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A rare red weather warning for friday morning for parts of south west england and south wales, meaning there is a danger to life. it's going to be a bad one. as long as people take notice of the winnings, don't take any risks, don't get washed away, life is more precious than a photograph. what is making storm eunice so potent is a combination of events — it is being driven an extremely active jet stream, blowing at more than 200 miles an hour, high up in the atmosphere. this is creating very strong winds, forecast up to 90 miles an hour in exposed areas, and 70 to 80 miles an houron land. w...

General mills, campbell's soup. the list goes on and on. we were told for a long time that this inflation was transitory but yet all these companies are looking at raising prices in the upcoming year. it doesn't seem so transitory, does it? >> that's not transitory at all. that list is as long as your arm. it's every supplier and no category and nobody will be completely immune from this inflation. we are seeing, again, sort of record numbers of those costs increase come through. it is -- it's a function of the folks that are struggling to get labor and run their factories and run them in a wa...

Percentage of the numbers can still be a lot. 2.5 people end up in the hospital but people infected with delta 12.8% end up in the hospital. that's obviously a huge difference. in scotland they found a two-thirds reduction in hospital risk with omicron and found that a booster was linked to a 57% reduction in the risk of symptomatic infection so the advice, while the news changes, the advice stays the same which is get vaccinated. it helps against omicron and boosted if it's time for you to get boosted. ana. >> let's hit that other piece of good news now because the fda hours ago authorized th...

We don't know how quickly the government can get it out. you have to take this pill within days of having covid. that means you need to have a positive covid test. you were talking about how difficult it can be to find testing. hopefully that will improve so this bill will be more useful. jim? >> as you said of course, i would -- it's merck's pill. i said moderna. we have data from the uk and south africa where omicron hit earlier, and it's showing a lower risk of hospitalization from those infected with omicron. it's a relief to hear, frankly. tell us how far and broad this data is. >> it is ...

Found. a study? south africa looked at cases in october and november, and they found with omicron, 2.5% of people wered a miltded to hospital, whereas with delta, 12.8% of the people they looked at were admitted to the hospital. that is obviously a huge difference, delta being more dangerous in that way. now, if we look at a study in scotland very similar, a two-thirds reduction in hospitalization risk, and they found that a booster was linked to a 57% reduction in the risk of symptomatic infections. so, kate, the bottom line here is vaccination makes a big difference with omicron. get vaccina...