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♪ good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is monday, december 27th. im john avlon in with kaitlan collins all week. hope you had a great christmas. >> i hope you did, too. i wish we were in person this morning. i think this is the next best thing. im excited to anchor with you all week. this morning, the extraordinarily contagious omicron coronavirus variant surging across the united states. dr. anthony fauci warning cases will climb much higher. test...

In other news, the latest government coronavirus figures, show there were 30,838 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average there were 33,550 new cases per day, in the last week. yesterday, there were almost 7,000 people in hospital with the virus. 174 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 101 deaths a day in the past week. 0n vaccinations, almost 88% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab, and just over 77% have had two. scotla...

Continue operations for as long as possible unless the weather gets out of control. linsey? >> victor, thank you. now to the coronavirus. the highly contagious delta variant now confirmed in every state of the country. responsible for more than 26% of all new cases. thats fueling growing concerns for the millions in unvaccinated areas. dr. anthony fauci raising fears that we will become two americas. tonight, 180 million americans have had at least one dose. thats 63% of people 12 years and ol...