vaccination, which i disagree with. i think for part of caring from one another, the dictum of jesus is love one another, show compassion, show mercy to each other, sending the message is that if we want to act like jesus in these kind of times, we take care of each other. if we gather in celebration, we have to do so safely, comfortably, and we have to give to one another that gift of peace. and part of that is health. and feeling like we're gathering in a healthy environment. and so i really hope as people gather in celebration, to celebrate the birth of christ, who was about mercy, and compassion, and love of one another, that we keep that in mind. it is not about us. i don't think there is a reason to say i'm not going to get vaccinated today, you know, maybe a health reason, but then you can't come to church. you have a responsibility to one another. >> father edward beck, rabbi ann brener, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, both. >> thank you. and "new day" continues right now. good friday morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i'm erica hill with jim sciutto. john and brianna are off this morning. well, time running out for holiday shoppers. i'm looking at you, jim. there is a bigger can concern for many this morning. and the reality is it is this omicron surge. it has now grounded hundreds of flights. carriers struggling with a shortage of flight crews and operation staff, airlines asking the cdc to shorten the isolation period for workers who have been exposed to covid. just part of what they think could help deal with that staffing shortage. if this sounds familiar, it should. the cdc just made a similar concession for healthcare workers, saying those who test positive but are asymptomatic can now return to work after seven days with a negative test instead of ten. >> that's some of the good news out there on omicron. omicron has now pushed covid numbers, new infections higher than the peak of the delta variant last summer. the average daily average of new cases topping 1 82,000. in washington, d.c., covid cases have broken the previous record, they have seen a 400% increase over the last seven days. this is the more critical number here. that is hospitalizations. and so far there has not been a big jump in hospitalizations. it means people are not getting seriously ill in large numbers, we'll be watching the data to see if it stays that way. another dose of good news. another weapon in the covid fighting arsenal. the fda approved a second antiviral covid pill, this one from merck, designed to keep people from getting seriously ill and ending up in the hospital. let's talk to about what is happening with all those flights, cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean live at reagan national airport. cancellations, 3% to 9%. that could cause some problems during busy travel times. >> reporter: no doubt, jim. especially given the fact that millions of people are still traveling even in spite of the omicron variant. airlines are now saying that is causing problems, these uptick in cases is leading to staffing shortages at airlines, which is leading to cancellations of flights. look at the latest numbers from flight aware. about 169 cancellations at united airlines today so far. 124 at delta airlines and according to a memo we obtained from united airlines, united says this is impacting its flight crews and operational staff at the airline. this is what it says in a statement. we have unfortunately had to cancel some flights and are notifying impacted customers in advance of coming to the airport. united says we're sorry for the disruption and working hard to rebook as many people as possible and get them on their way for the holidays. this is come as we have seen long lines at airports across country. in fact, yesterday, was to be one of the busiest days of the holiday travel season and the tsa says it screened 2.19 million people just yesterday. that's the highest number we have seen since the monday after thanksgiving. and the highest number we have seen on this long stretch of busy days at airports, nearly 2 million people or more for a week straight and the tsa projects it will screen another 20 million people in airports across the country between now and january 3rd. that's when everybody begins coming home all at once, jim. >> people muntean, thanks so much for keeping track of it all. let's take a closer look at the covid situation on the ground. two doctors battling this recent surge in cases in their respective cities. dr. eric is an emergency room physician in new york city. and in washington, d.c., dr. james philips is assistant professor of emergency medicine at george washington university hospital. good to have both of you with us. we're seeing a sharp increase in cases not just nationally, but in both of your cities respectively. up over 100% in new york city. i have to say, this struck me, up 386% in washington, d.c. and dr. philips you say you're seeing firsthand this in the waiting room, in the emergency room, waiting area, people are there longer, you don't have the staff to care for folks. >> yeah, good morning. that's absolutely right. what