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stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west.eturn to the full program after the latest hdlines. president biden has put russian president vladimir putin on notice tonight, that the u.s. will impose strong new sanctions if russia invades ukraine. the leaders held a 2-hour virtual summit today. it came as russian troops have been building up along the ukrainian border. we'll focus on that high-stakes meeting right after the news summary. china issued its own warning today that the u.s. will, quote, "pay a price" for a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics in beijing. the chinese gave no specifics, but they said the move violates the olympic spirit, and that there could be fallout. >> the united states should stop bringing politics into sports, and stop interfering in the beijing winter olympics with hurtful words and actions. otherwise, it could harm a series of important bilateral dialogues and cooperation for international and regional issues. stephanie: under the boycott, u.s. officials will not attend the games in february

i'm stephanie ruhle. coverage now. >> thank you, stephanie. i'm jose diaz-balart. president biden is heading to kentucky as the search continues for more than 100 people still unaccounted for after the catastrophic tornado outbreak in the mid-mississippi valley. we'll talk about what the people in the region immediate and how we can all help. this as a powerful storm dumps

in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. dan: if you have questions about covid-19 vaccines, ask our vaccine team. they are there for that reason. headed to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on the big box you see on the screen. with hours to spare, holiday shoppers descended on san francisco's union square this afternoon to pick up last-minute gifts before christmas morning. but as tim johns explains, shopping was not the only thing on their minds. tim: amid the giant trees, wreaths, union square was packed with people, many people hitting shops, picking up last-minute items. >> we had lunch at neiman marcus, and we did some shopping at macy's. last-minute. we forgot a few things. tim: others had their shopping list already completed and came out only to see the decorations. >> i always come for the last years. tim: she came with her family. >> last year, we were not out . but this year, very lightly. tim: she says she and her daughter waited in line to see santa. >> what did you give to santa? >> a card. >> she wrote a letter

in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. dan: if you have questions about covid-19 vaccines, ask our vaccine team. they are there for that reason. headed to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on the big box you see on the screen. with hours to spare, holiday shoppers descended on san francisco's union square this afternoon to pick up last-minute gifts before christmas morning. but as tim johns explains, shopping was not the only thing on their minds. tim: amid the giant trees, wreaths, union square was packed with people, many people hitting shops, picking up last-minute items. >> we had lunch at neiman marcus, and we did some shopping at macy's. last-minute. we forgot a few things. tim: others had their shopping list already completed and came out only to see the decorations. >> i always come for the last years. tim: she came with her family. >> last year, we were not out . but this year, very lightly. tim: she says she and her daughter waited in line to see santa. >> what did you give to santa? >> a card. >> she wrote a letter

stephanie?the strain spread across the u.s. >>> when we come back, for months, we've been hearing about shipping issues. we've been dealing with shortages, empty shelves, not being able to get your christmas gifts on time. that was the fear, but let's get real. what is the reality on the ground? guess what? santa will make it here by the 25th, and those ports are getting in much better shape. we'll give you the facts next. the holiday season is in full swing. a few months ago we showed you logjams at ports warning you, you might not get your gifts in time to put them under the christmas tree. millions of americans finished their holiday shopping, not me, i wish i had and looks like things are getting better with the port of los angeles set to have record imports this year despite those supply chain issues. i want to dig deeper and bring in gene seropa, executive director of the port of l.a. we were doom and gloom about the holidays a few months ago. tell us what the real state of affairs is. >>

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i am stephanie ruhle.0 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. the search for people still unaccounted for after friday's deadly tornado outbreak continues as the long road to recovery begins in kentucky and several other states. the house is set to vote today on whether to refer former white house chief of staff mark meadows for contempt of congress. as the house committee releases texts he received during the january 6th insurrection. good

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but basically, there are some changes, stephanie.igrants will have backyard access to lawyers and they will also have to have these asylum proceedings taken care of within six months. but migrant advocates, stephanie, say that there are still a lot of questions here. and they are livid with the biden administration for not doing away with this policy. and for the questions that remain. also, for not doing away with another policy, title 42, that public health rule that has expelled migrants. stephanie, as you can see behind me, critics of the reimplementation say that this will contribute to a greater humanitarian crisis that could cause more bottle next here on this side of the border. stephanie, back to you. >> gabe, thank you. >>> coming up, millions of working parents cannot afford to go back to work because of a major child care shortage across the country. so could a key part of the build back better plan fix this? that's ahead. ix this? that's ahead nurse mariyam sabo knows a moment this pure... ...demands a lotion this pure.

