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They want especially now with omicron out there as the next threat. >> dana: one of the things the president said yesterday is the mutation was cause for concern but not panic and "the new york times" today had this piece in their morning newsletter which i always read saying it is possible that mutations make a virus more fear some but it also could make it weaker or cancel each other out. will we know that in two weeks? >> i think we'll have a sense of that by watching what happens in south africa because there are lots of people getting omicron right now there and we'll see whether they are...

Virus and the world versus the virus. >> bill: scientists are working on it now. on thursday he will deliver a message what the new strategy will be. what would you expect to hear then? >> well, i would hope that he would say here is what we're going to do to make testing more available to people in the united states. here is what we'll do to make vaccinations more available and so we don't have a xenophobe i can policy only saying africa is banned from coming in and out. ways to do that. we can test people with pcr test 24 to 48 hours before they board a flight and test them with rapid test b...

How rapidly this can be transmitted and how serious is the illness for people who get infected with omicron? that's going to take a couple weeks of close observation to see whether people are ending up in the hospital or not. and also because about 27% of south africans are vaccinated. has a vaccine provided some protection. we'll know more in the next couple of weeks. the other part is in the laboratory where we are synthesizing this particular set of mutations and testing in the lab serum from people who are vaccinated is capable of neutralizing omicron. we'll know it by the end of next week...

Follow was abruptly canceled and wanted more time to talk. those issues would be exacerbateed if omicron takes hold. increasingly fragile economy strains the selling of his $2 trillion spending bill. for now he said lockdowns are off the table. so is his vaccine mandate for now with courts blocking that. the president is expected to speak on thursday to address how plans to address the new variant. >> dana: we learn chris cuomo was working his own media sources to dig up dirt on the governor's accusers.