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First case of the omicron variant has now been officially confirmed in california. president biden is expected to speak around 1:30 this afternoon on this new variant. and his winter strategy to fight the virus. cnn has learned that the administration plans to extend the existing federal mask mandate for airplanes, buses, trains and boats through at least march now, a move many experts believe is appropriate until scientists know more about omicron. >> i think the steps that are being taken, being aggressive until we know more, is the right thing to do. you only have one chance to get ahead of...

0 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 fam...

And here in the u.s. authorities are upping their surveillance at four of the busiest international airports. jfk, newark, atlanta and san francisco. and also they are now analyzing one in seven of all positive tests, looking for variants. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> thanks for that, nick. the experts have been telling us for months now that unvaccinated populations and immunocompromised actually are breeding grounds for these variants. it's time for three questions in three minutes. let's bring in dr. suzanne a hill, airway surgeon at columbia university medical center. so nice to see...

Press," darlene superville. tomorrow, president biden is expected to announce an enhanced winter covid strategy. darlene, what can we expect to hear from the president? >> thank you. that's right. so the president said, as a matter of fact, yesterday, when he was in minnesota on a trip, that he's going to be giving this speech tomorrow to outline a winter strategy for defeating covid. he said it would not include more lockdowns or more shutdowns, but that it would be more about increased vaccinations, encouraging people who aren't vaccinated to get their vaccinations. people who have only had ...

Don't know the consequences of long covid, and therefore, the best strategy is protect yourself with the vaccine. strategy is protect yourself with the vaccine-— the vaccine. going on to the government _ the vaccine. going on to the government announcement | the vaccine. going on to the - government announcement today, autumn and winter strategy, does it make sense, given that we are at a worse situation in terms of admissions and infection rates now than we were last year, not to have to matter now, for instance, mandatory mask wearing. it to matter now, for instance, mandatory mask wearing...