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Important. in new york and many cities across the country, the lines for covid testing are long. joining me now is eric adams, mayor-elect of new york city. thank you for coming on the show. tell us, how worried are you about the surging number of cases right now? what is going on in your city? in your state? >> i think the country and if not, the globe, is dealing with this new variant. i believe when we do a proper analysis that the cases are high, but here in new york, were not at a place whe...

Immigration reform, george floyd which has been dead as well. we passed so much out of the house and guys in the senate. why is that? the american people need a real answer to that question. why does the senate only pass less than 20% of what comes out of the house even though these things are popular? its because of corporate interests and dark money in politics. >> congressman jamaal bowman, thank you for being with us on a newsy day. a briefing about the presidents omicron address tomorrow....

>> both the president and i are vaxed. did you get the booster? >> yes >> i got it, too. okay. >> oh, dont, dont, dont. no. thats all right. very tiny group over there. >> joining me now the founder and ceo of advancing health equity and msnbc medical contributor with the "new york times" editorial board. it is good to see you both. doctor, omicron is now the dominant u.s. strain as i have turned to you and asked you many times over the course of the last year and a half, what does that mean and...

With the omicron variant now surging. you are right, people are still going to restaurants. lets be clear about this. new york city has a covid vaccination requirement. you got to flash your phone or card in order to get in. thats something more and more cities are following. that should be the norms. thats the good news. we have seen a lot of broadway shows cancelled because of covid outbreaks. we have seen what happens on "saturday night live," we do have testing lines and its impossible to go...

Hospitals you may soon overwhelm. >> reporter: ahead of the holidays americans planning to travel and gather with loved ones are not taking chances. leading to extra long testing lines from florida to new york. >> nearly three hours now. >> reporter: at home tests now hard to find once the epi-center of the pandemic, new york is shattering covid records yet again. more than 21,000 new cases for the second day in a row levels not seen since january. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: soaring infections shuttin...

As the u.s. faces highly transmissible all macron. his critical. we move forward protection for workers with the urgency needed in this moment. government is simply going too far trying to require employers, individuals what is going on with the vaccine its a fight thats going to continue in the weeks ahead, they are ready to take it to the supreme court. eric: those unvaccinated remain so, we are told at their own risk. arthel: its an all-too-familiar feeling and new york, omicron parent hittin...

Night live" will not have a live audience tonight, the show tweeting that a few minutes ago. in fact the delta variant is the driving factor behind long testing lines, but the omicron variant is sparking more and more concern. president biden plans to give an omicron-focused speed on tuesday, as theres a new study that it could even may covid reinfection five times more likely. they may find that 2022 feels too much like 2020. cnns can ju kyung lah has the >> americas covid time warp. long lines...

Its the most dominant variant in our country. you do get breakthrough infections of vaccinated people where in general they are mild infections. but the breakthrough rate will be higher than with delta. >> dr. anthony fauci warning americans to expect more of those breakthrough infections, but his biggest concern? the millions of americans who choose to still be unvaccinated. and i want you to look at this image right now. see that? that is not from the worst of the pandemic last year. that righ...

Many americans with the u.s. facing what might be the most severe wave yet of covid infections. in fact, that wave is expected to be so big, a former head of the c.d.c. calls it a tidal wave. in more than a quarter of the country, cases are surging, and we learned today that new york saw its most new covid infections ever in a single day. exams peheebl t today, the c.d.c. warned that the highly contagious omicron strain is expected to become the dominant strain now within weeks. long covid testi...

There is a ton of news, so lets get smarter. right now, the covid situation across this country is starting to feel a lot like it did in the early days. things are changing quickly with cases spiking dramatically and transmissions seemingly running wild. according to nbc news, the average number of daily cases is up more than 40% in the last month. but there is one critical difference from where we were last year. vaccines. and while more people are getting sick and testing positive, if you are ...