Sir pick six to wrap things up. Smart got a win against his old boss nick sagan. The bulldogs win 3318 to claim the first title since 1980. Heres some more wild teams back in athens, georgia, the fans were celebrating in the streets in the wee hours of the morning. They will have a parade there on saturday. The team heading back to athens as we speak right now. This championship just meant so much to georgia fans. Of course, they hadnt won won since 1980 but also they couldnt beat alabama for years, and it had been since 2007, lost seven in a row, so to get over that hump, win a title for the first time in 41 years, it was just pure joy for georgia. Congratulations to georgia there, our condolences to our kaitlan collins, but andy scholes, thank you, as always, for that recap. Good morning, everyone. Im bianna golodryga. Im jim sciutto. Later this hour, President Biden will leave the white house for georgia where he is expected to give a major speech on Voting Rights that could have major implications certainly for his agenda. The President Planning to turn up the heat on congress and urge lawmakers to act fast to pass legislation. He has previously supported carving out an exemption to Senate Filibuster rules specifically to pass Voting Rights protections. Today, he is expected to spell out exactly what those changes should look like. Bianna, does he have the votes to do it . A handful are calling on him to skip the speech today and stay in washington and instead focus on delivering a concrete plan to counter republican efforts to make it harder to vote. Currently 19 states passed 34 laws making it harder to vote in some way last year, according to the brennan center, and experts say lawmakers in four states have filed another 13 restrictive voting bills for the 2022 legislative session. Cnns manu raju joins us now from capitol hill. But lets begin with john harwood at the white house. John, what exactly are we expecting to hear from the president today in georgia . Reporter what were going to hear is the president in the city where Martin Luther king and john lewis helped lead the civil rights movement, is going to have the president frame the search for Voting Rights in the context of two elements of the american story that have been central throughout. One, a democracy in which the people are sovereign, and two, the long march toward realizing the aspiration for flawed beginnings, that all are created equal in that democracy. The problem is, in the wake of Donald Trumps defeat, and the big lie that republicans are pushing, the Republican Party has turned away from those ideas, and because of senate rules, they have the power to stop, through the filibuster, the advance of Voting Rights legislation thats already passed the house of representatives. So what the president is going to do is try to call on the senate to change those rules, so that they can pass it. Heres an excerpt from the speech. It will say in the next few days when these bills come to a vote, will mark a Turning Point in this nation. Will we choose democracy over autocracy, light over shadow, justice over injustice . I know where i stand. I will not yield, i will not flinch, i will defend your right to vote against all enemies foreign and domestic. So the question will be, where will the institution of the United States senate stand . We know some votes rights advocates are not attending the speech. They say they want to hear a plan from the president to pass Voting Rights legislation, their frustration is understandable but there really is only one plan possible, and that is to get all 50 Senate Democrats to agree to change the rules to allow this come to a vote by sidestepping the filibuster. The problem is that even though the vast majority of democrats have agreed to do that, there are a couple of holdouts, most notably joe manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who are not agreeing to do that so far. Now, they have been trying publicly and privately, the white house and democratic leaders, to more them, they simply havent been successful so far, the only way to move this forward is if they can somehow turn that around. Manu, youve been covering this a long time. The reality on the hill is the president doesnt have the votes in his own party here and i wonder is this moving towards a situation where democrats want the issue rather than the law . Or at least thats what they feel realistically they can get . Yeah, it is really about politics, and the 2022 midterms at the moment, getting legislation to the president s desk is highly, highly unlikely. Theres virtually no chance of that happening, unless something dramatically changes over the next few day, and theres virtually no indication that anything will change. I mean in large part because there is agreement among the democrats about the actual policy, the democrats are on the same page, over this freedom to vote act, and bill that would impose a whole suite of reforms, across the processes here, as well as a separate bill, the john lewis Voting Rights act that would overturn the 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down part of the Voting Rights act, theyre in sport of that, but what theyre not in support of the process of enacting it. Under the current process it requires 60 votes in the u. S. Senate to overcome a filibuster and 10 republicans would have to break ranks and virtually all are opposed to the larger bill and all but one are opposed to the