i'm isa soares. >> there's a tsunami coming. it will be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> if you are unvaccinated with this variant, you are going to get infected. >> i wish everybody would go and get the vaccine tomorrow. >> sounding the alarm. americans should prepare for the spread of omicron. >>> senator joe manchin deals a blow to joe biden's build back better. >>> peng shuai's latest interview. >> announcer: live from london. this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to the show. monday, december 20th. nearly two years since the covid-19 pandemic turned the world really upside down. the threat is far from over. one u.s. health experts says we're beyond counting the waves, the country is facing a tsunami. it is now being detected in 45 states. you can see on your screen. experts say it's just a matter of time before omicron accounts for a majority of new cases. it comes as the u.s. is already grappling with the surge driven by the delta v

i'm isa soares in "cnn newsroom." >> the very first thing we have to do is grieve together and we are going to do that before we rebuild. >> this is going to be our new normal. >> this is the deadliest tornado event we have ever had. >> how the storms nearly wipe out entire towns across the center of the united states. we'll have incred i believe survival stories as people begin to rebuild. >>> rising covid cases and party scandals leaves boris johnson feeling the heat. >>> and natali bennett visits the united arab emirates. we're live for the historic visit. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, december 13th. we begin with the aftermath of the deadliest december tornado outbreak in u.s. history. dozens of people were killed when powerful tornadoes swept right across the midwest and south. now at this hour crews are still searching for survivors but officials feel the death toll will only rise. we now know at least 50 tornadoes were reported across eight states over the weekend. you can see on your map

i'm isa soares in london. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom." >> this is another billie for trump's argument about the protection of executive prilk. >> one of the things he was doing was impugning the current president and the house without really making any arguments. he had plenty of arguments to make. he just chose not to make them. >> the committee now one step closer to getting their hands on what's hundreds of pages of documents. >> the january 6 committee now a giant step closer to getting the documents former president trump is fighting to keep a secret. >>> plus, actor jussie smollett found guilty after claiming an attack on him was the result of a hate crime. >>> and another group of americans are eligible to get a booster shot. ahead, who is rolling up their sleeves. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> hello. it is friday, december 10th. and we begin this hour in washington, d.c. where a u.s. federal appeals court on thursday rejected former president donald t

i'm isa soares in london. just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> it's here now and it's spreading, and it's going to increase. >> i think we're really just about to experience a viral blizzard. >> i would urge people to be extremely cautious, especially because we already had a surge of delta, and now we have a surge of omicron on top of that. and we really don't know what's going to happen with omicron. >> a sobering warning as covid cases across the united states continue to increase, and fast. this as the cdc voted to recommend pfizer, moderna over johnson & johnson's vaccine due to side effect concerns. >>> plus anger boiling over inside the democratic party as a key part of joe biden's agenda is now in jeopardy. >>> and the wild and dangerous weather hammering the united states as typhoon rai barrels across the philippines. we're live for you at the world weather center. ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, decemb

i'm isa soares in london. and just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> the omicron variant overtaking delta even faster than was predicted. >> the common enemy is the virus, not ourselves. >> unlike the previous strains, it transmits very readily to the air to large numbers of people. >> if we wait and see, then by the time we're seeing, it's always too late to act. >> it is being called an unpleasant case of deja vu. the u.s. sees another covid winter surge, but this time it's the omicron variant taking over. >>> we are just hours away from president biden's speech on the pandemic. what will he tell americans as they head into the holidays? >>> and jury deliberations will begin in the trial of the killing of daunte wright. we'll have closing arguments in the trial of the police officer kim potter. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome, everyone. it is tuesday, december 21st, and we begin with a staggering really take over of the omicron variant in the united st

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. >>> a michigan community is mourning the four people killed tuesday. seven others were injured. ethan crumbly is facing first degree murder and terrorism charges. >>> the united states confirmed its first omicron coronavirus case. dr. fauci said they were fully vaccinated and recently traveled from africa. we'll bring that live in the coming hours. >>> meanwhile, the president of vaccine maker moderna says the omicron variant is giving his company kconcern. boosters will provide at least some extent of protection. have a listen. >> what is clear right now, we're in the throes of a pandemic and the virus continues to mutate and evolve, and breakthrough some of our defenses. whether it's vaccine-induced or previous infection induced. so in the face of all that force of infection, that much virus circulating, we do believe it is important that we continue to boost populations because we have seen the d

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. >>> he says he didn't pull the trigger, yet the gun still fired. actor alec baldwin breaking his silence about the shooting on the set of his movie "rust" that killed the film's cinematographer halyna hutchins. he said he was working out a scene determining how to hold the revolver when he let go of the hammer of the gun which somehow had a live round in it and, of course, it went off. >>> plus joe biden is tightening the entry rules for international air travelers as america reports the cases of the omicron parent has been found in five states. the u.s. president laid out his strategy for testing as well as vaccinations. mr. biden said the u.s. will face the new variant without lockdowns and from a position he says of readiness. we'll of course have much more on those two stories in the next 20 minutes or so right here on cnn. >>> now, more countries across the globe of the world are reporting case

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. >>> israel is rolling out a fourth booster shot for people over 60 years old along with medical workers and those with suppressed immune systems. the country's panel of coronavirus experts made the recommendation on tuesday. >>> president biden says vaccinated americans can safely go ahead with their holiday plans. the announcement comes as u.s. averages nearly 150,000 cases a day. and according to the w.h.o., the u.s. has the highest number of covid cases worldwide, putting it all onto perspective for you is cnn's athena jones. >> we've really not seen anything like this before. >> reporter: hospitalization are up 35% over a month ago. the u.s. now averaging nearly 140,000 new covid cases a day, and more than 1200 people are dying each day on average. and even as early indications suggest, omicron may cause milder illness than the delta variant, the sheer number of covid cases could overwhelm alrea

