Soaring to new records, it doesn't exactly feel like a fresh start. joining me now president biden's chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, thank you so much for joining me this morning. happy new year to you. so coronavirus is -- >> thank you. >> -- now infecting nearly 400,000 americans every day. we know that deaths and hospitalizations typically lag behind, but there are some signs that the omicron variant may actually be milder. so do you foresee a spike in hospitalizations and deaths? >> well, there's certainly going to be a lot more cases, dana, because this is a much, muc...