Voting Rights john lewis bill, and there are not 10 republicans and the way to do it is change the filibuster rule, and a vote. Kamala harris is the one breaking the tie. Joe manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed to changing along these lines, and the concern that future majorities could use the same process to run roughshod over the rights of a minority. And despite weeks and weeks of negotiation, talks and efforts to get manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on board, neither saying they will move, and Kyrsten Sinema reiterating last night, and manchin saying using the Nuclear Option is not in the cards for him. So getting a bill to the president s desk highly unlikely at the moment. Highly unlikely and highly unusual for the president to be getting pushback from democrats as well, and Voting Rights champions, saying this is not where he should be right now, she be back in washington getting some sort of legislation passed. John harwood and manu raju, thank you so much. This morning, covid19 hospitalizations in the u. S. Hit an alltime record. Nearly 146,000 americans, most of them are unvaccinated, are now hospitalized with coronavirus. In Harris County, texas, the spike so bad, they have now increased the coronavirus threat level to its highest level there, cnn correspondent rosa flores is at a mega testing site in houston. The Houston Health Department Says it administered more than 45,000 covid19 tests in the first week of january, thats eight times the amount in the same period in november. So a lot more people are testing, certainly finding a lot more infections, the big question is, how are the hospitals handling this . Reporter thats a big question. And theres a big concern. Harris county judge calling it a tsunami of cases, so much so, increasing the covid19 threat level to red, which is the highest. Officials here take a look at several factors including the hospitalization rate. The 14day average covid19 Icu Population is at 18. 1 here in Harris County, and the goal is 5 . They also look at the Positivity Rate, according to Harris County government, its at 36. 5 . Thats why she is asking people to pay attention, the third time that she has had to raise the threat level to code red. Take a listen. Just yesterday, we crossed the threshold where over 18 of our icu Hospital Beds are right now being taken up by covid patients, and that was the threshold to say, okay, red alert, this is the toughest level, because it means that were not having enough beds for everybody else. Reporter now, the Positivity Rate here in houston, where i am, is even higher, its at 38 , according to the Houston Health department, and jim and bianna, im at a mega testing site, thats the activity you see behind me, there are five of these in the city of houston, and the houston mayor is urging people to please use these sites to get tested, again, in the overall recommendation, it is to get vaccinated. And if your children qualify, get them vaccinated as well. Alarmingly high in houston right now. Rosa flores, thank you so much. Joining us now, dr. Amy cottonphillips, chief clinical officer in Providence Hospital in seattle. Great to have you back as always. Thanks so much. Some of the data remains clear, right, vaccinations, particularly booster and vaccination, keeps people, the vast majority of people out of the hospital and makes it harder, not impossible, but harder to spread the infection and i suppose the question is what the guidance is for folks who test positive, because the data also shows less, it causes less severe disease, not just those who are vaccinated but also omicron itself. Are we clear now what folks should do . Do you think the authorities, the Health Authorities have gotten the balance right, five days of isolation, is this the right approach . I do think that if you test positive, the goal is to keep that germ to yourself, not to spread it to other people, and so if you have the capacity to stay home, and not spread the germ for a full ten days, thats fantastic. If, however, you are a health care worker, for example, because right now, crisis in our hospital is less about burden of the omicron variant, on patients, and its more that it is keeping our staff out of the hospital so if youre an sense, Healthcare Worker and asymptomatic, zero symptoms from covid, you happen to test positive on screening, then the kn95 and going about your business and keeping, washing your hands, doing all of those Hygiene Things can help us keep our economy going. Thats for, but as you know, the guidance extends for reducing it to five days, extends far beyond health care workers, right . And i wonder, because folks have a whole host of folks have decisions to make, whether to keep their kids out of school and for how long, whether to go to work or not, and for how long. It is unclear at this point, and what the cdc has done is given us leeway to use judgment, and thats where we are at the moment. You know, the good news is that the very contagious variant we have circulating right now that is ripping through community, and having those incredibly high case numbers, is a less severe variant. So for people that are vaccinated, and boosted, the fact is that when and if you get omicron, it feels more like a cold than a severe infection that is likely to put you in the icu. If youre unvaccinated, it is much more likely to be a severe infection. So knowing that you are carrying a germ, and that