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City hall. you heard that apparently this persons symptoms are mild and they are resolving. san francisco officials say that there well-positioned to handle this and they have high vaccination rates. the question is, if theres one in the united states, theres probably ten and if not ten: even 100. we can expect there are going to about a lot more cases of omicron. >> sandra: gavin newsom just put out a statement saying its the early detection systems in california that found the covid-19 omicron...

When we required resources of the icu capacity, so right now i would say we have a very large need for critical care beds with critical care resources. >> and i know texas is also seeing critical bed shortagings. greg abbott is asking hospitals to postpone elective surgeries because of the rise in coronavirus cases. hes taking this step, hes urging vaccinations, but hes still not budging on masks. can texas regain control with this plan? >> right now, here in harris county, houston, were now set...

Do this. you know, hopefully you see -- just today it seemed like every 15 minutes another company was saying they were going to mandate vaccinations. so hopefully we will see that trend continue over the coming days. >> jonathan lemire, dr. ben gupta, david plouffe, who sat down probably an hour and a half ago, theyre still with us. so generous with your time. like, what, "hotel california," you can check out but never leave. we are grateful for you not leaving us. when we return, we are lear...

Thats it. >> reporter: the people, sir -- >> reporter: how is the first lady, sir? >> going to find out in a minute. were still listening and watching because questions are still being shouted around a questioning that kicked off with steve holland followed by kelly odonnell, the new chair of the white house correspondents association. turned into quite a q & a with president biden. the headlines there today, president biden making clear that he had sought a legal opinion from doj about whethe...

I also want to speak to families with children in school. we can and must open schools this fall full time. its better for our childrens mental and emotional well-being, and we cant afford another year out of the classroom. every school should be open. were giving them the tools to be able to do so safely. even in those areas where they have a higher vaccination -- they have a higher rate of covid. through the american rescue plan weve provided billions of dollars to implement safety measures. b...

>> no. first of all, we need to give senator mcconnell credit. he has been encouraging americans to get vaccinated since the vaccine was first authorized back in december. he has been a strong, consistent, regular voice urging vaccinations. he and the president have discussed this previously months ago, and i just think senator mcconnell has been as strong urging vaccinations as any public figure has been. >> would you like to see him do more if thats the case? >> look, i would like to see us al...

More dangerous and we have a higher percentage of people than wed like unvaccinated. i think you have to point out why we are where we are, which is thats the tragedy. we could be literally weeks away from ending the pandemic in the united states of america and were not. and, again there is active malice happening in the country. you have all of these folks in the news media on the right, most of them anyway, too many elected officials with notable exceptions. no question the republicans are ste...

Vaccinated. >> this variant is just brutal. it takes no prisoners. >> reporter: deborah carmichael lost her daughter to the delta variant a month ago saying her daughter was unvaccinated. >> it is just so excruciating. and they become so helpless. and just destroyed by this virus. >> reporter: doctors are urging vaccinations to prevent deaths and large outbreaks like the one at a texas church camp where more than a hundred kids and adults tested positive. and although masks are still required on...