with the spiralling number being driven by the 0micron variant. it s been a chaotic christmas for thousands of people trying to catch flights home in the us as surging covid cases have side lined pilots and other crew members leaving people stranded at airports. christmas eve saw around 690 flights cancelled, leaving some travellers with no choice but to spend the night in a departure lounge. almost 900 domestic and internationalflights in and out of the country have been cancelled today. and there ve also been around 800 delayed christmas day flights. most of the affected airlines have attributed the disruption to the growing number of 0micron cases in the united states, which make up for nearly three quarters of the country s coronavirus cases. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was one familiar laugh missing and expressed empathy with other families who d lost loved ones this
to make carveouts in the rules so that things can get done here when they re gridlocked. they did it on the debt ceiling. senator warnock is one of those who is central to the voting rights conversation and who made the point during the end of last year when they made that carveout on the debt ceiling, hey, if you are going to do it on the debt ceiling why can t you do it on something as fundamental and important as voting rights? certainly that s a conversation here and part of the reason why we see grassroots groups so upset about the way the senate has handled this and other agenda item issues, it seems like they re willing to do carveouts on things that are economic related but not necessarily on something as critical as democracy and voting, which they have repeatedly said is an underpinning of the democratic agenda right now, but as you go into a voting year, i don t have the numbers of how congress spent its time but i would imagine it looks pretty similar to the way that presid
at fellow democrat joe manchin of west virginia, blind siding the white house on short notice going on fox on sunday news. this is a no? this is a no. and in minneapolis, closing arguments in the trial of former police officer kim potter who faces manslaughter charges in the death of an unarmed daunte wright. first to our top story, the surging covid cases. joining us now kathy park in new york city, monica alba in the white house, and kelly cobiella in london. also with us our medical correspondent dr. john torres and dr. vin gupta, critical care pulmonologist. what is mayor de blasio doing about the long testing lines and the delays in getting results back? reporter: yeah, andrea, we are seeing a lot of covid
assured democrats that there is nothing domestically more important than voting rights. it is the single biggest issue. he has said that on the record b you in action the white house has not given it top billing or even second billing. to illustrate this point we reviewed biden s schedules and speech transcripts since he started his presidency. he has held more than 60 events as president solely dedicated to the issue of covid, not stridesingly basically on average more than one a week. he has also held 40 events dedicated to build back better and the infrastructure plan that he got passed. now, compare that to the number of events solely on the issue of voting rights since he took the oath. two. and that includes his remarks scheduled for this afternoon. bottom line, all is not well with our democracy, a lot of we have been pointing out the various holes in our small d democratic system right now. former president and his party are trying to exploit those holes and the current preside
blasted mayor lori lightfoot. the mayor has been relentless but she is being relentlessly stupid. she is relentlessly refusing to seek accommodation and we are trying to find a way to get people back to school. carley: during negotiations, teachers staging a caravan as part of their resistance to work in person, shutting down traffic around city hall. well, a live look at capitol hill where in just hours cdc director rochelle walensky and dr. anthony fauci will face lawmakers at a hearing on president biden s handling of the pandemic. senators are expected to grill biden s covid advisers on the administration s most recent guidance on prioritizing testing and treatment of nonwhites. the cdc is now expected to urge the use of n-95 and kn 95 masks due to mounting omicron cases. the white house announcing today that the u.s. will give another