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Consistent along this line is anti-vaxor campaign. we cannot wax and wain. masks and whether it's necessary for those vaccinated. we have to be diligent in keeping our message consistent to say this is how we combat and hopefully start to catch up to what covid-19 is doing because right now covid is controlling the game. >> thank you for your candor and advice. appreciate it. while the omicron variant has not been detected in the u.s. yet, they are ready. new york declared a state of emergency in case of a spike in cases amid warnings the variant could be here in the country. let's go to tam...

With dr. anthony fauci and members of the covid response team. as dr. fauci warns, omicron's appearance in the u.s. is inevitable. >> as we know when you have a virus that has already gone to multiple countries it will be here. the question is will we be prepared for it and the preparation that we have ongoing for what we're doing now with the delta variant just needs to be revved up and that's the bottom line of that is preparation by getting more and more people vaccinated. >> meantime, we have the senate back in session tomorrow. number one on the democrat's wish list this year is to pass p...

You, alex. well, the short answer is not really. it does not appear to be the case. florida in recent weeks has enjoyed the lowest covid case counts per capita in the nation. right now we see six weeks were 100,000 people. the seven-day average for cases 683 cases and that's in very stark contrast to what we see in other parts of the country including the upper midwest, places like michigan which last week saw 38,000 -- more than 38,000 covid cases alone. there are no new fears sweeping across the country of this potential omicron variant and what that could mean. however, we did speak to some...

Role of the former president. what did he know in advance of that day? the broadest categories are those surrounding the former president and we're determined to get answers but at this point i'm not in a position to indicate what we know yet. >> among those reporting for us this hour, we go to tel aviv and florida, and massachusetts. ralph, we'll begin with you and get the latest in israel relative to the developments on the omicron variant. how do things stand? >> reporter: the list of countries with confirmed cases of the omicron variant is get longer and longer. in the last couple hours au...

Negative pcr test. a very fast moving picture and a very difficult one for people trying to travel internationally right now. alex? >> indeed. okay. thank you so much, ralph sanchez, for that. joining me now is dr. eboni hilton. what's the most concerning thing that you've learned about this variant in the last 24 hours or so? >> the most concerning thing is that it is everywhere. we are targeting south africa as if that is the only place we have to be concerned with. we know that we've seen this variant in belgium, in germany, it's across our globe at this point. we are behind. that's nothing...