. >> reporter: nick watt, cnn, hamtramck, michigan. >> very nice -- very nice report. nick, thank you very much. and to our viewers, thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. breaking nus. a new study finding no evidence that omicron is less severe than the delta variant comes as the pandemic is shattering more records. nfl games now being postponed and one of the nation's biggest school districts returning to virtual learning. is this the beginning? >>> plus, cnn learning who the january 6th committee believes sent one of the messages to trump's chief of staff about overturning lgt election. and the officer who shot and killed daunte wright takes the stand. her testimony highly emotional. did it work? let's go out front. and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and it is concerning news this hour. we have a new study just coming out of the uk that finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. well, this comes as d