i'm anne-marie green. this morning u.s. troops are standing by for possible deployment to europe in case russia invades ukraine. president biden talked with european leaders yesterday about diplomatic solutions, but more than 8,500 troops could be deployed at a moment's notice to show support for nato. laura podesta is in new york following the latest developments for us. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the penalty gone's preparation is in tandem with other countries like france ready to sent troops to countries that border ukraine. but it is notable that nato has not yet made a decision to activate its response force, which consists of 40,000 troops from moim u countries. the u.s. and itself nato allies are showing a united front in the face of russian hostility toward ukraine. >> i had a very, very, very good meeting with all the european leaders. >> reporter: president biden later tweeted in an 80-minute call they discussed efforts to deter further aggression like severe economic costs on russ

i'm anne-marie green. the white house effort to vaccinate more americans against covid hit a huge roadblock. the supreme court said the government cannot enforce a vaccine policy for larger companies. the ruling affects more than 80 million workers. this comes as hospitals are getting pushed to the brink. laura podesta is in new york with more on this story. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the high court said that congress has given osha the power to regulate occupational dangers but not the power to regulate public health more broadly. striking down the vaccine mandate will likely mean less people get the shot, and the pandemic persists. the supreme court halted a biden administration mandate requiring employees at large companies be vaccinated or be tested weekly. >> the supreme court's decision on the osha mandate essentially means that in this pandemic it is up to individual employers to determine whether their workplaces will be safe for employees. >> reporter: the conserva

i'm anne-marie green. winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect for much of the mid-atlantic and northeast this morning. snow, bitter cold, and freezing rain are making their way up the east coast in what could be the region's first bomb cyclone this winter. the storm dumped heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain in parts of the south yesterday. the governor of kentucky said there were hundreds of car accidents across his state. the snow made a mess of highways and roads in tennessee, as well. nashville saw more than six inch of snow. the national weather service says windchills will be in the single digits through much of the region overnight, and snow and slick roads caused this semi to slide right off the road in southwest michigan. >>> in other news now, the supreme court will hear arguments today in cases challenging two federal vaccine rules that affect more than 100 million americans. over the past seven days, the u.s. has averaged more than 586,000 cases a day. earlier this week the cdc said

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the expected announcement today from supreme court justice stephen breyer that he will retire this summer. the 83-year-old is the senior member of the supreme court's liberal wing. his departure gives president biden a chance to make his first nomination to the high court and an opportunity to make good on a campaign promise to appoint the first black female justice. debra alfarone is on capitol hill with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. it is a chance to make history. and if history is any guide at all, the fight to confirm president biden's pick will likely be an intense process here on capitol hill. today, supreme court justice stephen breyer is expected to announce his retirement at the whwhite house. >> let him make whatever statement he's going to make -- >> reporter: president biden declined to comment further as the news broke yesterday, but the president made this declaration on the campaign trail in 2020 -- >> i'm looking forwa

anne-marie? >> thank you. >>> we will have extensive coverage of january 6th, one year later, ahead on "cbs mornings." we'll carry a special report at 9:00 a.m. eastern when president biden speaks. and you can also watch it on our 24-hour streaming network, cbsn. >>> there are breaking developments in the fight against covid. kids ages 12 to 15 can now get a pfizer vaccine booster shot. cdc director rochelle walensky signed off on the decision last night amid a rise in teen infections and pediatric hospitalizations. manuel bojorquez has more. >>> cdc surveillance data and studies from around the world have demonstrated the benefit of a booster dose including decreased risk of infection, severe disease, and death. >> reporter: as omicron continues its record-setting pace, a new cdc forecast says cases and hospitalizations will likely increase in the coming weeks. with d.c., new jersey, florida, georgia, new york, and maryland seeing the highest rates. infectious disease doctor aileen marty -- >> w

