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Confirming they too now have cases of omicron. all those cases in travelers who recently returned from southern africa. they are part of that rapidly growing list of nations that have identified the variant within their borders. also on that list, the uk, which has two cases. prime minister boris johnson just wrapped up a press conference in london where he announced tighter border restrictions to try to slow what he called the seeding of the variant inside the uk. from now on, if youre landing ...

Went very far. so, thats one -- thats still one possible scenario. one that the vaccines still protect quite well and this still may not be -- just because there are a lot of mutations in the spike protein, doesnt mean its spreading. there is concern that its gone up precipitously in one province of south africa where pretorian johannesburg is. i think we have to have some words of caution here, not to -- were not ready to press the panic button yet. theres a lot we dont know. the vaccines could...

Today. starting on monday, the u.s. will restrict travel from eight nations in southern africa. that is where the variant was first reported. joining me now, representative brendan boyle, democrat from pennsylvania. he is also a member of the house ways and means and budget committees. lots to get to here. starting with this, sir, as i welcome you on this holiday weekend. your biggest concerns are what around this variant? and do you foresee the likelihood, even a possibility, of sending the u.s...

Where this is going. i think its still pretty early, though. >> okay, well, consider yourself booked because id love to know where you think this is going. with regard to what the w.h.o. was saying about, this preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection exists with this variant. so, doctor, would a natural variant evolve like this, or is this a sign of gain of function mutation? >> well, remember how well these variants arise. remember, the alpha variant, what we used to call ...

The weekend and into this week, moderna, pfizer, et cetera, so thats why i say, by the end of the week, i think were going to have a lot more information, and it also may depend on individuals who have gotten boosted. so for instance, if you have two doses and then six months later got a boost of the mrna vaccine, weve seen a 30 to 40-fold rise in virus-neutralizing antibody and even if it goes down, you have enough virus-neutralizing to potentially neutralize the omicron variant. thats possible...

The president who i understand has just been briefed on this? >> reporter: thats right. we heard from the white house that president joe biden once again today was briefed on the latest developments on the omicron variant. president biden on his last full day of vacation here in nantucket. a white house official also saying within the last hour that officials at the white house remain in constant contact with public health authorities, with officials in other countries who are closely tracking t...

Restrictions. concerns over the variant also causing the stock market to plunge. plus congress is back in session this week, but lawmakers are coming back to washington with a long end of year to do list that includes preventing a government shutdown, raising the debt limit, passing bidens build back better act, and the ndaa all before december 31st. and it comes as another republican lawmaker is under fire. lauren boebert apologizing overnight after video surfaced of her making anti-muslim re...

The past those kind of vaccine escape variants have not really translated into major global path os gens. we have seen this before, but with the beta variant, with the lambda variant, those never really took off. so theres nothing intrinsic in the spike protein that would account for global spread. the two worst ones, the alpha, that arose out of theuu uk, and the delta variant that rose out of an unvaccinated population in india, was because of amino acid substitution that caused it to be a muc...

This mutation is rising in the UK in proportion to the highly transmissible original delta variant.

Not supporting radical race theory, making sure that, you know, the parents have the ability to send their kids to school the way they want to. theres a lot of huge issues, that is way down the road, its not anything that im planning for. >> sean: good thing or not -- too bad youre not running against terry mcauliffe, he thinks parents should not have a say it all in their kids education. governor emma congrats being ahead of the curve. giving therapeutics, helping people. nobody expected these ...