stephanie: as dr. george rutherford points out, there's still too many unknown variables to determine if omicron will be more deadly than delta, but added if in the weeks to come , the data shows otherwise, it's very possible some restrictions will be back that may reduce the chance of death and hospitalizations. >> if that means having more outdoor masking, then i'm sure they would do it. stephanie: for now, the main focus -- >> and we need to be moving quickly to get people boosted. stephanie: he says if omicron makes up more than 1% to 2% of our cases, rising fast with waning immunity, he'll switch to wearing n95 masks, stop going out to eat, and think twice about traveling. but for now, it's too soon to tell if we'll get there. dion: thank you so much, stephanie. meantime, international travel is already being affected by omicron. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looked into whether the news of the cases are prompting people to change their plans. reporter: one week ago on thanksgiving day, no o

stephanie sy reports.: the scope of destruction was on full display as president biden traveled to western kentucky to see for himself. five tornadoes blasted the region last friday, including one that cut a roughly 2-mile long path. the president began his visit, meeting with local leaders at fort campbell and commenting on how the tragedy was uniting communities. >> there's no red tornadoes or blue tornadoes. there's no red states or blue states when this stuff starts to happen. and i think, at least, in my experience, it either brings people together, or it really knocks them apart. they are moving you together here. stephanie: kentucky governor andy beshear said more than 600 members of the national guard are assisting in the 18 counties that were hit. >> it's something that feels pretty therapeutic. we're actually hauling some of this debris out of town. hauling a little bit of that chaos and devastation, death, out of town. stephanie: from fort campbell, biden visited the town of mayfield, which was

i'm stephanie ruhle.ood morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i am jose diaz-balart on what is shaping up to be a big day in the nation's capitol. we're actually following two breaking stories at this hour. any moment now on capitol hill, the senate rules committee will hear once again from the u.s. capitol police department's inspector general about the department's preparations for and response to the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. we'll bring you that hearing as

>> stephanie, this is fantastic news. we can all use more tools in our toolbox but i think we need to look at this with some measured optimism. we do not have those pills in hand yet. it will take time to ramp up to be able to have enough to be able to distribute and we are looking at a surge right now in our midst, so i think in the long-term, fantastic news. we're going to be able to benefit from it. we're going to have pills that are going to be available to really reduce the burden on hospitalizations, really reduce deaths but it will take time to get those pills out for use. >> kathy, the numbers in new york continue to be astronomical, in terms of cases or the time it takes to get a test. any sign any of this is improving? >> reporter: steph, covid infections here in new york continue to soar. more than 28,000 wednesday alone, breaking another record, and as far as this covid testing lines, you just have to take a look for yourself, not much improvement, especially here in front of the med rite in manhattan. i spoke

stephanie: why is this? >> counties that had indoor masking mandates were able to keep the parameters of those mandates. stephanie: the public health director says since the city already had an existing mask mandate prior to the state's announcement, the state will allow the county to keep it. in san francisco, masks are still required in restaurants and indoor businesses but not required in jim's and office spaces -- gyms and office spaces so long as everyone is vaccinated and it gets more confusing. marin county announced today it will also revert to its previous mask mandate that was lifted last month. this means if you are vaccinated, masks will also be optional in certain places like gyms and office spaces. >> from the public's perspective, if there was consistency, people would have more confidence rather than what seems like more of a whack-a-mole approach of, ok, let's stop the mask, start the mask, test, not test. stephanie: get that is not what happened here. we asked the state if they plan to allo