i'm anne-marie green. there is cautious optimism this morning that the omicron surge could be peaking in parts of the country, but health officials are warning americans to keep their guard up. according to the cdc, the seven-day average for new cases is still at a pandemic high of about 761,000 cases per day. hospitalizations and deaths are up, as well. yesterday, chief medical adviser to president biden, dr. anthony fauci, vowed the government will eventually control the virus but said virtually everyone will get exposed and likely infected. laura podesta is in new york with more on all of this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, one way to end the pandemic is to give everyone high-quality face masks. it's a distribution idea that i talked to the cdc's rochelle walensky about during an interview on cbsn. now it looks like it could become a reality. the latest wave of covid-19 infections may be slowing in the parts of the country hard hit by omicron. wastewater data in massa

i'm anne-marie green. good to be with you. we begin with breaking developments in the covid standoff at the nation's third largest school district. hundreds of thousands of students in chicago are expected to return to class tomorrow after the teachers union and the city reached a deal over safety protocols. the agreement came on the same day the u.s. set a pandemic high of 1.4 million new cases, but the peak may be near for some of the hard-hit areas. laura podesta is in new york with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. here in new york, the positivity rate is more than 19%. still, the mayor says he wants to keep kids in school despite the growing number of pediatric hospitalizations. as you mentioned, in chicago schools are just now opening up after a fight over covid protection. chicago's teachers will be back in the classroom today after a four-day walkout. students return tomorrow. >> i'm glad that we're hopefully putting this behind us and looking forward. >> reporter: the teachers union an

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i'm anne-marie green. this morning, tens of millions of americans along the east coast are bracing for a massive nor'easter that could develop into a bomb cyclone packed with hurricane-force winds. winter storm warnings and watches are in place from north carolina to maine. we could see blizzard conditions, coastal flooding and heavy snow with close to 2 feet falling in new england. windchill temperatures could fall below zero. the cold is also being felt in the midwest, in chicago, authorities lit small fires on train tracks in order to prevent them from freezing. and back in the east, on new york's long island, people are getting ready for the storm, stocking up on groceries, pulling boats out of the water in case there is flooding and prepping snow removal equipment. >> i'm just waiting for the snow. i think it is exciting for the kids, not for the adults as much. it should be fun. >> it has been real cold though. it has been cold, a cold winter, yes. >> are you looking forward to snow? >> no, no. i don

i'm anne-marie green. the new year is bringing new uncertainty for millions of people across america as the covid pandemic rolls on. last night defense secretary lloyd austin said he tested positive for the virus despite being fully vaccinated and boosted. in a statement austin said he was experiencing mild symptoms and planned to remain in quarantine at home for five days. austin said he last met with president biden on december 21st, more than a week before he began to have symptoms. johns hopkins university reported nearly half a million covid cases on friday, largely fueled by the fast-moving omicron variant. despite the high number of cases, the second half of the school year begins today for children throughout the country as districts try to adjust to the latest outbreak. bradley blackburn is in new york with more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. you know, a lot has changed over winter break with the spread of the omicron variant, and this morning some parents are

i'm anne-marie green. millions of americans in the east face an icy commute to work this morning after a powerful winter storm hit the region. people in long island, new york, one of the hardest hit areas were digging out this weekend. sadly, at least three people died there while shoveling snow. and snow wasn't the only problem in plymouth, massachusetts. powerful winds sent waves crashing against this hotel. some areas in plymouth county received more than two feet of snow. wendy gillette is in long island, new york, with more on this. wendy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is some of the snow that's piled up here after people cleared the sidewalks in riverhead. a total of 15 inches of snow fell here. the snow has stopped in the northeast, but the dangerous winter weather has not ended. >> as long as we can take our cars out we're good. >> reporter: at least 12 inches of snow fell in nine states this past weekend. parts of massachusetts, rhode island, and new york got more than