that germ in some people can be very severe, its a tough one to do. Are you going to go out of the house, knowing that you might pass on something on to Somebody Else that has the potential to kill them . If we could go back to the hospitalization rate, which is at an alarmingly high level right now, i want to ask you about what you touched on earlier, and that is staff shortages, because hhs is reporting that a quarter of u. S. Hospitals are experiencing critical staff shortages. And dr. Scott gottlieb addressed this earlier this morning and said it is less about the patients and the lack of Hospital Beds, than it is more about the lack of hospital staff, is that what youre seeing . And given how quickly the spread, and how quickly that it may peak, could we be over this in the next week or two . I would love to say that well be over this in the next week or two. I do think that well see a rapid peak, will that peak be in a week or two weeks . Im not sure. I can tell you that it is decimating our hospitals right now. That our staffs, our care givers in the hospitals, the nurse, the doctors, the respiratory therapists, the cleaning crews, are all getting hit hard and fast by the omicron variant. Our people at our facilities are vaccinated. The infection them is likely to be less severe. But they still have to not come to work. That means everybody at work is working so much harder. And weve gone back to doing things like canceling surgeries for people who need it. Nobody chooses the surgery, unless theyre really, they really need, it right . And so i was in the hospital, the other day, and theyre calling cancer patients, canceling cancer surgeries. Dont have staff to perform it. So this is a Staffing Crisis at the moment. More than the covid crisis. No question, and we have the other issue of folks coming in for other issues and conditions who test positive as well. And then have to be given all of the same kind of protection, separation from the rest of the population, et cetera. Boy, a lot to throw at hospitals. Thanks so much for helping us understand. Thank you. Still ahead, efforts to deescalate the situation at the Ukrainian Border continue into round two. How nato leaders are trying to combat russian pessimism. Plus, a 57yearold man in need of a Heart Transplant was out of options until an experimental opportunity came his way. Well now, he is the first person ever to have a genetically modified Pig Heart Beating inside his body. 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And by the way, its not just joe manchin, Kyrsten Sinema as well, but there are other democrats as well mark kelly, a handful of others who are still weigh what to do in terms of of whether they would support a carveout here. Has this become a symbolic fight rather than a legislative one, given that math . I think that it has. I mean this is a twoweek pressure campaign, running up to Martin Luther king jr. Day, on monday, to do everything they can, with, in the senate, with schumer, pushing this issue, and with the president out, sort of peaking with this big speech hes going to make in atlanta, and activists around the country, to try and convince the remaining holdouts in the Democratic Caucus that if and when republicans filibuster these two bills, then they need to change the rules of the senate to pass them. And as you pointed out, jim, weve got some pretty big news this week that its not just Kyrsten Sinema and joe manchin the focus of this for months. Some other Democratic Senators are stepping forward and saying, were not so sure either. So you know, not to deflate the balloon here with whats going on, but i think democrats and activists need to start thinking of whats plan b . Out of the ashes of what is likely to fail, what can they do on Voting Rights and electoral reform, it is obviously an important issue. And so gloria, what is your response to what a plan b might look like . As you know, a lot of attention has been made to stacey abrams, not being there, at the speech today, obviously shes at the heart of Voting Rights reform. And she says that she had other plans, and many Voting Rights groups are saying that he, the president should rather be in washington, than giving this speech right now, and really trying to make more of an effort in terms of legislation. Is that going to overshadow whatever he is hoping to accomplish in atlanta today . I dont think it will overshadow it so much as those who are in the know will see that there are certain people who are absent, like stacey abrams. I think that what it says to plan b is that the economic pressures that were placed on certain corporations, for example, could be part of plan b. It could be that we need to look at how President Biden was able to put other initiatives through, and get them through, using what he knew in the senate, his elbow grease, and that wasnt just about speeches. Too often, speeches are given to placate the masses, and the hard work and the inside scoop is being done, you know, to make things actually move forward, behind the scenes. And so there are many people who are activists saying, you know, we dont want speeches right now, even though that sounds good and for the general public, why arent these activists backing him, he is giving this great speech, its like hes been in the senate all this time, he knows how this works and if he wanted to get something done, as he has his original campaign promises, then he knows that he needs to be in