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>> stephanie, no direct verbiage yet.describe is conversations related to the "rust" investigation. according to that affidavit, authorities want to review baldwin's text messages, his social media, his photos, even his gps location data all on his cell phone. the affidavit saying in part that it beliefs that there may be evidence on the phone relating in part to cinematographer, halyna hutchins. we got a statement from baldwin's legal team saying, we are confident that the evidence will show that mr. baldwin is not responsible civilly or criminally for what occurred on october 21st. meanwhile, detectives are giving few hints about what they're actually looking for, but according to the search warrant, investigatos learned of several e-mails and text messages during interviews with baldwin and others, including the film's armorer, ana gutierrez reid, in which the actor apparently requested for a bigger gun. baldwin addressed that on social media. he said that was a lie on twitter. so far, no criminal charges in the case s

>> i agree with stephanie. i think what you're seeing here are all supply chain issues. demand has not dropped and the market is looking through that to say, hey, if we, you know, if this new variant is not as bad as stephanie said and we know what the fed has telegraphed now, right we understand that, yes, when they do things maybe the market reacts and this to me is much more -- is demand going to be there? right now we have indications that demand will be there. can the consumer get through this will corporations get through this corporations are still buying back shares. i think the credit markets are still strong to me there's no reason for this rally to break apart i don't know how much stronger we get in once we start discounting the next couple of quarters and how fast growth's going to be as soon as we start absorbing the higher costs and that's why we have to start looking at specific sectors and companies and cyclical, industrials and financials and parts of energy and that's where you will get pricing and revenue growth and earnings growth >> sarat, i want to

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle live here in new york city. it is tuesday, december 21st, and there is a ton of news out there. so let's get smarted. we start this morning with the omicron variant and brand-new details about what the biden administration is going to do to help get this country through a very difficult next few weeks. when the president speaks to the nation later today, he's expected to announce shipments of 500 million free at home covid tests to anyone who wants one. that's starting next month. on top of that, he'll direct the military to help overwhelmed hospitals and expand the number of federal testing sites, but time is not on our side. we learned yesterday that omicron is now the dominant strain of covid in the united states, and i want to show you how in the world it happened so quickly. the first case of omicron was identified in the u.s. back on december 1st. that week the cdc said it caused around 1% of all the cases in the entire u.s. the rest were delta. just one week later, it was still less than 15% an

stephanie sierra has that.und routine deficiencies at a testing lab, promised to be a game changer. >> that is the way you test. stephanie: with troubling reports its practices repeatedly threatened safety. instead of alerting the public, the state allowed the left to continue processing for six months. why? >> that is a really important question. why were not things pauseed and why didn't we take a different -- deeper look. stephanie: he says it should have been covered. it first identified significant problems in 2020. >> how can we did not react more quickly? stephanie: cd ph finally released a report detailing the problems that threaten the lab's license, but the state summary totally different story. both reports filed this year on april 23 and fabry 19th declared immediate jeopardy for patients after the state's routine inspection found the lab failed to meet safety and testing standards, reporting inaccurate results, and contaminating specimens. >> now, we are being told everything is fine. stephanie: al

stephanie baker is with bloomberg media. in the studio is celia hatton, celia is the bbc�*s asia—pacific editor. welcome to all of you, it's lovely to see you again. and good to have you with us as well for the programme. now, when we discussed omicron last weekend it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified by doctors in south africa, president cyril ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province new cases had risen from 500 a day to1,600. stephanie, the message from the white house at least earlier in the week from joe biden was "don't panic", but then he, like leaders across the globe, has had to announce restrictions, the latest on friday evening came from ireland where for example nightclubs are now being closed and people are being restricted in the number of families that can be in their households at one time. how would you characterise the global response to this latest, only the latest variant of covid? well everyone is panicking. the markets tanked and that was a sig

let's bring in nbc bay area stephanie magallon. stephanie, what do you see? >> reporter: i'm in front of two businesses that had to close because of flooding in half moon bay. these businesses are the credit union compass. the water filled their offices and out here in the parking lot, they described what looked like a river. they said there were cars that water was reaching actually the top part of a tire of a sedan, and the workers here were telling me it was all because of a creek that's here nearby that was clogged up with debris and that clogged -- caused the water to overflow into the businesses. >> we're seeing san mateo credit union right where you are. what other problems do you see? >> reporter: they don't have an estimate as to how much the damage is, but they said the water basically covered the entire building there. over at compass, they said water ended up damaging a third of their business there, and again, they don't have a total estimate of the damages, but the buildings out here did say they are planning on just surrounding the buildings wi