i'm anne-marie green. federal health officials are defending their response to the ongoing covid pandemic just a day after the u.s. set a record number of daily cases and hospitalizations. the top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, was among several people who spoke during a senate hearing yesterday. he said the government is equipped to handle the fast-spreading omicron variant, but parts of the country are still seeing a huge jump in infections. laura podesta is in new york with more on all of this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. we're hearing from some health officials, don't go to the hospital to get tested if you're asymptomatic or if you're not experiencing strong symptoms. that's because hospitals right now are overwhelmed. a top federal health official offered a stark analysis of the highly contagious omicron variant yesterday. >> most people are going to get covid, all right. what we need to do is make sure the hospitals can still function. >> reporter: hosp

i'm anne-marie green. this morning, the u.s. is taking steps to protect americans in ukraine amid growing fears that russia will invade the country. the state department is ordering families of u.s. embassy employees in kyiv to leave ukraine. it's allowing nonessential staff to get out, as well. and there are reports president biden is considering deploying thousands of troops to nato allies in eastern europe and the baltics. russia has amassed about 100,000 troops on ukraine's border. satellite images show russian forces deployed in locations close to ukraine. yesterday on "face the nation," secretary of state antony blinken was asked why the u.s. is not imposing sanctions on russia now. >> as to the sanctions, the most important thing we can do is to use them as a deterrent, as a means of dissuading russia from engaging in further aggression. once sanctions are triggered you lose the effect. we're putting together a series of actions that would figure into president putin's calculus. >> last month the u.s. authorized an additi

anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> president biden suffered a legislative defeat last night after the senate failed to pass the measure to protect voting rights in the u.s. in a statement, he said, "i am profoundly disappointed that the united states senate has failed to stand up for our democracy. i am disappointed, but i am not deterred." mr. biden accused republicans of suppressing the right to vote. he said that his administration would continue to push for voting rights. natalie brand has more. >> reporter: the senate democrats' voting rights legislation once again stalled. >> the motion is not agreed to -- >> reporter: with no republicans in support of the bill, it failed to get the necessary bipartisan support to move forward, prompting a separate showdown over senate filibuster rules. >> we are going to keep fighting long after today because the issue is so important to all of us. >> reporter: most senate democrats wanted to move forward with changes to the filibuster, but they did

i'm anne-marie green. there are new efforts for a diplomatic breakthrough in the tense standoff between russia and ukraine. officials from both countries along with france and germany will meet today to discuss the ongoing situation. the white house said it was imminent that russia would invade ukraine, but moscow says otherwise e even as it conducts military drills by the border. laura podesta is here in new york with more on this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie.uctill he's amaps e bordere n spokman s.f cresnsn. from korean. the message from leaders -- keep calm and carry on. ukraine's president this week telling his citizens there's no reason for panic. with russian troops conducting live fire drills near the border, the u.s. and nato are preparing for the worst. >> if he were to move in with all those forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. >> reporter: president biden says he may soon deploy 8,500 u.s. troops to eastern europe

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with new urgency to protect young children in the fight against covid. more than 981,000 children caught the virus from january 6th to the 13th. that's triple the number of cases compared to two weeks prior. dr. anthony fauci said the fda could authorize pfizer's vaccine for kids under the age of 5 within the next month. he believes they'll need three doses to provide a strong immune response. some hospitals are getting much-needed relief. 25 members of the military arrived at a hospital in newark, new jersey, yesterday to help with staffing shortages. employees there are urging people to get vaccinated and wear masks which remains a heated issue. laura podesta is in new york with more. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. hospitals here in new york city, one in brooklyn and another in the bronx, are also getting military help soon. it's not a permanent solution. the service members will be working at the hospitals for about a month, but it is a much-ne

