the safety standards met and case numbers to fall before they head back to the classroom. the mayor is firing back saying the decision is not based in science and the union is giving into fear mongering. jen psaki was asked about this a moment ago and what she said about keeping the schools open. we are more than equipped to ensure schools are open and will keep our children and educators who selflessly serve their community safe and ensure children are not enduring the mental health impact of not be
radio city rockettes canceled already. christmas spectacular only comes up once a year. 10 broadways shows including my favorite hamilton has already been canceled postponed until after christmas. cross border nhl games canceled. three games in the nfl have already been postponed. already talking about doing the same thing in basketball is already taking place. talk about dropping the ball anonymously with nobody there again for the second straight year. that s what s going on. is this called not canceling? anything. it s getting kind of scary. i guess in a way omicron variant what is it. doesn t look like omicron is really contagious. more than twice as contagious. that s really not goods. experts warn the omicron spread is likely out pacing the nation s ability to track it. clear that okay job is extremely contagious variant so it doubles every two to four days and you just have to look at the projections of what that means and, yeah, we are in for a lot of cases peop