the omicron burnout 3, jpmorgan strategists expect omicron's lower severity and high transmissibility crowd out more severe variants that lead to broad natural immunity. and airlines might get busier starting as soon as a month or two from now. the rotation to the value and a lot of false starts in the last decade and growth outperform value by 100 percentage points. rpc and its counterpart, pure growth, the value is off to a stronger start. that is what we would expect of higher rates were coming because near 0 rates, the valuation map for growth stock. the valuation discrepancy is extraordinarily wide and they will produce faster earnings growth because they are bouncing back from difficult conditions. for that value tree to continue we have been having a reasonably strong economy or inflation fizzles, the value rotation fizzles but the s&p 500 has tracked the growth shortly, it isn't really a growth fund. they are dominated by the same economies. jack: investors should keep in mind the gdp growth we've seen recently up 6%, 7%, when growth is hard to find, growth stocks are up in va

burnout. so when you add omicron on top of that situation, it definitely creates quite a problem. >> a problem we are seeing nationwide, 2 of the country's largest retail pharmacies are temporarily closing stores on weekends due to an increase in the number of covid-19 infections among staffers. in a statement to kron 4, a walgreens spokesperson says in part this is extremely limited in on a store by store bases and not specific to any region are area as we make every effort to staff and keep pharmacies open for our patients in the community. a cbs spokesperson says the store closures on water boat days of the weekend are temporary. >> and in response to the fast-spreading omicron coronavirus variant as well as a nationwide staffing shortage with this particular new variant. >> we're experiencing staffing shortages again. doctor maria lopez owns and runs the mission wellness pharmacy in san francisco. she's not surprised to hear of the big chains having to scale back in 20 years of being a pharmacist. i've never seen. >> so many people stressed out. we're tired. we're working on the frontlines

burnout. so when you add omicron on top of that situation, it definitely creates quite a problem. >> a problem we are seeing nationwide, 2 of the country's largest retail pharmacies are temporarily closing stores on weekends due to an increase in the number of covid-19 infections among staffers. in a statement to kron 4, a walgreens spokesperson says in part this is extremely limited in on a store by store bases and not specific to any region are area as we make every effort to staff and keep pharmacies open for our patients and the community. a cbs spokesperson says the store closures on water boat days of the weekend are temporary. and in response to the fast-spreading omicron coronavirus variant as well as a nationwide staffing shortage with this particular new variant. >> we're experiencing staffing shortages again. doctor maria lopez owns and runs the mission wellness pharmacy in san francisco. >> she's not surprised to hear of the big chains having to scale back in 20 years of being a pharmacist. i've never seen. >> so many people stressed out. we're tired. we're working on the frontline

burnout. so when you add omicron on top of that situation, it definitely creates quite a problem. >> a problem we are seeing nationwide, 2 of the country's largest retail pharmacies are temporarily closing stores on weekends due to an increase in the number of covid-19 infections among staffers. in a statement to kron 4, a walgreens spokesperson says in part this is extremely limited in on a store by store bases and not specific to any region a nationwide staffing shortage with this particular new variant. >> we're experiencing staffing shortages again. doctor maria lopez owns and runs the mission wellness pharmacy in san francisco. she's not surprised to hear of the big chains having to scale back in 20 years of being a pharmacist. i've never seen. >> so many people stressed out. we're tired. we're working on the frontlines of the pandemic. a pharmacist and provided a lot of vaccines in this country. as well as you know, that their peace or unfair fees that are and newly outs. walgreens and cvs did not say which stores in the bay area will be closed. that pharmacists say with fewer staff, you

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omicron variant. when it could be available >>> also, news on president biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses after the supreme court blocked it >>> and on the front lines of ems workers. the burnouty're facing heading into year three of the pandemic >>> also tonight, with u.s. troops on heightened alert, president biden warning russia will face enormous consequences if it invades ukraine. and what he said about sanctioning vladimir putin personally new images, u.s. weapons arriving in ukraine as russia makes a major show of force. >>> days after that shooting ambush in new york, a second nypd officer dying after his rookie partner was killed. >>> the new supply chain warning. the shortage on one critical item that could drive prices up even further >>> the last shot at baseball immortality for several superstars as the hall of fame class of 2022 is announced >>> just ten days until the winter olympics kick off the extreme measures beijing is taking to crack down on covid for the games. >>> and the big changes coming to the s.a.t