can you hear me there, stephanie? the -- i think that inflation is going to work itself out over the next six months or so. the fed is going to raise interest rates. it's not going to be the end of the world to have higher interest rates. and i think we'll be learning to live with this covid as an endemic disease not a pandemic anymore. i think that's what i hope is going to happen with omicron here. and then it becomes part of the process of learning to live with it. people come back to work because they're less scared over time. >> a reminder 1%, 2% interest rates, that's okay. thank you all so much. we'll leave it there. >>> coming up next, five states reporting cases of the new covid variant. that could be expanded as at-home testing is going to be the key to keeping this new variant under control. >>> later, alec baldwin speaks out saying he's not responsible for the deadly shooting on the set of his film "rust." >> do you feel guilt? >> no. no. someone is responsible for what happened, and i can't say who that i

stephanie: stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. kumasi: this is sad.ng trapped in this burning barn. it happened yesterday in a small community east of antioch. by the time firefighters responded, the structure was already three quarters engulfed. about 15 cattle were not able to hurt themselves out and save themselves. reggie: a 66-year-old father and his 33-year-old son are under the rest on suspicion of starting a massive caldor wildfire earlier this year. they are accused of reckless arson. the caldor fire burned more than 220,000 acres near lake tahoe. more than 1000 buildings were destroyed and the fire forced the evacuation of south lake tahoe. the d.a. did not provide details. their attorney says they are innocent. >> these people called in the fire on 911. they called it in. the call dropped a couple of times and they kept calling back. they also warned some of the campers in the area that there was a fire. reggie: the men are being held with bail set at $1 million each. charges have not been filed. kumasi: getting to the gym can feel like a c

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abc news reporter stephanie sierra tells us worst is yet to come. stephanie: call at the nightmare before christmas as omicron fears checked into holiday panic. >> i keep seeing cancellations and keeping my fingers crossed. stephanie: she is flying on united, she hopes. how many flights have they canceled? >> to my knowledge, 170 and the number keeps going up. stephanie: families stranded, airline staff sick prompting a slew of airlines including united, delta, jetblue, allegiant and others to cancel flights in the bay area. he is where he will not make it to seattle. >> we are on the 12:50 1 but it has trouble. so we are going at 2:18 now. >> we have been checking different airlines and crossing our fingers and hoping we can make the trip. >> do you have a backup plan? >> no, we don't. stephanie: mckay mix of 50% to 70% of new cases in florida -- california. -- the omicron variant making up 50% to 70% of new cases in california. >> we have been rethinking this again and again. stephanie: scrambling to re- schedule flights. >> happy holidays. >> hop

stephanie sierra, abc 7 news.r. >> we had some rain overnight, and the sun was back. >> it was a rapid clearing after that quick moving system. i want to show you that beautiful view. check out san francisco and of the moon up above. the air quality, much better because of that quick moving system. temperatures this afternoon, 5-10 degrees above where they were yesterday afternoon. mid-50's from san francisco to oakland. live doppler 7, we do have a few clouds, but the rain is gone. we have a lot more in the forecast. here is a look at the rainfall totals. it is not something you will write home about, but it is something. four hundredths in the city. here's the view from our santa cruz sky camera, and it is out on the coast. another week system tomorrow night, a lot like what just came through, and a stronger storm is due in. the current one coming through is tomorrow night into thursday morning. it is a light system. under 1/10 of an inch, and expecting some slippery areas. you will see quite a bit of fog at 7:0

stephanie jepson, thank ou difficult for us. stephanie jepson, thank you so _ difficult for us. stephanie jepson, thank you so much forjoining us. | thousands of people have been demonstrating in the belgian capital, brussels, against the country's covid pass and plans to make vaccinations compulsory for health care workers and firefighters. it was a largely peaceful march, but some protesters threw fireworks, and police used water cannon in one location. an independent cinema in swansea has opened for business today after being ordered to shut by a judge for refusing to ask customers for covid passes. owner anna redfern was warned in swansea magistrates' court on tuesday that if her business reopened, there would be an application for her to be found in contempt of court. she said she would "take a stand" against the new measures — which apply to cinemas, theatres, and concert halls — calling them "discriminatory and unlawful". ms redfern declined to comment today. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has criticised the failure to reconnect thousands of homes which have been

stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. vaccine team. head to a tradition is back bringing hundreds to the plaza. the fiesta was canceled lastsued s, but ast swss, the cmutyol season. amanda: maria check mark and the return of the fiesta in east san jose. on this night, hundreds of festivalgoers braved for the cold. >> i think it is very powerful. amanda: a significant turnout cap of the largely latino community was hit hard by the pandemic. most of the deaths were reported in just four zip codes. >> last year, it was right after the spike in holy in this area. we had to cancel completely. amanda: on friday, and an opportunity for to reconnect. >> great to be here to support everyone. amanda: part of the tradition is the towering christmas tree provided by local philanthropists for the last 11 years. >> this is over 20 feet. this is one of the tallest i have seen in a long time. it takes eight men to get th is tree up. amanda: dancers entertained as others shocked the vendor market amid the merchants and small businesses ho

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stephanie, we appreciate it. for more on this, we are joined now on the phone by kentucky state trooper sarah burgess who's in graves county, that's where mayfield is located. trooper burgess, thank you for joining us on such a somber morning. >> absolutely. >> what can you tell us now? i know the sun hasn't risen right now where you are. what have you seen in terms of the scope of the damage? >> right now it is very widespread. we have emergency crews at numerous locations and the calls continue to come in for help as people find new damage and new scenarios that arise as the morning light starts coming in. we do have about an hour before actual sunrise. >> and trooper burgess, what can you tell us about this candle factory that's there in mayfield where 110 people were inside at the time where it took a direct hit from this tornado? >> yes, the candle factory was operational at the time of the storm. my understanding is that the roof originally collapsed and there was a secondary collapse after the initial hit,

that's the disconnect, stephanie.to be the old lady on the panel who remembers all of these campaigns, but that's the disconnect here. we've got to connect these policies with lower insulin prices. got to connect them with now you can afford your day care, if we get this done. we don't personalize the economic message, and that's the problem that we're having. >> then they could contrast rgdp with our vaccine rollout to our supply chain and inflation issues with countries around the world. remember, it's a global pandemic. we went from being at the bottom in lowest point in the pandemic and here we are on top. heidi, brian, david, thank you all so much. >>> definitely made us smarter. >>> coming up next, instagram rolls out new safety rules for teens, so they say, hours before its chief heads to the hill. is all of this just a big show? w we'll pay off your phone up to $1000. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest 5g network. plus, we give you $200 in fac

stephanie ramos with us tonight. and steph, the u.s. sending more military teams to help the hardest hit states? >> reporter: right, david. medical teams from the army, air force and navy will be heading to colorado, new mexico and michigan. they'll include nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapists and be in position to support those on the front lines by the end of the week. david? >> stephanie ramos leading us off on a monday night. stephanie, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next here tonight to the investigation into the deadly school shooting in michigan. the alleged gunman and his parents now all behind bars in the same jail, but all being held separately. those parents now facing charges. and tonight, the school is now under the microscope, too, after that meeting earlier in the day, and the warning signs. abc's trevor ault from michigan tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the crumbley family behind bars in the same michigan jail, all three held separately in isolation on precautionary suicide watch. james and jennifer crumbley, a

>> stephanie, the question here is one that we're all debating.n't see any evidence on the surface that doj is investigating trump and those around him. of course, prosecutions would come from doj, not from the committee. at the same time, we don't see any evidence that they're investigating, we also don't see any evidence that they aren't. and it's very frustrating, increasingly, we need some clarity, some certainty without doj crossing inappropriate poundries to hear from them that they do believe that the people who organized and led the insurrection need to be held accountable, just like the people who physically invaded the capitol on january 6th. we haven't had that so far, and frankly, it puts us in the position, i think, sometimes, of feeling like we're charlie brown, constantly hoping that the justice department will provide accountability, but concern that it won't. the answer is that we're still waiting on that, but a referral coming from a bipartisan congressional committee could be just the nudge that the doj needs, if it's commonly b

