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Infected. >> what did we learn from delta that we should apply to omicron? >> delta is -- yeah, delta is such a bad variant. and it's funny because right now we're sort of all focused on omicron. delta is what's killing a thousand americans every day. what we have learned is boosters are essential. you cannot get away with just two shots if you're six months out. what we have learned is that it rips through populations of unvaccinated people very, very quickly. and i expect that omicron, if it ends up becoming dominant in the u.s. will do exactly the same thing. so a very up tough time to be u...

Also this morning, supporters of abortion rights are preparing for a possible worst case scenario after the supreme court heard arguments yesterday in front of it. at this hour we're tracking brand new talk in the senate of trying to codify roe v. wade protections into law. that's coming from susan collins. let's start with the president's winter pandemic plan. kristen welker is at the white house. heidi przybyla is with us and i also want to bring in the senior scholar at the bloomberg school of public health. good to have you all here on a busy thursday morning. >> president biden is going...

Stand before you all been behalf of all the jewish families and communities out there across our country. >> the menorah used in that ceremony last night was made by artist and holocaust survivor manfred ancer. an ana cabrera picks up our news stories right now. soon the president will address the nation to unveil his winter strategy to combat covid-19. we're learning at the core of his plan is more access to testing, more boosting, and more requirements for traveling as the cdc now predicts total covid deaths in the u.s. could top 800,000 by christmas. we're thinking of all of those

Fueled of course largely by an unvaccinated people, predominantny in republican strong holds. the president's poll numbers went down. his central mission as president was to get a handle on the pandemic and see the u.s. through the other side. there were a lot of americans who thought we would be there by now. because of so many fellow citizens because of the delta strain and new the new variant arriving in the u.s. a couple of cases in. too early to say. we won't know for a week or two how serious that is. but sparking concern earn. which is why the president redoubles his efforts on covid, i...

She is experiencing mild symptoms and is isolating at home. >> reporter: and in minnesota, authorities calling a new case there a wakeup call, detecting the variant in a resident who had returned from new york city where he attended an anime had returned from new york city, where he attended an anime conference the weekend before thanksgiving at the javits center. officials suspect the man was likely infected at the conference, seen here, where th shot and wear masks. >> everyone was vaccinated, so i'm not too worried, but variants obviously are complicated. >> reporter: new york's governor ka...