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The CDC says most of the known Omicron variant cases in the U.S. have yielded mild symptoms and most had been vaccinated. The country is approaching 800,000 Covid-19 deaths, a number infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm predicted the country would reach in 18-months, back in April 2020. Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He tells Anderson Cooper he thinks the number of coronavirus cases will “increase substantially” for at least the “next six to ten weeks.”  Plus, the Supreme Court left a Texas abortion law in place that bans the procedure after around six weeks of pregnancy. The justices did say abortion providers have the right to challenge the law in federal court. Wendy Davis is a former Democratic Texas state senator who blocked a 2013 anti-abortion bill in the state during a 13-hour filibuster. She joins AC360 to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After deliberating for more than nine hours over two days, a jury found Jussie Smollett guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was a victim of a hate crime in January 2019. Paul Callan is a criminal defense attorney and joins AC360 to discuss the verdict.  Plus, an appeals court rejected former President Trump’s effort to keep documents from the January 6 committee. Noah Feldman is a professor at Harvard Law School and was a witness for the prosecution in the first impeachment of the former President. He tells Anderson Cooper whether he thinks the Supreme Court will take up this case.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Meadows is asking a federal court to block the enforcement of two subpoenas as the committee has signaled it would pursue a criminal contempt referral against him because of his refusal to sit for a deposition. Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff is a member of the committee. He tells AC360 he thinks it’s a “very superficial filing” and it’s meant to “obstruct and stall.”  Plus, former Vice President Mike Pence was in New Hampshire where he made a number of stops to talk to voters. CNN National Correspondent Randi Kaye tracked him down to ask a question many are wondering: if Donald Trump runs for president in 2024, will he still run? She joins AC360 to let us know his answer.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol has formally subpoenaed the phone records for more than 100 people, including the former President’s one-time chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has stopped cooperating with the committee. Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe tells Anderson Cooper what kind of impact they could potentially have on the investigation.  Plus, in a new book by Meadows, it is revealed then-President Trump’s blood oxygen level dipped to a “dangerously low level” hours after he announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 back in October 2020. Dr. Craig Spencer contracted Ebola in 2014 after treating patients in West Africa and then-citizen Trump called him a “very selfish person” after he returned to New York. He is now the director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Spencer joins AC360 to discuss just how sick he thinks the former President really was.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, is cooperating with the January 6 committee. Short remains one of Pence’s closest advisers and is a firsthand witness to many critical events the committee is investigating. Bob Woodward is an associate editor at the Washington Post and the co-author of the book “Peril.” He joins AC360 to discuss Short’s cooperation and says it “opens a big door.”  Plus, Michigan authorities executed a search warrant at the home of the man accused of helping the alleged school shooter’s parents. CNN Correspondent Adrienne Broaddus gives Anderson Cooper an update on the investigation.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FBI, U.S. Marshals and a police fugitive team are searching for the Michigan high school shooting suspect’s parents, who were supposed to be arraigned on involuntary manslaughter charges. Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald joins AC360 to give an update on the search for the parents and says she has no idea where they are but is “confident they will be apprehended swiftly.”  Plus, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows doubled down on the baseless claim the 2020 election was stolen and whitewashed the January 6 attack on the Capitol in his new book obtained by CNN. John Dean was the White House counsel for President Nixon. He tells Anderson Cooper whether Meadows writing about conversations he had with the former President undermines his claim of executive privilege. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A CNN exclusive reveals Facebook sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages and comparing the U.S. government’s response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany. Ads were also sold that casted doubt on the result of the 2020 election and pushed political violence. Facebook whistleblower and former Facebook executive Frances Haugen tells Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview that Facebook knows the “biases in the algorithms give the most rage for the least amount of dollars” to extreme content.  Plus, President Biden urged all Americans to get boosted as the U.S. joins a growing list of countries that have confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed there are five confirmed cases of the variant in her state. Dr. Ashish Jha is the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He joins AC360 to discuss what we know and don’t know about the new Covid-19 variant. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States’ first confirmed case of the Covid Omicron variant has been identified in California. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the person was fully vaccinated and has “mild symptoms.” CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells Anderson Cooper how soon we could see community spread. Plus, the 15-year-old boy accused of killing four students in an Oxford, Michigan school was charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder and terrorism. Several other people were injured in the shooting. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joins AC360 to discuss the tragedy and the charges against the alleged shooter.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least three teenagers were killed and eight people were injured in a shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan. The 15-year-old suspect, a sophomore at the school, was taken into custody after police responded to the shooting. Aiden Page is a senior at Oxford High School and barricaded in a classroom during the shooting. He tells Anderson Cooper about the moment he realized he was hearing gunshots.  Plus, the CDC is expanding surveillance at four U.S. international airports to look for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in travelers. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins AC360 to discuss whether or not vaccines will help protect against the new variant.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Omicron variant cases spread in other countries, there’s a rush to impose travel bans. At least 46 countries and territories have imposed travel restrictions from several African countries following the discovery of the variant. Japan and Israel have banned all foreign nationals from entering their countries. Late today, responding to the potential threat, and the word "potential" should be underscored here, the CDC amped-up its advice on vaccine boosters. The old word was that anyone 18 or older "may" get a booster. The new word they've chosen is "should." Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla joins Anderson to talk boosters, possible new versions of the vaccine and a pill the company has been testing to treat Covid.  Also, Tiger Woods says his days of being a full-time golfer are over. Anderson talks to Henni Koyack, the reporter who had an exclusive interview with the golf legend.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices