dominant variant in the u.s. the cdc is reporting it accounts now for almost three-quarters of new cases. a month ago i had never heard of omicron. the first detection here was september 1st. now here we are, 19 days later, it accounts for three out of four new cases. so with this new variant quickly taking hold, the white house says this biden speech is not going to be about locking the country down but rather about what to expect in these winter months, what steps we can all be taking now, and some dire warnings for the unvaxed in particular. will biden s new warnings resonate? remember, he campaigned on ending this pandemic. but nearly a year into his presidency, even with the miraculous vaccines, covid is still raging with a vengeance. we re hearing now some of his advisers are encouraging him to alter his messaging about ending the pandemic and instead steer public attention away from the total number of cases and focus on severity, how much more dangerous this virus is
welcome to cnn tonight. it s new year s eve, a new season literally setting in along with this virus. we re all done with covid but covid isn t done with us. that s why president biden is about to address our pandemic-weary nation tomorrow, to try and jolt us into action for this new front in the war with omicron on the march. omicron has just become the most dominant variant in the u.s. the cdc is reporting it accounts now for almost three-quarters of new cases. a month ago i had never heard of omicron. the first detection here was september 1st. now here we are, 19 days later, it accounts for three out of four new cases. so with this new variant quickly taking hold, the white house says this biden speech is not going to be about locking the country down but rather about what to expect in these winter months, what steps we can all be taking now, and some dire warnings for the unvaxed in particular. will biden s new warnings resonate? remember, he campaigned on ending this
is now spiking. the u.s. now reporting more than 130,000 new cases per day and hospitalizations from covid are up 35% over just last month. dr. anthony fauci warning americans that the next few weeks and months are going to be difficult as omicron continues to spread. he and another medical expert urging everyone to get their vaccinations and booster shots from maximum protection and fauci criticizing americans that claim they have a right not to get vaccinated. reminding them that covid has killed more than 800,000 americans. when someone says well, i m taking my own chances, it is my body, i ll worry about it, nobody should tell me that i need to get vaccinated or that i should wear a mask in an indoor setting. well, that might be fine for you you won t get ill because hospitals are full of people that made that mistake and so are graveyards full of people that have made that mistake. tonight, an official in harris county, texas reporting a death related to the omicron
united states. tonight, the cdc saying omicron accounts for 73% of all new cases. now, when it was first detected in the u.s. in the first week of december, mind you it accounted for 1% of cases. by the second week of this month, just over 12%. and now, accounting for every three of every four cases. and the overall covid case load is now spiking. the u.s. now reporting more than 130 130,000 new cases per day and hospitalizations from covid are up 35% over just last month. dr. anthony fauci warning americans that the next few weeks and months are going to be difficult as omicron continues to spread. he and another medical expert urging everyone to get their vaccinations and booster shots from maximum protection and fauci criticizing americans that claim they have a right not to get vaccinated. reminding them that covid has killed more than 800,000 americans. when someone says well, i m taking my own chances, it is my body, i ll worry about it, nobody should tell me that i n
and most surprising, bernard, the convicted felon police commissioner and close ally to rudy giuliani. at least three of them, eastman, mill er miller, the subpoena letters make clear why each of these individuals is of interest to the committee. bill over saw a campaign that urged state and party officials to affect the outcome of the election by asking states to delay or deny certification of electoral votes. michael flynn reportedly attended a december meeting in the oval office where participants discussed seizing voting machines declaring a national emergency and invoing national security powers. it was a drastic course of action that flynn also pushed publicly. the president has a and i just mentioned one of the options. he could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. he could also order, he could order the within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them