borla to ask for expanded doses of the booster vaccine for 16 and 17-year-olds. quoting from him, it is our hope to provide strong protection for as many people as possible, particularly in light of the new variants, he said. when he posted that, there were two new reported cases, one in minnesota, the other in colorado. late today new york added five new cases. today also saw president biden visit the national institutes of health just outside washington and unveil new covid fighting policies. they include tighter testing requirements for travelers coming into the u.s. and extending the current mask mandate for domestic planes, trains, and buses. he touched on that but made boosters the heart of his message, using the b word more than two dozen times. the cdc, the food and drug administration, the fda, and our top public officials recommend all adults, all adults get a booster shot when it s time. but here s the deal. more than about 100 million are eligible for booster, b
as well. trump loyalist lauren boebert doubles down on her attack against democrat ilhan omar after a tense phone call between the lawmakers. omar says boebert still refuses to apologize for anti-muslim remarks about her as their feud boils over. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. we begin with growing concerns right now about the omicron variant of coronavirus and what it could mean for the future of the pandemic. tonight the cdc is responding by strengthening its recommendation for covid vaccine, boosters. let s go straight to our national correspondent athena jones. tell us more about the cdc s latest guidance issued just a little while ago. hi, wolf. as you just said the new omicron strain has led the cdc to strengthen its booster recommendations. the agency now says all adults should get boosted six months after their second dose from the pfizer or moderna vaccines and two mont
in the attempted blackmail of former team mate over a sex tape and sentenced him to a one year suspended jail term. new guidance recommends women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy and have had a miscarriage should be given the hormone progesterone. and lift off of the falcon 9 and dart on nasa s first planetary defence test to intentionally crash into an asteroid. and a successful take off nasa launches its spacecraft on a mission to save the earth from dangerous asteroids. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 95% of people from the windrush generation who were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants in the uk are still waiting to receive compensation, four years after the scandal first emerged. a scheme was set up in 2018 to help those who were denied health care, housing or the right to work, despite having lived in britain for decades. now a report from a group of mps has called for the scheme to be taken out of government contro
conditions across and wales. why source of cloud, bit of rain getting into northern england, north wales, sunshine and showers after a dull morning across scotland and northern ireland comic island but there will be a through showers person overnight in an ugly wind across all parts of the british isles will bust quys parts of the british isles will bust guys stay clear of any length of time in mind you re going to end up with quite a cold start to sunday in a much, much colderfeeling day. despite the presence of all the sunshine, the cold northerly will put an edge on the day to say the very least and plenty of showers, particularly across northern and eastern parts, some of which. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines anger in the netherlands over new covid restrictions. dutch police have shot and wounded at least two people during rioting, as coronavirus infection rates rise across europe. there are further protests in austria, which will return to a full national lockd
bill. we ll explain when he s planning to do that and what s next for the president. plus, at least 98 people are dead after a fuel tanker exploded in sierra leone. we re live in free town. announcer: live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. terrifying accounts of concert goers fighting for their lives are emerging from friday s deadly crowd surge in houston, texas. and we re hearing from the artist whose at the center of it all. at least eight people were killed and scores of others injured when the massive crowd rushed the stage at the massive festival. the victims are all under 30 years old. one witness says all hell broke loose when rapper travis scott took the stage with people literally being crushed by the surging crowd. this is the message to them, scott posted on social media a short time ago. i just want to send out prayers to the ones that was lost last night. we re actually working right now to identify the families so we can hel