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Still driving what we're seeing in this country, but what dr. anthony fauci is saying now about what we're seeing so far from symptoms with omicron. abc's stephanie ramos tonight leading us off here in new york. ed. >> reporter: facing a covid surge driving cases up 27% across the country in the last week, along with the looming omicron variant, new york city today expanding vaccine mandates in the nation's most sweeping plan yet. the mayor calling it a vcis the str weapon in this war against covid. it's the one thing that's worked every single time across the board. >> reporter: starting late...

Severity. >> reporter: the symptoms were mild for 30-year-old peter mcginn from minnesota, who tested positive for omicron after returning from an anime convention in new york last month. he was fully vaccinated with a booster and was surprised. >> i was just a little taken aback to the fact that i, a, had covid, and b, it was the new one. >> reporter: mcginn suspects he was infected not at the convention but when he and a group of about 30 people, who were also vaccinated, socialized without masks. now half of that group has tested positive for covid. >> i felt perfectly safe with the people ...

All. the alarming new tonight on blood pressure during this pandemic. also, the new statement from chris cuomo tonight. and we celebrate the life of bob dole and his humor, too. what he told david letterman after losing the election to bill clinton. good to start another week with all of you at home. and we begin tonight with the alarming new numbers on covid in this country and this trend, even before omicron. also tonight, this major new mandate here in new york city. and all of this with cases of the new variant now seen in 18 states and counting tonight. now because of this surge w...

Guests and crew onboard also testing positive for covid. >> they said everyone has got to be tested all of a sudden. dinner, shows, everything. >> a lot of moving parts in this pandemic again. and stephanie ramos, the u.s. military sending more militatea help states? >> reporter: that's right, david. they'll be heading to colorado, new mexico andmy mip. they'll include nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists and be in position to support those on the front lines by the end of the week. david? >> stephanie, thank you. we're going to turn next here tonight into the investigation of the dead...

The imf, we are going to be giving those to developing countries, which is right, but we are going to be talking that if our aid budget as well, meaning that is displacing existing aid. we're also going be pulling the vaccines we are giving, the anatomy, inadequate numbers of actions were given. this is our surplus vaccines apply for some it is also not fair that is displacing existing aid. so we will probably almost certainly looking at actual cuts to the aid budget at the time when it is notjust us facing a covid crisis and trying to recover from it, it is the whole world, and at this rate, ...