wear seeing is not just an unprecedented upward slope in the new cases that are happening in cities along the northeastern seaboard including washington, d.c. but compounding that we're seeing a real lack of staff. we have entered into what i think will be called the great nursing shortage of 2021. while we have this increase in patients and many of whom are less sick than perhaps they would have been if they had delta, the problem is the wait times are higher. not just for covid patients, but for people with non-covid reasons why they came to the emergency department. so it is compounding our problems, making patients angry and leading to patients leaving without being seen, which can be very detrimental to their health. >> one silver lining in this, so far, is that hospitalizations have not jumped in line with new infections. we have a graph we can put on the screen that compares the two numbers, but the seven-day average of new coronavirus infections as compared to 14-day average of new coronavirus hospitalizations, there are the new infections, compare that to the new hospitalizations, it is ticking up, but not jumping like you're seeing with new infections. do you see hope in that in terms of omicron's seriousness, and also the potential burden on hospital and hospital staff? >> yeah, i think that's a really good point to make, we're in a much different position than we were one year ago, we didn't have the protection of the vaccine to really blunt the seriousness of what it meant to have a covid diagnosis. we are seeing though the case rates in new york are exponential, still less than 1 in 5 patients in one of our hospitals is a covid patient. that's a very different position going into the new year than we were a year ago. >> in washington, mayor bowser told us yesterday on "new day" that really there is a significant increase among 25 to 34-year-olds, that age group in washington, d.c. vaccine mandates for indoor gatherings, bars, restaurants, have been announced. those will go into effect in two weeks. how much of a difference do you think the measures will make? >> remains to be seen. i don't blame the current surge that we see in washington, d.c. on the temporary relief of the mask mandate we had recently. i think that it is a perfect storm where that happened to occur during a time where a new variant has emerged and as people are gathering. i think that it is absolutely right anecdotally in my last few shifts in the emergency department, the overwhelming majority of patients are young. here in washington, d.c., we have done a great job of vaccinating. 86% of our people over the age of 65 are vaccinated. almost 70% of our total population is vaccinated. it is those who are having breakthrough cases and those who chose not to get vaccinated or were unable that we're really worried about and most of those patients that we have seen so far are going home. let's keep our fingers crossed that that trend continues. >> the numbers, they're not, you know, minorly different. the difference between the percentage of people who are vaccinated and unvaccinated are dramatic and you hope that breaks through. you look at how folks are reacting to omicron, the president, health officials saying keep your holiday plans if you're vaccinated. that's different from last year. you also see a signal like snorksn new york, a major public gathering, do you think that's a good idea? >> i think that we have to find a balance between the complete corruption of life we saw in 2020 and new year's eve is traditionally outdoors, that makes it low risk. there is a vaccine requirement to be in the crowd. i think the smart kind of measures to make sure we're continuing on with life, continuing to not allow this virus to paralyze us is our -- are smart because we really are, i think, weighing the risks and benefits and i don't think this event is going to be a super spreader event. i think a lot of the things we're seeing spread are really kind of close contact with people that we know. >> yeah. >> dr. eric, dr. james, thank you for joining us this morning, thank you for all you're doing on a daily basis and over the holidays to help care for so many. appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. a virginia man who documented his battle with covid-19 while hospitalized for a month is urging americans to take a different road than he initially did. begging them to get vaccinated. take a listen. this is when he joined us from his hospital bed in august. >> the easiest thing is getting covid. the hardest thing is finding a bed, finding oxygen, trying to breathe like a fish in water. i'm so sorry i made the mistake to not get vaccinated. vaccinations are so important. and i can do better as a parent, as a human. >> travis campbell is now back home with his family. they have all been vaccinated. he said he plans to get a booster shot as soon as he is eligible and travis joins us again this morning. good to see you there at home, smiling. much better than seeing you in a hospital bed, travis. >> yeah, it is great to be on this side and those that watched our videos know that i was referring to the earthly side than the spiritual