that have been incredibly strained during this omicron surge, they have staff members who are out sick themselves or who are experiencing extreme burnout. so these teams are stepping into every day real roles that patients will themselves see. you know, this is their hope here is to have an immediate impact that will carry these hospitals that are in such critical condition through the next 30 days and really get them through the worst part of this surge. what's also important to note here is that here in coney island or in places like newark, new jersey, at university hospital this is about surging resources to struggling hospitals but also to particular patient populations because these are hospitals that serve very diverse communities, that serve populations of low-income patients so it's about the hospital but it's also about resources to the people who need them the most. >> dock, what's the situation at your hospital right now? >> so we're busy. we're busy all day every day. yesterday i saw about 20 patients or so and i only had six patients that did not have covid, three of them had the flu, two of them were almost certainly fal

covid search with rapidly spreading omicron it is the new challenges for responders in hospitals, which were already short-staffed because before the search because of burnout because of vaccine mandates. correspondent dan springer showing us tonight good evening, dan. >> los angeles had 37,000 new covid cases, 10,000 more than the previous record. many first responders who are fully vaccinated and boosted are among those tested positive with critical resources are critically thin. los angeles is in full crisis mode with 1,701st responders in isolation after testing positive. it is driving up ambulance response time and leading to longer waits in emergency rooms. the l.a. fire department has 299 of 300 employees out sick. the highest since the pandemic began. >> these are big numbers, numbers reflecting the staffing challenges that all of us face whether the private sector, public sector and across all the city departments. the response times have an impacted by lack of staff can do to covid. >> police have authorized additional overtime to meet the minimum staffing needs. the hospitals have extra challenges, mostly for the surgeon cases brought on by burne

omicron variant. when it could be available >>> also, news on president biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses after the supreme court blocked it >>> and on the front lines of ems workers. the burnouty're facing heading into year three of the pandemic >>> also tonight, with u.s. troops on heightened alert, president biden warning russia will face enormous consequences if it invades ukraine. and what he said about sanctioning vladimir putin personally new images, u.s. weapons arriving in ukraine as russia makes a major show of force. >>> days after that shooting ambush in new york, a second nypd officer dying after his rookie partner was killed. >>> the new supply chain warning. the shortage on one critical item that could drive prices up even further >>> the last shot at baseball immortality for several superstars as the hall of fame class of 2022 is announced >>> just ten days until the winter olympics kick off the extreme measures beijing is taking to crack down on covid for the games. >>> and the big changes coming to the s.a.t >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening in the constant chase to get ahead of covid-19, a new omicron-specific vaccine

burnout, anxiety, and exhaustion. those are some of the feelings among nurses as hospitals grapple with the highly contagious omicron variant. >>> also happening right now, the leader of the far-right group, the oathkeepers, will appear in a texas courtroom after facing charges for his involvement in the january 6th riot. >>> and this morning out west, a wildfire has forced hundreds to evacuate from their homes as firefighters work around the clock to contain the blaze. >>> and we begin this morning with a show of force by nato amid increasing tensions between russia and ukraine. the military alliance says the u.s. and other members are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to eastern europe to bolster defenses and deter russian president vladimir putin. a senior administration official tells nbc news the u.s. is having conversations with nato countries that could receive u.s. military assets. this as russia continues to build up its forces along the border with ukraine and in neighboring country of belarus. and secretary of state tony blinken is talking with europe foreign ministers one da

omicron variant which is tearing through the community and putting record numbers of people in hospital. putting strain on those hospital systems. doctors and nurses working in skeleton crews, complaining of burnoutd here you have a situation in which a famous tennis player, although being an amazing talent such as novak djokovic who has won the australian open nine times, going for a 10th, wonderful tennies that could have been played. that all seems it's come to a crashing halt as novak djokovic's vaccine situation has prevented him from playing in this grand slam, isa. >> yeah, especially given the lockdown, especially i'm thinking of city melbourne. you and i spoke at length about the tough restrictions and lockdowns melbourne had to face. i can imagine why people are feeling this way. do stay with us, angus. i want to go to patrick. patrick, give us a sense from the tennis community including other tennis players who may be taking part in the australia open here. >> there is lots of reaction coming in. as angus said, an extraordinary story, that seems to be taking twist after twist after twist. and i suspect we are not done yet. i do want to get to quotes from rafa nadal who was speaking ear