campaigned on a promise to target trump, and that is the basis of their lawsuit. they argue that she is violating trump s constitutional rights and abusing her office to pursue her own political aims. now, james has responded in a statement, saying, quote, to be clear, neither mr. trump nor the trump organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions. our investigation will continue undeterred red because no one i above the law, not even someone with the name trump. paula reid, thank you very much. new overnight, the nhl putting its season on ice. at least briefly in response to the covid outbreak. details behind the decision. and new york hospitals bracing for a surge of new patients as cases of the omicron variant skyrocket. we ll speak with one hospital official who says there is reason this morning to be optimistic.
from that remark, flip remark to reality, in just a couple weeks scenes like this are playing out everywhere. in mess a, mesa, arizona, covid-19 tests are flying out the door. i think it s a great idea. additional peace of mind even though we re all vaccinated and boostered. i m actually spending the holidays with my family. i ve got older uncle and my father and so we just want to take some precautions and just make sure that we re all good. wow, he s speaking for just about everybody i know right now. look, the fact is covid is resurging nationwide. one factor, the rapid spread of the omicron variant. it now accounts for 73% of u.s. cases making it by far the dominant strain. one marker of how things have changed seemingly overnight, the nhl has suspended all play until at least after christmas. cnn s jasmine wright joins us again from washington.
have plenty of capacity, at least for now. this is not 2020, he says. we are learning of the first known omicron-related death in the united states. a texas man in his 50s with underlying health issues. he was unvaccinated and previouprevious previously had been infected with covid-19. and the nhl is postponing their games until after christmas at least. at the white house, a staff member tested positive for covid. president biden will be tested again today. today, he is set to direct the people directly, talking about this renewed fight. he will announce the purchase of 500,000 rapid at-home tests and a plan to distribute those for free to those who request them. the president expected to say vaccinated americans don t need to cancel holiday plans despite the rising case count. let s go to jeremy diamond who
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there have now been 49 nhl games postponed so far this season. nfl, meanwhile, adding 51 players to their reserved covid-19 list yesterday. the highest single day total since the pandemic began. a i m among the big names, travis kelce and joey bosa. this came as the nfl moved away from weekly testing of players. the leagues will only test vaccinated individuals showing symptoms and random groups each week. since the start of last week, 213 players reportedly tested positive for the virus. that s nearly 10% of the league. john, as we see, you know, leagues start to make changes to their covid protocols as cases continue to rise, so far, things haven t really changed for fans. we re still seeing full stadiums and arenas across the country with teams not really changing what their protocols were before all of this started happening with this new rise of cases. we re watching. i mean, things could change on a daily basis at this point, andy. thank you very much. coronavirus cases in