side. so it is phenomenal and it is tough to watch those videos. i still have yet watched those videos. it immediately brings tears to my eyes. but thank you. >> we're happy to have you back. we're happy to see you doing much better. hard to watch those videos, but your message has been so important. i know that since you got out of the hospital, this is your mission now, right? you want to share your story with as many people as possible. you have a unique voice here. what has the reaction been? >> it has been great. it has been supportive. my family, my friends, local community, and then now, you know, we have opinion on the world news a couple of times and with you all and it is just been amazing, but, yeah, it is a high priority to reach out to american and human population to explain what we went through and what i went through and experiencing what i'm still experiencing with all the symptoms and everything. and to let people understand that there is a value to life that you need to evaluate some of your decisions because if you get to the covid as i did, and spend all the time in the hospital, not only do you take a risk of dying and not only do you take a risk of financially ruining your family, but the extended problems that your body is going to have such as organ failures, heart failure, lung damage, and you're going to continue to fight it. so it is not a virus. that's what i'm trying to get out to everybody. it is not like the stomach bug where you go back to work in three days. it is a virus that stays with you. it is damaging. therefore, i'm trying to get the message out to people that it is very important that we get vaccinated and, you know, it is time to celebrate the pills that was recently approved for pfizer and the one yesterday, and, man, how awesome is that? >> it is remarkable as we heard from so many doctors, especially to have these two tools. but we hear in the same breath in no way are they a replacement for the vaccine. there are a number of people who decided not to get the vaccine, because they said i had covid, i had the antibodies. you chose to get vaccinated. why? >> absolutely. and that was our exact mentality that we had it prior and our antibodies was good and so it is sort of -- referring back to the stomach bug, once you have it, you're not going to have it again. that's not true one, with covid. second reason we got vaccinated is because that's our duty as americans. and humans. to make sure that we're contributing and protecting our family and that's what i did not do. and, you know, i definitely regret that. so preparing for our future strains of the covid-19 and doing our part with the vaccinations was a very, very easy decision, based on what i went through in the hospital. i knew as soon as i got out, that was one of my main goals was to get vaccinated and i'm very thankful today to tell you that we are fully vaccinated as a family. >> which is great news. i know when you spoke with brianna last, you were really concerned you may not be there for your daughter, to walk her down the aisle. you are here this morning. you posted on facebook, this christmas means so much to me this year, more than it did when i was a kid. how does it feel this morning to sit here, to talk about it, to talk about how you feel, how much better you're doing now to know you're here for your family? >> it feels great. it feels great. i'm thankful. i have high expectations for this christmas season personally. because of everything i went through, a lftot of the family still haven't seen since i was in the hospital. but really looking forward to that. it does mean so much more than the tree, the gifts, the food. and it is just such a reward. definitely difficult battle to try to get to this day. but it means so much. being around family and friends and understanding the gift is not the one that is right. the gift is being able to breathe. being able to stay above ground. and enjoy your family, your friends, and, you know, prepare, and so it is definitely a special holiday for me. >> it is beautiful to hear you say all that. i'm wondering, is there a message you have for folks who may be concerned moving forward? maybe deciding to get the vaccine. if you're having a conversation with someone one on one, what do you say? >> first of all, i'm going to respect some of their decisions. but i would tell you, based on what i've been through, that i made the decision to get vaccinated because i would prefer thousands of doctors, scientists, nurses, to work on a side effect if i was to have which, one i did not, none of our family did, than eight of my best friends carrying my body for my wife. that i went through, i planned my funeral. and that's okay. i'm not telling you that as a -- i'm telling you that's how far we went through the situation. and i would never want anybody to experience that in any way. absolutely not. i would also tell you that if you choose not to vaccinate, ensure you're doing the vitamins, ensure you're doing antibody tests and hopefully you'll find some research. i will tell you, your children, when they went to school, they got vaccinated. and they couldn't go to school