Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all Around The World. It is monday, december 20th. Im john berman. Brianna is off. Erica hill joins me this morning. We do begin with breaking news. Moderna released new preliminary data about its covid19 booster. It says it does increase Antibody Levels against the omicron variant. What that means for Youroverall Protection May be clear. It comes as one expert warns as a viral blizzard this winter fueled by omicron. Dr. Fauci said americans should brace for a tough few months. This virus is extraordinary. It has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. Right now, in certain regions of the country, 50 of the isolates are omicron, which means it is going to take over. It will be a tough few weeks and months as we get deeper into the winter. St right now the average number of new daily cases in the u. S. Is 130,000, up from an average of 70,000 new cases at the beginning of november. In new york, it appears to be the epicenter of
For the barrage of rockets that fell on ukraine throughout the day on tuesday. let s take a listen to the european union, european commission president and what she had toe say. while we were meeting in g20, and while we were calling for the end of the war, russia conducted massive missile strikes against ukraine, deliberately russia is targeting cities and civilian infrastructure, cutting off children, women and men from water, electricity, and heating. we all condemn these brutal acts like russia. reporter: now president biden was here in bali leading a coalition of allies ranging from canada to european countries to japan and south korea, seeking to isolate and punish russia for its invasion of ukraine and the ongoing war that began last february.
Documentaries? the only problem is cable news companies don t make documentaries. they makee c cable news and thee do a pretty goodtt job, we thin. but we went to fox newss? and asked could we do this ? and to our amazement and delight they said yes you can . and so for the last year we have made a series of long formt documentaries about issues that we think matter to t our h country and to you. and they ve worked better than we ever expected . te we red. proud of what we ve created. so we re doing another season. and for a preview ofnothea thate are joined by the diabolical genius behind the curtain maned behind all this ., t our senior executive producer justin wells is a vice president here at fox newshee. justin wells, good to see you on camera for the first time alongside last year. so this has become something that we i think it s fair toe say, did not expect it to become at all. x we knew we wanted to do it and we knew fox was supporting us and going out there telling stories t
The exposure you have is low, you re as prepared as possible. you have your seat belt on, your air bags, you re paying attention. hopefully it s as minimal as can be if and when you do encounter this i think it s safe toast expect that you will and prepare accordingly but into the to throw your hands up and think i shouldn t do anything. i have toe say in the new york area that certainly seems to be especially over the course of this past weekend people i ve spoken with in my own circles it feels like it s inevitable. what sticks out, too, the white house covid briefing on friday said this is not a time to panic and i think people are having a hard time balancing the two. i get that it s out there but i am concerned. what s different this time around? how concerned should people be? well, it s never a time to panic. i don t think in any emergency, you know, panic is useful. just remember that we have the tools and we know how to use them. we know what to do.
Frank and the table are back. frank, you want to hear from rudy or do you think it s just, like a goat rodeo? no, no, i want to hear from rudy, because, yes, it is a rodeo, and he s the rodeo clown, but i want to hear from the clown, because i think he gets trump deeper and deeper into trouble whenever he opens his mouth. look, at jim comey said, lordy, i hope there are tapes. i hope there are tapes and charts, as rudy asserts that he has. but let s look at why pompeo is blocking and having his team testify, or, be deposed. part of the reason is because i think they ll refute rudy, and rudy jetgets yammed up. rudy s got to decide if he s going toe say, i m a private citizen, paying all of this out of my own pocket, traveling around the world for the good of humanity, or i m somehow this special emissary, envoy with the