covid test within one day of entering the country. the tightened regulations came after the discovery of the omicron variant in south africa. now, there is some good news. early findings show that while the new variant may be more transmissible, the cases could be less severe. still, the travel ban for nonu.s. citizens from eight south african countries is in effect. the biden administration is considering lifting that controversial ban. hopefully we ll be able to lift that ban within a quite reasonable period of time. i mean, we all feel very badly about the hardship that that might have put upon not only south africa but the other african countries and for that reason in realtime, literally on a daily basis, we re reevaluating that policy. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is at dulles international airport for us. pete, how is this rollout of this new requirements going? well, pastors tell us so far so smooth. these new restrictions went in place at 12:01 a.m
about to announce his new strategy for tackling the pandemic in his speech at the national institutes of health. the white house white house says that the nine-point plan includes an extension of the existing mask mandates for air travel and other public transportation through at least march. and the biden administration will be announcing a new requirement that should offer every american free at-home testing. the white house says the plan they re rolling out will help battle against both the delta and omicron covid variants this winter. more on that plan in just a moment. let s start with natasha chen with the news of this new case of the over the counter. what are you learning? reporter: this latest case we re talking about is a man who is from the minneapolis area, the minnesota department of health saying that he traveled to new york for anime nyc at the javits center from november 19th to 21st, and this man had felt symptoms around the 22nd. we re talking about potent
zelenskyy in kyiv and other senior ukrainian officials. the first senior level visit by the u.s. since the start of the war. they promised that u.s. diplomats will return to this country this week. blinken also says that russia s war objectives in ukraine have, in his words, already failed. we re seeing that when it comes to russia s war aims, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. we dont know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin s on the scene. quite a shot across the bow to the kremlin. right now in the eastern part of this country, officials say almost the entire luhansk region is without water. tens of thousands without power. this as russia intensifies attacks on that eastern part of the cannot known as the donbas. we are covering the latest from across ukraine. back to the u.s. as well. let s begin with matt rivers. he is reporting from the capital city of kyiv.
good morning, everyone, you are with us early. glad to have you. it is friday, august 25th. new overnight, there are several fast moving developments tied to donald trump s case in georgia. the trump campaign is already raising money off that mug shot. sources tell cnn that trump made the decision to look defiant in the photo. also new overnight, three more of his co-defendants have turned themselves in over the past few hours including jeffrey clark. he is former d.o.j. official accused of playing a key role in the effort to overturn the election. we re now awaiting just two more surrenders as we re just hours from that deadline. the first trial in the case is set for october 23rd. 5 t 59 days from now. kenneth chesebro asked for a speedy trial and fani willis said game on. she also wants to try all the defendants beginning that day. and also georgia secretary of state has been subpoenaed to testify against mark meadows on monday. that is when a hearing will be held to d
we don t know where they re standing. there s a lot of news. let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 22nd. new overnight the rnc formally announcing the eight candidates who will appear in tomorrow s gop debate. as expected, the front-runner donald trump will not be on them. will no longer let donald trump s surrogates trump is snubbing by not participating. counterprogramming with the taped interview with former fox host tucker carlson. we re also learning hours after the debate, donald trump will surrender at the fulton county jail on charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond. also new overnight, tropical storm harold has formed in the gulf coast. it is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to south texas later today. japan announces a controversial decision to release radioactive water from the damaged fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean thursday. neighboring countries, in