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Developing this morning, some encouraging signs in the fight against the coronavirus in parts of the northeast with hard-hit new york and new jersey seeing cases plateau. actually, in some areas starting to decline. but the u.s. surgeon general is warning the omicron surge has not yet peaked nationally. >> the challenge is that nothing -- the entire country is not moving at the same pace. the omicron wave started later in other parts of the country so we shouldnt expect a national peak in the ne...

Predictions the omicron wave may be nearing its nationwide peak the irs under fire tax season starts tomorrow and warning that refunds will be delayed. how to make sure you get yours. extreme sticker shock. used car prices hit a new high dealers struggling to feel half empty lots, making it nearly impossible for some to get a car. >> a lot of people cannot afford a car today. and tom brady now out of the playoffs after almost pulling off another epic comeback could we have seen the last ga...

>> deaths remain low in comparison to the case counts. >> reporter: not only are more people getting covid, more are being infected for a second time. researchers in england spoke with 3,500 covid-positive people this month two-thirds reported having either a suspected or confirmed case before. here in new york, about 80% of reported reinfections have been during the omicron wave theyre also up in minnesota and washington state, but notably some 60% of so-called second-timers there were unvaccin...

Improving. looking better. the covid clouds are parting. >> reporter: in new york, average daily infections plummeted about 40% in just a week. >> the challenge is that not the entire country is not moving at the same pace. the omicron wave started later in other parts of the country so we shouldnt expect a national peak in the next coming days. next few weeks will be tough. >> reporter: just after christmas nationwide we were averaging a little over 200,000 new infections every day as omicron t...

Comcast business. powering possibilities. states are cutting back services amid crippling staff shortages brought on by the omicron wave. washington state is halting all nonurgent medical procedures. california is making it easier for schools to hire replacement teachers and oregon says the variant has become so widespread that it is outpacing the states ability to track the spread. hoping to provide some relief, the biden administration announced today that it is giving governors more flexibi...

Necessarily a bottom up thing. i think we all know thats a topdown narrative that has now been per petuated politically fr a while. >> raising the threat level to red, what does that mean? >> it is signaling to the community where we are, and we have certain thresholds. and so, you know, we have been hit with this omicron wave, just as every other community in our nation. but until very recently we only saw that reflected, you know, mostly in the case counts, which, of course, impact our economy...

Pandemic, right? were two years in, the cases with omicron are sort of stabilizing. with any luck, they are starting to come down. theyre starting to come down in parts of the country. you dont want it get overconfident but perhaps, the omicron wave, weve seen the worst of it. were tired and the uncertainty that brings because were not through it yet. i believe the white house is focused on getting even more vaccinations into arms. i encourage everybody to be vaccinated if youre not. to ensure w...

Because thats what you voted against. >> so specifically on that, because i like to get your perspective. you have been at these upper echelons. why doesnt that hurt them more by sounding political? it would seem if you say, hey, heres the problems with joe biden that relate back to why its harder to buy groceries or covid didnt go the way they said it would, that might resinate more. why to you think that this is even seen as a good idea to focus on impeaching biden, a as if it thats going to h...

Around one in 15 people, around one in 20 or one in 25 in the other nations and rising rapidly in all those countries as well. it is probably not news, in that we have been hearing these figures for quite some time now, but the scale of it is fairly stark and i think viewers can see that right now. we can see the gradual increases we remember from over the summer are really a thing of the past and that shoot up from well below a million to almost four in the last couple of weeks is the omicron w...

Have relatively high effectiveness for the prevention of hospitalization and death. and over time, relatively low protection from infection. >> dr. wilson, why did it take him so long to get there? do vaccines work? is that a gotcha question of some kind? >> no, no, this is ridiculous. yes, vaccines work. the evidence is overwhelming at this point. you have a 90% reduction in hospitalizations, even in the omicron wave. you have a 95% to 99% reduction in deaths. im a scientist too. i conduct lots...