Today. Let me say this loudly and clearly. If youre one of the millions of americans who said thAt They will not get the shot until it has full and final approval of the fda, it has now happened. The moment you have been waiting for is here. Time for you to go get your vaccination and get it today. Thats what it sounds like when the President Of The United States is basically saying its happening, guys, this is happening. And while it is a serious thing, you can kind of lean into the positivity of it because doctors say this is the route to get through this terrible pandemic, get everyone vaccinated. People have as we emphasized a range of reasons for making their own Health Care decisions. This does apparently knock one of them off the list. Do people that have been holding back, will they go forward now . We are seeing the costs of lack of vaccination. There are southern states where theres a dramatic rise in cases and people are rushing to the hospital. You see it in mississippi, al
for russia. a minor incursion, president biden sparks confusion and sows doubt on america s response if russia invades ukraine. we ll have reaction from moscow this hour. donald trump gets handed a major legal blow as the u.s. supreme court rejects his request to keep his white house documents hidden. what this means for the january 6 investigation. and hundreds of thousands of syrians facing a harsh and brutal winter. human rights groups calling it a crisis within a crisis. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. it is thursday, january the 20th, and we begin with the last thing u.s. president joe biden needed really with his approval rating at a listless 41%, and that is a foreign policy stumble. his administration is scrambling really to clean up his suggestion that a minor incursion by russia into ukraine might get a less forceful response than an outright invasion. have a listen. russ
senate failed to stand up for our democracy as dangerous new republican laws plainly designed to suppress and subvert voting rights proliferate in states across the country. we will explore every measure and use every tool to stand up for democracy. also ahead, a supreme loss for the former president. the high court giving a green light for the january 6th committee to get more than 700 pages of documents from the trump white house and the president laying out a roadmap nor the second year of his presidency. reflecting on the pro and cons of his first during a wide-ranging news conference. tomorrow will mark one year since i took office. it s been a year of challenges, but it s also been a year of enormous progress. the president taking questions from the white house press corps for nearly two hours and there is a lot to talk about. i want to bring in now cnn political commentator bakari sellers and charlie dent. can t wait to have this conversation. bakari, president bid
the fda authorized the covid pill patients can take at home before they re sick enough to be hospitalized. here s where i think it can be very helpful. first is there are a lot of people who are remaining unvaccinated. i wish they were going to get vaccinated, but we know that there are some people who are just not going to do it. somehow these people are ready to take treatments if they get infected even if they won t get the vaccine which is not understandable. but still these people are the ones who are most likely to get ill, to overwhelm our hospitals. and if they can get a pill that removes them from the hospital, that will help to save their life, but also will help to remove the strain on our health care system. omicron is wildly contagious compared to earlier strains. just three weeks after it was first identified in the u.s., it now accounts for 90% of the country s cases. there have been outbreaks on land and sea. the miami herald reports royal caribbean of t
as prince harry opens a legal case against news group newspapers court documents reveal prince william settled a phone hacking claim against them for a very large sum. senior health officials to be quizzed about access to nhs dentists after a bbc investigation revealed a drastic resort to diy dentistry. # we could ve had it all. # rolling in the deep. and adele surprises james corden in the final carpool karaoke before he steps down as host of the late late show. and coming up on bbc news, ronnie o sullivan makes his 100th appearance at the crucible as he continues his bid for a record eighth world championship title against luca brecel in the quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are hopes that a 72 hour ceasefire in sudan, which began last night, will allow civilians to leave the capital khartoum including potentially thousands of uk citizens. there ve been ten days of violence and three previous attempts at a ceasefire between rival