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In humans. the risk for evolution is extremely high. sadly i'm going to predict in two, three, four months we'll have another variant and that variant will be more infectious than the delta variation. this virus got a jump start by being one of the most infectious in humans. >> martha: your thoughts, david, as we stand here today looking at this new omicron variant. >> well, i have great personal regard for dr. redfield. no doubt he's confidence as a virologist. understand the potency of this pandemic from day one, with us a very asymmetrical. it was like frankenstein's monster got out of the ...

Originated in south africa and went to botswana. people traveled and found out they were infections. there's a lot of travel. >> now, according to reports, the new variant has an unusual constellation of mutations. on the proteins that helps the virus create an entry point, the new variant has ten mutations and that's many more than the dangerous delta variation. some of the mutations are of high concern to them. global markets are reeling from the news. it's threatening to blunt the economic blunt the bounce back the white house is moving towards. the president says as we learn more informati...

Because of the delta variation, you have more monies attributed to the goods and services. that's what we're seeing. now there's a debate about it being transitory. and there's a big debate whether or not to start tapering or raise rates or do something about it is because it's all very mechanical. there's a huge lag effect to any one of these things. so if you start tapering tomorrow and you don't really see the effects until three or six months down the road and whoops, you know, something occurred with the delta variant or something else occurred, that's where i think the fed is hesitant in...

Cdc mask guidance could sew confusion? >> we have a pandemic because the unvaccinated are spreading mass confusion. the more we learn about this virus and the delta variation, the more we have to be worried and concerned. and only one thing we know for sure, if those other hundred million people got vaccinated, we would be in a very different world. so get vaccinated. if you haven't, you're not nearly as smart as i said you were. thank you. >> all right. you were listening to president biden taking two questions there from reporters after addressing employees at dni. he was asked by the report...

Variant ravages parts of the country. >> the reality is we are dealing with a much different strain of this virus than we were even earlier in the spring. >> reporter: the new cdc guidance targeting areas with high or substantial covid-19 transmission, which encompasses roughly two-thirds of u.s. counties. >> what we learned about this virus and the delta variation, the more we have to be worried, concerned. >> reporter: with summer break coming to an end, recommending everyone k-12 schools wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. an announcement officials say that has been debated behind...