the warning carried by the guardian if nhs staff are not prioritised a devastating impact for patient care the warning carried by the guardian if nhs staff are not prioritised for covid lateral flow tests as supply issues persist. the paper also captures a highly unseasonal image of families on the beach in nothumberland as the uk prepares for what could be its warmest new year s eve on record. the financial times says borisjohnson is set to be cleared over breaking the ministerial code following an internal inquiry into a loan acquired to redecorate his downing street flat. so, let s begin. hello to you both. thank you very much for coming on. the big story is the fallout from the ghislaine maxwell trial. let s start with you, torcuil, and the front page of the i with a headline spotlight falls on duke of york after unhelpful maxwell
with uncertainty in the economy and raising inflation. don t forget, all of this is happening as coronavirus cases surgery to all time highs. here to talk about all of this now managing editor for axios ma gr greta margaret talev and david swirly. i m going to say hopeful new year instead of happy. all right. margaret, let s begin with you. what has to be the president s priority right now as we get this year started? i mean, fred, on a very basic level i can biden s biggest challenge and biggest priority is how to get accurate information to all americans. the economy obviously is the thing that most americans are worried about, combined with coronavirus, the two are inextricably intertwined at this moment, but for the president the truth is that the economy actually is growing and that
let s try something, picture people who violently broke into the u.s. capitol on january 6th. are you picturing any women? new reporting from nbc news shows the state of extremism in america is changing. this piece is just now hitting nbc news.com and our app. let me read you a quote. between 1948 and 2018, just 6% of violent and non-violent far-right extremists in the u.s. were women but that percentage more than doubled on january 6th. to date women reflect 13% of the federal arrests, end quote. we are happy to welcome in a woman who wrote that piece, nbc opinion columnist and offer of hate in the heartland. cynthia miller idris, and extremism expert joan harmon. cynthia, let s begin with you, when you started to look into this trend what surprised you the most about it? well, good morning, good to
on from the tories by election defeat has been derailed by the fresh leaks. the times says the inquiry into those parties is now in disarray as simon case steps back from the investigation. former ethics chief at the cabinet office, sue gray will take over. the i reports that omicron cases are getting out of control with variant cases doubling every one and a half days in london, the north east, west midlands and yorkshire. the ft reports that scientists believe the omicron variant is no less severe, as cases in the uk soar past 93,000 to reach a record high for the third consecutive day. but the mail splashes on the backlash from business leaders calling for the 10 day isolation rule to be scrapped, although the paper does also report that it is not yet known whether the omicron is actually any milder the previous variants. so, let s begin.
currently hospitalized with covid, about half the record high from january. all of this isn t stopping people from wanting to travel, it is now preventing them from actually being able to. several major u.s. airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights this weekend over staffing shortages of course caused by the omicron variant. and yesterday christmas eve air travel saw more than 800,000 fewer passengers compared to pre-pandemic levels. i want to get right to cnn s nadia romero and alison kosik who are keeping a close eye on all the covid developments for us. nadia, let s begin with you. you are in atlanta one of the busiest airports in the world. what is happening there? reporter: it is definitely picking up now, but we re in the afternoon hours, compared to this morning where we had a lot of flight cancellations and people unaware potentially of their cancellations. but now we re seeing more people