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More than 145,000 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The record-setting figure surpasses a previous peak from January 2021. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has the latest from Chicago. Then, Dr. Adam Brown, an emergency physician and the COVID-19 task force chair at Envision Healthcare, joins CBSN to discuss the Omicron variant’s impact.
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A Wall Street Journal article suggests former President Donald Trump is benefiting from being banned by major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, which suspended his accounts after the January 6 assault on the Capitol due to his claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss the impact.
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The Israeli army said Tuesday that airstrike operations carried out this year hit “dozens” of targets in Syria and have limited the ability of Iran to funnel arms to its proxies in the region.
“The increase in the scope of operations over the past year has led to a significant disruption of the movement of weapons into the various arenas by our enemies,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi stated.

Talks between Iran and world powers surrounding a possible return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resumed in Vienna this week.
Hopes for a breakthrough in the talks are slim, with European envoy Enrique Mora saying that achieving a positive outcome is “going to be very difficult, it’s going to be very hard,” according to Reuters.
“Difficult political decisions have to be taken both in Tehran and in Washington,” said Mora, who is coordinating the talks.
He added that the window of time for such decisions to be made was closing quickly, according to the report.

The inclement weather that has hit Rockland County and the surrounding area has taken its toll, with local askanim urging residents to use utmost caution when driving and even walking outside, as the streets and roads are slippery.
The slippery roads are unforgiving, a lesson learned by the frum Monsey fire chief, whose vehicle flipped over today, landing on the roof of the car.
All are urged to drive with caution.

Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block release of his White House records to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying the case presents a unique conflict between a sitting president and his rival predecessor.
Lawyers for Trump asked the justices to put on hold a unanimous ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which rejected his assertions of executive privilege and his request to keep secret roughly 800 pages of his papers. President Joe Biden determined the material could be released to the committee.
Trump said the high court should take the case to determine whether that is proper.

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Shea Kaller has recently formed a band of young, very talented musicians, to bring new music and arrangements the Jewish world has yet to hear.
Sit back and enjoy this magnificent medley, a performance of Torah songs, renewed and sung by the talented Bentzy Weberman and The Shira Choir. Bentzy is well known for his beautiful voice and unique talent having the ability to connect with a crowd with his warmth and love for rhythm and music. The breathtaking harmonious energy, combined with the most powerful musical philharmonic symphony, will elevate these melodies to a whole new level.
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Music by: Shea Kaller Band
Arranged by: Shea Kaller
Sung by: Bentzy Weberman
Choir by: The Shira Choir

Earlier this week, it was revealed for the first time that a strange flu-like virus is spreading across the olam hayeshivos, and there are thousands of bnei Torah who are experiencing weakness, high fever, and other symptoms.
At Yeshiva Torah Betifarta, about 240 talmidim fell ill, most of whom have already recovered and returned to their full strength.
For the first time, on Asarah B’Teves, full meals were served in various yeshivos, following the psak of Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, who ruled that every bochur who feels weak, even if he doesn’t have fever, should eat and drink and not fast.

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