visiting towns and neighborhoods that days ago looked pristine and now completely still flooded out all the while making the hard sell on his domestic agenda trying to offer his infrastructure and budget plans as solutions in preventing future death and devastation. we got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the nasa security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril and that s not hyperbole, that a fact. it s a bipartisan plan to modernize our physical ins infras infrastructure, our roads. how many bridges i went through in new jersey that had been over flown by the river because the next time disaster strikes, the flood is contained, the fire doesn t spread as widely and power stays on. not to mention those investments save lives, homes and create good paying union jobs. president biden making a hard pivot to his economic plan as you heard there trying to turn the page on crisis that have consumed his white house in
haiti. lawrence: the united states sending aid. unfolding the situation in afghanistan. david spunt joins us live from washington. david, what do you know? reporter: the situation continues to rapidly deteriorate. we do know the taliban has not officially taken over the capital of kabul. we know they entered the outskirts of kabul, prompting a lot of concern internationally, certainly for many scared people that live and around kabul and parts of afghanistan. the fifth largest city i should say in afghanistan, jalalabad has been taken over under control by the taliban. that happened several hours ago. people excited roaming through the streets as the group took over. this is the fifth largest city. fox news learned the u.s. embassy in kabul is being in the process of evacuated as i speak to you. the embassy is technically open for business. it could close any day. kabul is surrounded by the taliban waiting to pounce and take over. president biden spending several days at the
lynne cheney so how did elyse stefanek go from being a trump skeptic to one of the biggest spreaders of the big lie? plus, wear your mask and earplugs. a thundering herd of billions of cicadas are coming, so where are they headed? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. president biden trying to put a positive spin on a massively disappointing jobs report. president biden says any growth proves that the economy is moving in the right direction but each he is admitting that there s a, quote, long way to go. the april jobs report said the u.s. added 266,000 jobs which in normal times would be a solid performance but economists had predicted that the wide vaccine rollout and the reopening of the economy would spur hiring, and they had expected that jobs report to show at least 1 million, 1 million new jobs added to the economy and instead the u.s. got a quarter of that. while president biden is attempting to spin those numbers his treasury secretary offered a more blunt assess
we will hear about another christmas party in norway that led to the biggest omicron outbreak in europe, and from south africa where scientists have spent the last two weeks testing the vaccines against this new variant. good evening. borisjohnson has moved england to plan b in an effort to stop the spread of the omicron variant. from monday people will be encouraged to work from home wherever possible. but more immediately from friday facemasks will have be worn in most public indoor venues. that includes theatres, cinemas, and restaurants. and the nhs covid pass will now be mandatory for nightclubs and other venues with large crowds. remorseless logic of exponential growth could lead to a big rise in hospitalisations and therefore, sadly, and deaths. in hospitalisations and therefore, sadly, in deaths. and that s why it s now the proportionate and the responsible thing to move to plan b in england while continuing to work closely with our colleagues in the devolved admi
good afternoon, i m sara sidner. welcome to cnn newsroom. our breaking news, new and long awaited arrest in the horrific killings of four university of idaho students in november. brian kohberger is facing first-degree murder charges. the killings terrorized the small town which hadn t seen a murder in seven years. the fear so intense, some students have been too scared to return to school. investigators will hold a press conference, they tell us, very soon, and we ll take you there live. but first, jean is in the area. have you been able to glean any more information abilout the person arrested and the charges he s facing. let me tell you what we know. we re at the monroe county correctional facility or the jail here in northeastern pennsylvania. this is where the suspect is being housed on no bail. kohberger is 28 years old. he was arrested at 1:30 this morning. very close. he has a mailing address of very close. but here s what i want to emphasize, this is small town p