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Should kids be kept out of school amid this omicron wave? it's a debate schools all over are grappling with right now. so far data from the department of education shows that 85 k-12 school districts across the country are hybrid as of december 12th. some turned virtual only recently amid the rise in omicron cases. the same for colleges and universities, at least 15 from stand for and ucla to temple and columbia all have chosen to go virtual for final exams or to start the next semester online. but is this really necessary? my next guest says we learned our lesson last year, do not close the s...

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To. phil? >> a legend in every sense of the word. thanks so much. the omicron wave is rising. testing shortages with hospitals and schools struggling to stay open. plus an unvaccinated tennis star now held inside a detention hotel. novack djokovic, his freedom depends on an australian courtroom, and we're learning new details about the weeks leading up to his trip down under. >> and a dangerous and deadly flooding in the pacific northwest. some frightened people near seattle forced to wait on top of their cars for help. i'm phil mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight. you're in ...

We covered a lot of headlines including pfizer's plan for an omicron specific vaccine. world news tonight is coming up tonight, new covid cases in the u.s. soaring. a record 1.4 million cases reported in just a single day. hospitalizations and deaths on the rise. tonight, a hospital in los angeles declaring, quote, we are 100% broken and in complete disaster mode. in some places, health care workers who are covid-positive but who are asymptomatic are being told to come back to work. states battling to keep schools open and staffed. schools asking parents to step t asiignope ine tng this omic...

Joining me now is dr. peter hotez, an infectious disease expert at baylor college of medicine. here's the concern that i have. what now stops the unvaccinated from saying i'm not going to get vaccinated, after all, there's now a pill on the horizon? >> well, that would be a pretty treacherous strategy to embark upon. here's why, michael. first of all, the drug's not going to be ready possibly in time for this omicron wave. production is only really starting now. we're not going to really get up to speed for another few months, so it's not going to really help us that much during this omicron w...