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Kevin mccarthy, for example, telling people that he talked to donald trump. so they want to hear from those folks and whether or not they are -- they do it voluntarily. if they throw them a subpoena, that's going to be something that this country has never seen before. >> eugene, tarini, renee, thank you all so much. next, anti-vaccine protesters march in washington. a report from the ground and a conversation with dr. uche blackstock about where the u.s. stands with vaccines, mandates, and the omicron variant. and later, how gen z is channeling their fear and their passion to save america...

More and giving them more support in the classroom. back to you, chris. >> it's a problem we're seeing all across the country. new mexico the tip of the iceberg. i'm glad you got to be home and see some of your family. thank you for that report. >> funny you should mention that. they did a driveby but a bunch of my family members are teachers and they all called in sick with omicron. so my dad's a high school teacher, he's got omicron. my brother teaches second grade. he was home last week. >> are they okay? >> they're okay, yeah. it's kind of worrying. my dad yesterday i was talking to him. h...

Omicron comes around? how are we going to prepare because i would say this time we were caught behind, and we don't need to be caught behind. we need to make sure that, yes, everyone should have high-quality masks. everyone should be able to access rapid testing. but what are we going to do policy-wise in terms of keeping americans safe on a local, state, and federal level that we haven't been doing? and that's the reason why, you know, the u.s. is an outlier. we have such a tremendous number of deaths due to covid-19, and that's what we need to be thinking about right now. >> all right. dr. u...

Said that the bbc licence fee will be abolished in 2027. in a tweet, nadine dorries said a forthcoming announcement on the price of the licence fee for the next few years would be the last but hasn't said how it will be replaced. the chinese government is preparing contingency plans to control the spread of covid, as millions of citizens begin travelling across the country to celebrate chinese new year. there are fears the 40—day travel season could see omicron spread throughout the country. meanwhile, in europe restrictions remain in place as covid cases continue to remain high — as garet...

This. i'll say that, you know, we know that in the original hot spots where omicron peaked, those cases are coming down. we know, however, that death is a lagging indicator, so we're seeing significant number of deaths in those areas still. we're still seeing quite high hospitalization rates. we'll probably see that same peak and decline in other parts of the country later. but what i think is really important is to recognize that there still are a tremendous number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths. so i think that even talking about lifting restrictions, yeah, it's too premature. actu...