unless they got vaccinated. i'm a firm believer in it. i support it 100%. if it would have prevented me from going to the hospital, of which the studies now show that vaccinations, 88% of people that are vaccinated are not hospitalized and the ones that are hospitalized, 90% are unvaxxed. and so that's a huge staggering number. >> it is. >> so hopefully this holiday season we can really rally together and make some huge decisions to do our part and get vaccinated. >> well, you're certainly doing you're part. you're right, the vaccines are doing what they were designed to do, prevent severe illness and death, ideally keep you out of the hospital and keep you here, firmly planted on the ground, in this world. travis campbell, merry christmas. great to see you this morning. >> merry christmas. thank you so much. coming up, ex-officer kim potter found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. just ahead, daunte wright's mother joins us live. plus, a tsa agent leapt into action to save a baby's life at the airport. really worth watching this. first, nasa ready to launch its most powerful space telescope ever. even more powerful than hubbell. more on the fascinating discoveries that could lead to coming up. ♪ ♪ you are my fire ♪ ♪ the one desire ♪ ♪ you are, you are, ♪ ♪ 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>> good morning. still, it is still -- i'm in shock, disbelief. i am, again, just every single emotion still. we're still trying to decompress and just have so many emotions still as of today. >> i'm sure a number of people reached out to you since this verdict was read. what are you hearing from folks, from supporters, from your son's friends, from your family? >> we're receiving so many messages from supporters. they're leaving congratulations, i know this doesn't feel like a win, but it is a victory to actually be able to have, you know, our day in court and to be able to have two guilty verdicts. this is a win. even though daunte won't be coming home. so so much support, so much love. >> there has been a fair amount of discussion about accountability versus justice. where do you stand this morning? >> i'm still going to always stand on accountability. i think, again, justice would be daunte being home. justice would be no more names being yelled at our streets and until that happens and we don't have to fight anymore, that's when true justice will be. but right now, we're going to accept accountability and we're thankful for that. >> minnesota attorney general keith ellison had a strong statement following the verdict yesterday. i want to play that in case folks haven't seen it. >> accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach we have in this life for daunte. but accountability is an important step. critical necessary step on the road to justice for us all. >> benjamin crump echoes those comments, what we heard from katie. you have been on this road to justice for some time now in a number of different cases. what do you see the impact of this verdict being? >> i think it is profound, erica, it is on the same level as the verdict that we saw in the killing of george floyd as well as ahmaud arbery. you know, in 2021 it is historical year in our quest for racial justice in america when we see three for three, that people who killed unarmed black people unjustly being held accountable. it really is about not just a victory for accountability for daunte wright's family, but it is a victory for america and our quest for equal justice under the law. >> katie what do you want people to know about daunte? >> daunte was my son. he had a smile that would light up the room. he was a father. he was -- he had his whole life ahead of him. and he was taken to soon and we weren't able to see what he was going to become, and we were left with memories, but they were amazing memories. >> and what will you tell his son? >> that his dad is a part of history. his name will won't be forgotten and that he loved him. >> really appreciate you both joining us this morning. sentencing is still to come as we know. what would you like to see happen in that case, benjamin crump, in terms of the sentencing? >> well, erica, in the same courthouse in minneapolis about -- there was a black police officer, officer muhammad lure who shot and killed an unarmed white woman and his arguments were parallel to kim potter's. he said i'm sorry, i didn't mean it, he cried, he said i was trying to protect my fellow officer from being killed in the dark of night, and yet his argument was not accepted. he was convicted and sentenced to 12 years. over and above the ten-year recommendation. so what we believe is this is a chance to see if the family of daunte wright, when the roles are reversed, and it is a white policeman that killed an unarmed young black man, will we get an equal sentence. we still wait to see if it is equal justice in the sentencing, not just in the conviction. >> katie, do you think you will see equal justice in terms of that sentencing? >> i'm optimistic. again, you know, no amount of time is going to be justice for us. but i am -- i'm optimistic that they're going to do the right thing and give her a fair sentence. >> katie brian, benjamin crump, really appreciate you both joining us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, holiday travel turbulence on this christmas eve. flights grounded because of covid. and a new turn in donald trump's continuing fight to keep white house documents secret. could the supreme court end up deciding? 