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>> WELCOME WELCOME EVERYBODY TO
CHEDDAR'S NEWS. WRAP. IT IS
THURSDAY. IT IS DECEMBER SECOND
22 WHEN YOU WANT TO BY NEW YORK
CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. COMING UP WE HAVE A
HUGE SHOW FOR YOU NEW CASES OF
THE HONOR
MCCRONE COVID-19 VARIANT ARE
SPREADING IN THE U.S. AS HEALTH
EXPERTS TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A
PLAN
OF ACTION.
>> ALSO A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
IS LOOMING OVER WASHINGTON
WE'RE BREAKING DOWN WHERE
LAWMAKERS STAND.
>> AND A LITTLE BIT LATER WE'RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MOMENTS
THAT LED UP TO THE MICHIGAN
SCHOOL SHOOTING INCLUDING THE
SUSPECT'S BEHAVIOR
THAT FORESHADOWED THIS TRAGEDY
THAT AND MUCH MORE ALL AHEAD ON
THE NEWS DROP OUR TOP STORY OF
COURSE THE OMICRON VARIANT IS
SPREADING WITHIN THE U.S. WITH
A 3RD CONFIRMED CASE. THE
LATEST INFECTION
IS IN COLORADO. IT'S A WOMAN
WHO RECENTLY TRAVELED TO
SOUTHERN AFRICA STATE OFFICIALS
SAY SHE WAS FULLY VACCINATED
AND IS EXPERIENCING MINOR
SYMPTOMS. THE COLORADO CASE
COME SHORTLY AFTER 2 OTHERS IN
CALIFORNIA AND IN MINNESOTA THE
MINNESOTA MAN HAD RECENTLY
TRAVELED RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK
CITY TO ATTEND A CONVENTION.
BUT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY
CONFIRMED CASES IN NEW YORK
STATE AT LEAST
SO FAR LET'S TURN TO POLITICS
NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY
ANNOUNCING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
PLAN
TO TACKLE THE OMICRON VARIANT
AS WE HEAD INTO THE WINTER
MONTHS CHEDDAR'S MEGAN PRATZ
LIVE OUTSIDE LIVE OUR DC STUDIO
MEGHAN GREAT TO SEE YOU MY
FRIEND SO WHAT DO WE HEAR FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT THIS
MULTI-POINT PLAN AND ALL OF
THAT CAN GET A LITTLE WEED.
HE HAD A BUT THE REASON THAT
HE'S DOING IT AT THIS POINT IN
TIME IS THAT THIS RING REALLY
FEELS A LOT LIKE IT DID
BACK IN FEBRUARY MARCH OF 2021
WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE
FACING WHEN PEOPLE WERE SORT OF
THROWING EVERYTHING AT THE WALL
TO SEE WHAT STICKS THAT'S WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE THIS
ADMINISTRATION
IS DOING NOW WITH A LITTLE MORE
CLARITY INTO WHY THEY DO EACH
THING SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
THINGS THAT THEY'RE VERY
SERIOUS ABOUT DOING,
AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE
IT'S ALL ABOUT VACCINES.
VACCINES. VACCINES BOOSTERS ARE
GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL
ADULTS IN
THIS COUNTRY IN SOME STATES
THAT ALREADY HAPPENED BUT IN
OTHERS IT HAS NOT THIS WILL NOW
BE THE POLICY OF THE CDC, IT
WILL EXTEND THE MASK MANDATE
FOR 2 TRAVEL THROUGH
MARCH, 28 AND IT'S ALL GOING TO
BE ABOUT VACCINATING THOSE KIDS
WHO ARE NEWLY ELIGIBLE TO BE
VACCINATED WE KNOW FROM
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THAT
TODAY'S VACCINATION RATE 2.2
MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVING THE
SHOT THAT IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS
BEEN SINCE MAY OF
THIS YEAR. MONTHS AGO, SO IT
REALLY IS SORT OF A RAMP UP
VACCINE RATES AND THAT'S WHAT
WE NEED TO SEE ESPECIALLY AS
CHILDREN GET VACCINATED AS
PEOPLE GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOT
AND THE PRESIDENT IS
HOPING THAT THIS IS NO LONGER
GOING TO BE A POLITICAL ISSUE
OR AN ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THEY NEED TO BE DIVIDED.
