And, yes, virginia, there is a santa claus. The real story behind what might be the most famous newspaper editorial ever written. All that and more ahead, but first lets get a check of your headlines from the news desk. Good morning, everyone, im alison kosik. Breaking overnight, the cdc announcing it will require all passengers from the United Kingdom to prove they have tested negative for coronavirus before they can fly to the United States. The order is a response to the new covid variant that appears to have originated in the uk. Lets go live now to london and bring in cnns salma abdelaziz. Salma, so whats the reaction there about this new requirement . Reporter well, alison, of course, there is often flights between the uk and the United States, but the United States is kind of late to the party here. Theres over 40 countries that already put restrictions in place and its important to remember that Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced these new rules or rather this new variant l
First from the fox news deck this afternoon, al franken, former rising star in the Democratic Party, selfproclaimed champion of women, announcing he will quit the u. S. Senate in the midst of Sexual Misconduct allegations. Already democrats are discussing options for his replacement. In a speech on the floor, the senator defended his record. He blasted republicans that faced similar allegations including roy moore and the sitting president , donald trump. Senator franken says hes not finished fighting. Today i am announcing that in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the United States senate. Let me be clear. I may be resigning my seat, but im not giving up my voice. I will continue to stand up for the things i believe in as a citizen and as an activist. Shepard at least 30 senators have called for franken to step aside. Most spoke out yesterday after two more women came forward with accusations against the senator. At least eight women say franken kissed or groped them
Old party and no one shows up to Trace Gallagher on that prospect. Neil, theres a couple of big factors playing into this. One is the rising tension between the u. S. And north korea. Yesterday when the u. S. And south korea conducted exercises, kim jongun declared the peninsula was on the brink of war. Then the fact that the olympic venues in south korea are only 50 or so miles from the demilitarized zone, which is well in range of weapons. During the story with martha maccallum, nikki haley was asked directly if the u. S. Olympic team should attend the Winter Olympics. Heres how she answered. I think it depends on whats going on at the time in the country. We have to watch this closely and its changing by the day. Yeah, haley was asked if she felt comfortable sending a Family Member to the games. She said it has to go with what is happening at the time. Today the white house was asked about the olympics and Sarah Sanders first said this. Watch her. U. N. Ambassador said its an open q