do you have any idea >> scrooge mcduck. >> can you put stephanie link up on the screen. the lady who used to run your charitable trust and i know you have a tremendous amount of respect for her and those are her words. >> those are tough words i'm not going to call them fighting words because i like steph too much these kind last forever. ibm, i want so much to work, steph. i really do and i struggle because i just struggle because it seems you can't get any traction i know that that's not a reason to say, hey, listen, stay away i do think that arvin christian is doing a terrific job, but the action, so to speak, stephanie does, give me concern. >> well, yeah, the action has not been good this year and that's yet stock trades at 11 times forward estimates and you get a 5%-plus dividend yield and this is a transition story and you know they take a long time so just like wynn being a 2022 story, it will be. you have easy comparisons and tons of m and a and they just bought another cloud company this week and he's up to 20 acquisitions in cloud and ai and that sort of thing

stephanie: hello.ulk of your business come from? stephanie: shipping. lemonis: how many pies will you make a year on average? stephanie: probably 500 pies per week. lemonis: how many of them are online? stephanie: 75%. lemonis: so 15,000 a year just online. i also wanted james to spend a little time with stephanie, who's now the owner of this business. stephanie: all of our pies are frozen, and they ship with dry ice. so we have to make sure when it gets there it's edible. lemonis: after nine years of working here, she gets to enjoy the fruits of that labor. stephanie: so i'm gonna put it right through, and it shrinks it right down. now, this makes it suddenly completely airtight and waterproof. so as you're shipping it, you have no issues. lemonis: what do you think of this setup? james: i think it's beautiful. ♪♪ lemonis: this is that gift that i got you. james: it is a laptop. thank you. lemonis: do you have a laptop? james: i don't. lemonis: i also got james a laptop so he could learn how to run hi

stephanie: we are starting to see some of this. five or six different markets throughout the u.s., we were seeing what we would normally see is sale starting now. some of the port congestion locking up a lot of the inventory is starting to release , that inventory is flowing in. it is the last procrastinator surge this last week prior to the holiday. it is unfolding. what we are watching for is what will happen between now and christmas, after christmas and we are already starting to see signals from retailers they are offering after christmas pricing now. there is late bond inventory trying to take advantage of the last few days they can. if we get into january, it is a great time to show off the gift card to music. kailey: interesting stuff, thank you stephanie wissink. you can hear more in our big take special at 2:00 new york time right here on bloomberg television. up the, omicron has forced some workers back home. will this impact the future of work as office still fail to reach pre-pandemic occupancy levels? we speak to rach

stephanie: in part given the level of immunity already in the community.under five? >> it is a question of checkin on symptoms, we have not seen much in nursery schools, preschools lately, so i would not worry about them too much. stephanie: he says elementary school age children should be vaccinated, if they are not, he cautions families to be careful when planning holiday gatherings especially with an vaccinated teens as the risk -- with unvaccinated teens at the risk is as high as adults. kristen: if you have questions about vaccines, ask our team. had to -- head to a bc7news.com/vaccine. dan: part of building a better bay area is highlighting others who are working toward that mission. we are excited to announce a partnership with the san francisco standard, with a goal to serve everyone with a stake in the city's future. we are highlighting reporting on the district 17 raise which represents san francisco. our reporter talked with entrepreneur about why he is running. >> you don't have political experience, why are you the person for the job? >> what

>> all right, stephanie ramos with us tonight. stephanie, thank you. we know many of you at home have a lot of questions, particularly with christmas eve one week from tomorrow. families plank get togethers. and so let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, always great to have you with us. let's get right to it. we heard from the cdc already that this new variant, omicron, is doubling every two days or so. it's one thing to hear that from them. it's another thing to start hearing it and seeing it from people in your everyday lives. i'm hearing from a lot of people, family and friends, colleagues, who are seeing this. i'm curious, does this simply underscore just how transmissible this is and has the speed of this been eye-opening even for you? >> yeah, good evening, david. thank you for having me back. the speed of this transmission has been eye-opening for all of us. even in the last week or ten days, it's moved faster than i expected. and it's spreading quite rapidly across the country. >> i wanted

