public science. a national goldman is working with us with international institutions to make good decisions that are interest of the public and that in the interest of proper with the interest of public health. and i believe we have the architecture to do that, but it's just going to take a little time. in the meantime, i will say to everyone is do all the things we're doing before because it's good for delta, it's over all my crime. it's good for any other variance, so keep doing what you're doing. if you are often a vaccine get vaccinated, because right now that your best bet for any of these variance. and we will wait to see about the outcomes of all the different investigations or caution. now not just because of all because of the other various delta as well. and it may be that because of all of this increased activity. and because we're only just may have to tail some of our social mixing and gatherings over and over the coming weeks and all that. so that's a nice message for anyone to hear. but we were in that situation anyway without over. we were in that situation. anyway, i think what omaha does is gives us an extra incentive to recognize that we're not out of this yet. virus, san

and secondly work the emphasis on boosters, why not make a determination that it's in the interest of public health for the definition of fully vaccinated to include that i additional dose? dr. fauci: for people in california, we have been in contact with public health officials in california. i'm not sure what they're going to say but i think they're going to say do all the mitigation, the things we have been talking about up to now. for those who have not been doing that start doing that. for those who have been, continue doing that. reporter: and making a determination -- dr. fauci: there's an official determiner determination of what something is for a variety of reasons, employment, getting vaccinated, what's the definition? that will stay that way. for optimal protection, i'm tailbacking about your personal effort to be optimally protected, that's why i say we should be boosted. reporter: what about the mandate. you have a vaccine mandate. at what point does the booster become part of the mandate? dr. fauci: i can't answer that right now. i know that for the time being the official definition

political caution, less so in the interest of public health. >> we will have to reserve the possibilityking further action to protect the public. and to protect public health and protect our own nhs. we won't hesitate to take action. in the meantime, what i would say to everyone is please exercise caution. >> the wave of omicron concerned me while is spreading fast across europe. germany, the latest country to announce plans for new restrictions on social gatherings limited to 10, under -- vaccinated or recently recovered people. in france, approval has been given for the use of the pfizer biontech vaccine in children five and above. both countries are joined by austria in limiting travel from britain, the current omicron capital. all will note there is no preventing its arrival eventually. in the u.k., covid's return to headlines has been nothing but bad news for the prime minister. the next installment in the scandal features a photo of johnson and his wife joining staff and officials for cheese and wine in the garden last summer. the government insists these were work colleagues join

should be put in place safeguard for public monitoring of how the technology is used for on the whole. i think most people in the, in the interests of their own health and public health. in general, it's a good idea to have this level of monitoring beneath. and when you talk about kind of, you know, whatever it is, the technology or the software or the app or the download, whatever, being rescinded, being destroyed. i remember 151617 years ago, post 911, the anti terror legislation that was brought in in various countries around the world. and straight away, various governments were attacked and they will got out. and people said, actually you've got to guarantee that you will take that legislation away and governments around the world. so yeah, yeah, we will do that. we will get rid of the legislation. did they get rid of the legislation? no, i look, i agree with you. i mean, i think this is nick, streamlined good point and i think relying on the goodwill of national governments in this, in this area is not always going to work. so i think that's one of the reasons why nice need to be more international standards. a boy, i don't how the sort of tec

quarantine guidelines are being driven solely by worker shortages and not necessarily in the best interest of public health? >> no, actually, we feel that it is safe to do that if you look at the chance of getting a transmission in that second half of that ten-day period, it's considerably less than in those first few days so on balance, if you look at the safety of the public and the need to have society not disrupted, this was a good choice. >> let's talk about testing now. today president biden conceded his administration needs to do more to address the testing shortages. now, the current plan is to provide a half a billion tests in the new year many health experts, though, dr. fauci have said, look, that's a great first step, but it doesn't necessarily go far enough. so what is the plan beyond that? can you guarantee there will be more than those half billion tests that come online. >> oh, absolutely, kristin. we have now made arrangements with the companies that we will be making between 200 and 500 million tests per month, so when the president was talking about the first tranche of that is going to

