the first lady will travel to delaware after events today in michigan and georgia. this morning outside of an event in detroit, she gave reporters an update on her husband s condition. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he is doing fine. he is feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. kamala harris landing in charlotte minutes ago. a white house official says she tested negative this morning and was last with the president on tuesday. today at 2:00 eastern, we expect to hear from dr. shaw and white house press secretary for a briefing on the president s condition. let s go to the host of this show, andrea mitchell at the aspen security forum in colorado, peter alexander and kristin welker, yamiche alcindor and dr. zeke emanuel, a member of the president s covid advisory board during the transition. thank you for being here. zeke, let s star
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fauci said we don t need a vaccine specific to omicron and everyone said that s interesting. of the vaccines are not stopping the spread and realized once there is an omicron vaccine everyone will abandon the old vaccines, tons of vaccine left and there will be a new variant and the new variant will have made the omicron vaccine pointless anyway, so they are in their own box of their own making. at least you got a great serenade and gain of function. a peter, paul and francis deal. apparently i am moved by the jussie smollett case falling apart, espn is promoting a different one. we will explain in moments.
o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, we re following a concerning surge in coronavirus cases across the country, leaving colleges and businesses to close or reinstate covid measures. several large schools are and returning to remote introduction. others have shutting down campus and cancelling all student dominant strain.udinghe bu etxper warn the omicron spread is likely outpacing the nation s ability to track it. today, we heard from the c.d.c. director who warned that early data suggests omicron cases are more contagious than delta. the latest wave threatens to upend holiday plans for the second year in a row with just over a week before criticize. cbs nikki battiste joins us now. good evening, nikki. reporter: norah, good evening. as business and colleges urgently implement plans to combat omicron, dr. anthony fauci says right now there is no need to develop a vaccine specific to omicron because
crucial step in the fight against the virus, especially now that a new mutation has emerged. the omicron variant first reported in south africa has now been detected in at least 24 countries including here in the united states. this strain has at least 50 mutations and is likely more contagious, but so far it doesn t appear any deadlier. we re learning more every single day, and we ll fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion. according to an israeli health official, early data shows indications that people who are fully vaccinated and who have had a booster shot are protected against omicron but didn t provide any details about that claim. health officials in the u.s. say it will take weeks to find out just how well the existing vaccines protect against this new strain. the ceo of moderna says he doubts the effectiveness of his vaccine is at the same level as it is with the delta variant, both moderna and pfizer say they re working on a vaccine specific to