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Well, as those new infections are starting, finally, to plateau, the c.d.c. is now pointing to three new studies that show just how effective vaccines and boosters are at keeping people away from the hospital. omicron is retreating in parts of the country, but it remains relentless in many hospitals, straining i.c.u.s and push something healthcare workers to the brink. this is the worst. it s taking us out with it. reporter: covid heaingses jumped 30%, and deaths 44% in the past two weeks, with the west and midwest hit especially hard. every hospital is full, so trying to find a facility that has an open space with the appropriate care is difficult. reporter: the pace of first shots is slowing, with about a third of eligible americans still not fully vaccinated. and less than half are boosted, even as studies show that third pfizer or moderna shot reduces the risk of hospitalization with omicron by 82%. we have the saddest stories we ve heard in your life of ....
0 news updates are always on kpix.com. see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs tracy: tonight, hospitals overwhelmed by the unprecedented covid surge. i.c.u.s packed in some states as deaths rise nationwide, even as new infe infections in some regioning start to fall. reporter: i m lilia luciano in l.a. county, which leads california in new infections, and hospitalizations are climbing. tracy: also tonight, the u.s. sends lethal aid to ukraine as tensions with moscow rise. reporter: i m holly williams near ukraine s northern border with russia. on the other side of that frontier, russia has massed nearly 100,000 troops fueling fears of an invasion. tracy: plus biden briefed. national security officials update the president on ukraine as he marks a landmark court decision now under attack on the homefront. in new york, a gunman kills one police officer and critically wounds another. reporter: i m michael george in new york, where there s mourning but also anger ....