johnson earned on the side of caution, political caution, that is less so perhaps in the interests of public health we, we will have to reserve the, the possibility of taking further action to, to protect the public and to protect public health, to protect our chess. and we weren't hesitate to, to take that action. but in the meantime, what i would say to everybody is, please exercise caution. the wave of all micron concern, meanwhile, is spreading fast across europe. germany becomes the latest country to confirm plans for new restrictions with social gatherings limited to a maximum of 10 vaccinated or recently recovered people from december. the 28th. while in france, approval has been given for the use of the pfizer biotech vaccine in children, aged 5 and above. both countries are joined by austria in limiting travel from britain, the current omicron capital of europe. but all will know there's no preventing its arrival eventually. back in the u. k. coded 9 teens returned to the headlines, has been nothing but bad news for the prime minister. the next installment in the so called party gates, sca

i pushed back and said this is in interest of public health, it is of vital public interest. this is a 74-year-old commander in chief. his health matters. >> there should have been contact tracing going back. judging from meadows said he was symptomatic very early, right? he was symptomatic. it is clear that of all the people who got sick, he seemed to be the first one showing symptoms. was there a discussion about going back and kind of reverse engineering this? >> no. so that was part of the problem. this was kept with a close group. i didn't know the president was positive until moments before the statement went out that evening. i was never contact traced even though i had been in contact with him and others who did get covid. once again, it comes back to the fatal flaw of that era of leadership, which was a few people making decisions that were not the best ones for the country or the president and not sharing vital information with the public. >> yeah. there is nothing normal about this at all, whether it has to do with january 6th or the treatment of the pandemic. we're

and secondly work the emphasis on boosters, why not make a determination that it's in the interest of public health for the definition of fully vaccinated to include that i additional dose? dr. fauci: for people in california, we have been in contact with public health officials in california. i'm not sure what they're going to say but i think they're going to say do all the mitigation, the things we have been talking about up to now. for those who have not been doing that start doing that. for those who have been, continue doing that. reporter: and making a determination -- dr. fauci: there's an official determiner determination of what something is for a variety of reasons, employment, getting vaccinated, what's the definition? that will stay that way. for optimal protection, i'm tailbacking about your personal effort to be optimally protected, that's why i say we should be boosted. reporter: what about the mandate. you have a vaccine mandate. at what point does the booster become part of the mandate? dr. fauci: i can't answer that right now. i know that for the time being the official definition

secondly with our emphasis on boosters why not make a determination that it is in the interest of public health for the definition of fully vaccinated to include that additional dose. for the people in california, we have been in contact with the public health officials in california i'm not sure exactly what they are going to say i am pretty sure they are going to say just do all of the mitigation, all of the things that we have been talking about up to now. for those who have not been doing that, start doing that for those who have been, continue doing that. >> in terms of the making a determination that fully vaccinated -- >> again, this is the official determination of what something is for a variety of reasons. for example, employment, and getting vaccinated what is the definition that will stay that way. for optimal protection, i am talking about your personal evident to be optimally protected. that's why i say we should all get boosters. >> what about in terms of the mandate. you have of a vaccine mandate. at what point does the booster become part of the mandate >> i can't answer that r

and secondly with your emphasis on boosters, why not make a determination that's in the interest of public health for the definition of fully vaccine mated to include that additional dose? >> okay, so for the people in california, we've been in contact with the public health officials in california. not sure exactly what they're going to say, but i'm pretty sure they're going to say just do all of the mitigation, the things we have been talking about up till now. for those who haven't been doing that, start doing that. for those that have been, continue doing that. >> in terms of -- >> again, there's the official determination of what something is for a variety of reasons. for example, employment and getting vaccinated. what is the definition. that will stay that way. for optimal protection, i'm talking about what your personal effort, that's why i say we should all get boosters. >> what about in terms of the mandate? you have a vaccine mandate. right. at what point does the booster become part of the mandate? >> i can't answer that right now, but i know for the time being, the official definitio

