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live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest ever since the pandemic began. average daily cases in the u.s. have set a record for the third straight day. more than 355,000 on thursday. and children once thought to be immune from the worst of the coronavirus, ....
residents forced out of their homes because of wildfires. when the state can expect a reprieve. cities right around the globe are getting ready to ring in the new year. but for many, the crowds and confetti have been pushed aside as an explosion of new covid infections takes hold on several continents. preparations are, though, under way at this hour for the balloon drop in new york s times square just as the state announced a new record 74,000 cases. celebrations have already been scaled back with masks and vaccinations required. now, the seven-day average of cases right around the world has broken yet another record at nearly 1.2 million infections. the u.s. has set a third straight record meantime with average daily cases topping 355,000. but here s the thing. johns hopkins reports close to 650,000 cases on thursday alone, and we do want to point out that of course that number could be inflated somewhat because of the lag in reporting over this holiday season. now, ....
kaitlan, i know you say you are nervous but he is typically stowic. your grandfather went to cincy. you re root fog or the bears. listen, i m betting on a cinderella story. come on, john. this week we have been anchoring together three hours a day every day, and you re not going to root for alabama? this proves that good people can disagree. from a little bet here. if kaitlan team wins, you have to wear a bearcats shirt. if kaitlan wins, you have to shave your head. . and no mayonnaise bath. i did not consent to wearing a cincinnati shirt. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 31st. i m john avlon in with kaitlan collins. kaitlan, happy new year s eve. happy new year s eve. i can t wait to hear your resolution later in the show as we approach a new year, we are still dealing with the same pandemic. unprecedented spike in covid cases fueled by the omicron variant. e ....
the new zealand celebrating 2022. maybe almost a day to wait before we can celebrate. and look at that fireworks everywhere. that s a party. i like it. you know, i think noon in georgia might look that way in a little bit. i think my neighbors will have some fireworks. good morning, cailee. kayleigh: good morning. it s good to be with you and lawrence jones. of course, you joey jones. happy new year s eve to all. isn t it exciting that we are finally two years out of this pandemic and we are finally starting to see some celebratory activity it will be a scaled back new year s eve, lawrence jones, as you are there in times square but still to have 15,000 gathered it s exciting to have some semblance of normalcy albeit not quite where we were two years prior to today. lawrence: yeah, you are exactly right, kayleigh. i would say that i m optimistic. i think the american people are tired of it all and trying to get to some sort of normalcy. i think they are going to reject ....
medical contributor dr. nicole saphier, and in the rituals hot see is jimmy family. welcome, everyone. president biden has urged the supreme court to keep his mandate for private businesses with more than 100 employees as protests continue across the country. members of congress are asking the high court to block the order, blasting the mandate is a blatant overreach. at the same time the latest covid surge shows little sign of slowing down. on thursday, the united states reported a record number of new daily cases for a second day in a row. where is president biden? vacationing at his beach house for the 34th time, a notable move, especially for a person who campaigned on the promise of getting covid under control. kennedy, he promised that he would step down the virus. but it feels like a virus is kind of shutting us down which it should not be because we know that omicron is more mild. but if we look at blue states it looks like biden did the opposite, covid a shutti ....