Omicron Peaking News Today

Destroying dozens of homes. also tonight escaping the texas synagogue standoff the rabbi describing throwing a chair at a gunman so he and two other hostages could run away and the terror investigation. new reporting on how the gunman was finally taken down. new hope in the covid crisis is omicron peaking in the early hot spots? what theyre seeing. but hospitals still in crisis mode, and the biden administration preparing to roll out free tests. the urgent warning just days before major ca...

With us to discuss. doctor of colombians disaster for preparedness. director of pediatrics at the einstein college of medicine. lets start with the good news is omicron peaking, and if so, what is next? >> yeah well i hope so. stephanie, so many times the moderates and predictors of where this is going, have not actually been all of that accurate. yeah we are looking at the uk. there are good signs that it may be going away. if we are worrywarts here we are thinking about, is there some other va...

Vaccinated. >> a 20 times greater chance of dying. meanwhile the u.s. recorded the highest daily rate of new covid infections in the world. covid hospitalizations also up 83% last two weeks. but scientists also seeing good signs. signs that the omicron wave may have peaked in the uk and may be about to happen here. with us to tonight, dr. erwin redlener, director of the center are disaster preparedness and director of pediatrics. is omicron peaking? if so, whats next? >> i hope so, stephanie. al...

Deaths. right now more people have died from omicron, supposedly the mild version of the virus, than died from delta. and its not over yet. >> let me jump in here because i hear it all the time and im sure you do as well. people say ive got all this and why do i have to wear a mask, whatever, ive got all these shots in me. they think that okay, ive got three shots now and on top of that i was infected with omicron, now im totally protected against covid. you say people had a similar feeling afte...

The quote you read was actually directed toward china. and that i think is the other irony here. the administration is prepping for policy in china and yet vladimir putin has essentially made an entrance and is now keeping the world at the edge -- on the edge of their seats. yeah, we should promote policies consistent with our values. but its a cruel and unforgiving world and were going to have to deal with a lot of non-democratic entities as well if we want to deal with the worlds problems. >> ...

Proliferation, preservation of biodiversity, climate, all of of these things are transglobal problems. they arent going to be solved by democracies alone. were going to have to figure out a way, and i think the president is open to this. the quote you read was actually directed toward china. and that i think is the other irony here. the administration is prepping for policy in china and yet vladimir putin has essentially made an entrance and is now keeping the world at the edge -- on the edge of...

Every place closed down, but some did. 1920, they basically just forgot about it. and it actually was quite a deadly year. you know, were on the verge sort of of doing that right now. as you said, there is a projection for over 60,000 deaths. right now more people have died from omicron, supposedly the mild version of the virus, than died from delta. and its not over yet. >> let me jump in here because i hear it all the time and im sure you do as well. people say ive got all this and why do i ha...