washington, greasing those wheels, and not just giving speeches to people that sound good. Ryan, so you have this other idea, just to look ahead a little bit, and that is of electoral count reform, in the shortest, simplest terms, this would mean changing the role of the Vice President , as we saw last january 6th, being able, theoretically, right, to reject the electors coming in from certain states. By the way, this unusually has republican senators interested as well. Not clear we got enough, but does that idea have genuine legs going forward, if and when this effort fails . Its a great question. Almost every democrat who supports that, and most of the members, for instance, of the January 6th Committee Have said that they support that, that its an important change, that the law really is outdated, its ripe for abuse by a bad actor, as we saw in 2020, and you know, next time someone tries to abuse it, they could be can successful. Its sitting there waiting for a bad actor to use it to engineer a coup. Not to put too fine of a point on it but thats the problem with that law. Most democrats will tell you, it is absolutely insufficient in terms of the much, much more sweeping changes that they want. But maybe Out Of The Ashes of this current debate, the eca reform could get some democrats and republicans interested in a bipartisan proposal that looked more at Election Subversion and not voting suppression. Voting suppression is the sticking point. Republicans are not going to change their minds on voting suppression. They dont believe that these laws being passed are suppressing votes. And whether thats true or not, theres no breakthrough likely there. But you do have some republicans who do fear Election Subversion, and thats the starting point for a bipartisan proposal that begins with reform that you could have after this current debate. Do i think its likely . I dont know, but thats the best shot. Right. And gloria, which is why the primary focus here for many is the filibuster, and doing away with it, and what twould at any other time be a big moment to hear from the president saying he supports a carveout. Im curious, that it is not just joe manchin but perhaps a handful of other senators who are on the fence of that, does that weaken the president s stance if in fact he doesnt have an entire party backing him on that issue . His entire party has been outspoken in their support of the president s initiatives generally, but theres always been groups that were not backing him all together. So this is not new. I mean we just need to know very quickly, the filibuster was created to stop civil rights, and stop the progress of people of color in this country, and for those people who are believing that this is not Voter Suppression, it is indeed the use of Voter Suppression to make sure that those votes are not all counted. So im concerned across the boar board not just about the filibuster but continued state action to suppress the vote of many people of lore. And the filibuster is already gone for Supreme Court justices as well. Gloria brownmarshall, ryan lizza, thanks. Thanks, guys. Still ahead this hour, on capitol hill, right now, lawmakers confront the ongoing threat to national and capitol security. Ahead of the coming midterm elections. It latest warnings next. Which is a lot. 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Ultimately, what we know is that federal officials always knew that domestic terrorism posed a threat but what they did not appreciate was the way that it would manifest. Those are the answers that senators are looking for today. This hearing just began, it began with some of the same themes weve seen over the last year, which is democrats making sure that people understand how vicious the attack was on january 6th, what kind of a real threat domestic terrorism poses, meanwhile republicans drawing this equivalency to the riots that happened over the summer. So democrats played a video of that january 6th, republicans offered a video of rebuttal of that, which was basically a compilation of some of the social justice riots that we saw in the summer of 2020. Just now, were getting into the Department Of Justice officials, and so again, the hope is that there are going to be concrete answer, concrete ways that these d. O. J. Officials explain what theyve learned over the last year, and how theyre different today than they were a year ago. And we should note that Law Enforcement identifies right wing extremism as the primary domestic terrorism threat and they have done for some time and through, we should note, multiple administrations. Whitney wild, good to have you on the story. Officials say that Russian Troops are set to leave kazakhstan after a series of protests that left more than 160 people dead, thousands more detained. How soon could that exit happen . And what does it mean to see Russian Troops on the ground there . We are going to be live at the kazakhstan border next. And here is a look at some of the other things and events were watching today. Amazing. Jerry, you gotta to see this. Seen it. Trust me, after 15 walks. Gets a little old. Ugh vo subaru and our retailers volunteer and support charities all year long. And. 