officials beginning january 10. and lastly, bone thing that official was not able to say is what vladamir putin s intentions were following this call. instead, the u.s. instead of trying to judge his intention, focused on russian action. we have seen stepped up u.s. surveillance missions, two u.s. spy planes flying over even ukraine in just a matter of days. jeremy diamond, cnn, delaware. from brazil, 2021 has been a devastating year. the covid pandemic left more than 600,000 dead. parts of the amazon have been ravaged by wildfires. and many blame the brazilian president for both. many are now hoping that 2022 will be the year of reckoning for him. [ speaking foreign language ] reporter: little sarah was born this january in brazil, in the midst of a pandemic.
had a discussion with president trump on january 10, that may have raised a number of specific concerns about his actions in the days before the inauguration january 20. you wrote in congressman jim jordan january 10. guys we have a clear path to land the plane in nine days. he can t mention the election again. ever. i did not have a good call with him today. and worse i m not sure what is left to do or say. i don t like not knowing if it s truly understood. ideas? that sent to white house chief of staff. and republican congressman jim jordan. committee continues quote none of the communications are subject to privilege. ey bare directly on the issues before the committee. we cannot in good faith fail to question you on these and specific issues relevant to the vgs. including an investigation into the facts and circumstances relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power. this is interesting.
as you ve been hearing, the uk, france and the united states have all registered new coronavirus records as the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly around the world. the uk recorded nearly 219,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, the highest daily figure so far. prime minister borisjohnson said that despite the huge increase in covid cases there is a substantial level of immunity in the population. but the weeks ahead are going to be challenging and some services will be disrupted due to staff absences. in order to combat this, around 100,000 critical workers in the uk are set to take daily covid tests from january 10 in order to reduce the spread of the virus to colleagues it will be for key industries including food processing, transport and the border force. but business leaders had been
case ukraine, and the members of nato. it s not up to anybody else. certainly not up to the united states to say. so even if we wanted to, which we don t, we couldn t commit nato not to accept ukraine. ukraine has an open door. nato has said the door is open for you at some point you can be a member. you re an expert in diplomacy. what do you think about the two calls this month? is it enough? you have two zoom calls. should there be more engagement? should countries be more involved? lastly. absolutely. absolutely. that is one of the other big principles. we, the united states, are not going to negotiate with the russians about ukrainian security or european security without them being at the table. so this cannot be just a u.s.-russia discussion. on january 10 and 12 january,
california beaches are closed including those in los angeles and long beach after 7 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into a global river that empties into los angeles harbor. spelling on thursday afternoon after sewer main line failed. to rivals facing off in this year s college football playoff national championship. georgia bulldogs and alabama crimson tide take to the field for the big match january 10 after semi finals went. more on these and other stories, download the fox news app scan the qr code on your screen or fox news.com/app. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say 2022 is a make or break year for serious big tech reform, some proposals so far addressed antitrust, seek protection for kids, net neutrality and section 230 of the communications decency act,