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sanders said the bill does not go far enough, what does that mean? >> he represents the further left of the democratic party and wrangling all 50 of the democratic senators has been no small fete, getting senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. ultimately we believe this bill will move forward, the question is when. this is a very, very lengthy, complex, tedious process they're using, a specific budget process they're using to get it through. let me tell you about what's in the bill, a lot of climate provisions, about $369 billion in climate provisions, the biggest investment ou...

Led senate ahead of its own vote. It doesnt stop there. Republican senators also feeling the heat to pass a house bill increasing stimulus checks from 600 to 2,000. Something the republicans have opposed for months. But now being pushed by President Trump. Also this morning, dr. Anthony fauci warning that january could look worse than december after millions ignored warnings and travelled over the holidays. It comes as the nations hospitals are growing more full by the day and the situation is so bad in california that Critical Health care such as nurses and respirators could be rationed. Laur...

Politicize this issue for a community that has long faced many issues dating back to the earliest days of the hiv epidemic. >> reporter: facing criticisms for the handling of the outbreak, on friday, the biden administration declaring monkeypox an emergency. back on san francisco's front lines, cody aarons makes his thirds attempt to get vaccinated. off camera, a staffer updates the crowd. >> i hear him announcing something. >> reporter: saying the hospital's distribution -- >> no guarantee for vaccines. >> reporter: they had already reached their daily limit. david culver, cnn, san francisco....

All of those mitigation strategies. a small fraction of a big number is still a really big number. >> i just want to underscore that, a million cases a day? that is so much higher than even last winter. >> yeah. and i don't know that we'll hit that, but there are certainly projections that say that could happen with the virus that seems to be doubling most places where it's been every two to four days. >> dr. shaftner, is it possible we're about to relive or surpass the worst days of the pandemic? and what does that mean for our daily lives? >> it wasn't so long ago that you and i were kind of...

Goodness, you are doing it wrong. all right. dr. shaftner, we could talk about this all evening. thanks so much for your expertise, as always, we appreciate it. and your sunny optimism, which is always helpful. >> thank you. amid this surge in uncertainty around omicron and yet another major university is going back to online classes. stanford university announced that it will be shifting to online instruction for the first two weeks of its upcoming winter quarter, campus housing will be open, but stanford is asking students to take a covid test before coming back. students are also strongly...