and bills at bengals. and christmas day is traditionally a big day for the nba. now we re going to have the nfl going on at the same time. so big sports day coming for you this christmas. something to look forward to. more supports you date of birth w don t want to watch. thank you, everybody, for joining us. new day starts right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 13th. i m john berman. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins in for brianna this morning. we do have brand-new information about a notable russian retreat this morning. so after the failed advance on
says. i think that basically, kaitlan, they are at the end of their fact-finding stage. we know they are going to do public hearings at the beginning of next month. i think they feel like if they don t do this now they don t do it at all and i think they have recognized in this push/pull with this committee and we ve seen it multiple times about, you know, whether they risk looking political if they take certain actions, this was something that they did not do lightly, this is a big step for them to take. i think they recognize it s not likely they re going to get testimony but i think they did want to have on record that they tried and i think they want to be able to point to that absence, especially because, as you note, it is very likely this committee goes away at the end of this year, republicans take the house back. that s why i started with the idea of what they actually know or the fact that they know something here. the process is what the process is and it seems unlikely
setback. it was a blow to u.s. credibility and to democratic advances, especially on women s rights and media freedoms, which were stifled overnight. thanks to clarissa ward for that big look back aon a year fr history books. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, december 28th. i m kaitlan collins in with john avlon. john berman and brianna keilar are having some much deserved time off today. they deserve it. glad to be with you. and we begin this morning with the cdc cutting the recommended isolation period for many infected americans in half.
are you surprised this is still where we are here in the united states? i think if we rewind back to 2020, i don t think any of us would have predicted that. we are entering year three, as you said, kaitlan. i think the end of the pandemic phase is in sight. we need three things to be in place. vaccines for young children. i have two kids under five. we are not returning back to our lives until our kids are better protected. we need oral pills. we have two pills to treat covid. but we need them to be widely available. the third thing we need to end this pandemic phase so we are able to live with covid is much more rapid testing. we keep talking about testing, but ultimately it is what is going to help us, are we
enough day continues right now. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, december 27th. i m kaitlan collins in with john avlon this morning. good morning. the extraordinarily contagious omicron variant is surging across the u.s. cases are likely to climb much higher. years into this pandemic, testing is still a major challenge. now with lines around the block at testing sites and shortages of at-home tests at drug stores. there is some promising news as dr. anthony fauci expects things will improve next month.