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Decline overall. that is amazing news. in your estimation, has omicron reached its peak? >> it certainly has in certain regions of the country. if you look at the northeast and, you know, new york city, chicago, and then the upper middle west with chicago, it certainly has reached the point it's turning around and cases are coming down. however, in some of the southern states and the western states, it has not yet peaked an it's either continuing to go up or leveling off, which is the first step towards getting to that peak and turning around. i believe that in the next few weeks we will see a...

Now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, just in the last hour, top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci joined my colleague, stephanie ruhle, to discuss the state of the omicron surge. is he said that while cases have tapered off in the northeast, the rest of the country still has a ways to go. >> in some of the southern states and the western states, it has not yet peaked and it's either continuing to go up or leveling off, which is the first step towards getting to that peak and turning around. i believe that in the next few weeks, we will see, as a country, that it is all tur...

Now, america's top infectious disease dr. anthony fauci says he's reasonably confident omicron cases could peak in the u.s. by mid february. now, cases remain high overall, but appear to be leveling off. infections and hospitalizations are trending down in the northeast. and while some areas are seeing the numbers increase, dr. fauci remains optimistic. that should shift soon. >> we would hope that as we get into the next weeks to month or so, we'll see throughout the entire country the level of infection get to below what i call that area of control. and there is a big bracket of control. con...

It could also move troops and equipment from the u.s. or outside of europe on to the continent. all of this to give the allies reassurance and a deterrence capability against russia. the pentagon always likes to say, it plans for everything. and this is one case when it is already doing just that, just in case. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. covid cases in some parts of the united states do seem to be leveling off. hospitalizations in the northeast, see it there, are now down by about 11% after reaching a peak about a week ago. now, the midwest is also seeing a slight drop, about 6%. and ...

Our preparation for this weekend." law enforcement officials are also concerned that the protests could attract violent extremist groups. friday, close to 30 men who appeared to be tied to patriot front, an american nationalist white supremacist group showed up outside the national archives and were surrounded by d.c. police to ensure that there were no confrontations. the organizers of sunday's protests called "defeat the mandates" say that they have hired increased private security to work with government law enforcement officials and they also put out a statement saying here, we do not welc...