nearly 800 flights tomorrow already canceled too. from the air to the ocean omicron is also impacting holiday cruises. the carnival ship is denied entry into aruba due to covid cases. it s the third cruise liner from florida reporting cases on board. florida itself reporting near 32,000 new cases friday breaking a single day record in the united states. so far this month, 3.4 million americans have contracted covid, so the states you see right here on this map in red or orange have seen a rise in cases over the past 72 hours. that s if you re lucky enough to find a test. as you can see here, americans have been waiting in hours long lines to find out if they have covid before heading to see family for the holiday. that lack of available testing is being addressed by the white house. well, what the president s promised the american people, is to constantly re-examine and improve our covid response, including testing.
mexico. he is going to hit us next. the carnival ship was pulling into port when it hit legend that was already docked. six guests were injured and a formal investigation was under way. according to officials sudden high wind gusts and strong currents may have played a role. right now the ship is on it s way back to it s home port in new orleans. according to a letter from the captain, they were credited with $100 per room. and a video of a woman that was robbed and dragged by the stolen car. she struggles with the robber, he grabs her purse, and she is thrown against the car and the purses strap is still around her arm and she was holding on.
were greeted by a letter from the captain, saying an investigation is under way but they believe wind gusts and strong currents pushed this ship into another carnival ship. the ship has been inspected, six individuals aboard complained of minor injuries. authorities saying they were checked out by the on board medical staff and released. this is one of many incidents that we ve seen in recent years that shake up passengers. but again authorities saying they re doing everything they can to ensure the safety of the passengers and to officially close the investigation as to a cause. what happens to the people on the ship? the ship is damaged, were they compensated? is their trip continuing? shaken but still on schedule at this point. they did say they would be issuing about or they would be issuing $100 of credit per state room they can spend on board before they pull into new orleans tomorrow.
and return address. this comes as president trump ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the five shooting victims. the flags will be lowered until sunset tonight. a crew member of a cruise ship is safe nearly one day after fallingover board. the 33-year-old fell off a norwegian cruise liner saturday afternoon. it was a full 22 hours later a hotel stewart on board a different carnival ship spotted the man treading water. crews lowered a lifeboat, pulled him to safety. we re told the man is being treated and expected to make a full recovery. a judge says all children must be reunited within weeks. coming up, why a former acting director of ice says that will be very hard to do. you always pay your insurance on time.
attack the independence day parade and fireworks in cleveland thwarted by the fbi. demetrius pitts is facing one count of attempting to provide material support to al qaeda. he allegedly told an undercover agent that he wanted to help scope a cleveland location for a holiday attack. security is stepped up across the country for the fourth. and dramatic new details after a cruise ship employee vanished overboard. a 33-year-old crew member from a norwegian cruise ship went missing saturday. on sunday, a crew member on a carnival ship spotted him in the water, 20 miles north of cuba. the captain turning the boat around and sending a rescue team. the unidentified man, who survived nearly 24 hours at sea, is being treated at a mexico hospital. and when we come back, the king has a new court. his big hollywood entrance, and what it could mean for la la land. stay with us. you re turning onto the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident - no big deal, right?