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Soon be our dominant variant. >> 80% of covid cases tested are now the omicron variant. >> the surge forcing a wave of cancellations. the nfl postponing games after a cluster of outbreaks. the rockettes canceling the rest of their season. there are growing concerns about this week's holiday travel. >> the flights are full. the lobby is full. all the planes are full. >> where does that leave us heading into the holidays? >> well, not in a good place. >> the cdc predicts covid cases could spike this week by 55%, up to 1.3 million infections by christmas day. during the first week of january, dea...

Of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. >> let me start with the issue of omicron in this sense. on friday you suggested that it might be less severe. we've seen a lot of -- a new study out of the uk that seems to be perhaps sending a mixed signal. what can you share with us this morning on where omicron is and how much of a threat it is? >> well, the one thing that's very clear, and there's no doubt about this, is its extraordinary ability of spreading its transmissibility capability. it's ragi...

Omicron. that's a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. when you have a doubling time that's that short a period, pretty soon that isolate is going to take over. >> i want to ask you to react to one thing. the vice president said in an interview on friday, we didn't see delta coming. i think most scientists did not, upon whose advice and direction we've relied. we didn't see delta coming, didn't see omicron coming. and that's the nature of what this awful virus has been, as it turns out has mutations and variants. dr. fauci, perhaps nobody could have seen the specifics of delta and...

Welcome back. we're glad to see our panelists, although, we're back in our remote locations. i'm in a remote location because i've come into close contact with someone who tested positive in the last 48 hours in my household. also with us, pbs "newshour" chief correspondent amna nawaz. phil rucker from "the washington post," former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, and john podhoretz, editor of the "commentary." we have a lot to get to. amna, i'm going to begin with you. it already was arguably a deflating political end for the biden administration, and an explanation this morning from j...

Obviously people who are not vaccinated clearly need to get vaccinated now more than ever. >> well, let's talk about what the definition of fully vaccinated is. number one, should we expect that definition to change? i know that's not your decision. i assume that's a cdc decision. but let me ask you this, if you're advising a private company that does have a vaccine mandate -- or a vaccine requirement, would you tell them that they should make boosters part of the requirement? >> you know, i would tell them if they want their enterprise, their place of employment optimally protected, you shoul...