a live report from london s airport just ahead. the biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. we ll tell you how china is reacting to the news. ash and destruction in indonesia displaces hundreds of people. officials say the volcano is still dangerous. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is monday, december 6th and we begin with the omicron variant. right now new covid testing requirements are in effect for all travelers coming to the united states. so here s what you need to know. there are omicron cases in at least 16 states including california and new york. now all travelers boarding a flight to the u.s. must have proof of a negative covid test one day before takeoff. plus, foreign nationals must be fully vaccinated to enter the country and a mask mandate remains in place for all airports, planes, and public transportation. though the new variant is causing alarm worldwid
the department reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from mar-a- lago. prosecutors essay some documents were likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. the court filing casts serious doubt on a statement by trump s attorneys that all classified material had been returned. the justice department also argues that trump lacked legal standing to request a special master, since the documents belonged to the government, not to him. the court filing came with this photo, showing documents taken by the fbi, from a container in trump s office. more now from cnn s sarah murray. reporter: the justice department weighs in with its side of the story of what happened in the run-up and aftermath of the search at mar- a-lago. this is all a part of the court battle playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third- party appointed to review the documents that the fbi sees when they searched m
funeral were finally unveiled on saturday with her service at westminster abbey now set for september the 19th which is eight days from now. queen elizabeth died peacefully on thursday at her country estate in scotland at the age of 96. she was the only monarch most have ever known. her death has left many people deeply shaken. in just a few hours her casket is expected to leave balmoral castle in scotland on what will be the first leg of a final german back to london where she will lie in state at westminster hall until the funeral. cnn s nate robinson is in edinboro in scotland with all the details of what we can expect over the coming weeks. reporter: at approximately 10 a.m. local time on sunday the queen s body will be driven in a hearse slowly a six hour journey beginning in balmoral castle passing through the villages of bakery and at the city of aberdeen. then it will pass along the streets here in edinboro past the castle to the palace of holyroodhouse, the monarch
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m paula newton. and we begin with despair, outrage and arguments over a deadly airstrike on a densely packed refugee camp in gaza. and now a huge cloud of smoke can be seen from across the border in israel. israeli military has claimed responsibility for the attack saying that it was aiming for a top hamas commander and infect succeeded in killing him with gleams. the critics are asking at what cost? the scope of the devastation and the camp is not yet clear. the civilian casualty count appears to be significant. the impact of the explosion left huge craters in piles of debris that are being scoured for signs of life. one of them told cnn, quote, there were 78 huge hold in the ground full of killed people. body parts all over the place. it felt like the end of the world. and now earlier i spoke with the spokesman of the israeli defense
president trump admits he is blocking postal service funding in order to stop mail-in voting. several states now considering legal action. meanwhile, democrats are set to kick off the first ever virtual nominating convention today. we ll tell you what to expect in this unusual year. also a new cnn national poll shows the race between president trump and joe biden tightening considerably. so we ll get to that, but first, let s discuss the latest developments on the pandemic. joining us is andy slavitt, great to see you. i understand that there s not much, it makes you really enthusiastic, in the past few months but today you are, and that s because of the saliva test that is on the horizon, the fda just approved it. so tell us why this is a game changer. well, good morning. i think the good news is that what do we really need in this country to get back to what we want to be doing, to opening schools safely, to going into offices to traveling again, to be able to frequen