surging om krob cases are fueling a pandemic of cases across the u.s. as parents return to work, try to, and kids head back to school just days before the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. lawmakers hint at the coup attempt and 40 million people are under a winter storm warning stretching from alabama to new jersey. we ll have the latest forecast. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, january 3rd. we begin 2022 with cases surging like we haven t seen before in the pandemic. it s causing staffing shortages across businesses and amongst had health care and airline workers. we ve started a new day and more than 1600 flights canceled. more than 14,000 flights canceled since christmas eve.