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season pandemic. plus, the life and legacy of desmond tutu, the nobel peace prize winning, anti-apartheid leader with a look at how he is being remembered. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. as we approach the new year, it s looking more like 2021 will end the same way it began, centered around covid. daily new cases fueled by the omicron variant are spiking. racing towards highs not seen since last january. hospitalizations are also rising, although nowhere near levels seen during recent surges. and covid-related deaths are also up. and this is the scene at testing sites around the country. look at this. 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 s 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 ....
enough day continues right now. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, december 27th. i m kaitlan collins in with john avlon this morning. good morning. the extraordinarily contagious omicron variant is surging across the u.s. cases are likely to climb much higher. years into this pandemic, testing is still a major challenge. now with lines around the block at testing sites and shortages of at-home tests at drug stores. there is some promising news as dr. anthony fauci expects things will improve next month. testing much more extensively than we have. even in a situation where you have people who are vaccinated or boosted. we ve obviously got to do better. i think things will improve greatly as we get into john. that doesn t help us today and tomorrow. dr. fauci will join us here on new day in just a few minutes. as omicron cases are surging, health experts are waiting to see if hospitalizations will too. righ ....
member of congress is wrong. the january 6th riots which echo loudly. how to put this all into context? well, we have joining us the pulitzer prize winners doris kearns goodwin and jon meacham. if you don t have trust in government, government is who we are. also on this christmas weekend, i will tell you about another biblical exodus. this time by christians who have been leaving the middle east in droves. and the beethoven s fifth symphony and others up to nine but you never heard the tenth, because he never fenninished it. well, thanks to the world of artificial intelligence and its human handlers, you can now on gps. stay tuned to hear what it sounds like. first, here s my take. as the year draws to a close, i ask myself what books that i have read have had a real impact on me. it s nothing like reading a good book to engage deeply with a topic. here are three that impressed me greatly this year, the narrow corridor, state society in the fate of ....
christmas night. by now gifts have been unwrapped. carols have been sung. hams and turkeys carved, and fireplaces lit. but tonight i want to take a pause as we all gather together. i want us to honor, applaud and recognize at this very hour there are soldiers, sailors, ma reebs, airmen, doctors, nurse, cops, firefighters, emts out there standing guard. for many christmases the selfless individuals have kept us safe. they remained vigilant, ready and capable of defending us. they deserve our respect and gratitude. these courageous then and women would give it all to be with their beloved the friends and cousins and moms and dads who worry about their safety. but they have chosen instead to keep us safe. they have chosen to keep us healthy. and they have chosen to keep the spirit of america alive against all odds when it would be so much easier to do nothing. we also realize how the pandemic turned our lives upside down. good samaritans, americans from around this country ....
thousands of travelers whose christmas holidays were canceled, disrupted as they were left scrambling at one of the biggest travel times of the year. charles watson is live at one of america s busiest airports, hartsfield jackson in atlanta. hi, charles. reporter: good afternoon. the wave of holiday flight cancellations continues today already airlines canceling more than 2200 flights globally amid the rapid thread of the covid-19 and omicron variants. united and delta airlines lead the pack among american carriers with the most cancellations with the two having a combined 775 flights between christmas day and today and in large part due to staffing shortages. saying in a statement quote, a combination of issues including, but not limited to inclement weather in some areas of the country and the impact of the omicron variant is bringing cancellations and potential delays and it s been quite the nightmare for holiday travelers caught the middle of the wave of cancellatio ....