We will hear about another Christmas Party in norway that led to the biggest Omicron Outbreak in europe, and from south africa where scientists have spent the last two weeks testing the vaccines against this new variant. Good evening. Borisjohnson has moved england to plan b in an effort to stop the spread of the omicron variant. From monday people will be encouraged to work from home wherever possible. But more immediately from Friday Facemasks will have be worn in most public indoor venues. That includes theatres, cinemas, and restaurants. And the Nhs Covid Pass will now be mandatory for nightclubs and other venues with large crowds. Remorseless logic of exponential growth could lead to a big rise in hospitalisations and therefore, sadly, and deaths. In hospitalisations and therefore, sadly, in deaths. And thats why its now the proportionate and the responsible thing to move to plan b in england while continuing to work closely with our colleagues in the devolved administrations so w
Good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is wednesday, december 8th. Im john berman alongside Brianna Keilar live in washington together this morning. And we begin with a cnn exclusive. The january 6th House Committee casting a wide net, issuing 100 subpoenas for Phone Records, many of those targeted at former Trump Officials and associates, including former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, who just informed the committee he no longer will cooperate. Meadows has turned over volumes of phone and email records, the committee says, including messages sent and received during the capitol riot. Also developing this morning, the Biden Administration is considering options for the possible evacuation of u. S. Citizens from ukraine if russia invades. President biden warned Vladimir Putin that things we did not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now, referring to russias Annexation Of Crimea and economic measures by the u. S. An official telling cnn t
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Chief Executive of the think tank new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times sebastian payne. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. Lets start with the guardian it says Boris Johnson is facing accusations of lying, after leaked footage, obtained by itv, showed number 10 staffjoking about holding a Christmas Party, amid the Lockdown Restrictions last year. The same story makes The Front Page of the daily mail, which calls it a sick joke. According to the mirror, the education secretary, gavin williamson, also held a Christmas Party last year for staff, despite covid rules. Its beginning to look a lot like Last Christmas. Thats the headline in the i which reports on a predicted 80,000 cases of 0micron and delta daily, towards the end of december. According to the telegraph, the government is drawing up plans for workin
Several developments on the mystery still surrounding the omicron coronavirus variant. At least 19 countries now have confirmed cases of the variant, which has spread to five continents. This morning japan is taking a major step after reporting its first case, shutting down its borders to all foreign travelers. The South African doctor who was one of the first treat patients sick with this new variant calls travel bans an overreaction, especially since there is so much we still dont know. Listen. I think it was an overreaction. I do understand that theres a lot of mutations in this virus. I do understand that it might be much more far spreading than the delta variant. People say yes, but im trying to protect my people. So then the question would be how doon its not in your country yet . How do you know that a lot of those infections that you are currently seeing that is severe, how do you know its not related to the omicron . How do you know . Here in the United States, where there are