january 2nd. we saw nearly 60% increase in staff shortages across the health care sector. that is a real point of concern. the uk s biggest nursing union calling on the government to add some tougher measures to really stem this issue. they are seeing significant work force shortages. even in london where we ve seen critical incidents declared in some hospitals, we re seeing the military being deployed to support health care workers. so a real mixed bag of measures coming in there. ivan? that s really worrying when you ve got up to 60% absences of medical staff in hospitals. thank you very much for that update. now straight ahead on cnn newsroom, ahmaud arbery s family speaks out at the sentencing hearing for his killers. and we ll take an in-depth look at a i hadly emotional day in court a high lie emotional day in court. hundreds of flight canceled in the u.s. the cause of this travel chaos up ahead.