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Train was approaching. the pilot was taken to the hospital. he s reportedly doing okay, but it s just remarkable. i mean, they re such heroes. it is amazing. yes, this video is graphic but so glad they got that man out of the way. thanks for being with us for the last two hours. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. as danny tanner once asked, am i the raddest, baddest dad a kid ever had? rest in peace, bob. the lead starts right now. the omicron impact. more and more hospitals reaching critical capacity as new york covid cases skyrocket and the variant is disrupting the most important parts of society. horror in the bronx. at least eight kids among the 17 killed in the deadliest fire in new york city has seen in decades. now questions about how a door malfunctioning might have made matters even worse. one point for novak djokovic. ....
Carolina counties do not have a single hospital bed within those counties. there is going to be a lagging that we see and a drawn-out process of omicron impact in those states. you also have a lot more people vaccinated in some of these big cities than in other places across the country. the peak could be a few weeks away. and again, as dr. vivek murthy said, surgeon general vivek murthy said, it s going to be different in every individual place. will these hospitals be able to get through this? we have no choice. i also want people to pay close attention to this. not only are the cases going up, but who is actually getting infected. as we know, the week ending january 6, 580,000 children were infected with covid-19. i ll say that one more time. on january 6, that week, 580,000 children were infected. the week prior to that, they had about 300,000 children infected with covid-19. so we re seeing a rise in the cases. we may not see the same rise in ....
Ish. you have to remember we re coming from covid. so yes, if you took it out of context, you could say oh, my gosh, the greatest job growth ever, but it s because we were coming from when we barely had the vaccine. the country was shut down. when you go from having an economy that s shut to open, sure, things are booming. so yes, factually, the number is right. but you have to put it in broader context. you can t compare it to any year when we weren t living in a pandemic. federal reserve has forecast a three quarter point rate hike this year. any idea what today s numbers could mean for that? we will most likely still get that. we re in an economic recovery. the one thing we have to think about is the number we got today has not accounted for the omicron impact. and it s not the people quitting or don t feel comfortable going out because of omicron. it s pushed things back. think about the holiday parties, the travel that was cancelled. and right now this week and next week, so m ....
Overwhelmingly people say yes. 58% to 38% of people say yes. that s the good news. the bad news is you see it up there on the screen right now. look at the partisan divide even on that question, that democrats and independents are optimistic that young people are looking out for everyone but republicans still are not. while that s a bummer that you still see that divide it is still some good news in what is an otherwise pessimistic issue of our poll. wow. executive director of georgetown s institute of politics and public service, mo elleithei, thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. coming up, we are waiting on the january job numbers from the labor department. how much did omicron impact the workforce? we will have that answer. first, willie what do you have planned for sunday today? i have a good one lined up if i say-so myself. a conversation with the great liam neeson. wow. ....