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Lets get to cnns Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen in neighboring, and kazakhstans Parliament Just confirming the countrys new Prime Minister. What more do we know about him . Reporter well, we know he was the acting Prime Minister after the government that was originally in place stepped down after the protests began and what the kazakhstan president is trying to show is trying to show a return to some kind of normalcy and the situation under control but at the same time we have to point out the crackdown seems to be going on, in full force, and you mentioned it, almost 10,000 people have been detained and ive been watching the numbers over the past couple of days and theyve just been skyrocketing from around 3,000 a couple of days ago to almost 10,000 people into detention. At the same time, the government is saying that it is increasingly getting things under control. However, theyre also saying that they only did manage to do that with that russianled force, that they asked to come into the country, it was quite interesting, because the kazakhstan president also said today that they were in real danger of losing control over amati, over the biggest city, and very much the cultural hub and possibly the capital as well and they essentially say with the russianled forces, that came in, they were then able to guard some of the Critical Infrastructure and then it was kazakhstani Special Forces that confronted those crowds in the streets. Of course, you remember some of those scenes, especially from almati, with the soldiers apparently sweeping through the streets, also firing apparently into crowds as well, and we mentioned the death toll of over 160. 103 of those in almaty, the president now saying the situation is getting under kroet and the russianled force withdrawal and it will take about ten days. And we should know that russia looks at the protests and thinks they might see something they saw in ukraine which overturned the prorussian government. A lot of competing interests here. Fred pleitgen, thank you very much. Vladimir putin said today he will not allow any revolutions in other countries following up on what you said. The u. S. And russia are deadlocked following yesterdays critical talks on geneva on the growing crisis of russias border with ukraine. The u. S. Officials describing the talks as frank and forthright, but both sides remaining far apart, with the u. S. Calling russian demands for a ukraine to never become a nato member a nonstarter. Coming up next, russia will meet with officials in brussels tomorrow and ahead of the big meeting, Senior National security correspondent Alex Marquardt sat down with the view with the u. N. Ambassador to nato, Julieann Smith and a portion of what she said. Russia still maintaining about 100,000 forces right on the border with ukraine. We believe they have plans to bring more forces forward. Were not in a position where we can say ha we believe that we have seen any clear signs of deescalation. We are of the mind that at this point, russia is holding with the current Force Posture it has on ukraines border. Cnns Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance joins us now from moscow. Matthew, so what is the kremlins readout from these negotiations . Are they expressing any optimism . Any talk of progress . Reporter not really. In fact, the opposite of that. Theyre saying they dont see any signs of optimism, from these talks so far. And that is what the kremlins main spokesperson said this morning. But he said they were making a positive assessment of the negotiations taking place. So look, they still are saying they are committed to this weeklong series of negotiations, between russians and various officials in the United States and others, and we saw those talks with russia and nato officials tomorrow, the day after the negotiations in vienna, in austria, where the European Security organization will be speaking with russia as well. And after those negotiations are over, the russian Officials Say that look, were going to sit down, were going to have a chat, were going to have a talk about whether it is worth proceeding any further. The big concern of course expressed by u. S. Officials and others in the west as well is that this whole process of negotiation, it is kind of like a figure for the kremlin, so you can say look, we tried negotiations, it didnt work and now go with the military option, that may well be the case, well see but there is also a possibility that russia sensed it could get some coverage mices from the west on this ongoing process of negotiation and there have been some compromises offered, the idea there could be a clawback of nato exercises taking place close to russias borders, that could be looked at. There is also this idea there could be a revival of a treaty, Nuclear Weapons treaty in europe, to be renegotiated as well, and after it was abandoned by the United States back in 2009, citing russian violations. So look, there are all sorts of possible compromises. The russians might be able to take from this process of negotiation, and all they have to do in return, if you think about it is, draw down some of the 120 or so thousand troops that are positioned over the past several months on the border with ukraine. Matthew chance, thank you so much for your reporting, obviously ahead of that important meeting with russia and nato tomorrow. Well, a remarkable moment for medicine. A man with terminal Heart Disease receiving the firstever transplant from a genetically modified pig. The stunning incredible details coming up straight ahead. Hey tex, wooo. Can someone else get a turn . Yeah, hang on, im about to break my own record. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. With age comes more. Get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. A powerful. 05 retinol thats also gentle on skin. For Wrinkles Results in one week. Neutrogena®. For people with skin. 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This was not anyones first choice, bianna, they would have preferred a human heart, but those are in great shortage, and it was also deemed that he wasnt suitable for a human heart, or for an artificial heart pump. So the surgeons at the University Of Maryland decided to give David Bennett a pig heart. Now we are going to see some video of the surgery. If youre squeamish, this might not be for you, but this is truly an historic surgery. And so they chose a pig heart, because believe it or not even though pigs seem little, their size and anatomy are roughly the size ours. That doesnt mean they match perfectly. We have to pump a lot of blood vertically which pigs dont have to because theyre low to the ground but it is seen by the patient as look, this is my only choice, either i die, or i get this transplant. So lets take a listen to one of his surgeons at the University Of Maryland. Weve never done this in a human. And i like to think that we have given him a better option than what continuing his therapy would have been. But whether its a day, week, month, year, i dont know. So again, wishing David Bennett the best of luck. He will be monitored, not just to see how his Immune System is doing, they genetically modified that heart so that it would be less likely to be rejected but they also need to see, is the heart working, i mean people are not pigs, is that heart going to be able to pump blood to all of the places that it needs to go. And given a shortage of hearts, for transplants, this could be a potential model to save lives in the future. Thanks so much, elizabeth. Fed chair Jerome Powell is making his case for a second term. Just as his vice chair announces that he is stepping down. Details on the controversy that is swirling around him. phone music quieter phone clicks nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. You get advice like try hypnosis. Or. Quit cold turkey. 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Show up, however you can, for the foster kids who need it most at helpfosterchildren. Com right now, Jerome Powell is speaking before congress, as he seeks confirmation for a second term as chairman of the federal reserve. The Confirmation Hearing comes as powells vice chair, Richard Clarida announced on monday he would be resigning before the end of his term this. Follows questions over stock trades he made during the early days of the pandemic. Cnn Business Reporter matt egan has been following. Matt, first off, of course, the markets watching this very closely. What are we hearing from powell this hour . Bianna, and jim, Jerome Powell is vowing to get inflation under control. Because remember, its the fed, not the white house, thats responsible for maintaining price stability. And prices have been anything but stable lately. New numbers out tomorrow are expected to show that inflation accelerated into a fresh 39year high. Powle this morning acknowledged that inflation is a problem. Heres what he said. We know that high inflation exacts a toll, particularly for those less able to meet the higher cost of essentials like food, housing and transportation. We will use our tools to support the economy, and a strong labor market, and to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched. We will use our tools, so that is fed speak for essentially tapping the brakes on the economy to fight inflation. The fed has indicated that it will end its bondbuying Stimulus Program around march, and its pens pencilling in three Interest Rate hikes and Goldman Sachs says it could be four times and Jerome Powell says look if we need to raise Interest Rates more to fight inflation, we will. The challenge from the fed though is ending these Emergency Policies without slowing down the economy, or dipping into a recession, or without freaking out financial markets. Its often gotten off to a very rocky start on wall street so far this year, and a lot half is about concerns about the fed. Speaking of financial markets, the second in command at the fed is stepping down early, amid criticism over some of his trades in 2020, Richard Clarida, the vice chairman, announcing he is resigning at the end of this week, his term wasnt due to expire until the end of january. Clarida didnt exactly say why he is leaving early, but this news comes after clarida amended his Financial Disclosure forms over what he called inadvertent errors and shows that the 2020 trades went further than previously known. And bianna, and jim, on top of inflation and covid, powell will face questions about these trades. Two other fed governors facing fire for trading, as well. Matt egan, thank you. Thank you for all of us for joining us today. We know there is a lot to keep up on. Im jim sciutto. Im bianna golodryga. At this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. Hello everyone, heres what were aware are watching at this hour. The top covid advisers in the hot seat, top questions on capitol hill about the covid surge as hospitalizations hit a record high. Boycotting biden. The president takes his campaign for Voting Rights protections to georgia. But some activists there say the time for speeches is over