heavy-handed tactics include welding shut the doors of anyone suspected of having been exposed to the virus. in spite of the invasive monitoring, though, the outbreaks haven t top stopped. the latest was in tianjin, commuting distance from beijing where the city s 14 million residents are now being tested en masse after two omicron cases were confirmed. in the northern city of jian state tv showed government food delivers that have come of the 13 million citizens going during their lockdown that began on the 23rd of december. china has now rolled out a vast booster program for anyone over the age of 3. most western public health officials think it s zero covid policy is unsustainable. but so far there is no sign of china changing course. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, thailand. for more now on covid s winter wave we re joined by cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus, want to start
spreading affecting ground staff and flight crew pretty much everything is running to time. we are seeing quite a lot of flights get away airily which is a good thing. security queues are very small at the airports. i have monitored them. for anybody hoping to get away on boxing day it should be a good experience but i am afraid and gatwick airport there will be people waiting for a flight that was supposed to be leaving on the 23rd of december from sanjose supposed to be leaving on the 23rd of decemberfrom sanjose in supposed to be leaving on the 23rd of december from sanjose in costa rica and it will only get ten this afternoon. passengers on board, i have been in touch with a number of them, they have been having the most miserable christmas when they were hoping to be back in good time to spend it with their families. as we ve been hearing, cases of the new 0micron variant are surging across europe, to talk about that a bit more, we can speak now to dr raffaele bruno
attorney general william barr had a, quote, preliminary discussion with the january 6th house committee. sources tell us barr didn t know much because he resigned in december. the fact is, he was on the job until the 23rd of december by which time the former president s pressure campaign on the justice department to cast doubt on the election had already been underway for several weeks. when asked about it, benny thompson said we ve had conversations with the attorney general already. we ll get some perspective from new york times washington correspondent maggie haberman and jonathan karl who interviewed president barr. how big a deal that the former attorney general barr has willingly had conversations, i guess, with the committee and now in the mix with the investigation? he certainly is a significant voice, anderson, who could be speaking about the former
through the letterbox dated the 29th of november which was the letter i should have had and should have responded back by the 3rd of december so if i hadn t had that phone call from a nice lady in the cabinet office i would have probably missed out on the mbe. we can speak now to ricky mcaulay, operations director at royal mail. hearing the very real and very human implications are notjust about christmas cards arriving late, somebody nearly missed an mbe and hospital appointments, it s real important letters arrive when they re supposed to. let important letters arrive when they re supposed to.- important letters arrive when they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising i they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising to i they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising to alli they re supposed to. let me just start by apologising to all those| start by apologising to all those customers that are in the areas where we are seeing some delay. it has been a very chal
into one efficient stroke, for a shave as quick and easy as washing your face. in addition to the breaking news out of georgia on the green light given to a grand jury investigating possible election-related crimes by the former president, there are other developments tonight that are not likely to make the former president feel more secure about his legal future. cnn s learned from a source briefed on the talks that former-attorney general william barr has had a, quote, preliminary discussion with the house january 6th select committee. the source tells us that barr told the committee he didn t know much, because he had resigned in december. the fact is he was on the job until the 23rd of december, by which time the former president s pressure campaign on the justice department to cast doubt on the election had already been underway for several weeks. additionally, when asked about this over the weekend, committee chair bennie thompson saying quote, we ve had conversations with the