omicron virus. and from drug giant glaxosmithkline says their anti-body treatment works on omicron mutations. are they cures? no. could they be relief? yes. and then some. pfizer s ceo convinced that covid could be under control by next year, a big investment firm calling ate certainty. some doctors caution that we might be getting ahead of our skis here but skeptics are relieved that the fears are not panning out and the news doesn t hurt. we have you covered with stunning developments with the former health and human services secretary tom price in just a moment. first, to molly line in boston with the very latest. hi, molly. good afternoon, neil. you said it. the latest headline making variant is being tracked across the country. there s positive news that treatments that vaccines are continuing to work against coronavirus even as we re getting hospitals strain under the surge across the country. here i am in massachusetts. from massachusetts to hawaii, omicron has been
called. in huge groups with cars waiting outside. then they just fill the shopping bags with everything that they can get their hands on. hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise in some of thinks cases. this was in chicago. in illinois. oak park, i believe. then open shootings like this on the sidewalks of new york city. crime is up and crime is up in cities all across the country. this latest grim count, this is the data that has come in from these cities a dozen cities have now hit their all-time annual homicide record according to an abc analysis of the data. several of them broke records that they set last year. rochester new york is on that list. they have a crime wave. captain frank reno has called this worse than a war zone. he joins me now. thanks for being here today. what goes through your mind when you hear people say that, you know, like a.o.c., alexandria ocasio-cortez from new york, she said the numbers are exaggerated of the smash and grabs. it s not th
Reversed by a court order. the mexican governor had to agree to it, to, in order to make it happen. and then the withdrawal from yesterday. she should have never been nominated to begin with. she was withdrawn. you had jen psaki yesterday flat out dismissing aoc on the issue of crime. doesn t happen very afternoon. yesterday it did. the democratic senators that are sour on the vaccine mandate. just a few things here. they might be significant or might be subtle. some things to watch. martha: they brought in reporters to try to get them to tweak their stories and focus on the things that they want focused on. so they re trying to turn this ship a little bit. you can feel it. they have time. they do have time on their side. so we ll see if it works. bill, thanks. good to see you. merry christmas. we ll be better tomorrow. martha: the tree that was over my shoulder that was burned it was horrific. it was lick a horror movie. torched it. martha: we re putting it back
martha: that is the story of the wednesday, december 8. moving along here. by tomorrow we ll have another tree behind us, which we hope. so the story goes on. burned tree or not, we ll be back here tomorrow. wish you well as we head to christmas and the holidays. coming up, your world. see you tomorrow. bye-bye. neil: more contagious but less dangerous. news just today that omicron will be much less dangerous. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. don t look now but the fix is in. or on or close. it s not bad. because suddenly a covid variant that has something scared the world might end up being far less menacing than feared. that s because of two startling development. one, news from pfizer that a third jab of their vaccine partially protects against the
Up. maybe by tomorrow. thanks. we appreciate you rebuilding the tree. it s going to be a long dale. thanks. bill hemmer. right now, the head of social media giant instagram this is fascinating. he s answering questions on capitol hill right now about his social media behemoth on how it left an impact on a generation of kids. what is it doing to them? kayleigh mcenany next.