the man allegedly demanding the release of a convicted terrorist. tonight, the dramatic rescue. the video capturing the moments several hostages escaped. and where the president says the suspect allegedly got his weapons after landing in the u.s. battling the omicron surge. the biden administration warning of tough weeks ahead. daily covid cases soaring to nearly 800,000 new infections on average. hospitals under siege with nearly 160,000 covid-positive patients receiving care. tonight, why dr. jha says it s going to get much worse. novak djokovic deported. the serbian tennis star kicked out of australia, losing his bid to defend his tournament title. his response to the decision tonight. the underwater volcano in the pacific erupting again. tonight, the growing fears for the island nation of tonga. the voting rights showdown in washington. the white house push stalled in congress. tonight the key democrat vowing to not give up the fight, and my interview with martin
responding to a surge of covid cases across the country by sending out free at-home covid tests. we ll tell you how you can get yours and explain some changes in the cdc guidance in masking. and a sprawling winter storm is rolling across the country right now. it slammed the midwest. we ve got the newest video for you and it s setting its sites on the east bringing heavy rain, snow and ice. a message from officials. stay inside and close your windows. that order in parts of new jersey as an 11-alarm fire continues to burn at this hour. and djokovic detained, the tennis star back in detention after visa revoked for a second time. the moves today that could reshape the australian open. you are waking up to saturday, january 15th. and we are so grateful to have your company. thanks for being here. great to be with you, christi. we start with the omicron variant. pressing u.s. hospitals into crisis mode this morning. several states now relying on national guard person
private insurance as the biden administration prepares to send out hundreds of millions more tests and masks, trying to contain the surge of new covid cases. we ll tell you how you can get yours. novak djokovic detained. the tennis star back in detention after his visa is again revoked. the moves that could reshape the australian open. and bare shelves, high prices greeting grocery store customers across the country. factors contributing to the shortages and whether we ll see relief soon. the package you have been waiting for could be somewhere on this los angeles train track. thieves looting freight trains in california. how this mess could impact future deliveries. newsroom starts right now. good morning on this saturday, january 15th. so good to have you on. christi paul. boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news at this hour. the western u.s. coast is under a tsunami advisory as the national tsunami warning center says the
c coren. this is cnn newsroom. why the suggested quarantine period has been slashed in half. a 14-year-old girl killed by police while shopping for a birthday dress. the moments that led up to the heartbreaking shooting. and christmas with covid. how some kept the holiday cheer alive despite testing positive . despite a surge of covid cases in the u.s., the centers for disease control is issuing new guidelines to shorten the isolation time for people who test positive for the virus. the cdc now recommends people can stop isolating after five days rather than ten. if they don t have symptoms and they wear a mask for another five days. experts say transmission usually happens early in the course of the illness, a day or two prior to symptoms and two to three days after. the number of children admitted to hospitals with covid is up 35% in just the past week. new york city has seen a five-fold increase this month. meanwhile, sickouts from covid have forced airlines to cance
coronavirus infections have been a key metric in what s to come here. a first indicator, if you will, before hospitalizations and in worst cases death. but that may no longer be the case in 2022. i think this is the most important part of this moment in this pandemic. we have to do a shift. look, for two years infections always preceded hospitalizations which preceded deaths. so you could look at infections and know what was coming. this is the shift we ve been waiting for in many ways. we re moving to a phase where if you re vaccinated, particularly if you re boosted, you might get an infection. it might be a couple of days of not feeling so great but you re going to bounce back. that s very different than what we have seen in the past so i no longer think infections generally should be the major metric. obviously we can continue to track infections among unvaccinated people because those people will end up in the hospital at the same rate. we have to focus on hospitalizat