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The time in the building. powerful people like justices can say we can work safely, but frontline workers, everyone else has to go out and essentially risk their lives, and there are outbreaks going on everywhere. oshas job is to make workplaces are safe. you can have just a few people in the room, but if theres no ventilation, theyre going to get expose and could get really sick. it struck me that these justices having no idea what real life is like, for what work is like for most people in the...

Governor hochul argued having that ten-day rule unnecessarily caused staff shortages in those frontline workers. alison cossack, cnn, new york. italy and united kingdom posting record number of cases. cnns scott mcclain is in london, and barbie nadeau is in rome. scott, the situation in the uk, we have large numbers of cases in the uk. again, as the story is elsewhere, the number of hospitalizations still remains low. >> thats absolutely right, richard. the number of cases is absolutely astoun...

Made. >> we are seeing staffing shortages popping up specifically in the airline industry. but do you anticipate that were going to see an -- you talked about the health care industry. do you think well see similar situations in other industries as omicron makes its way through the country? >> well, the cdc didnt make this decision on a whim. they based it on good, strong evidence about the probability that someone is still infectious seven or ten days out. because that infectiousness wanes over...

Living in the pandemic was drawing to a close, the new daily case total topped 488,000 on wednesday according to a new york times database. wednesday seven days average new daily cases 301,000 was also a record. more than 13,000 national guard makers have been activated in 48 states. the white house says that it has been surging gates to hospitals and other facilities. 1 million gloves, 342,000 mask, respirators, face shields were all shipped out along with 40,000 gallons for frontline workers. ...

Nurses to help. i know the president at times has put in the military divisions of nurses and other health care workers to assist us. but the bottom line is you will get those nurses and keep them working when you have conditions that allow them to know they are safe and their patients are safe. now is an excellent time to start doing that. >> what do you mean specifically? >> well, ill give you an example. we had an emergency temporary standard that we got finally after a lot of advocating from...

What is going on with these formser advisers now saying we have got to learn how to live with it. it all comes down to people are frustrated because, you know, were moving onto the third year of this thing and we are all tired of it we would like to be over with it but what we have learned, through the vaccines, and infection rates as well, is neither the vaccines or infections have a lasting imcommunity. >> brian: yep. >> steve: thats why the ceo of moderna said yesterday there is a possibility...

Coverage tonight from new york. elise. >> reporter: nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. the omicron variant is also partially to blame for the states highest hospitalization total since february. >> happy new year! >> reporter: this is how they rang in the new year in key west, as florida reported 56,00w new covid cases, shattering its single-day record. >> its going off! >> reporter: from the fireworks and revelers in las vegas, to the scaled back celebration in times squa...

How do we do a better job at preventing those hospitalizations and deaths particularly among the most vulnerable, the elderly, people who are immunocompromised, people in long-term care facilities and communities of color and others who have been highly vulnerable during this pandemic. >> zeke, you brought up the issue of mandates and how important it would be. im sure youve seen all the reports. at best, maybe the health care mandate makes it through the supreme court. the workplace one may not...

Tom. you are called dr. tom by the staff there because i know that youre back at the hospital after a seven-month furlough due to this pandemic and the medical teams were cheering for you when you came back. i know you have a particular concern for the medical staff, particularly the nurses there. again, dont want to compromise confidentiality you have with your teams but we know the fatigue, emotional well being of frontline workers is real, its something a lot of people are concerned about. wh...

Youre running for governor of massachusetts. if i were to ask you, what was the single weakness that the pandemic exposed in american society and politics, what would you say that was? >> thanks so much, fareed, for having me and for all of the amazing work youve been doing on democracy. the single greatest weakness exposed is weve got a broken social contract. we dont trust each other. we dont trust our governments. we dont trust each other or our government because for years folks have been as...