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The suspects -- he says powerful ukrainians and, yes, russia. what the kremlin has to say about it . and we begin, of course, with a new coronavirus variant that is, of course, unsettling so many around the world. the w.h.o. is calling the variant a variant of concern as they designate it. it was first identified in south africa and has been detected in several other countries in the region. cases have also been confirmed further afield. that includes israel, hong kong, and belgium. it's not yet known whether it's any more deadly or whether it can blunt vaccine efficacy or natural immunity. ...

That variant a variant of interest and lab studies show it has the potential to be resistant to vaccines, although real world studies need to be conducted to confirm those findings. hallie? >> erin mclaughlin reporting in los angeles. dr. mercedes carnifhan of northwestern university feinberg school of medicine. thank you for being with us. good morning. >> thank you, hallie. i appreciate the invitation. >> of course, there's a whole bunch of topics to talk to you about today. president biden will address this later this week, that information just coming in to us. we know that only 53% of the...

Strain, like covid on steroids. you can be around people for less time and still get exposed. what you will see is in communities, perhaps in the southeast, where vaccination rates are lower, i think you'll see outbreaks, particularly come fall. >> but dr. fauci says there is one crucial thing you can do to protect yourself. >> i'm not concerned about the people who were vaccinated. the good news about all this among the seriousness of the situation with regard to the variant is that the vaccines work really quite well. >> dr. richina bisset is the medical director at the baylor college of med...