HE'S HOPING THAT WE CAN BE THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TAKE A
LOOK.
>> IN SOME PLAN THAT I
THINK SHOULD UNITE US I KNOW
COVID-19 HAS BEEN VERY DIVISIVE
IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BECOME A
POLITICAL ISSUE WHICH IS A SAD
SAD COMMENTARY.
NOW AS WE MOVE INTO WINTER AND
FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS NEW
VARIANT THIS IS A MOMENT WE CAN
PUT THE DEVICES
BEHIND ASIDE I HOPE THIS IS A
MOMENT WE CAN DO WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO DO ENOUGH OF
THROUGH THIS
WHOLE PANDEMIC GET THE NATION
TO COME TOGETHER AND UNITE THE
NATION AND THE COMMON PURPOSE.
>> I'M REMINDED OF THE EARLY
DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC YET AGAIN
IT REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE SHADES
OF THAT
AGAIN HANNAH WHEN WE REALLY
TALKED ABOUT HOW THE U.S.
COALESCE TOGETHER DURING THE
SPANISH FLU COALESCE TOGETHER
DURING THE POST-WORLD WAR 2 AND
DURING WORLD WAR 2 FRANKLY ERA
AND REALLY
WORKS TOGETHER AS A NATION AND
THAT WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO DO
THAT AT THIS POINT THAT'S WHAT
THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING FOR AS
WE HEAD INTO THESE WINTER
MONTHS WHEN SO MUCH OF THE
UNITED STATES
WILL BE HEADING INSIDE TO
WARMER AREAS WITHOUT A WHOLE
LOT OF AIR FLOW AND THAT IS WE
RIGHT RIGHT PLACE WHERE
COVID-19 LOVES TO THRIVE SO
WATCHING THIS VARIANT SORT OF
STRETCH ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES CAREFULLY THE PRESIDENT
HOPING THAT HE HAS A PLAN A
MULTI-PRONGED PLAN TO DEAL WITH
IT.
>> MEANWHILE MEGHAN ON CAPITOL
HILL, THE HOUSE MOVING TOWARDS
A VOTE ON A BILL THAT WOULD
AVERT THAT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT
WHAT IS THE LATEST THERE COULD
WE SEE A SHUTDOWN AS SOON AS
TOMORROW.
>> AND I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY
THAT WE'LL SEE A SHUTDOWN BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T SEE
A WHOLE LOT OF POLITICAL
THEATRICAL HEADING UP TO A
VERDICT THAT SHUTDOWN EVEN
COULD GO PAST MIDNIGHT,
TECHNICALLY
SHUTTING DOWN THE AND FOR A FEW
HOURS BUT THEN THEY BACK DATE
OF THE FUNDING AND IT REALLY
DOESN'T MATTER SO I THINK THAT
THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE MOST LIKELY
GOING TO SEE SOME POLITICAL
FEAR, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A
CONTINGENT OF REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF
SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO NOT HAVE MASK MANDATES
ON THE BOOKS CURRENTLY THE
FUNDING PLAN DOES INCLUDE MONEY
TO PAY FOR THE
MASK MANDATE AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT LEVEL FOR FEDERAL
WORKERS CONTRACTORS AND THEN
PAY FOR MORE MONEY FOR
OSHA THAT OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY ORGANIZATION AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE
MASK MANDATE. IN
PRIVATE BUSINESS YES, SO THAT'S
SOMETHING REPUBLICANS DON'T PAY
FOR AND ARE WILLING TO SHUT
DOWN THE GOVERNMENT AS
A RESULT THAT'S A SMALL YET
VOCAL MINORITY OF REPUBLICANS
MOST REPUBLICANS AND CERTAINLY
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DOES NOT
WANT TO SEE A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THE LAST
THING THEY WANT AHEAD OF THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN
PARTICULAR IS A
SHUTDOWN THAT HARMS IN KIND OF
SOME OF THEIR MOST RELIABLE
VOTERS THAT'S RIGHT. SENIOR
CITIZENS WHO RECEIVE STAY WITH
ME SOCIAL SICK PURITY THE
LAST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS
PUT THOSE VOTERS AT RISK AHEAD
OF VERY VERY IMPORTANT MIDTERM
ELECTIONS. WHEN THEY NEED THOSE
VOTERS
TO COME OUT AND VOTE. SO
REPUBLICANS AREN'T INTERESTED
IN DEMOCRATS OF COURSE ARE NOT
INTERESTED EITHER, BUT THEY'RE
NOT THE ONES NECESSARILY WITH
THEIR POLITICAL FUTURE AS ON
THE LINE AS REPUBLICANS
ARE NOW.
>> IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT
BREAKDOWN MEGAN PRATZ LIVE IN
WASHINGTON MEGAN THANK YOU SO
MUCH, LET'S TURN TO HEADLINES
ON
THE CORONAVIRUS
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE U.S.
ARE ON THE RISE ABOUT 56,000
AMERICANS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19 THAT'S UP
8% OVER THE PAST WEEK
ABOUT 13,000 ARE IN THE ICU THE
LATEST HOSPITALIZATION FIGURE
IS UP 20% FROM THE COUNTRY'S
RECENT LOW ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
THE DELTA VARIANT
MORE THAN 99% OF ALL THESE NEW
CASES THE U.S. VACCINATION RATE
IS STILL ON THE RISE, BUT IT IS
SLOWING LESS THAN 60% OF
AMERICANS ARE
FULLY VACCINATED EXPERTS ARE
UPDATING THE TIMELINE OF THE
OMICRON
VARIANT SAYING HAS LIKELY BEEN
CIRCULATING FOR LONGER AND MORE
WIDELY THAN WE ORIGINALLY
THOUGHT 2 DOZEN COUNTRIES HAVE
REPORTED CASES OF THE VARIANT
SINCE IT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED
IN SOUTH AFRICA ON
NOVEMBER 24TH, BUT NOT ALL NEW
CASES ARE CONNECTED TO THAT
SPECIFIC REGION IN SCOTLAND, 9
CASES HAVE BEEN TRACED TO A
SINGLE EVENT HELD ON
THE 20TH. NONE OF THE ATTENDEES
HAD RECENTLY TRAVELED TO
SOUTHERN AFRICA, NONE OF THEM.
GERMAN AND THE NETHERLANDS HAVE
REPORTED SIMILAR SITUATION
CASTING SOME DOUBT ON ONLY
CAUSE ACTUAL ORIGIN. WELL SOME
COVID VACCINE AND TREATMENT
MAKERS ARE UNSURE WHETHER
THEY'RE EQUIPPED TO FIGHT THIS
VARIANT, THE U K MAKERS OF
GLASGOW SAY THEIR ANTIBODY DRUG
IS LIKELY
AFFECTIVE AGAINST THE OMICRON
VARIANT THE LAB STUDIES EARLY
AND STILL REQUIRE FURTHER
TESTING WITH THE MAKERS ARE
REPORTING PROMISING TESTS.
THE DRUG RESULTS DRUG TEST
RESULTS EXCUSE ME THE DRUG
TARGETS A PART OF THE SPIKE
PROTEIN THAT ALSO EXISTS IN
OTHER CORONAVIRUSES GLAXO'S
DRUGS AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN
ABOUT A DOZEN COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING THE U.S. WHICH HAS
SPENT ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS
ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOSES. LET'S HEAD OVERSEAS NOW
UNVACCINATED GERMANS FACE THE
POSSIBILITY OF BEING EXCLUDED
FROM MOST ASPECTS OF
PUBLIC LIFE, INCLUDING NON
ESSENTIAL STORES, RESTAURANTS
AND EVEN ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SAYING
PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER A
GENERAL BACK THE MANDATE
FOR CITIZENS. JEREMY IS FACING
A SERIOUS SPIKE IN INFECTIONS.
SURPASSING 70,000 NEW CASES IN
JUST THE LAST 24 HOURS.
