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The daily number of new cases has increased more than eight-fold since Christmas, and the...

Emergency operation center where they are tracking covid, of course, and this new variant in the u.s. right now. and all of this as delta continues at an alarming rate. this new surge with the colder weather here. people, of course, back indoors. more than 117,000 new cases every day now. that's up 46% in a week. new hospital admissions up more than 14% from last week and in children, this was alarming, hospital admissions up nearly 37%. so, tonight here, several questions answered. what has the cdc director most concerned about this new variant, dr. jen ashton with that. and what about these ...

Brianna. yes, it is fascinating. there is emerging evidence that omicron is coming out of different parts of the world much earlier. not necessarily from southern africa but it was discovered here. and we went inside the lab. after tracking covid for many months at this lab, jeanine did you pleiss, first a trickle, then a flood at the lab. studying a disturbing variant of an old foe. >> there is so much that is so unknown about the variant. and we might feel a little hopelessness in a moment like that. >> they are expanding so fast putting them in freezers in the hall way. as this wave develop...

Archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend justin welby. germany has now recorded more than 100,000 covid deaths. it weathered earlier waves of the virus better than many other european countries, but has seen a recent resurgence, with intensive care beds quickly filling up. the escalating crisis poses an immediate challenge to the new coalition government set to take over from angela merkel. the epicentre of the crisis. in the last few minutes, france has recommended that everyone aged over 18 gets a third covid vaccine shot. and croatia looks like becoming the latest country to consider a f...

Transit. the port delays and congestion having a big impact as we head into the holiday season. >> a christmas tree shortage. this is getting more depressing by the day. we have big news in europe this morning. australia announced a new nationwide lockdown to begin on monday as well as a covid vaccination mandate due to the increase in numbers. so your european numbers are trending slower. walk us through what's happening there. what's the latest? >> this was big new this morning. we've been tracking covid cases over the last several weeks on the continent, and we've seen a rise in covid cases...