when susie fox took over the anne-marie a turtle watch. nesting turtles are a very big deal here. she asked for help. tom and so been were our fourth volunteers. there are nine sections on this island. a mile long. take as many as i needed to give them. >> i watched it with a huge leather back in the water. owns a local newspaper, the islander. >> the leather back was missing. swam in a circle and kept coming back to the beach. sabine jumped in the water without a second thought. was talking to the turtles face. like she could tell a 400 pound turtle to turn around, or will him too. >> so, you get the idea. >> she was just amazing. one of those people that cared about everybody. >> like, nancy ambrose for example. when she was battling cancer and nobody would give her a job because of her demanding treatment schedule. until the day that she met sabina. i explained what my situation was. she was like, great. >> that was one of the happiest days of my life. here she was giving me a chance. >> so, sabina had passions. animals, her motel, her white pontiac convertible. and in 2008, a

anne-marie, we have got to recalibrate in america. with great credit to jon ferro who has educated me across this pandemic, i'm sorry, the united kingdom seems to be way out front of covid policy adaptation and adjustment in america. why is it so tentative within the biden administration as they talk to all the other institutions including the cdc? annmarie: it seems like when you look at what the u.s. is doing, they've been at some point behind with europe is doing. now at this moment, they are behind the highest peak of the omicron variant. the federal government wasn't set up in issues like a pandemic where a lot of these issues in terms of testing and getting vaccines out, the most part it is set up for the states to do. the issue there has been miscommunication in terms of what the cdc has been guiding and you see them act tracking and then having to come forward and say, well, we actually need this. maybe you could take a test, he shouldn't take a test. this is where there is a lot of criticism and why in moment testing they see

i am ann marie houser.i'm joined here today with my colleague and senior fellow melanie kirkpatrick and biographer of this book. she was a longtime journalist at the wall street journal and we have a pleasure of hearing more from her today about this book and why she wrote it. before there was oprah or martha stewart there was sarah josepha hail, mostly forgotten from the nineteenth century, she was a writer, patriot, educator, style setter and godmother of thanksgiving. you're in for a treat, this book is terrific, this woman is fascinating. i will have melanie open with a few comments and we will have a curated conversation and then take your questions. without further a do, melanie, welcome. >> wonderful to be here. i think you for hosting this wonderful event and giving me the chance to talk about the woman i think is one of the most important and influential women in american history. i will make one correction to your introduction. in the persona of sarah josepha hale, she i think would have liked for

and reorder and has spent a lot of time thinking about the -- anne-marie hord turn -- anne-marie hasn thinking about the options the president have -- has. what do we need to know about the thinking of the white house this morning on this terrible pandemic? >> the president and vice president will be meeting with their covid white house response team on the heels of that very devastating skyrocket number of a new u.s. global record of one million cases. that's double the record the united states set just four days ago. this is what the president will be grappling with. on july 4 we declared independence of the united states. his team saying why should we be sending out pretests. it is the third year now we are starting a fresh year and still the pandemic is front and center for the white house. tom: what to me is so important here. lisa has an opinion like mine. john is just the rock of gibraltar. the last number of weeks with transatlantic travel. we are all impressed. what i want to know is the testing. we seem to be short of tests. we put a man on the moon, why can we deliver test

anne-marie one yesterday. lisa: i'm good at it. tom: trivial pursuit, worst player in the world, you are looking at it. jon: i started googling five letter words. [laughter] lisa: that is so sad. jon: i have no idea what's going on. we talk about china and the shuts down in china and ray dalio. everyone is entitled to your own opinion but how comfortable are you in your opinion is used as a propaganda tool by the chinese communist party echo ray dalio, that is where the conversation is. tom: i was thunderstruck of the comments of mr. dalio on the relative prosperity and society of china versus the western world as well. it is not for me to second-guess somebody of his stature, but the idea of billionaires running around, talking social policy, is hazardous to their health and our health as well. i was stunned at what he said, that the u.s. needs more common prosperity and a lot of other countries do as well. on a compare and contrast of china, i was stunned. jon: very casual with his words here, the u.s. drew its own system -- thro

