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What, 500 million tests available by january? theres some experts that say we might need 2.5 billion tests a month in reality. are they hunkering down, hoping that omicron hurricane passes within a few weeks, or are they ready to go to war with this? >> reporter: theres no question the white house was caught off-guard with how fast ohm crock has spread across the country. and when you talk about that 2.5 billion estimate of how many tests we might need per month, that comes from looking at, weve...

Americans. and so what happened is the left jumped in there and they tried to seize the moment. or so they they dismissed concerns about inflation, and then they sent out more government checks. made it all worse. got caught off-guard by omicron. they failed to push fauci to the sidelines and they continue to let the unions dictate policy for our kids. in chicago public schools students were finally allowed back into the classroom yesterday, but in some cases to schools where dozens of teachers ...

Trump was a barrier to a more robust recovery, well that barrier was removed a year ago. and that unfortunately cases are on the rise and you know there are a lot of factors at play, many of them outside of president bidens control. but i think just in a lot of ways we arent as far ahead as people hoped once the new president was in place. >> and tia, there is some anger within the democratic base toward the white house on the issue of voting rights. there are activists angry with the president....

Details from rabbi charlie here in his interview with "cbs this morning," a couple of revelations. one, that faisal akram was showing up here at the front of the building, knocking on the outside, trying to get his attention. the rabbi brought him inside, could detect something was off, didnt think there was anything sinister, had a conversation, even had tea, and the rabbi said he heard a click, looked over his shoulder and saw a gun. the second part here is rabbi charlie was saying this mornin...

Evacuate. ordering their families to leave. the latest memo stating the security conditions are unpredictable, and can deteriorate with little notice. >> were tracking intensely hour by hour and certainly day by day. >> reporter: our patrick reevell on the ground in ukraines capital. >> reporter: theres no real sense of alarm here on the ground. this is not an emergency evacuation. its more about the state department not wanting to be caught off-guard should the worst happen. >> reporter: unlike...

From a justice announcing the retirement to the final senate vote. justice barrett only waited 27 days, right before the election. it took clarence thomas 100 days back in 1991. so the official announcement, do we know any more on when its coming, or why hes making the decision? >> on the when, i understand thursday or friday. the plan was to send a letter formally to the white house tomorrow or friday. although they certainly knew what was coming, i dont believe they were caught off-guard by th...

>> whats the danger of not starting to relax some of the mitigation efforts? dr. leana wen pointed out, you know, you cant be in a state of emergency always. >> right. but you can track whats happening. and the virus is adapting to people. and we need to adapt to the virus. that means we need to adjust as its changing. with omicron being much less severe than former variants, weve changed some of the protocols. as omicron recedes, we can certainly dial back a lot of the precautions. but we need ...

Charing cross station and officers from that station spreading misogynistic, homophobic and dreadful other messages. after that was investigated, two have been promoted, and to top it all off, the investigation into the parties in downing street. and it was really impossible given all of these, given the cumulative effect, she has taken a decision to resign. the the cumulative effect, she has taken a decision to resign.— a decision to resign. the daily mail has not a decision to resign. the da...

Together. when mikes family gather together to mourn the death of mikes father, any hope the family had left for mikes return, evaporated. >> that deafening was probably the final straw where we were all on board that my brother would death we have shown up for his own fathers funeral. >> but ellen and her children did show up. they no longer kept in touch with mike side of the family, but theyd seen the death announcement in the newspaper and came to pay their respects. >> we werent expecting t...

Crimea, we were off guard. i think it has been effective. the speech was effective, offering diplomacy, saying we have nothing against the russian population and just warning putin. now, having said that, we dont know yet whether there will be an invasion. but it may have made them think twice about taking military action. >> we had retired general "spider" marks on earlier. he has some experience when talking about planning an invasion. he said this russian troop buildup may seem large, but if ...