secondly, with your emphasis on boosters, why not make a determination that it's in the interests of public health for the definition of fully vaccinated to include that additional dose? >> okay. so for the people in california, we've been in contact with the public health officials in california. i'm not sure exactly what they're going to say but i'm pretty sure they're going to say just do all of the mitigation, all the things we have been talking about up to now. for those who have not been doing that, start doing that. for those who have been, continue doing that. >> reporter: and in terms of making a determination that being vaccinated -- >> again, there's the official determination of what something is for a variety of reasons. for example, employment and getting vaccinated, what is the definition. that will stay that way. for optimal protection, i'm talking about what your personal effort to be optimally protected, that's why i say we should all get boosters. >> reporter: what about in tells me of the mandate? you have a vaccine mandate. at what point does the booster become part of the man

we can get vaccinated and boosted, we can take other precautions in the interest of public health andotection, like testing before gatherings, including family gatherings, like wearing masks and having good ventilation. john: given what you just said, that it may be more contagious but less severe but that will still result in a lot of hospitalizations, how worried are you about what apparently the cdc talks about as the worst case scenario, the twit will -- triple whammy of omicron, delta and seasonal flu? >> we may see a mixed picture. influenza, this is a season where people are mixing so for the last couple of seasons what has happened is especially last season, there was a lot of social distancing that people had due to covid. therefore you didn't get that big a wave of influenza. so it is a possibility, but it's not a certainty. so there is an element of chance still there, but we are still learning about this. but as i said, we are not helpless bystanders in the face of this virus. john: you have talked and written about the role of misinformation in what is going on. what is y

vice we feel duty bound to — affected by the vice we feel duty bound to give in the interest of protecting public healthics. 1a.9% of tests carried out — today's statistics. 1a.9% of tests carried out stop 515 are in hospital with covid—19, one fewer than yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, — yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, a — yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, a further nine deaths have been _ sadly, a further nine deaths have been reported, taking the total number— been reported, taking the total number of deaths under the daily definition— number of deaths under the daily definition to 9790. and i want again to send _ definition to 9790. and i want again to send my— definition to 9790. and i want again to send my condolences to everyone who has _ to send my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. presiding officer. _ who has lost a loved one. presiding officer. in— who has lost a loved one. presiding officer, in last week's statement, i reported _ officer, in last week's statement, i reported that cases had increased by 25% in _ reported that cases had increased by 25% in

health legislation would allow him to bring in some restrictions— would allow him to bring in some restrictions if he needed to in the interests — restrictions if he needed to in the interests of publict is not sitting. he said if they— parliament is not sitting. he said if they were going to be further restrictions he would be willing and prepared _ restrictions he would be willing and prepared to recall parliament and some _ prepared to recall parliament and some mps will be asking again if that is— some mps will be asking again if that is going to be the case but it could _ that is going to be the case but it could he — that is going to be the case but it could be that we see a range of other— could be that we see a range of other things, for example working from _ other things, for example working from home in england did not require primary— from home in england did not require primary legislation and it is meant to he _ primary legislation and it is meant to he a _ primary legislation and it is meant to be a pretty effective measure so there _ to be a pretty effective measure so there are _ to be a pretty effective measure so there are a — to be a pretty effective measure so th

health service is at risk of being overwhelmed. that is surely the basis on which you would say i'm sorry come in the greater public interest, for theto do certain thins. , :, _ �* things. obviously when you're -auttin things. obviously when you're putting things _ things. obviously when you're putting things into _ things. obviously when you're putting things into legislation | things. obviously when you're - putting things into legislation one of the things you have is the enforcement, how are you measuring it the message has remained from the first minister so clear and her briefing last friday was so honest and clear with the public that getting the guidance and the regulations around how pubs should operate how so clear that i think the difference of putting in official guidance official guidance and legislation. i don't think the differences so huge there, we are not getting back from the prime minister. he says to people work from home but you can still go to your office party. that is illogical. it is crucial that people cut down their contacts right now because today is ten days from christmas. from now forward will be in i

