end of the what you re hearing about light at the end of the tunnel doesn t take away from the fact that tomorrow or the next day will get really bad. the minimum number was 100,000 lives. i think we ll be substantially under that number. less than 100,000 deaths. no problem. if we can stay substantial lip under the hundred, which was the original projection, i think we all did a very good job. yes. great work, team! this has been this week in covid history. yeah, well, you know what they say? hindsight is infuriating. my god. they were so bad. it s tragic because it s true. it s terrible. it s funny happy birthday, sweetie. happy birthday. light at the end of the tunnel and they were carrying the sign, less than 100,000. don t laugh, you guys. it s funny, but don t laugh. the stupidity light at the end of the tunnel! absolutely ridiculous. willie, we have a birthday boy. i know! happy birthday, joe. happy birthday, joe. yeah, thank you
normally there are hundreds of thousands of people here. they ve been here all day. there are a lot of first responders, doctors and nurses, medical professionals, first responders who are there with their families in these pens as honored guests, as they should be. they are having a good time, and we re all waiting for the ball to drop for the new year. yes, i know. you re a little drunk. you know, we were just talking about annoying things, things that annoy us in our lives right now. yes. i m very annoyed by this book that i read. you have a whole thing about children s books. well, i do children s book reviews on my instagram. and, you know, there are some that make no sense. i mean i had a 70s sesame alphabet book that i mean it says h is for hull. how am i explaining this to my son? there are some kids i m thinking is this an acid trip. do you have potty time for elmo ? they re like, elmo can use the potty. my agent carol is a great friend, got wya
i support both of them, and i think we can get them both done. new body cam footage reveals what gabby petito told police about the august 12th domestic dispute with her fiancee. hundreds of rallies across the country as protesters take a stand for reproductive rights. i need to be able to like have control over my choices and my life. i m amazed that we re still fighting for this, but we can t give up. i m pamela brown in washington, you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday evening. it s great to have you along with us. we begin with another bleak threshold crossed in the covid-19 pandemic and also some new reasons for optimism. the virus has now killed more than 700,000 people in the united states. as you see here, a sea of white blankets, the national mall here in washington one flag for every life lost. in fact, the u.s. has the highest death toll of any country in the world. the 700,000 number equivalent to losing more than the entire population of boston
his day job, as hunter biden awaits his sentencing. and another trial in a separate case. plus, house republicans barrelling toward a vote to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, do they have the votes? then the secretary of state in the middle east, what he just revealed about the new demands from hamas. and a high speed bus hijacking during atlanta s rush hour, the wild scene caught on camera. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with an unprecedented moment for a sitting president responding to the guilty verdict of his child. president biden making a last-minute trip to wilmington, delaware, last night to support his son hunter before traveling overseas this morning on another high stakes diplomatic visit. the president says he will respect the legal process, as hunter biden now braces for his sentence in this case and prepares to return to court on
we begin on capitol hill here the house is expected to vote today on a resolution to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over video tapes of an interview with president biden. this comes before one day when president trump is set to head to congress for meetings, including senator mitchell mcconnell. joining us now is ali vitali. does this have any change of passing? reporter: house republicans say it does. two house committees, oversight and judiciary, passed this contempt referral out of their committees and left it open to leadership to bring to the house floor. there was a lot of pressure being applied on house republican leadership, including speaker mike johnson, to do that. there were some moderate republicans who were reluctant to vote for this. though it seems based on the conversations that leadership had with reporters that they have their ducks in a row and have the votes needed to hold the attorney general in conte