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>> well, i picked some movies i think would be available this weekend, and i wanted to start with the ricardos. i really enjoyed this. i thought it was a fun and interesting look at really a landmark television show. a lot of people thought nicole kidman can never pull off being lucy. a lot of expectation that wouldn't work. but aaron sorkin's writing and her performance, they're great. it is a lot of fun. i thoroughly enjoyed it. it would be great holiday viewing, i think. >> get back, i got to say, i see that on your list, bill. just selfishly i like that selection. i've been watching it. i find it -- it is powerful. you also feel like you're in the room. the video quality is so high. you're a fly on the wall. >> it is spectacular in that way. it is about the creative process there are moments where you think not much is happening, but it is the beatles and they're talking and you see them exchanging ideas and i found it gripping. as a fan of them as a little kid, it gave you insight into how this amazing thing happened that this group of friends from a neighborhood, basically in one town in england, made this spectacular cultural work. >> yeah, i was telling erica in the break, you see them coming up, you see mccartney presenting the idea of get back and they're, like, oh, my god, that's a good song. you got to watch it. >> it comes together. it is spectacular. >> i love watching how things come together th. this is a good one. i know my son will be all in on that one. we have the ricardos, i'm dying to see. get back. what else should be on our list? >> well, the movie that people will obviously look for at oscar time is called "the power of the dog". not a great holiday movie, kind of grim, but on everybody's holiday best list. people huh dive in. it is available on netflix. it is long, very atmospheric, very ominous. but very spectacularly presented, new zealand, but supposed to be montana, but it is a strange and erie movie. >> are there ones happier to watch? >> there is a movie called -- i've been to belfast, and it deals with the troubles in belfast. it is a very warm family story, it is really can kenneth branagh's memoir of growing up in belfast. i found it moving and uplifting despite the trouble you see of what is going on in that era, in that very troubled city. >> i do love uplifting, especially this time of year. what about any other tv shows. i'm behind on everything. help me catch up so i can have a conversation. >> i love great mysteries. mayor of east harlem is an interesting story. it is an intricate and unusually satisfying in that you don't see where it is going, but when it is done, you say that hangs together and that's a rare thing. i think people will enjoy that. >> the new normal, of course, a lot of movies are available streaming and in theaters. and there is the health component to watching it in theaters. are any of the movies ones where you say you want to see it in the theater to get the full experience? >> i went to west side story in the theater and i was glad i did. it is reimagined in a very spectacular way. and some of the numbers are so great on a big screen. and spielberg's direction is fantastic in this film. it is a really great reimagining of it. not a remake. i thought it was so entertaining, so i think if you want to take a risk and go to a theater, that's one you should try. >> well, we had a few on the list. i'm behind too, erica. so, bill, thank you so much for the ideas. we'll try to get through our homework as much as possible. >> enjoy. have a great weekend. merry christmas. time for the good stuff. i like good stuff. a rookie tsa officer saved the life of an infant at an airport security checkpoint. look at the effort she went through. jumping over the conveyor belt there, a young mother realizing her 2-month-old son cannot breathe. that officer grabbed the baby, doing the infant heimlich maneuver, if you ever have taken a course for cpr, that's not an easy thing to do, morales joined the tsa a few months ago, her old job, she was an emt for decades. >> there you go. >> skills that always come in handy, it is great. perfect good stuff. more people are heading to the airport. jim, good stuff. sharing the screen with you this morning, my friend. over the last few months. i hope you have a nice break ahead. >> you too. to all the folks watching, please enjoy the holidays. we really wish you the best and healthy christmas. the christmas eve coverage continues next. was made possible by what you don't see. cause when you're not looking, i go to work. ♪ strength isn't a given. it's grown. it's earned and tested. ♪ we all have the strength to see what's possible. it's up to us to unlock it. tonal. be your strongest. 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