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In some parts of the west still under the pandemics grip. sam brock tonight on what these trends could tell us about what happens next. >> reporter: the marathon battle against omicron may finally be showing signs of a letup like in new york city where cases have plummeted nearly 60% in two weeks, and the state just notched a daily positivity rate below 10%. >> it is a very good day to be able to say that were starting to see the downward trend in covid infections. >> reporter: still, theres a c...

Reopen, and that limits on indoor socialising have been dropped. but people are still being asked to work from home where possible and face masks are still required in indoor public places, including secondary schools. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie has spent the morning in hamilton, south lanarkshire, getting reaction to the changes. things are looking brighter, the omicron wave of coronavirus is thought to have peaked in scotland, the number of daily cases is falling and the res...

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A hallmark of russian operatives in ukraine and has been in recent years. this is the organization and the folks ive talked to there are bracing for potential follow-on attacks. >> well have to wait to see what happens next. sean lyngaas, thanks so much for being here. appreciate if the. coming up, the u.s. secretary-general will warn the next few weeks should be tough and that americans should not expect the omicron wave of covid 129 to peak in the coming days. thats ahead. unlike ordinary me...

The hospital but sick enough to keep them at home, and so weve learned over these last two years, when mortality really skyrockets is when icus and ers get overwhelmed and thats the risk here. weve got this one-two combination that could make this omicron wave as bad as any other, even if the overall severity and lethality of the omicron variant is less, youve got that one-two punch combined with knocking out the whole healthcare workforce, not to mention all of the social disruptions were alrea...

From this potential invasion of ukraine. kate? >> jreremy, thank you so much fr the update. much more to come from the white house, thats for sure. positive news on the pandemic. dr. anthony fauci suggesting now that the omicron wave in the united states is peaking. but he also warns its not over. >> the pattern follows the trend that we see in other places such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. there may be a bit more pain and s...

Whole host of issues that remain for the president in washington. >> they previously said over the last year, they wanted to get biden out of dc more and that hasnt hasnt really happened. the "washington post," tyler paige, thanks for being here today, and sharing your reporting. talk to you again soon. still ahead turning the corner potentially on the omicron wave, the recent projection of a dramatic drop in cases. and the presidents hot mic moment, a response to a fox news reporter that ever...

Theres access issues, theres family, theres transport, we need to make sure medicines are ready for home, so we need to make sure everybody is on the same page when we are aiming for that discharge. nhs england says 93% of all hospital beds are currently occupied. the impact of covid on staff and patients makes things more complex. weve been hit by workforce shortages for the last few months now, the omicron wave has obviously affected that as well. weve also had to work really closely with our ...

Stage of the pandemic, so mr zahawi was quick to deny reports the government was planning to start charging for them, and labours shadow chancellor says people need to be able to test regularly to stop passing on the virus. lateral flow tests are absolutely essential to keeping us protected and to keep our economy open. there is another potential threat to staffing levels on the horizon. all health care workers in england with direct contact with patients need to have had two covid jabs by the e...

Staff from ukraine, which is one sign of what they are worried about. and against this backdrop it, you have the kind of thing that reminds you the president sees a full-time and unpredictable job because people are worried about markets and inflation and wall street a wild day, stocks dropping before then staging a late comeback and closing up, but many do not like the unpredictability. biden meeting with a advisers on those shaking up, the relate are issue of i object flags. the biden administ...