we also took on a decade ago of the interesting problem of making karone of ours vaccines. because we recognize these as enormous public health threats. and yet we have not seen the big pharma guys and the bio dex rushing into the space. so dr. peter hurt is one of america's leading vaccine. scientists said that a vaccine his team had created 4 years ago. in response to the sars outbreak may have been able to provide patients with cross protection from the virus at the heart of this. but it simply hadn't been commercially enticino for drug companies to invest in. the bottom line is, had we had those investments early on, or to carry this all the way through clinical trials. years ago, we could have had a vaccine ready to go, you know, one of the big problems of capitalism, the capitalists, direct investment. the capitalist say, you know, it's really important viagra because that's a huge market. even though the current arms exist, not invest in vaccines because that market doesn't really exist. and also, if you really want to vaccinate the whole world in this preemptive measure, no, let's create something that we can sell now

public health official and is sort of -- had to do the stuff of public health. make policy decisions under conditions of uncertainty. balancing very different interests. how you think about the way that i laid out that framework, how you're thinking about this moment in a state that's undergoing a very, very severe spike? >> that's true. new york state is undergoing a severe spike. we presume it's omicron spike. we have 60% of our variants now are omicron variant. 67,000 new cases is the number that we have from yesterday. we have that omicron pattern that you showed from the uk, that you described in south africa. since i've been commissioner, we've done two things. one is the governor has declared what's called a mask or vax mandate. and the other is we on december 24th studied for health workers a shortened period of isolation following asymptomatic positive test for covid. our tools are the same ones that you outlined. they are getting vaccinated, which is why the uk is not experiencing the kind of mortality impact that kind of spike might have taken. >> right. >> and we're also urging people to wear masks. i know people are tired, but this is a c

public health. there are many federal with public health insuring the population. >> 's been kind of interesting toch the response on the open chronicnt variance. the response of the various states and federal agencies the variant has been informed by our prior response to the delta variant to the original pandemic. over time what lessons has the cdc and federal agencies in particular learned from how we've responded so far? >> i think it significantly more surveillance. we are seeing agencies trying to track the spread of the omicron variant. we sing about half of the states in the united states. very soon you're going to seel this varying in every state a forward leading messages ensuring americans realtors a lot of community trends in that swear mask in a public setting. too not only get vaccinated but to get boosted ensuring given the holiday time with omicron coming getting tested whether you have symptoms or you think youet have been exposed whether you're going to meet family members who may be vulnerable. all of those things he seemed forward leading messaging which is absolutely critical a

of public health and mr. bloomberg has a modest interest in this tv and radio platform as well. to talk about the reality of johannesburg, pretoria, and the rest and i want to look at and internationally acclaimed virologist in south africa. tell us the back and forth this weekends in south africa as they inform pros like you about omicron. >> well, it starts before thanksgiving. sequences were being distributed through the research networks that are focused on covid-19 before thanksgiving. we saw the sequences, and they registered to us as being of significant concern on paper, but then the thanksgiving day announcements of the spread of this virus through south africa really gave the entire world a head start. my lab is ready this week to do omicron specific experiments and it is only because the south african public health and scientific community shared all of their information about sequences as well as case numbers so early. the world got a head start, and we are better prepared to handle this because of their efforts. jonathan: when will we see -- tom: when will we see re

about what's happening here in just the mining is have any effect of the whole health public relations. okay. okay, thank you. it's interesting that as soon as i mentioned mining, i went to pure person. oh yes. hi. yes. nice to meet you. thank you so much. now, our mission, just a quick question for you. okay. mm hm. mm. mm. it became really obvious that the state of music worked together. there's a cancer in the body politic. and the watchdog for the industry has now become on their guard. doug. you developments in a breaking aid on your side investigation of big apology from mosaic to its neighbors, the community and polk county for keeping a contaminated little secret. so why the big case a, we're sorry. well, for failing to timely notify people living near us, new wells planted mulberry of a sinkhole that sucked hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water into the aquifer. senior investigative reporter, steve andrews, broke the story last week. he's back to night with an important update that includes that overdue policy at this point today. hey, this whole is getting bigger, it's widening. it appears as all the

