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We will see breakthrough cases and we can truncate isolation and quarantine periods with rapid tests. >> sam, at a testing site. we saw massive lines there. wanting to get tested before the holiday. hows it looking today, sam? >> reporter: kerrys right that the numbers tell a story. this is a branch library in miami-dade county. what you see is a snapshot. its awfully congested. theres two lines. on one side these folks here are tested on site and waiting two to three hours. theres another line ...

>> and well introduce you to this years cnn hero of the year. shirley, how she plans to continue her important work with the homeless and less fortunate in the year ahead. all that and more, lets get you caught up on this mornings top stories. thanks so much to boris and amara. good morning, and merry christmas to you. im jessica dean in washington. the omicron covid surge is making holiday travel a headache for a lot of people today. both delta and united flight cancellations are in the tripl...

>> will the president update the d language to be more reflective of thee fact the people who are triple vaccinated are catching and spreading covid? >> i think the president has said, as have we are number of times, that there will be breakthrough cases, people who get covid.be >> sean: psaki had a difficult time expanding why the lefts favoriteic supreme court justice was spewing covid misinformation. from the bench. and it was bad. take a look. >> you been aggressive countering covid misinfor...

In place in spite of the spike in cases? what are new york city officials doing to prepare? >> reporter: yeah, hey, joe, good to see you again. covid cases are rising in new york city but according to the mayor, well still have a new years eve celebration right here in times square, however it will be scaled back. typically you have about 58,000 revellers. now the number will be closer to 15,000. and those who come out will need to be fully vaccinated. you need to bring your vaccine cards, your ...

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This is "andrea mitchell" reports in washington where the omicron variant is spreading like wildfire here in the u.s. and around the world. new york city and washington, d.c., are both breaking records. moments ago, d.c. mayor muriel bowser reimplementing the citys mask mandate, and testing lines in new york are now stretching around the block amid a nationwide shortage of rapid at-home tests. nearly a third of broadway shows have been canceled due to outbreaks and snls big season closer mostly ...

Confront the fact that it is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, breakthrough cases aside, not leading to as many hospitalizations and deaths, how does that change your perspective? >> this pandemic, this virus, it reminds us how much we need each other. we need each other to wear masks everywhere, we need each other to get vaccinated. it shows us how distrustful this country is. everybody was cheering at 7:00 p.m. every night for workers, healthcare workers to go to the midwest, the south and all o...

Then to all adults, and eventually to most kids. >> how bad was it? >> not bad at all. >> reporter: despite the welcomed shot in the arm, more americans died from covid this year than last when the more contagious delta variant surged and hospitals filled again treating mostly unvaccinated patients. >> now we are treating patients in the hallways. >> reporter: mask mandates sparked rage. at school board meetings. >> let the parents make the decisions. let the kids breathe. >> reporter: as classr...

Have the appearance that there was some agreement that forestalls a military intervention that we dont want, that the ukrainians dont want, and that frankly would be bad for russias interests. not just because of those sanctions. look, as theyve already learned in eastern ukraine, this is not a military invention that would be cost free and that you have ukrainians preparing to fight and resist russian occupation. you want that cost and that diplomacy to be enough to get putin to climb down from...

Getting breakthrough cases and they are having a breakthrough case of clarity and saying i can tell the difference. maybe we shouldnt be shutting schools down. maybe we shouldnt be firing nurses. maybe vaccinated people can transmit this. so youre seeing a retreat in the war against the virus by the left and they are circling back to where conservatives have been for months if not years. forget about what they say. look what they do. aoc flopped to florida after party in miami. she didnt go to c...