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bannons change of heart, his trial will go on. also late today, what we learned about tomorrows january 6th hearing who will testify now? and the other key witness were expected to hear from. rachel scott with new reporting. the war in ukraine. and tonight, the white house now warning it believes iran is getting ready to help russia. what theyre expected to send to fight the ukrainians. james longman standing by, reporting from ukraine. japan in mourning over the assassination of f...

committee is cooperating now with the u.s. justice department. the chairman reveals the feds are interested in information on the collectors plot that was aimed at overturning drums 2020 defeat. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. a scenic view in jerusalem at this pivotal moment for u.s. relations in the middle east. president biden is on the ground here in israel. the first top of his trip to the region t...

heart, his trial will go on. also late today, what we learne hearing. who will testify now? and the other key witness were. and tonight, the white house now warning it believes iran is getting ready to help russia. what theyre expected to send to fight the ukrainians.from japan in mourning over the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. and what weve now learned tonight about the alleged gunman. bob woodruff is there. here at home tonight, the urgent manhunt under way f...

36,000 people hospitalized, with the new variant the white house continued to push people to get updated booster shots but just 16% of those eligible have received them. now the team leading the covid response is getting a shakeup. david kessler, who served as the top science official is stepping down for a planned retirement according to health and human services. kessler has been leading the efforts to move medical coverage for covid vaccines to the private market this year not the federal gov...

♪. >> new york city of department of health warn as fast-spreading strain of covid-19 may be more likely to infect those people that have already been vaccinated. will: that strain now accounting for nearly half of the cases across the country. pete: lauren blanchard joins us this morning. >> reporter: rachel, will, pete, a new coronavirus this may be one of the toughest to prevent, xbb 1.5 it is called, is more than 40% of cases in u.s. in new york more than 70%. in a tweet from nyc departmen...

A lot of atypical symptoms associated with covid. so with fever, shortness of breath, theres fatigue, sore threat and if you have any of these symptoms, especially if you have known exposure, get tested right away. >> so what steps, dr. wen, should americans take with this new subvariant clearly on the rise right now? >> the single most important thing is to get vaccinated and boosted if you have not already. about half of american adults have not even received their first booster dose and they ...

Times, we should offer boosters to this staff, but nobody want thes to go in that direction. >> that may still happen. we dont know. lets talk about the things that were said by dr. fauci saying that he believes the omicron variant will infect just about everybody. that came as a shock to a lot of people hearing that recognition from dr. fauci. do you agree with that? >> its hard to really say. theres no question that this is by far the most transmissible covid variant that weve seen, almost as ...

Co-director of the center for vaccine development. dr. hotez, you saw miguels piece from texas childrens with those heartbreaking stories from your colleagues about patients there. how are hospital staff dealing with this wave thats hitting kids so especially hard? >> yeah, well, we got a hint of it over the summer with delta, which was more transmissible than previous lineages but this is by far, the king of transmissible covid viruses. so were seeing unprecedented nu numbers of kids getting in...

In our health lead today, to mask or not to mask? an increasingly confusing question thanks to the delta variant. even for the vaccinated, officials in los angeles and illinois are suggesting that even the vaccinated should mask up and listen to what the u.s. surgeon general had to say on cnn this morning. >> i think its very reasonable for parents who are living with kids who are unvaccinated or for that matter other family members who are unvaccinated to consider wearing a mask if they are in ...