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And that's the baffling thing about this leading up until now is that this has always, you know, been so cavalier from the ukranian side. even from the president on down, and i actually spoke with president violence key last week and he said we're not panicking, no reason for us to panic, and there's no why individual civilians should be panicking, but i spoke with one determined soldier on the line and here's what he had to say. some said that the ukranian military is outmanned and outgunned by the russians, what do you say to him? >> i will fight for this land because that's my motherland. >...

Front lines with russian-backed separatists, so ukrainians who are fighting against ukrainians in a trench warfare reminiscent of world war i. these soldiers i talked torks -- to, again they have that resigned feeling, and it's not that he was saying necessarily this isn't a big deal. he was asking the question of the foreign press, how do you expect us to behave. you're expecting us to panic, but at the end of the day, you have to realize we have been fighting this war for eight years, and the soldiers we just met in the trenches yesterday, they had the same attitude because they had been sit...

We just hadn't detected it yet. this is cause for concern, but it is also certainly not a cause for us to panic. san francisco is relatively well positioned to respond to variants. our vaccine rate is high. more boosters are going into arms every day. >> in a beautiful place where you can hold a news conference outdoors in december, san francisco's health director with assurances that the city is prepared for this new variant despite being the home to the only known, so far, u.s. president. but medical experts concede a lot is still unknown about the threat here, and to walk us through it all ...

Outstanding health officer, dr. susan phillip, for our outstanding work. her team worked really hard to ensure we got this information as quickly as possible. but i want to emphasize that this is not a surprise. for those who have been following this, we knew that omicron was going to be here. we thought it was already here. we just hadn't detected it yet. so this is cause for concern, but is also certainly not a cause for us to panic. we are prepared here in the city for this. with regard to the case itself, the person recently traveled to south africa and developed symptoms upon their return...

Story. we'll go back now to san francisco and the breaking news that omicron has been detected there. here is the department of health in san francisco's dr. grant colfax. >> not a cause for us to panic. we are prepared here in the city for this. with regard to the case itself, the person recently traveled to south africa and developed symptoms upon their return. and they did the right thing and got tested and reported their travel history. they had received a full dose of the moderna vaccine but no booster. they had mild symptoms, and thankfully have now recovered. contacts have and are being...