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the latest from that briefing as we get it. right now we re following the urgent battle to defend voting rights. senate democrats eyeing a rule change to pass a voting bill without requiring 60 votes. ahead, the exclusive nbc news reporting about republican dark money and how they are trying to sway one democratic senator in particular. we ll give you one guess who that could be. and then i ll talk to the mayor of tucson, arizona who signed a letter to the senate urging them to pass legislation. also happening right now in capitol hill, the chief of the u.s. capitol police testifying about changes they have made since the attack on the capitol almost one year ago. so far he says that of the more than 100 recommendations made by the inspector general, they have implemented or are addressing 90 of them. more on that in a few moments. we are also following some breaking news in philadelphia. a devastating fire. we just heard officials give us an update. 13 people killed ....
restrictions tomorrow. we ll make sure there is no travel from south africa and six other countries. we were concerned if we could come back home. with lessons learned, scientists are rushing it evaluate the threat. you can take a covid test on site and they give you this little at-home test kit. that definitely feels different, when you come home and see all of that going on. i m kaitlyn collins in washington. you re live at the cnn newsroom. tonight countries around the world are scrambling to respond to a concerning new variant known as omicron. could it cause more severe disease or at least a dozen countries are detecting cases of omicron including those showing red on this map. canada just now confirming its first two cases. multiple countries including the united states are shutting their doors to south africa and the neighbors in an attempt to contain the variant but preventing it from spreading entirely will likely be impossible. those suspicions hav ....
restrictions. several passengers arriving in the netherlands from south africa testing positive for the variant. why the head of the eu says the world is in a race against time. news on the variant comes as the u.s. records its busiest travel day since the pandemic began. the tsa screening millions of people over the holiday weekend. now the rush after thanksgiving. rob marciano standing by tracking the rain and snow already causing accidents. retailers are stepping up security across the country tonight. the response to a growing wave of brazen smash-and-grab robberies. the security guard killed protecting a tv news crew. the major headline tonight for 1.5 million americans suffering from type 1 diabetes who require insulin injections or infusions to survive. how scientists say one man has been cured of the disease at least temporarily. mourning the death of a fashion icon, fans remembering the trailblazing american designer virgil abloh. bargain hunters gear ....
the cdc says there s a high to very high risk of spread across europe. jeff zeleny is live from nantucket for us. pete muntean joins us from reagan airport. they moved very quickly. all of a sudden, by the end of the day, all of these travel restrictions were announced. what are your white house sources telling you now? reporter: gym, no question, just shortly after, moments after the world health organizationsh the who s showed that concern, and on vacation propresident biden is spending time with his family, issued the travel restrictions to begin monday morning for south africa and seven other african countries, really stopping people from flying here to the u.s. unless you re an american citizen. but the white house also saying they simply do not know enough about this vane. as you said, it will buy them some time, but the white house is focusing on another big problem the unvaccinated here in the u.s. the president had this message . reporter: so president bi ....
nbc news business and technology correspondent jo ling kent joins me. jo, it s great to see you. you have big new numbers for us in the billions in spending yesterday. right? reporter: jose, that s right. we just got fresh new numbers about thanksgiving day online spending. adobe reporting $5.1 billion were spent on thanksgiving. now, when you look at what was expected, it s actually on the lower range of what was expected. so this may be a cause of inflation. a cost of living going up, gas and food prices on the rise right now. but well within the range of expectations. we do expect to see a record amount of money spent across retailers on this thanksgiving weekend. but on an anecdotal note in virginia and across the country including mall of america and minnesota, we are seeing the traditional lines and door busting parades of people really come down significantly. and that may have been accelerated by the pandemic, of course. but we re seeing online spending really ....