Executed a humiliating u turn. It highlights, though, something we talked about on this programme last weekend, the risk of Vaccine Nationalism, particularly at a time when both astrazeneca and pfizer have warned of production delays. Jeffrey, was this about securing more vaccines, do you think, or was it more about trying to pacify eu governments after the commission failed to meet its objectives . Trier . Failed to meet its obectives . Very clearl the failed to meet its obectives . Very clearly the eu failed to meet its objectives . Very clearly the eu governments are feeling clearly the eu governments are feeling the pressure, looking across the channel here at the uk and seeing the channel here at the uk and seeing the astonishing numbers not been vaccinated. Probably the only thing been vaccinated. Probably the only thing the been vaccinated. Probably the only thing the uk government is unwell. To its thing the uk government is unwell. To its credit, is done very well. Uk governme
Were prepared with europe for a swift and calibrated and great united response. Also today, a new Intelligence Report from the uk says there is a plot to remove the government in ukraine and replace it with a promoscow Puppet Regime. A charge the russians are denying. All this comes as a new shipment of u. S. Military aid arrived in ukraine this weekend that included ammunition which ukrainian troops could potentially use fighting on the front lines against invading forces. Cnns chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is in ukraine. White house correspondent Arlette Saenz is in washington and also jill dougherty. Shes also a former cnn Moscow Bureau chief. Good to see all of you ladies. Clarissa, you first. Antony blinkens rhetoric may be getting tougher, but is that going to resonate at all in ukraine or moscow . Well, it certainly resonates well in ukraine. After that sort of hiccup in the middle of the week where President Biden had implied that potentially a minor incursion
Erin, youre the woman on the panel so im curious what you watch every Holiday Season. First of all, Merry Christmas to you, tiffany, and shoutout to you for looking like a whole christmas centerpiece up here. I am loving the holiday look, honey. So look, this is an important time to remind people that diehard is 100 a Christmas Movie. If there is a young person who does not know that, you are failing them as a parent, grand parent, aunt. Home alone and A Christmas Story did pair christmas with guns and violence. Only in america, i guess. Thats a good point. I noticed this this year and was like, hmm, maybe explains why weve seen some folks on the twittersphere making that connection. Brilliant point. But you brought up something very controversial that is diehard being a Christmas Movie. Some people say no, some people say yes. I have to agree with you, it is a Christmas Movie. But i have to tell you i was talking to one of our producers who was working on this segment and i said what
Spread holiday cheer. We begin with the growing threat of the omicron variant. Cases are rising quickly around the globe. Less than a month after it was first detected. In the u. S. , experts are warning that americans could be facing a dark winter as Omicron Collides with the surge of the delta variant. The country is now averaging more than 125,000 new infections a day. Cases are rising, especially fast in the northeast, midwest, and south, but experts say thats mostly being fueled by the delta variant, not omicron thats expected to become the dominant strain in the coming weeks, but cdc numbers show that omicron accounts for just around 3 of new cases. U. S. Hospitals are already peeling the impact around 69,000 americans are currently hospitalized with the virus. And experts say omicron is only likely to make things worse, putting more strain on an alreadyoverwhelmed health care system. The sheer number of patients that will still generate for hospitals will overwhelm our hospitals
They provide extra layers of protection. The Omicron Variant has now spread to at least 89 countries. The World Health Organization says cases are doubling worldwide every three days. British holidaymakers are forced to cancel trips as france imposes tight Travel Restrictions on those arriving from the uk. A frantic search for survivors is underway in the philippines after at least 31 people are killed by typhoon rai. Sportsday will be coming up shortly. Before that, though, jeremy cooke explores the world of adoption and why so many children are being left in the care system. Shall we go to the park . Adoption changes childrens lives. Just gets funnier, cuter. Shes a proper little person. Oh, yeah. It rewrites their futures. 0ur role is really important in getting those children theirforeverfamily. But adoption numbers have fallen dramatically. We need to be doing much, much more to find homes for these children. But why are more and more kids waiting to be adopted . Were going to be