. >> cnn's nick watt is following this for us. nick, what happens now? >> well, we sit and watch aaron rodgers take some more hits for what he did, and if you don't remember back in august, he said i've been immunized. he then caught covid and tested positive this week and then after that he said, well, i didn't take a vaccine, i took a homeopathic treatment. previa had no choice. they are in the business of vaccines, not homeopathic and this is statement they put out. previa health remains deeply committed to protecting its patient, staff and providers and community against the covid-19 pandemic including encouraging owl eligible populations to become vaccinated that. company has a vaccine mandate for its employees so you can't really have a spokesperson who is then not vaccinated. now, "saturday night live" also took a swipe at rodgers last night. watch this. >> our first guest is an american brave enough to stand up and say sky you, science. i know joe rogen. please welcome nfl mvp aaron rodgers. did you ever lie about being vaccinated? >> i never lie

as nick watts reports, it was the latest in a string of similar crimes. >> reporter: oak brook, illinoisordinated smash and grab, overwhelming security. more than $100,000 in hand bags and more were stolen. and downtown san francisco this past weekend, more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars, arms filled with merch merchandise, made their getaway. an employee was pepper sprayed. >> saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: they fled in ten cars. three arrests made, two guns recovered. sunday night, another raid at another bay area mall. >> the thing we are not used to is these groups willingness to shoot at people. >> reporter: at the xwroef down in l.a., a nordstrom was hit monday night. $5,000 worth of goods stolen, $15,000 worth of damage. this mall had beefed up security. >> you saw bad guys with 20 pound sledge hammers, having a very difficult time to break wi window, always they all have ballistic film on them. >> reporter: authorities are promising action. >> these people need to be

>> nick watt reporting for us, thanks very much. we'll see what the cdc decides to do on the emergency use authorization. >>> also tonight, president biden is on the road touting his agenda in minnesota as his administration confronts the omicron threat. let's go to chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. what is the administration doing to track down the variant to see if it is already in the u.s. >> they're trying to figure out if it is here. they have not detected it yet, that's the latest from the cdc director when she briefed reporters. they're trying to find the variant. they haven't found it yet. officials say if it is not here yet, it will be soon, given how fast it is spreading. you're seeing 20 countries and counting now identifying the variant in their nation. the cdc director said as part of that effort, wolf, they're in daily contact with labs across the united states. likely it could be one of those that find the variant and alert the cdc after that. on top of that, they're ramping up surveillance of airports

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and as nick watt now reports, it is not just high end stores that are becoming prime targets for theseoak brooke, illinois, a coordinated smash and grab swarm overwhelmed security at a louie vuitton store. more than 100 grand in handbags and more was stolen. in downtown san francisco, more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars arms filled with merch made their getaway from a nordstrom. an employee was pepper sprayed during the raid. >> probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crow bars, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: they fled in ten cars. three consarrests were made, tw guns recovered. sunday night another raid at another bay area mall. >> what we're not used to is their willingness to use firearms and shoot at people. >> reporter: and at the grove, a nordstrom was hit monday night, $5,000 worth of goods stolen, $15,000 worth of damage. and this mall had 3wbeefed up security after the protests that followed the murder of george floyd. >> you saw bad guys with 20 pound sledgehammers having a very difficult time

cnn's nick watt reports. >> reporter: the armourer on the set of "rust" is in the spotlight.aims this could have been sabotage. >> there was a box of dummy rounds. the box is labeled "dummy." she lloy she loaded rounds from that box into the gun. >> reporter: we now know the live was round fired by alec baldwin killing cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> we are assuming somebody put that live round in the box. somebody who would do that would want to sabotage the set, want to prove a point, want to say they're disgruntled, unhappy. >> reporter: no comment on that theory from the sheriff's office. at the same time, a crew member who resigned a day before hutchins died is talking. >> i think with "rust" it was a perfect storm of, you know, the armorer, the assistant director. >> reporter: he sent an email to producers during the filming of gun fights on this job. things are often played very fast and loose, he wrote. so far there have been two accidental weapons discharges. >>> luper also lamb pasted lax covid restrictions and lack of nearby hotel accommodation for crew. >> spe

cnn's nick watt looks into what's behind this sudden surge in crime. >> oak brook, illinois, a coordinated swarm overwhelms security at a louis vuitton store. more than $100 the grand in handbags and more was stolen. in downtown san francisco this past weekend, another vuitton store and more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars, their arms filled withmerch made their getaway. an employee was pepper sprayed during the brazen way. >> probably saw 50 to 80 people with ski masks, crow bars, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: fthey fled in ten cars. three arrests were made, two guns were recovered. sunday night, another raid at another barrier mall. >> the thing that we are not used to is these groups' willingness to actually use firearms and shoot at people. >> reporter: at the grove down in l.a., nordstrom's was hit monday night. $5,000 worth of goods stolen, $15,000 worth of damage. this mall had beefed up security, after the protests that followed the murder of george floyd. >> you saw these bad guys with 20-pound sledge

nick watt, thank you so much. >>> now to the world of politics.w jersey governor chris christie had a blunt message for republicans. it's time to move on from 2020. >> we can no longer talk about the past and the past elections. [ applause ] no matter where you stand on that issue, no matter where you stand, it is over. and every minute that we spend talking about 2020, while we're wasting time doing that, joe biden, kamala harris, nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer are laying ruin to this country. we better focus on that and take our eyes off the rear-view mirror and start looking through the windshield again. >> let's talk about it now with former fox news politics editor. chris, that comment from chris christie, i guess there was a smattering of applause. it wasn't a roaring sort of show of approval from the audience for what chris christie was saying. maybe they're not quite ready to move on just yet? >> well, they're ready. and as we saw from republicans in virginia, they want to. they're just afraid to get caught feeling that way. there is some