of covid—19. that's really interesting and to what extent is there public debates or concern about the overall impact on the healthsh of people who need intensive hospital treatment, which as we know then takes facilities away from other people who need regular treatments for lots of other diseases in life. right now, the hospitals _ of other diseases in life. right now, the hospitals are - of other diseases in life. right now, the hospitals are not - of other diseases in life. fl gruff now, the hospitals are not under pressure and there isn't an indication that the hospitals are likely to come under pressure. in the province, we appear to have almost peaked. in the next one or two weeks, we can be a bit more conclusive about it. because of the large number of infections, many healthcare workers, even those who have been previously infected and those vaccinated are having infections, and consequently, they are needing to go off in isolation, creating more pressure on health care facilities than the number of people that are coming into covid—19. people that are coming into covid-19-— people that are coming into co

of leadership at the moment. the infighting is going on in the tory party, when the focus should be on public interest and public health. and there's more criticism, after a picture emerges of borisjohnson in the downing street garden with staff, during the first national lockdown. number 10 says, it was a "work meeting". but how are other countries coping with the omicron variant, in the run—up to christmas? we'll take a closer look. also this lunchtime... the red cross says its "complete carnage," in some coastal areas of the philippines, after typhoon rai kills more than 300 people. warding off a lonely christmas. virtual reality carols, for those unable to go to church. and australia demolish england to go 2—0 up in the ashes. and coming up on the bbc news channel, tottenham are out of the europa conference league after uefa ruled they forfeited their match against rennes. that game was called off following a covid outbreak. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the cabinet is expected to meet in the next hour as the prime minister faces calls to bring in tighter covid restrictions in england to combat

public health. i recently led a bipartisan delegation to berlin with senior members of the bundestag. i would be interested to see how there new coalition government differs from the previous one. what might be the challenges given the coalition statement and maintaining consensus on foreign policy and how do you think we can learn from the ways in which german advanced manufacturing in their workforce scaling practices make show the way in the new economic environment we face post-pandemic. ms. gutmann: thank you for leading the trip to germany. i was heartened to see that chancellor schultz mentioned that there is continuity in german foreign policy. i think there is always more to be done and especially in light of the challenges of russian aggression of chinese malign influence in chinese predatory trade practices, chinese genocide against the uighurs and it is aggression against hong kong, tibet and threats to taiwan. i see this as an opportunity and i think there will be a challenge with the coalition. i think we can address that with strong and respectful diplomacy. on trade and investments, germany

in the best interests — party will always act in the best interests of the nhs and of our public— interests of the nhs and of our public healthpeople per day— target of getting 1 million people per day their booster vaccine is unprecedented and it may even prove impossible, _ unprecedented and it may even prove impossible, but we applaud the ambition — impossible, but we applaud the ambition. if anyone can do it, the nhs can, — ambition. if anyone can do it, the nhs can, at— ambition. if anyone can do it, the nhs can, at the whole country will be willing — nhs can, at the whole country will be willing them on and we won't knock— be willing them on and we won't knock them for trying. what people will not _ knock them for trying. what people will not accept is the government moving _ will not accept is the government moving the goalposts, the prime minister— moving the goalposts, the prime minister is now famous for overpromising and under delivering. in overpromising and under delivering. in his _ overpromising and under delivering. in his televised address last night he said _ in his televised address last night he said and i

