other than the scratchy throat, former president barack obama said he s feeling fine after revealing he had tested positive for covid-19. a facebook poston sunday, he noted his wife michelle obama tested negative and both grateful to be vaccinated and boosted. according to a person close to the obamas, the former president tested positive here in washington, dc after spending much of the winter in his home state of hawaii. new this morning, pfizer ceo with announced a fourth dose to fend off another wave of covid-19. pfizer working on a vaccine to protect against omicron and other variants of the virus that causes covid-19. joining us now, senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. two questions.
hope. the united states and japan forged not only an alliance but a friendship that has won far more for our people than we could ever claim through war. so, tim, here s what i m getting at. do you think the president deliberately lifted this coming full circle in japan for the end of his administration? well, he couldn t stock exchange manage the fact that it was the 75th anniversary but i think for president obama this is closure, to use the term that professor shirley mentioned, that is form of closure for him, too, his last head of government visit is occurring in his home state of hawaii. president obama has tried to pivot the united states and focus us more on asia. he understands that the united states has an essential role in helping to maintain security in
vacation to his home state of hawaii. on his way he ll stop in san bernardino, california, where he ll meet privately with the families of the december 2nd attack. meanwhile, here s what the president had to say yesterday, after a briefing at the national counterterrorism center. most of all, we cannot give in to fear, or change how we live our lives, because that s what terrorists want. that s the only leverage that they have. we have to remind ourselves that when we stray stay true to our values, nothing can beat us. so anyone trying to harm americans need to know, they need to know that we re strong and that we re resilient. that we will not be terrorized. we ve prevailed over much greater threats than this. we will prevail again. secretary of state john kerry is set to chair a u.n. security council meeting today on syria. it comes just days after his acknowledgment that president
given the attacks in paris and san bernardino, i think public patience is getting much shorter for a long-scale, long-term attack against this terrorist group. the president said this is something that will not be completed on his watch. and, yes, the issue of what s the president thinking, on his mind, feeling now. we look forward to hearing that if someone can ask a question to generate that answer from him. brian? that s right. depends on whether it s teed up and he is in the right mood. the president going on a 16-daybreak over the christmas and new yore s holiday to his home state of hawaii, the annual obama family vacation which has sometimes been interrupted by and shortened by the war on terrorism. let s go to nbc s andrea mitchell who has been listening in and following the story in the hour that precedes this news
president obama holds his annual year end press conference before taking off on a two week family vacation in his home state of hawaii. next stop san bernardino, california where he ll meet privately with the families of the attack. meanwhile, here s what the president had to say yesterday after a briefing at the national terrorism center. of course, when terrorist pull off a dispickable act like what happened in san bernardino, it tears at our hearts. it also stiffens our result to learn whatever lessons we can and make any improvements that are needed. i want to repeat what my team just told me. at this moment our intelligence and counter terrorism professionals do not have any