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Bigger number than that that will be the single number of infections daily we have seen so far. thats on the testing site. miami-dade officially is at 15% and climbing. now, lets talk about the airlines. delta airlines announcing its expected upwards, in its words, of 150 cancelations this weekend, saturday and sunday, on top of the flights already canceled today. united already canceled 177 flights. that number has been stable for a little while now. its 7 to 10% of their flights. and these peo...

With people who are waiting in line in hopes of getting a test. in fact, there was a mobile van over to my right. there were people waiting in line for hours this morning. but they realized a couple hours ago that this location isnt open. so they moved onto a different location. across the street the city has a separate testing site. there a massive line. one for pcr tests. another for rapid tests. i spoke to a family who plans on going to the netherlands today in a matter of hours, and they nee...

Weve got the latest on what you n need to know. president biden is now reversing a controversial policy originally meant to slow the spread. well speak with the leading democratic member of congress about the move. plus -- do you have a real christmas tree or are you team artificial? were breaking down the numbers from gifts to movies to get a different view of americas holiday traditions. we start this hour with the hottest item to get this christmas eve 2021. its not a tickle-me-elmo, no...

Passengers these airlines are flying right now, and delta says its weather issues on the west coast and the omicron variant, and united said we are sorry and we reached out to all of these passengers to let them know ahead of time, and for thursday and friday, dont go on the airport. they are trying to rebook as many as possible. even among an employee population that is 90 to 95% vaccinated and even higher in many of the airlines, they are dealing with the fallout from the omicron variant and t...

For at-home tests devolving into chaos and disorder. >> those people are not in line! dont give them one! >> reporter: hundreds of cars in los angeles county snaking their way to a testing site. in georgia, this church offering tests before christmas eve service after months of promoting the vaccine. >> i would say, "do you want to save your life? you want to save the life of others?" >> reporter: with the omicron variant already dominant, the biden administration announcing it will lift its tra...

Is diminishing value in actually having those restrictions to keep people from coming to the united states. so this lifted restriction will go away at 12:01 a.m. on december 31st. meaning people from those eight south african countries will be able to come to the united states now. but the white house emphasizing they will be subject to the stepped up restrictions that are applicable across the board now. meaning you have to get tested within one day of coming to the united states, as opposed to...

Many waited in line for hours to get a COVID-19 test at the Menomonee Valley test site on St. Paul Ave. Wednesday

Remdesivir was new. how do we get this to places where it will do the most good? we found so far is that states are allocating a certain amount and work with hospitals and clinics and others to try to get certain doses out to places where patients may access it. in this case, because the time is so short and because its linked to testing as other things so quickly after testing or symptom onset, we need to make sure as we increase testing access, that we link that testing access to potential for...

The middle of the delta surge -- the highest they have been in three months. icu beds are about 76% full. and more than one in five are covid-19 patients. >> im pretty worried that the surge that we are going to see in the coming weeks is going to be worse than the surge that we saw last winter. >> reporter: meanwhile, south africa has passed the peak of its omicron outbreak according to one of the countrys top scientific researchers. with the rise in breakthrough cases, the cdc is actively exam...

Cnns shim owen prokupecz is live there. what are you hearing about how the city is responding to what we continue to see which is long loins? >> reporter: right, we are, and were out here in times square. everyone is anticipating waiting to see what the mayor decides on the crowds that will gather behind me in times square, but in the middle of this theres actually a testing site, and people have been lined up for hours here, some waiting two to three hours to get tested, and then the line wraps...