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Infectious disease expert, anthony fauci, was asked about what our priorities should be as a nation, whether it should be trying to tamp down the number of infections to try and stop the disease from spreading, or if weve entered a new phase of this pandemic where we as a society learn to live with the virus with as little illness, death, and social disruption as possible. at what point do we cross that threshold? are we there already? joining us now is dr. anthony fauci, the nations top infecti...

As possible. at what point, do we cross that threshold. are we there already? joining us now is doctor anthony fauci, the nations top infectious disease doctor, director of the national institute of virology and infectious diseases at the nih. doctor fauci, i know you are one of the busiest scientists in the country right now. it is an honor to have you. to help us understand. i know a lot of people have a lot of questions. there has been plenty of criticism on the new cdc guidance from some pub...

Shifting its position signaling it opened -- and are correspondent shows you from london. >> israel announcing you wont dismiss and nuclear agreement with iran. the prime minister said he will support a good deal, despite skepticism of such a possibility . is reals former prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, oppose the nuclear deal with iran in 2015. the country demanding tighter restrictions this time around. >> israel pull not let you run become a nuclear threshold. if necessary we will act alo...

For economic recovery bills during the great recession and affordable care act. 2013 he led the effort to lower the threshold for presidential appointments to 50 votes to break stalemate on then-president obamas nominees. president obama shared a letter he wrote to reid saying, i wouldnt have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and i wouldnt have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. president biden said in a statement, if harry said he ...

Fewer snow—covered days and an increasing chance of more days with the temperature above the threshold needed for snow to fall. so, jim, youre the land manager here at cairngorm mountain. youve been doing it about 25 years, working here. what are the changes youve noticed in terms of weather systems and snow conditions? thats right. i think the baseline temperature has changed, less than one degree, but the maximum and minimum temperature we are seeing have changed. so in any given year there ...

That the government should do some things to improve the situation for those on modest means, for example the warm homes discount could be extended. but then you have things the government is doing quite deliberately which is to raise taxes, national insurance going up 1.25 percentage points for everyone who is working at the same time as the threshold below which you dont pay the higher rate of tax is being frozen, so that will drag more people into the higher rate of tax and national insurance...

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander is that is true, but its also like thats the way democracies work. i mean weve got -- you know, theres 50 states in the union that function without -- i think theres three or four that have super majority requirements for some stuff, but most of them just function with bicameral systems, majority threshold and somehow they manage. this idea this is sacrosanct is largely kind of a creation of the last 60 or 70 years. and i think if you have a commit...

The government is monitoring? in particular it is around the most vulnerable groups. london, the epicentre of the uk omicron outbreak, has seen some rises in infections in older people and hospitalisations, but figures for intensive care are still below any worrying threshold. cases are still rising. i think suggestions a few days ago that we might have actually started to peak i think was probably not borne out yesterday. but on the other hand, cases arent increasing as rapidly as they were a w...

Has seen some rises in infections in older people and hospitalisations, but figures for intensive care are still below any worrying threshold. cases are still rising. i think suggestions a few days ago that we might have actually started to peak i think was probably not borne out yesterday. but on the other hand, cases arent increasing as rapidly as they were a week or so ago. i think we can be fairly certain that they are not doubling every couple of days now. the hospitality sector has describ...

There, other methods elsewhere. the effectiveness of a second round of covid boosters is underway in israel. workers are getting a fourth shot to see if it will help contain the spread of the omicron variant there. a panel of experts recommended the second booster last week. the final approval is still pending. elliott gotkin has the details. >> reporter: its another shot in the arm. this, says the chief of medical center, is the first time in the world healthy subjects are receiving a fourth sh...