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[ bell tolling ] >> that was washington national cathedral in d.c. tonight. they tolled the bell 800 times tonight in recognition of the 800,000 americans who have now died from covid as of this week. 800,000. there is, of course, a lot of talk now about the new variant of coronavirus, the omicron variant, and what it will mean for us. were going to talk about that with the top science adviser to the white house covid effort in just a moment. but before we bring dr. kessler on here, i just want ...

Washington national cathedral in d.c. tonight. they told the bell 800 times tonight. in recognition of the 800,000 americans who have now died from covid as of this week. 800,000. there is of course a lot of talk now about the new variant of coronavirus, the omicron variant. and what it will mean. first we are going to talk about that with the top science adviser of the white -- and before we bring the doctor, and i just want to show you one thing. even before omicron has fully taken hold here. ...

If we had higher vaccine uptake, we would have obviously been able to draw even a greater distanks in terms of the number of deaths and cases prevented. these are models so its harder to say for sure but theres no question the vaccines have made a huge difference and that they would have made a bigger difference if we had higher uptake at this point. >> in about ten minutes the national cathedral is going to ring its mourning bell 800 times. i wanted to get your reflections on this horrific mile...