i'm tom hanson in for ann marie green. health leaders in the u.s. are painting a harsh reality when it comes to the pandemic. they're telling americans the virus could be staying for a whwhile as new variants continu to evolve. researchers in israel said an extra vaccine shot may not be enough. in a new study, they said a fourth dose of the covid vaccine provides only limited defense against the omicron variant. they said the extra dose, whether it is pfizer or moderna, boosted the number of antibodies but it did not prevent the person from getting infected. laura podesta is following all of this from new york. laura, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. this news comes as infections and hospitalizations reach unprecedented levels in many parts of the country. and as you mentioned, even our nation's leading medical experts are saying they don't know the path the pandemic is taking. the omicron-driven covid-19 surge appears to be far from over. >> we are on the precipice of what will likely be the most challenging moment in this pande

i'm anne-marie green.

i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green. we begin with the government's campaign to tackle the rising number of covid cases. the website covidtests.gov is officially live. that's where you can order free at-home test kits. there's also a plan under way to make n95 masks free to the public. another million cases of the virus were reported in the u.s. yesterday, renewing a sense of urgency to slow the spread of the omicron variant. laura podesta is in new york with more. laura, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. well, the government ramps up its covid response, some americans including students are taking matters into their own hands because they don't think that schools have the right safety measures in place. americans can now order up to four free covid-19 rapid tests to be delivered to their home. the biden administration quietly rolled out covidtest.gov yesterday ahead of today's formal launch. >> if you have congestion or fever or body aches -- >> reporter: dr. angelique campen says the tests are reliab

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it's ann marie who's laughed at again. it's done in the state that it is currently in when we need to restore the state hood of of gaston boone. something else you asked. she says she talked about this a sleeper sofa sleeper, teresa, south of sewer, field creature. well, it's all included super middle and you've got a church in the mandatory collected forces. it also includes those fighting sleeper, terrorist cells that you should be carried out, not by armed forces, but by special services intelligence services. we have relevant structures in place to the aegis of the c s t o and under the aegis of the security council of our country. it shows we should all new city new board was put in your mouth. so now this issue will be taken. you won't even more seriously and to their work, what would be ever more relevant? mere tv program, please, especially by sure. so get it. there is roughly to me as mr lap rog.

anne—marie tasker has more. thought of getting this close to a needle makes her faint. jenny smith has had a phobia of injections since she was at school, and was almost sick when she tried to book an appointment for a covid vaccination. i do really want it, i am not an antivaxxer at all. a lot of people will not understand it, they will just say, "turn away, don't look, it is just a few seconds." those people don't understand. when my other half actually went for his first jab, i literally sat out in the car park in the car, and i really, really felt faint because i knew what he was going to do. why am i reacting like that? it is not even my injection, not my vaccine. how did you feel when your partner and your mum and dad went for their injections? i kind of started feeling jealous. i was really happy for them but just secretly thinking, why is that not me, why can ijust not be as brave as them and just do it? last year we saw adam twice spend over three hours trying to overcome his fear of needles to get a ja

joe anne marie and i have been traveling around to different or reason wineries and other establishments throughout the area telling stories of local history the the wild than usual the interesting, stories that slippeduat through the cracks wn it comes to talking about our local history. ltonight is kind of a special program because we are here at and historic site not to bury. >> my name is joseph rizzo i'm the executive dr. of the t lowdn museum and it's always i'm joined by travis shaw who is the director of education and the best dresser of the group. and the c-span crew complimented him on his shirt and his hair on his way in. the crew is one person. >> that is accurate. that is accurate. >> it wasn't the crew, it was one person. >> that is accurate. there'll be 150 people by the time the story is over and i'm joined by anne marie chrieleisone the executive director of the lowden arm museum. [applause] >> i was going to say no one has said i look cool yet but it's fine. >> her husbandet is in the front row. mike you've got to step up. since this is her second annual fund-raiser we

