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When they come home. the big question, though, is how much these changes will stop people travelling, especially over the christmas period — a time, of course, when people do tend to move around to see their friends and family — because, perhaps, of the uncertainty involved and the cost. the deputy prime minister says its better to be safe than sorry. i think, though, that the worst thing would be to then lurch, having not taken incremental steps that can make a difference, even if its only ...

Overreact. unmasked unvaxxed illegals can pour across the border and joe packs them in buses and sends them your neighborhood. >> have you advised the president about the possibility of new testing requirements or people coming into this country? does that include everybody? >> everybody coming into the country needs to get a test within 24 hours of getting on a plane to come here. >> what about the border crossers coming across in huge numbers. >> thats a different issue. jesse: if fauci was se...

Overreact. unmasked unvaxxed illegals can pour across the border and joe packs them in buses and sends them your neighborhood. >> have you advised the president about the possibility of new testing requirements or people coming into this country? does that include everybody? >> everybody coming into the country needs to get a test within 24 hours of getting on a plane to come here. >> what about the border crossers coming across in huge numbers. >> thats a different issue. jesse: if fauci was se...

Boosted, you get your level up. we feel certain there will be some degree and maybe a considerable degree of protection against the omicron variant if, in fact, it starts to take hold in a dominant way in this country. >> the u.s. has banned non-citizen travel from eight african countries, including south africa, but not from the roughly three dozen other countries that have omicron cases. the head of the united nations slammed bans such as these as travel apartheid. given the u.s. is imposing s...

Negative covid test taken 24 hours before departure. kathy park is at jfk international airport with the latest. kathy. >> effective tomorrow, the u.s. is tightening its testing requirements for those entering the u.s. and for some families thats already putting plans on hold during a very busy holiday travel season. in less than 24 hours, travelers flying into the u.s. will face tough new restrictions, as the nation tries to fight back the coronavirus and rising cases of the new omicron variant...

Your return. a lot of it is the uncertainty as well. do you go on holiday and something changes dramatically again? and it�*s those sorts of concerns that are worrying the travel industry. we believe this would be a significant setback for demand this winter, real impacts on christmas. i think well see people now cancelling or postponing travel plans. and for a sector that hasnt had any revenue for 18 months, give or take a few months over the summer period, its really significant indeed. the ...

Variant if, in fact, it starts to take hold in a dominant way in this country. >> the u.s. has banned non-citizen travel from eight african countries, including south africa, but not from the roughly three dozen other countries that have omicron cases. the head of the u.n. slammed bans such as these as travel apartheid. given the u.s. is imposing strict testing requirements for international travelers and given that omicron is here in 15 states, do you think its time to lift the bans on travel f...

To self—isolate on the way back for four days, and that�*s four days lost of pay, she doesn�*t get paid. and it�*s those sorts of concerns that are worrying the travel industry. we believe this would be a significant setback for demand this winter, real impacts on christmas. i think well see people now cancelling or postponing travel plans. and for a sector that hasnt had any revenue for 18 months, give or take a few months over the summer period, its really significant indeed. the airli...

Where this new variant goes, is that a big issue were ignoring? those are startling numbers at a time when were trying to tamp down the overall number. >> sure. i mean, the biggest problem weve had during this pandemic is that people have lost trust in the government, right? people have lost confidence that were capable of keeling with the covid pandemicfectively. so the problem that i see is we cant have one set of rules for the border, the land border, and then say at the same time were being ...

Again that were not, were not internally consistent, that we are not applying sort of -- neil: no, i know what youre saying, doctor, and thats what i was trying to raise with dr. fauci. i understand what hes saying, a separate issue for which i have no kohl, back and forth on that, but the fact of the matter is youve got thousands of individuals on the border who have contracted the virus, we are policing all the airports to make sure that not so much as a single person comes into this country w...