>> reporter: good morning, stephanie. from one of the hardest hit areas in bowling green, this is jennings creek, i'm standing in front of what was the second floor of this family's home. they survived by hiding out in a staircase. now, like so many other families here, they're left salvaging what they can. this morning, in bowling green, kentucky's jennings creek neighborhood, the agonizing ceanup is under way. the entire top floor of this home was blown away. >> we're actually at the front door because i was, like, watching, like, the wind get gradually stronger and it was like a freight train. >> reporter: down the street, bailey lambert huddled with her parents as an ef-3 touched down. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: winds up to 150 miles per hour. whipping across streets, splintering homes, and overturning vehicles. we met this team going door to door assessing the damage. >> it's just overwhelming. people lost their homes, lost their lives. >> reporter: at least 11 people in bowling green are now dead.

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stephanie: an assistant u.s.ealed text messages between the couple, with threats to -- >> that implicates her. stephanie: even going as far as to reach out to the paper's owner, rupert murdoch, who happened to be a theranos shareholder. holmes also testified shefied se notified of the company's technology could only perform 12 assays, despite promising investors otherwise. experts say this could complicate her strongest defense that she truly believed in her own product. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. dan: there is a podcast about the trial hosted by rebecca jarvis called "the dropout." the newest episode came out today, as they do every tuesday. this in wherever you stream your podcasts. -- listen wherever you stream your podcasts. kristen: tomorrow is world aids day. today, the cdc released new findings showing the hiv epidemic is still disproportionately affecting day and bisexual men of color. julian glover has the details. reporter: on tuesday, cdc director rochelle walensky outlining the ongoing disparities

. >> seth: stephanie beatriz >> the great stephanie beatriz >> seth: stephanie beatriz is -- is a voice >> seth: and -- and -- so i know we are both -- we were both huge fans of "brooklyn nine-nine. >> yes >> seth: and it must've been so great to -- to work with her on this i know you worked with her on "in the heights" as well, but -- >> absolutely. well, i think one of the great cosmic jokes is that stephanie became famous on a show where her voice is two octaves down and in a monotone. >> seth: yes [ laughter ] >> and detective rosa diaz when you actually meet her, she's like, "hi! [ laughter ] and she has, like, one of the bubbliest, most musical voices you'll ever hear so i knew that stephanie i -- i -- i met stephanie in our early 20s, mid 20s, when she was doing kiara's plays, like, very experimental off, off, off-broadway plays so it's -- it's been a joy to -- it was amazing when she had her, sort of, nationwide prominence on "brooklyn nine-nine." and -- and then, you know, to work with her on this, like, where i'm writing disney songs and she's the disney, like, hero like -- i'

>> all right, stephanie ramos tonight. steph, thank you. >>> and now, to a major storm system we're tracking at this hour, taking shape in the west. and sweeping across the country. alerts already across more than a dozen states at this hour, from california all the way to the great lakes. and ahead of it, a major warmup on the east, that will also change quickly. already parts of colorado tonight getting its first significant snow of the season. hazardous driving on parts of interstate 70. and the severe weather threat including tornadoes across several states tomorrow, so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi, david. can you believe that denver has not yet had a measurable snow? their latest on record was 2 1/2 weeks ago. we might finally see that change with just less than an inch tomorrow for denver. but back into the rockies, yes, they are going to get their first significant. you see all those winter advisories that stretch from northern michigan back

abc's stephanie ramos tonight leading us off here in new york. ed. >> reporter: facing a covid surge driving cases up 27% across the country in the last week, along with the looming omicron variant, new york city today expanding vaccine mandates in the nation's most sweeping plan yet. the mayor calling it a vcis the str weapon in this war against covid. it's the one thing that's worked every single time across the board. >> reporter: starting later this month, all private sector employees will have to have one dose of the vaccine. children as young as 5 to 11 will now also need proof of one vaccine dose to enter restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues. and anyone 12 and older will require two vaccine doses for all indoor activities. >> new york now is really rushing this mandate, like everybody now. and i just don't think that's right. >> reporter: and today, a new rule going into effect for all international travelers coming into the country -- proof of a negative covid test within 24 hours of takeoff. >> there's not enough hours in the day