very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. wshg welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news and the surging number of omicron cases across this country. u.s. reporting almost 120,000 new cases yesterday. just in the past few minutes, the white house saying the president will deliver a speech about this. we have nbc s josh letterman with the president in wilmington, delaware and scott cohen at a testing site in san jose, california, and dr. azure joining us to answer critical questions. josh, start with you. when did the president decide to address the nation and any specific moment relating to omicron prompt that in what we might hear new about it? reporter: without officials very closely tracking the rise in cases of omicron as dr. fauci and others just in the last 48 hours have been saying it is only a matter of time before it is the dominant variant in the united states. that s certainly fed into the white house s
defendant was a aggressor. john: let s recap what happened so far today. garrett tenney is standing by live outside of the courtroom in kenosha. john, the defense s request for a mistrial without presidents that was made yesterday has not come up in the trial today but judge bruce showed her has not made a ruling on that, so that is still on the table as we go forward. at the beginning of today s hearing he did tell everyone involved, one of the first things he said was, everyone be on their best behavior today. this comes as the defense calls with last three witnesses to the stand, the first being the use of force and video expert who testified that rittenhouse was kicked in the face just prior to shooting anthony huber. also testified about how quickly everything happened in the moments between when he was attacked and when shots were fired and in the second shooting, how quick the reaction was from when he was hit in the head come up to the shots hitting anthony huber.
as the la palma volcano forces thousands more to flee. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s home secretary has said police must raise the bar by taking the harassment of women more seriously. priti patel said crimes such as flashing and verbal abuse should not be taken lightly. she said women should feel confident to call out such offences. ministers have promised reform to the criminaljustice system, following the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer. simonjones reports. the death of sarah everard prompted an outpouring of public grief. now the government says it is determined her murder will bring about permanent change in how society deals with violence against women and girls. the prime minister says there are too few prosecutions and convictions for sexual violence. the time from report to referral, from referral to court proceedings, from court proceedings to the conclusion all three of those segments is far too
much for joining us. cnn s primary coverage continues right now with laura coats and abby philip tonight, too big checkmarks. one has all already happened, and we re expecting the other any minute now. and when it does, you can officially lock in your matchup cards for what might be the most important election of our lifetime welcome to a special edition of newsnight. i m abby phillip in new york, and i m codes and washington dc, it s a short time ago. joe biden made official well, the obvious and he will be the democratic nominee come this november. he is celebrating clinching in a new video asking voters, are you ready to win? well, tonight, biden adding important victories to his win column. look at all of states, state of georgia, one that he won in 2020, put them over the top. it s also a state we re done for trump tried to deny democracy and say, well, donald trump is on trial for election interference. and tonight the president put the november choice and qui
bad memory. will testify publicly first time now and double down on that assessment. we have some clips of that, advance preview. we have a little idea what he will say. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. back with my partner here. dana: great to have you back. bill: it is very, very good to be back. we went to the top of the world with the u.s. navy and we ll air our story later this week. it was something else. every moment of every day was something that we ve never done before in our life. dana: amazing. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. breaking moments ago fox news obtained the transcript of hur s interview with the president. he led the interview of the handling of classified documents and willfully retained them in his garage and office but cited the president s mental state. bill: he explains his decision in a 400 page report. he would present himself to an elderly man with a poor memory. that about a month ago didn t sit well with the presid