And celebrations in guinea after the military takes over in an apparent coup. Good to have you with us. The taliban are now claiming to have taken complete control of the last Holdout Province in northern afghanistan. The Panchia Province has been the scene of first fighting but the talibans claim is being denied by the national resistance front. A spokesman told Cnn Resistance forces are still in strategic positions across the valley and are continuing to fight. Meantime, a vital lifeline for afghanistan has reopened. The Kabul Airport is now seeing more domestic flights resume, and on Sunday Aid planes brought in more than 50 tons of medical supplies and food. So lets head straight now to kabul where Journalist Ben Farmer is standing by. He joins us now. So ben, we are getting these mixed reports on where things stand in northern afghanistan. What are you learning about who has control in that region after some fierce fighting there . Reporter just in the last few minutes, the taliba
a new covid wave across the u.s. disrupting holiday travel plans for millions of americans. president biden s agenda remains in limbo despite that promised christmas deadline. we ll hear from the vice president about what s next for build back better. and the world remembers archbishop desmond tutu. he helped end apartheid in south africa. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. we begin with the growing concern over the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the u.s. as cases surge, so does the demand for tests. this is the scene at testing sites around the country. long lines with people often having to wait hours to get tested. and the nation s top disease expert says access to testing has got to get better. we should be using testing much more extensively than we have, even in a situation where you have people who are vaccinated and boosted, but the situation where you have such a high demand, a conflation of events, omicron starting t
disruptions this holiday weekend. several major u.s. airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights over staffing issues. so if you re planning a last-minute trip home, you re going to want to check your flight status, if you can get one. and amid all of this, don t forget what health experts have been saying for months, vaccines and boosters are keeping people from getting severely sick. and right now they are our only way out of this. let s begin with cnn s alison kosik, who is in new york. sear surging cases causing disruptions around the country. reporter: yes, but the biggest hurdle for so many people this christmas has been the struggle to get tested for covid-19. the race has really been on for millions of americans to get a test before traveling or joining family gatherings. here in new york we saw long lines over the past week, people waiting in the cold. also raleigh, north carolina, miles were a mile long. look at these pictures. this was christmas eve, with some
although they did manage to avert a government shutdown this week, there remains so much of the people s business that has yet to be completed. the build back better plan, our national defense budget and an increase to the debt ceiling. democrats will need every accomplishment they can get to fend off republicans in the midterm and we got a reminder this week just how consequential every election can be. the conservative majority supreme court built by former president trump heard arguments in an abortion rights case that experts warn could end roe versus wade as we know it. barring a surprise ruling, the only way to reverse the rightward march of the court is to elect more democrats to the house and senate. and the way to do that is to deliver for the people. and even that may not be enough on its own. missing from the list of year-end ledge lay five priorities i just listed for democrats is the existential issue of voting rights. with republicans doing everything they can a
now in custody and on suicide watch after killing three of his fellow students and injuring, badly injuring eight other people tuesday afternoon. the three who died, teenagers, hannah saint juliana, tate meyer, died in a deputy s car on the way to the hospital. traumatized students now coping with something no young person should have to experience. we heard two gunshots. and then after that my teacher ran to the room, locked it, we barricaded, and then we covered the windows and hid. the very first thing in my head was, this is actually happening. i m going to text my family, say i love them just in case if i were to die. the students were trained for this. they were trained for the worst, and they jumped into action quickly within minutes. that one student there telling anderson cooper that they armed themselves with calculators and scissors, anything they could find in the midst of this terrifying experience. footage from one freshman on lockdown shows how sheriff s de