good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we re going to start this hour with the latest in the coronavirus pandemic. right now the nation s testing capacity already strained to keep up with demand. it is facing enormous new pressure with people waiting in long lines to get tested as the omicron variant fuels a rapid spike in cases. meanwhile, the biden administration scored a big win last night in its push to enforce federal vaccine mandates. a federal appeals court reinstated the white house s vaccine or testing mandate for large businesses with at least 100 employees. business groups quickly appealed to the supreme court. and new york officials reported over 21,000 new covid cases on friday, the highest single day total of the entire pandemic. governor kathy hochul spoke with katy tur about what s to come. it s going to get worse, especially after christmas day. people gathering in person. there wi
gunmen opened fire on crowds in a concert hall near moscow. you see the scene here now and enormous presence of law enforcement. and first responders, at least 40 people have been killed. more than 100 hundred wounded. that s according to russian media, which is calling this an act of terrorism. we are learning more minute by minute. we will bring you each new, update our other breaking news story today. catherine, the princess of wales, says she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the early stages of treatment. the princess says she found out after having major abdominal surgery in january and says the news came as a huge shock here is princess kate in her own words i want to take this opportunity to say, thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding. is i ve been recovering from surgery it has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family but i ve had a fantastic medical team who ve taken great care of me
right now on cnn this morning, new york s attorney general, moving to seize a private estate and golf course suburban manhattan, belonging to donald trump and gaza ceasefire talks, resuming and qatar as secretary of state, antony blinken prepares to meet face-to-face this it s morning with israel s prime minister and republicans believe they have the votes to pass a spending bill today, we ll enough democrats join them to try and head off off a government shutdown 05:00 a.m. here in washington alive look at new york city from tower somewhere in their good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us this morning donald trump has just three days to post a nearly half $1 bond. and if you can t find the money, new york attorney general, letitia james is making preparations to seize some of his mark key property these filing judgments in westchester county, home to trump s golf course and private estate north of manhattan. the ag is already filed papers f
tonight on 360, the former president said to be in panic mode with his half-billion dollars civil fraud deadline just five days away and no sign yet he can find anyone to foot the bill. also tonight catching up with the republican nominee to run north carolina s public school system, whose tweets have called for the killing of president biden and former president obama but plus a sinister new twist and the princess of wales medical saga, the possibility that hospital staff tried to snoop on her records while she was a surgical patient. good evening. we begin to and i keep them honest. we re just five days and counting until the former president s 464 million new york civil fraud bill comes due the one he s told the court he cannot secure a bond for despite prior claims like these by his attorney they know by looking at a statements of financial condition that this guy is worth a lot of money billions and billions of billions of dollars. and that didn t even include his br
that s 1808851177. call now space shuttle columbia, the final flight or sunday, april 7, nine on cnn it is deja vu all over again on capitol hill, republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, filing a motion to house speaker mike johnson all this with a potential government shutdown, just hours away, plus empire at risk, former president donald trump has just three days to come up with half billion dollars. he claims he s gotten in cash. that s not what his attorneys are saying. and diplomatic blitz, secretary of state antony blinken is in the middle east as part of an intense push for hostage deal and ceasefire in gaza. this is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, making it clear today. you don t back us in rafah, israeli we ll do it alone. we re falling these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news18 working news on capitol hill time is running out and the pressures on the senate to pass a spending bill that would avoid a