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With covid. as for adults, hospitalizations are nearing the peaks we saw in september. the spike is in undating medical staff overwhelmed for months. now health officials fear that it will show up at new year's celebrations. tom foreman has the latest on how omicron is derailing holiday plans and travel and much more. >> reporter: the crowd in times square will be held to about a quarter of the usual. masks and proof of vaccination required. latest surge has new york city once again an epicenter of the pandemic. with statewide cases up more than 80% since monday. and the man who becomes mayor ...

That's what we're trying to prevent. we want to keep the town open. >> that's why i'm staying home. i just walked down. >> there are probably century people, seven or eight people that left your house when you told them to leave. you're not quarantining if you're mixing with other people. everybody here has it? oh, my god. >> yes, officer. i know that's why i was having a house party in my house. that's how i was quarantining. all of this to say, if there is one place you would want to mandate vaccines, it would be on college campuses. that seems pretty reasonable. yet, there's already a pro-a...