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. china is implementing its biggest lockdown impacting nearly 13 million people. mass testing is underway and transportation to and from the city has been suspended. >>> and u.s. president joe biden is trying to ease concerns over covid testing shortages in an interview with abc news. he said he didn't think his administration's response to the current state of the pandemic has been a failure. >>> well, in that same interview the president also said he hasn't given up on his sweeping economic and climate plan despite democrat's failure to get senator joe manchin on board. the president said he plans to speak with manchin next week and says they can implement the build back better legislation. he insists it will help lower inflation. >>> we are now two weeks from the one-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in an interview with abc news, president joe biden was asked if accountabi

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. super typhoon rai has made landfall in the philippines. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to evacuate. rai is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the region. >>> and severe weather is slamming parts of the central united states. more than 80 million people are under strong wind alerts, and more than 400,000 are without power. >>> well, u.s. president joe biden visited parts of western kentucky after massive tornadoes ripped everything in their paths. he announced the federal government would pay for all the emergency work done over the next 30 days. the extreme weather event left at least 85 dead in five states and caused widespread power outages. cnn's brian todd has more on the president's firsthand look at the destruction. >> reporter: on the ground, president biden gets a jarring firsthand look at the damage in dawson springs, kentucky, meeting with victims in the aftermath

i'm isa soares in london. and just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> lawmakers reviewing additional text message to meadows. >> members who pleaded with the chief of staff to get the president to take action. >> it's our day of reckoning that mark meadows richly deserves. >> you're making excuses as part of a cover up. >> a significant moment in the january 6 investigation. lawmakers vote in favor of pursuing criminal contempt charges against donald trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows. >>> health officials warn of an omicron variant take over that could bring another punishing covid surge right across the united states, and we are following breaking news out of hong kong this hour. dozens of people are trapped on the roof of a high-rise after a fire broke out. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome, everyone. it is wednesday, december 15th, and we begin on capitol hill where just hours ago the house voted to hold mark meadows in contempt of congress. me

i'm isa soares. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. >>> prime minister boris johnson is facing a revolt from lawmakers in parliament, a vote on expanded measures to fight the spread of coronavirus is later today. there could be a rebuke on johnson's decision how he's handled the pandemic. >>> and the january 6 committee lawmakers on capitol hill will vote to recommend contempt charges for former chief of staff mark meadows. when the committee met for that vote, they unveiled startling text messages from the day of the capitol riot. those messages show how lawmakers, fox news personalities and even the former president's own son tried to press mark meadows to get donald trump to stop the violence. the committee's vice chairwoman republican liz cheney read the texts out loud. have a listen. >> the white house knew exactly what was happening here at the capitol. members of congress, the press, and others wrote to mark meadows as the attack was underway.

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he sat down with isa soares in the midst of a self-imposed exile to tell his side of the story. >> for many garcia was the rising star of cuba's protest movement. a reknowned playwright who hoped to bring the curtain down on the last communist strong hold. before he and his wife suddenly fled to madrid. >> translator: i think if i had stayed in cuba i would be able to do a lot less for my people. >> his dramatic departure in november under the cover of darkness caught many by surprise. but he tells me he did not abandon the very cause he's been fighting for. >> translator: i appreciate that some maybe don't understand my decision to leave, but time will show where one can be more helpful to its companions. >> still, some, including supporters of his archipelago movement, now accuse him of surrendering to pressure from the regime, even calling him a traitor. his former supporters now raising questions about his true allegiance. >>> now, the cuban government says that you work for the united states, but the way in which you left begs the question whether you could actually be an agent fo

i'm isa soares in london and just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> i've been doing this 30 years and we're seeing things today in the cnn weather center we have never seen before. >> we are following severe weather across parts of the united states. thousands of people without power and bracing for dangerous gusts of

i'm isa soares in london. just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> a recent case of covid-19 among an individual in california was caused by the omicron variant. >> we know this virus is everywhere. >> the omicron variant is going to make a dent in our vaccine efforts. >> the united states records its first case of the omicron variant while across the atlantic europe says it's time

i'm isa soares in london and just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> long testing lines across the country have already begun. >> half a billion tests bought by the u.s. government will be distributed for free. >> i'm pretty worried that the surge that we're going to see in the coming weeks is going to be worse than the surge that we saw last winter. >> condega

i'm isa soares in "cnn newsroom." >> the very first thing we have to do is grieve together and we are going to do that before we rebuild. >> this is going to be our new normal. >> this is the deadliest tornado event we have ever had. >> how the storms nearly wipe out entire towns across the center of th

i'm isa soares in london. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom." >> this is another billie for trump's argument about the protection of executive prilk. >> one of the things he was doing was impugning the current president and the house without really making any arguments. he had plenty of arguments to make. he just chose not to make them. >> the committee now one step closer to getting their hands on what's hundreds of pages of documents. >> the january

i'm isa soares in london. just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> it's here now and it's spreading, and it's going to increase. >> i think we're really just about to experience a viral blizzard. >> i would urge people to be extremely cautious, especially because we already had a surge of delta, and now we have a surge of omicron on top of that. and we really don't know what's going to happen with

i'm isa soares. >> there's a tsunami coming. it will be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> if you are unvaccinated with this variant, you are going to get infected. >> i wish everybody would go and get the vaccine tomorrow. >> sounding the

i'm isa soares in london. and just ahead right here on "cnn newsroom." >> now we are facing the challenges of this new variant, we can put this behind us, i hope. >> what people shouldn't forget, number one, we have tools to protect ourselves. we have to double down on using them. vaccinations, masks, testing. >> what everybody didn't see is how rapidly and aggressively

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