desmond tutu. we either are going to survive together or going to be end together. a towering figure in the fight for human rights. i m amira walker, pamela brown has the evening off, you are live in the cnn news room. millions around the country spending this christmas week end with friends and family, but, you know, the coronavirus is not taking a holiday, in fact we re seeing new covid cases racing toward record highs now, daily infections now surpass the summer surge sparked by the delta variant and hospitalizations are trending up as well. we are in the thick of the holiday season, and vaccinated or not, triple a estimates more than 109 million people will travel between christmas and new years day. and that increased movement sparking a lot of concerns about this highly transmissible variant. americans are lining up for hours at testing sites, at cities across the nation, something dr. anthony fauci believes is critical right now. we should be using testing much
now, a public outcry and a district attorney pushing the court to reduce his time behind bars. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. all right. we begin this hour with the growing concern over the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the u.s. it s driving daily covid infections to highs, not seen since last january. this is the scene at testing sites around the country. long lines with people often having to wait hours to get tested. the white house is facing increased criticism over its handling of covid testing. here is what top health expert dr. anthony fauci had to say. we should be using testing much more extensively than we have even in a situation where you have people who are vaccinated or boosted. we have obviously got to do better. i mean, i think things will improve greatly as we get into january, but that doesn t help us today and tomorrow. meanwhile, nearly 1,500 flights were cancelled sunday as staff and crew continued to cal
set to require employees of private businesses to be vaccinated starting tomorrow. and other cities are considering similar mandates. let s go to charles watson at hartsfield jackson in atlanta with more on these holiday travel disruptions. charles? the past few days have been a chaotic night mayor for many folks traveling this holiday weekend. unfortunately today isn t turning out any better. the airlines canceling 2,700 flights. a third of those cancellations are flights coming from or to the u.s. a woman who says she was forced to spend christmas eve with her two sons inside an atlanta hotel because her delay was dropped. we tried to order door dash. i have two little boys. we need some type of dinner. it s frustrating. it s scary getting strands in the airport. they cancelled the flight. delta and united airlines are blaming omicron staffing shortages and bad weather. 800 flights dropped collectively between today and christmas. the airlines are apologizing and pr
i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la man wearing cam vest: good morning, my friend. how are you? this mine? man wearing white hoodie: yes. man wearing cam vest: i start my day i wake up at 2:00, come to the garage around 3:00 to get ready to go on my way to take the queens borough bridge. man wearing cam vest: okay, show time. anthony: just across the east river from manhattan where i live just over there is an enchanted wonderland. an international crossroads, a stew pot of neighborhoods filled with the languages, cultures, traditions and flavors of many lands. anthony: hey, how you doing? man wearing cam vest: morning. anthony: my morning ritual goes something like this, regular coffee and a donut. maybe a cruller if i m feeling wild and crazy.
as the first black anglican archbishop of capetown, he preached nonviolent resistance to the apartheid system. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984. cnn s david mckenzie now reflects on tutu s historic role in modern south africa. you find your cousin has been killed reporter: when we spoke to the late traffephotographer in he remembered a different time. we got a funeral each week. people getting killed. and then you don t find one person. five, six, seven, eight people, mass funeral happens. reporter: during the 1980s, the apartheid regime was at war with the black majority. one of its goals, to turn the liberation movement against itself. neighbors ds betrayed neighbors. friends became informants. in this maelstrom, a diminutive anglican bishop was ever-present. desmond tutu was never afraid to step up to the racist regime using his bully pulpit of peace. during apartheid, archbishop tutu s position in the church gave him a semblance of protection, and hi