it s the subway series menu. 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. it s subway s biggest refresh yet! it s 3:00 p.m. eastern, and thank you for sticking with me. i m sara sidner. this just in, the u.s. will now require all travelers entering the country from china to show a negative covid test. the new requirements come as cases in china surge following the country s move to ease restrictions. cnn s kevin liptack is traveling with president biden as he goes to the virgin islands. tell us about these new restrictions and why they have been put in place. reporter: yes, sara. these are going to go into effect on january 5th. so about a week from tomorrow, and what they do is require all passengers who are traveling from the united states to show proof of a negative covid test before they get on their airline. it can be a negative pcr test. it can be a negative self-antigen test that s administered by a tell health service, but they need to sho
the struggle is real for southwest. the lead starts right now. six days in, southwest has canceled more than 15,000 flights. tomorrow may not be better. southwest s stock is taking a hit. then, new details emerging about the final days of the trump administration. a witness told the january 6th committee donald trump s chief of staff regularly burned documents. gives a whole new meaning to fireside chats. plus, why celebrities and social media are driving a shortage of a life-saving diabetes drug. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. relief is still a few days away for southwest airlines passengers. the airlines canceled 2,500 flights today. more than 2,000 others already canceled tomorrow. putting the total number north of 15,000 since bad weather hit last week. airports are filled with long lines of southwest passengers trying to rebook as piles of lost luggage continue to grow. now, while other airlines recovered from the winter storm fairly quickly, southwes
good morning, i m erica hill, it is a busy tuesday at this hour. we are officially two weeks away from the midterms. a major focus on the senate battle in pennsylvania today, one of the most critical races this cycle. tonight republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman will face off for their first and only debate, and we are on the ground in harrisburg. overnight in florida incumbent republican governor ron desantis going toe to toe with his democratic challenger charlie crist. the two sparring on a number of topics, we will discuss with charlie crist in our next hour. plus new this morning, adidas officially severing ties with kanye west following a rash ant submit tick comments. a moscow regional court upholding the drug smuggling conviction of american basketball star brittney griner. she was sentenced to nine years behind bars in russia. cnn s kylie atwood is live at the state department for us this morning. kylie, what more are we hearing about what this coul
trump recorded the day after the riots on january 7th. the whole thing is only about three minutes long of what we saw. but it took an hour to shoot, according to the washington post. and even then, it still needed to be edited. watch for when the camera position changes. now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so, how was the other 57 minutes spent? what s in those outtakes? and why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? now, those outtakes, we re told are going to be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president, like to stop his own supporters from attacking the u.s. capitol for more than three hours, mind you. and tonight, we ha
watch from one the camera position changes. on january 20th, my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so how was the other 57 a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so how was the other 57 minutes spent? what is in those optics? why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? those outtakes, we are told, will be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president. to stop his own supporters from attack in the u.s. capital for more than three hours, mind you. tonight, we have a former white house communications director in the administration, who very publicly pleaded with the ex president during the insurrection to call off them up. condemned us now, she begged on twitter, you are the only one they will listen to. for our cou