a question for trade secretary, anne—marie trevelyan.h many chapters and we will be discussing questions of mobility, shared skills, how we make sure that our young people and those technical skills of many professions are able to work together more closely, relaxing rules and indeed synthesising regulations that it is easier and far as mobility is concerned. the rules we have brought in the points—based immigration system which is really starting to settle in they know that many businesses i've spoken both indian and uk are getting a sense that this has very good set of tools for businesses to use and i'm sure we will have their wishes and look forward to working together.- their wishes and look forward to working together. what would ou sa to working together. what would you say so _ to working together. what would you say so in _ to working together. what would you say so in your _ to working together. what would you say so in your party - to working together. what would you say so in your party who - you say so in your party who are

when anne-marie was with us, it was her pet subject.s written in large letters here, i love u.s. stocks. it's written bold and written large. when the nasdaq corrects, which presumably it will, do you see a bear market? will you see rolling corrections give way to a bear market? >> i think you have a very substantial correction in equity markets when interest rates are rising very fast. the yield curve looks steeper and real rates will go above growth expectations went market start pricing higher, when we get all those, interest rates are high but yield curves are almost as flat as they have ever been. the fed needs to raise interest rates very quickly but the hike cycle will be shallow because we can't take much pain. that is not an environment where financial consistent -- conditions are decided. is not a major threat to equity markets. as long as earnings remain strong, which we expect. so to us is not an environment of correction. what we should say is good earnings stories like u.s. stocks. it's amazing how strong it was before the

and i'm joined by anne marie chirieleison. >> no one has said i look cool yet, but it's fine. >> i think you look cool. >> it's fine. >> your husband is in the front row. and now since this is our second annual history on tap fundraiser, we have to bring in the big guns to celebrate, and our special guest or the tonight is dana shoaf, editor of civil war times. >> that's a lot of pressure. >> you can leave if you need to go. >> i'm a little terrified because i haven't been out of the house much, like many of you. >> you look like it. you look it. >> out? >> you know how they say you should never follow dogs or babies on stage? well, you should never compete with travis' hair, as we've already heard. so i thought, you know, i should groom myself a little bit before i come down here. and i grabbed this little razor for my beard. and made it once around and the battery ran out. and i'm just thankful i made one circuit because if i had only gotten halfway across, it would have been even worse. but i'm going try to hang in there against the silver fox. and do what i can. nice to meet you all.

i'm anne-marie green.n with the expected announcement today from supreme court justice stephen breyer

ann marie: if you're talking about build back better, their response of that would be of course the factuild back better and the money they'd be putting to this for so many of the policies would happen over the next 5, 8, 10 years. it's the foundation to being able to what they would say tamper long term inflation. it's a very good question because you're also hearing about potentially another covid relief stimulus bill attached to the funding they'll have to extend in february to keep the government open. this would be targeted towards businesses currently suffering and suffering in this latest wave of omicron but as you mentioned, really struggling to get employees in. i went to a store yesterday thinking i'd go shopping and they were shut. and i asked the similar store across the street, why are they shut? and they said they're dealing with labor issues. tom: wait, gucci was shut yesterday? ann indictment marie: it wasn't gucci but intermix. they do might sell gucci. tom: i don't mean to interrupt. annmarie: i'm not going gucci on tuesday. jon: we'll get t.k. back another time. thank

tom: come on, anne-marie won. the word was ferro.onathan: this is bloomberg. ♪ leigh-ann: with the first word news, i'm leigh-ann gerrans. formal talks between the west and russia began in geneva today. president putin is demanding security guarantees against nato. potential for russian invasion of ukraine is persuading the u.s. and europe to focus on long-standing complaints. the u.s. is pushing its allies to consider stronger sanctions on russia. goldman sachs is forecasting that the federal reserve will probably raise interest rates what are times this year. a research note also says the central bank will start its balance sheet runoff in july, if not earlier, and it is december meeting, officials signaled they were preparing to move quicker than last time they tightened monetary policy. omicron has spread in a port city that borders beijing and spread inland to an official. that brings the variant of the doorstep of the capital less than a month before the winter olympics begin. officials in the city have told the 14 million resi