. >>> and from eric clapton's battle over a bootleg cd to a "law & order" favorite with a big announcement to betty white's new movie project, it's friday, december 17th. >>> and good friday morning, everyone. i'm faith abubey in for mona. >> and i'm rhiannon ally in for andrew. we want to begin this morning with the omicron variant. it is clear this morning we are entering a dangerous new phase of this pandemic. >>> one very preliminary study found omicron could spread 70 times faster than the delta variant. here in new york city the positivity rate has doubled in just three days. >> more broadway shows are closing along with some shows in los angeles and more colleges and universities are moving their classes online. the nfl and the nba are imposing new safety protocols and the montreal canadiens playing in front of empty stands. that's right. no fans allowed. >>> but we begin this morning with our coverage on the new information about the vaccines. this morning, a new recommendation from the cdc for covid vaccines. the agency now says americans should take the moderna and pfizer vaccine

i met eric clapton and all these guys cried at his funeral because he was such a force in the music industry you seem to use a load of quotations in your writing. is that purposeful? >> a wall of what? >> a lot of quotations. an english teacher told me half of what i know about retail and i think you develop your own writing style usually it isn't a direct quotation of somebody saying something i'm not sure this means what they say it means. like it was a terrible event or something cultivate the skills tiof contemplation take the path g less traveled 5% of the time d be skeptical three pieces of advice in gary hoover's the lifetime learner's guide to reading and learning secretaries knew because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations infected they were the ones johnson would signal to them. >> you also hear some blunt talk. a. >> a number of the people assigned to kennedy into the number assigned to me now. if i can't go to the bathroom i won't go. i will stay right behind like this.

fascinating it's a very interesting how he lives his whole life is certainly the greatest man i met eric clapton and all of these guys cried at his funeral mick jagger he was such a force in the music industry. >> gary hoover if you are aware of this you seem to use a lot of quotations is thatu purposeful? >> a lot of what? >> meant writing all my life simmons and the university of chicago i was on wall street and english teacher is ash single analyst what i know about retailing orr more. it's about writing style i think you get to a point to get comfortable with it you tend to overuse certain techniques here ore there. usually when i use a quote markec i'm saying i'm not really sure it means what it says it means. it's a terrible event or something i cannot think of a good example other thann that. maybe it was maybe it wasn't. air quotes like now. >> cultivate the skills of contemplation, take the path less traveled 5% of the time and be skeptical three pieces of advice in gary hoover's lifetime learners guide to reading and learning. thanks for joining us on book tv. >> hey, thank you for hal

with, this study is interesting how he lived his whole life and he was the greatest man i mean, eric clapton and all these guys cried at his funeral and mick jagger as he was such a force in the music industry. >> i don't know if you're aware of this but you seem to use a lot of quotations in your writing, is that purposeful ? >> a lot of what? >> a lot of quotations. >>. >> i've been writing all my life thanks to the great madison heights high school. ms. simmons and then university of chicago, i've been working on wall street where i had an english teacher as a senior analyst who taught me a lot about retailing or more. i think you just develop your own writing style and you know, i mean i think you get to a point where you feel comfortable with it and probably you tend to overuse certain techniqueshere and there . but yeah, when something," are usually when i use for market it isn't like a direct quotation summary saying something on san juan, i'm not sure this board means what theysay . like, it was a terrible event or something. i can't think of a good example other than that but maybe

not only did you get george harrison, man, you got eric clapton. >> it got dylan out of hiding.s unparalleled at the time and may still be unparalleled. ♪ ♪ >> a great deal of music of the '70s was people who had succeeded in the '60s finding new ways to express themselves in the '70s. >> have you got any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it has? >> because we stayed together, i suppose. >> for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> even brian felt that he wasn't going to be around that long. not everybody makes it. >> they were fighting for like, where do we secure our foothold now? ♪ ♪ >> 1971, the rolling stones leave their home for tax purposes to go live in france. and record this record. "exile on main street." in a very hot, uncomfortable, muddy-sounding studio. ♪ ♪ >> that record is the embodiment of a band making masterpieces on a daily basis. and i remember reading the review saying this was a debauched album. i was like, i don't even know what debauched means, but i've got to get some of this debauchery stuff. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

it's coming in today and even places like rock and roll, you got eric clapton that wrote a song.overnment, not big business that are trying to control the dynamic. maria: so how is it possible that a federal judge thinks it's unconstitutional to have mandate of joe biden with companies with 100 employees or and bill de blasio says we will do just that in new york city? >> they don't care. they are -- i call them political entrepreneurs. it's kind of debasing of the word but they run with it, their business is government especially at the federal level. that's why on the cra, that was our only tool to get every senator on the record every house member as well and now we've got a bipartisan in the senate. that was a huge accomplishment last thursday, every republican member of the house is on it and there has to be at least 20 swing state representatives in their districts that have to be shaking in their boots about going against what even an axios poll said, when you get the vaccine or lose your job, that's government and overdrive. it's got to end and we can't keep paying the bi

"we'll get eric clapton." it was a tough liverpool guy, right?a microphone in the flower pot. the next day, he and paul were talking about george. there's john going, we've wounded him. we've been wounding him year after year, and we made that wound worse yesterday. we didn't do anything to put a bandage on it. we have to -- basically, we have to help our kid brother. we've got to be better. really -- >> it was the soul of the beatles. unlikely fact, i saw the beatles' first concert in america. >> what? >> no. >> you did not. >> after they went on the ed sullivan show, they came to washington, d.c. >> you were at that concert? >> i was at the concert in washington, d.c. i'll never forget walking past the ringo's drum set, and there was a hail of jelly beans, you know. back then, beatles fans was raging, and it was through jelly beans. through them at anybody walking by. it was a small auditorium, 3,000, 4,000 people. just indelible image of john, you know, at the microphone, and paul, sweet paul. ringo. so, you know, i was in there at the start,