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We know cases of this new variant were present in europe before it was even identified by south african scientists. it's been spreading under the radar for a while. and we're only just now picking it up here. but the question is how concerned should we be? there's a lot of important unanswered questions about omicron. how effective are the current vaccines against it? is it more transmissible than delta? the south african data is worrisome are the treatment options that we have effective against it? these are all really big questions. the scientific community is working together doing experime...

Hearing arguments. but we do want to begin with our top story, the coronavirus, and lindsey riser in manhattan. welcome to all of you, thank you for joining us today. lindsey, i want to start with you. there have been so many developments other the past 24 hours. take us through what the key headlines are and what you're watching. >> yeah, good to be with you. right now the world, the country, the city of new york waiting and watching to see how omicron might change potential mandates, lives, or behavior. right now we know that the cdc in addition to saying everybody can be eligible for a boos...

Between 100 to now over 3,000 is what made them so concerned, because this was an area where people should have already had protection and it made them believe that something is wrong here, somehow this variant is able to evade either the vaccines or evade our antibodies. he also stressed and i believe dr. fauci is about to tell you this, that vaccines do help because he thinks they provide enough protection to keep people from getting very sick, keep people from getting into the hospital. i'll let you continue that conversation with dr. fauci. >> lindsey riser and our richard engel for us on ...

Near van horn, lindsey riser in our own mission control with a closer look at the new shepherd rocket, dr. may gemson, a former nasa astronaut and the first black woman in space and back with us, leroy chiou the former commander of the international space station, and garrett riseman and dr. jose hernandez. >> let's start with tom, good morning, tom, do we know anything about this delay, why the delay? >> reporter: hang on one second. i'm going to give you an answer. it looks like the -- it looks like we've resumed the countdown, guys. so they were going through the checklist, pardon me for li...

Some of the waiting to leave are teenage girls who work with a group called ascend. they coach young afghan women through athletic based leadership training. founder wants the u.s. to do more to help get them out. >> we heard nothing from u.s. government officials. i wish we heard something. we don't have a line in to know what the u.s. government is or isn't doing on our behalf. we're trying to be patient and hope and trust that our government will pull some kind of levers with these people that they have been negotiating with for a very long time in doha. >> joining me is retired four star g...