interest in doing so. from a pure public health point of view it would help a lot. >> according to to the cdc the u.s.d nearing 800,000 deaths. what are those numbers tell you? what do they indicate? >> for me it's those are very sad milestones. it indicates we are a country where there is just a massive amount of toxic misinformation. which made it very hard to control the pandemic. and we have not had the kind of political leadership from many of the leaders. many of the state and federal leaders to really stand up and get this virus under control. and so we're seeing the effects of that. number of infection. and particularly in terms of lives lost. >> right. of course now we are seeing warnings of a growing nursing shortage. worldwide. because so many health workers are just burned out. from the pandemic. and some are contemplating quitting. in other instances some hospitals here in the u.s. are allowing nurses who refuse to get vaccinated to keep working. at those hospitals. what is your reaction? >> on one hand it's understandable. from a healthcare provider. the hospital saying we already have a

public interest and put party politics to one side and public health first.— governments around europe are imposing tight restrictions in reaction to the rapid spread of the omicronnounced a stringent christmas lockdown, in an attempt to prevent a new wave of cases. all non—essential shops, bars, restaurants and other public places are shut as of this morning under the new measures introduced. dutch prime minister, mark rutte, says it's "possibly the hardest moment of the pandemic." anna holligan reports from the hague. a final flourish of festive cheer before dutch cities shut down for christmas. department stores and toy shops weren't ready for this level of footfall, while hair and beauty salons squeezed clients in for a last—minute shave. translation: it was nice to go to the city for a little _ while before the lockdown. translation: it's too busy - everywhere, but i have to come to get presents before the christmas holidays. under the new measures outlined on saturday, all non—essential stores, bars, restaurants and other public places are to shut from sunday. essential shops such as supermarkets and pharmacies must close by 8pm. and as previously announced

interesting. we've had plan b, this leak of presentation of the uk health and security agency. will replace public plan c. yeah, i think there — is pressure for plan c. yeah, i think there is _ is pressure for plan c. yeah, i think there is a _ is pressure for plan c. yeah, i think there is a big _ is pressure for plan c. yeah, i think there is a big fear- is pressure for plan c. yeah, i think there is a big fear that l is pressure for plan c. yeah, i l think there is a big fear that the number of covid cases could surpass last year's winter peak. its, number of covid cases could surpass last year's winter peak.— last year's winter peak. a figure that's being _ last year's winter peak. a figure that's being knocked _ last year's winter peak. a figure that's being knocked around - last year's winter peak. a figure i that's being knocked around saying we could _ that's being knocked around saying we could have a million cases of people — we could have a million cases of people having this new strain by the end of— people having this new strain by the end ofjanuary and simply the nhs is not to— end o

in the same budget and actually counselors and mental health it's interesting because it is a microcosm of this and it's a bigger debater not public safety and we see this in a debate with police officers in school and so on and so forth. so the conversation we are having right now is so prolific. >> you talk about ways to work on changing everything. eyou talk about more reachable goals of things like that. tell us a little bit about this. the things we can do as individuals and institutions and societies andnd i think that we get caught in societies so much and it can be so frustrating that wean forget to talk about e individual institution. if you take schools, for example. there is a noticeable crisis and all of them talk about it. nobody said anything and so how do you build those relationships when people actually trust adults and feel like if they know something is up they can say something, how do we make sure our response when someone does talk about a shooting is and symbol suspension or an arrest or criminal charge because that's going to make nobody want to report anything, so we talk about the crisis response teams an

of leadership at the moment. the infighting is going on in the tory party, when the focus should be on public interest and public health

might be an interest here and there. 75 cents currently one of consumer interest >> assuming that we get these sustained tail winds from the public healthm the studios, does the industry then move back to repurposing locations that were closed or buying some new property what happens on the real estate front? >> we are in relatively good situation. regal has a new plan for deals we have done prior to covid. and we are still looking in new locations. we are also requiring some locations on competition that will close on the other hand, we can say that we left behind us some of our worst cinemas and opportunity to negotiate and to leave some of our cinemas. and we are very happily investing in our refurbishment plan and believe the experience to the customer is what is counting and if we want really to show, even mr. iger, that we are the best place to watch a movie, we need to give better experience to ourb customers and regal have invested through all the covid a lot of money in our cinemas and we continue to do this >> appreciate that guidance. we look forward to getting more data on the box office and getting into the new year. happy