>> nick watt, thank you very much. >>> and thank you for watching, everyone.ues. >>> hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares in london, and just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> thank you, new jersey. >> if you want to be governor of all of new jersey, you must listen to all of new jersey. >> a closer than expected race that dragged past election day turns into a sigh of relief for democrats. it's been one year since conflict erupted in northern ethiopia. why tigray's rebel force

nick watt is outfront at the port of los angeles. you can see what's coming and going and what isn't. how is it? >> reporter: well, i'll start with why the port of los angeles and the port of long beach are a big issue. between them, they handle 40% of the containerized imports into this country. now, normally pre-pandemic there might be one ship waiting to get in, maybe no ships waiting to get in. today there are 78. 78. according to the maritime exchange, tuesday was an all-time record high, 81. the port of los angeles also tells us there's now a 16-day wait for ships to get into the port. pre-pandemic, well, there really wasn't a wait. there are also tens of thousands of containers stacked on the docks getting in the way, gumming up the process even more. why is this happening? well, because now american consumers are clamoring for goods. overseas manufacturers are putting them on ships, and this right here is the bottleneck. now, the biden administration trumpeted last month this port would be operating 24 hours a day. in theory

>> nick watt, thank you for that report. >>> i want to bring in chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. dr. gupta, thank you so much for joining me. in today's briefing, dr. anthony fauci laid out all the things we don't know about the omicron variant, including whether it can evade the vaccine. so given that, can you explain to our viewers why it is so important to get the shot? >> well, there's pretty clear evidence, i think, if you look at some of the early data from south africa that the vaccines do present some -- do provide some protection. south africa is a country about 60 million people, about 16 million people have been vaccinated. and what they are finding is the people showing up positive with this new variant are almost all unvaccinated. so that's a data point that i think they'll pay attention to and another reason that people should get this shot. but i want to show you something else. if you track the trajectory of the pandemic through south africa since the beginning, starting with the original variant, look what happens here. this country has largely been

nick watt. thank you for that. >>> still ahead, we're standing by, everyone.eak about the omicron variant. the latest on the pandemic. much more to come. our eyes are on the white house. "inside politics" with john king begins right now. >> hello, everybody and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington. a very busy news day. a very busy hour away. a wait-and-see moment in the covid pandemic. any minute now the president of the united states addresses the nation and details what we know and don't know about the new omicron variants. scientists caution against panic. it will take weeks, they say, before they know if the world again is in big trouble. >> we're on high alert. the cdc who does that kind of surveillance is very, very on top of this, looking for this. there are a lot of things about it that we do not know but that we'll be able to be ascertained in the next week or two i believe. >>> plus, a character crossroads for republicans. path number one, show remorse, move on from an ugly episode of bigotry. path number two, double down on isl

nick watt is working the story for us.was in charge of weapons on the set is now raising the possibility that the gun that baldwin fired had been sabotaged with a live bullet. what's the latest? >> well, wolf, that is a pretty bold accusation to be throwing around, and so far we've had no proof from the lawyer for that armorer. we are still waiting, of course, for the fbi analysis and for the local sheriff's incident report. both of which might give us some facts and shed a little bit more light on just what happened nearly two weeks ago. >> the armorer on the set of rust is in the spotlight. her lawyer now claims this could have been sabotage. >> there was a box of dummy rounds and the box is labeled "dummy." she loaded rounds from that box into the handgun. >> but, of course, we now know the round was live, fired by alec baldwin, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> we are assuming someone put the live round in that box. i believe someone who would do that would want to sabotage the set, would want to prove a poin

cnn's nick watt with the latest. >> reporter: oak brook, illinois, a coordinated smash and grab swarmtore, more than a dozen people stole more than 100 grand in handbags and more. downtown san francisco this past weekend, another vuitton store and more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars, arms filled with merchandise, made their getaway from a nordstrom saturday night, an employee was pepper sprayed during the brazen raid. >> probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crow bars, bunch of weapons. >> reporter: they fled in ten cars. three arrests were made, two guns recovered. sunday night, another raid at another bay area mall. >> the thing we're not used to is the group's willingness to use firearms and shoot at people. >> reporter: at the grove in l.a. a nordstrom was hit monday night, $5,000 worth of goods stolen, $15,000 worth of damage. this mall had beefed up security after the protests that followed the murder of george floyd. >> you saw these bad guys with 20 pound sledgehammers having a very difficult t

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