THE COUNTRY HAS ALSO REPORTED
FOR INSTANCE AS OF THE OMICRON
VARIANT EXPERTS SAY A KEY
REASON FOR THE SURGE IS THE
COUNTRY'S LOW VACCINATION RATE
LESS THAN 69% OF THE POPULATION
IS FULLY VACCINATED FALLING
SHORT OF THE COUNTRY'S 75%
MINIMUM TARGET. FORMER NEW YORK
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO IS NOW
FACING A FEDERAL PROBE ARE
MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT. CUOMO ALREADY WAS
KNOWN TO BE FACING CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS FROM VARIOUS
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE
STATE. THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS
REVEALED IN A LEGAL SERVICES
CONTRACT SIGNED IN OCTOBER AND
RELEASED BY THE STATE
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TODAY.
CUOMO OF COURSE STEPPED DOWN
BACK IN AUGUST.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT
LED UP TO THIS WEEK'S FATAL
SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR A MOTIVE BUT SAY THE
ACCUSED GUNMAN 15 YEAR-OLD EVEN
CRUMLEY SHOWED BEHAVIORAL
PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE
ATTACK. 2 TEACHERS HAD
SEPARATELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS
THOSE CONCERNS PROMPTED 2
MEETINGS WITH THEM INCLUDING
ONE WITH HIS PARENTS JUST HOURS
BEFORE THE SHOOTING
INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY THEY
FOUND 2 LEE CELL PHONE IN WHICH
HE TALKS ABOUT SHOOTING AND
KILLING STUDENT FROM LEE IS
FACING MULTIPLE FIRST DEGREE
MURDER AND TERRORISM CHARGES.
HE IS BEING
HELD WITHOUT BOND NEW TESTIMONY
IN A SEX TRAFFICKING CASE OF
LANE MAXWELL JURORS TODAY
HEARING FROM A FORMER JEFFREY
EPSTEIN HOUSE MANAGER ON THE
4TH DAY OF THIS ONGOING TRIAL.
ONE ALESSI WHO WORK FULL-TIME
FOR APPS DEAN FROM 1991 TO 2002
TESTIFIED THAT MAC WELL WAS
QUOTE THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN
EPSTEIN'S PALM BEACH ESTATE
RUNNING HIS
MANY PROPERTIES. HE ALSO SAID
THAT MAXWELL WAS ALMOST ALWAYS
PRESENT WHEN EPSTEIN WAS AT
STATE WHERE MOST OF THE ALLEGED
SEXUAL ABUSE OCCURRED.
PROSECUTORS SAY MAXWELL
RECRUITED AND GROOMED UNDERAGE
GIRLS FOR EPSTEIN TO ABUSE
BETWEEN
1994 2004 WHICH MAXWELL HAS
DENIED ONE OF THE 2 BROTHERS AT
THE CENTER OF THE JUSSIE
SMOLLETT TRIAL FACING INTENSE
CROSS
EXAMINATION TODAY. THE ACTORS
DEFENSE MOVED TO DISCREDIT THE
TESTIMONY OF I'VE BEEN BALL OUT
TO SEND
PROSECUTE FIRST A STAGED THE
FAKE RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC
ATTACK AGAINST SMOLLETT
HE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN
DETAIL, HOW SMOLLETT SAID IT
ALL UP, BUT THE DEFENSE ARGUED
THE ATTACK WAS TO SCARE
SMOLLETT INTO HIRING HER AS
SECURITY OSUNDAIRO TESTIFIED HE
DIDN'T REMEMBER
SMOLLETT FACES 6 COUNTS OF
DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR
REPORTING THE ALLEGED PHONY
HATE CRIME
TO POLICE. NOW LET'S TURN TO
THE SPORTS WORLD MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL IS LOCKING OUT ITS
PLAYERS, THE LEAGUE AND THE
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION CANNOT
REACH A NEW LABOR AGREEMENT
SPARKING THE FIRST WORK
STOPPAGE SINCE 1994 ON THE
FIRST LOCKOUT SINCE 1990.
HERE'S WHAT MLB COMMISSIONER
ROB MANFRED HAD TO SAY JUST
TODAY.
>> THE PRESSURE SOMETIMES TO
GET TO AN AGREEMENT CANDIDLY WE
DIDN'T FEEL THAT SENSE
OF PRESSURE FROM THE OTHER
DURING THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK
AND YOU KNOW THE ONLY TOOL
AVAILABLE TO YOU UNDER
THE ACT IS TO APPLY ECONOMIC
LEVERAGE.