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Necessarily a bottom up thing. i think we all know that's a topdown narrative that has now been per petuated politically fr a while. >> raising the threat level to red, what does that mean? >> it is signaling to the community where we are, and we have certain thresholds. and so, you know, we have been hit with this omicron wave, just as every other community in our nation. but until very recently we only saw that reflected, you know, mostly in the case counts, which, of course, impact our economy. people out sick, but not so much the hospitals. just yesterday we crossed a threshold where over ...

Airport. covid causing a travel nightmare across the country. airlines struggle to find crews to staff flights. i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you, too, john. the travel challenges are what everyone is talking about today. omicron variant pushing to levels not seen in this pandemic, nearly 500,000 cases reported in a single day shattering the previous daily high set two days beforehand. throw in a winter storm with exploding case counts, all the ingredients for a massive travel headache. nearly 4,000 flights have been canceled so far today, ...

Bmi, was prediabetic. get seriously ill. this is amazing stuff and it's unprecedented. >> laura: next she fessed up with what is happening in our hospitals. >> it seems to make a big difference is the person in the hospital is in the hospital for covid-19, or with covid-19. do we have that split on numbers? >> it differs by each variant. in some hospitals that we have talked to over 40% of the patients who are coming in with covid are coming and not because they are sick with covid. [laughs] >> laura: again, we said so this is obvious stuff. there covid house of cards is falling in on itself. ...

If you're vaccinated and boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low. >> let's get more on the white house message from our chief correspondent, phil mattingly. phil? >> reporter: this is the reality. they're looking at the case counts. they're watching the surge. there is no question about it. a purely preventative posture, a just get vaccinated and everything will be fine posture isn't enough anymore. make no mistake about it, vaccinations and boosters are still the primary component that health officials want the country to focus on. but i was struck multiple times as the to...

Today there is a lot less deep red. most of the northeast looking better. >> i'm very encouraged that case counts are dropping now in this area unmistakably. >> averaging nearly 800,000 new infections every day. new york city's new mayor determined to keep schools in person is now open to other options. >> if we're able to put in place a temporary remote option, we're welcome to do so. >> >> reporter: and we're waiting to here how the biden administration will get good masks out there and waiting for the cdc to give us information that is already out there. >> we are preparing an update to the...