now a community is mourning the loss of three young lives. u.s. officials consider new travel requirements for everyone as the omicron coronavirus variant raises concerns around the world. and open to engaging, donald trump s former chief of staff agrees to cooperate with lawmakers investigating the january 6 capitol riot. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is wednesday, december 1st, and we are following two big stories this hour. the omicron variant of the coronavirus now in 22 countries and territories, saudi arabia being the latest. but it has not yet been detected here in the u.s. health experts stress vaccines are still key to controlling its spread. israel s health minister is the latest to voice his optimism that the current vaccines and boosters will offer protection against this variant. we are also following a deadly shooting at a high school in michigan. the three teen victims have been identified. the gunman
now in custody and on suicide watch after killing three of his fellow students and injuring, badly injuring eight other people tuesday afternoon. the three who died, teenagers, hannah saint juliana, tate meyer, died in a deputy s car on the way to the hospital. traumatized students now coping with something no young person should have to experience. we heard two gunshots. and then after that my teacher ran to the room, locked it, we barricaded, and then we covered the windows and hid. the very first thing in my head was, this is actually happening. i m going to text my family, say i love them just in case if i were to die. the students were trained for this. they were trained for the worst, and they jumped into action quickly within minutes. that one student there telling anderson cooper that they armed themselves with calculators and scissors, anything they could find in the midst of this terrifying experience. footage from one freshman on lockdown shows how sheriff s de
eight others, including a teacher. some of these kids are in very bad shape right now. classroom video shows students barricading themselves as the shooter walks through the hallways. some of them managed to escape through a window. they were running for their lives through the snow. the suspect was taken into custody within two minutes of police arriving on scene we re told. this was the 651st mass shooting this year in 11 months. the weapon was purchased four days earlier by the boy s father. authorities believe the young mann acted alone. a shattered community north of detroit is coping with another senseless act of violence. governor whitner choked up as she described a parent s worst nightmare. joining us is dave collin, author of new york times best seller s columbine and parkland, birth of a movement. i like getting your perspective on these things. i have to be honest, i don t like seeing you because it s always for the same reason. your book columbine is a caut
and the protesters are out here to prove it. at issue here is whether mississippi can ban most abortions with few exceptions after 15 weeks. if this solidly conservative court rules that it can, it will be rewriting its own precedent. and that would trigger a wave of abortion bans in states across the country. the supreme court is about to revisit a hot button culture war issue it hasn t taken head on in decades. should the landmark case roe v. wade be overturned? we re saying more of them born than any state in america. reporter: mississippi and republican governor signed the abortion bill into law in 2018, but it has been blocked by lower courts ever since because it directly conflicts with supreme court precedent. roe v. wade in 1973 and the follow-up case planned parenthood v. casey in 1992, established that the constitution protects a woman s choice to have an abortion. and that states can only ban abortions after the point of viability. that s when a fetus can survi
district judge in louisiana halted the biden order that certain healthcare workers nationwide be vaccinated. this followed two other similar rulings by judges in missouri and kentucky over the past 48 hours. the supreme court will have the final say. we have kenneth starr on this later and fauci outs himself again as a con panic pushes go nuts. the medicine cabinet on that and the congresswoman liberals love to hate is here with a message for those trying to cancel her but first, the swamp stays home, that s the focus of tonight s angle. if you live and work in a red state you may not realize many federal employees haven t returned to work full time since the pandemic began said federal building including those that house homeland security, hhs, transportation department have had a lot of vacant offices, the lights are on and literally almost no one is home. this is a complete travesty, especially in the midst of an inflationary spiral, supply chain crisis and a new covid var