**Biden pressed for answers as COVID-19 cases reach record high**
**_’We’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated.’_
(CNN)US President Joe Biden on Tuesday faced questions from reporters about his administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country grapples with a record surge in cases driven by the Omicron variant.
Biden acknowledged that the Omicron variant is .
