that matter, take charge in your own cities and communities. in just hours, entrepreneur richard branson hopes to become the first person to ride a self-funded rocket into suborbital space. i had to wait a lifetime to go into space. hopefully we can speed that process up for many, many others. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. and it has been a week of conflicting data and confusion over covid. as you well know. vaccine maker pfizer set off alarms when it released a statement saying immunity from its vaccine was waning and a booster shot may be needed, citing data from the israeli health ministry. pfizer said vaccine effect efficacy has declined. but hours later the cdc and the fda said, stand down, fully vaccinated americans don t need to worry about getting boosters right now. but sadly the u.s. is moving in the wrong direction again when it comes to the n
were there. he was critically wounded on friday after a shooter ambushed them and two other policeman. jason rivera also died that day. the third officer shot the suspect who is also dead. the cover of the new york post capturing the anguish people in nyc and throughout the nation feel today. here is former new york city police commissioner ray kelly. it was obvious this individual wanted to kill cops. there was a warrant out for him. he wanted to kill cops. i think it is you can say it is a product of the demonization of police that we ve seen for the last several years. they ve been vilified and blamed for everything. harris: in focus jason chaffetz fox news contributor. sergeant clyde boatwright from the maryland police. alexis. this morning again the nypd grieving the loss of two of their own officers as the state of new york renews calls to go after illegal guns. take a look at this. the new york governor here and mayor eric adams in new york city talking her
welcome back, america. comedian flame monroe, john berman and donie o sullivan. nfl free agent rk russell, s.e. cupp, and comedian helen holmes. come on in. we put chlorine in the pool. it s the grand reopening for all the best, all the worst, 2021. i m tom foreman. welcome, and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with unheavals, conflicts, difficulties, and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounded like gunshots. run, run! worst story of the year, the violence invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up cr
they didn t come away with any idea on whether putin has decided to invade ukraine. more on that in a moment. it comes as this country is facing what one doctor called the biggest health crisis we ve seen, the new cases soaring past 300,000. pediatric hospital admissions are the highest they ve ever been over the course of this pandemic. we re going to be in for a very rough three or four weeks. i think it s good news that we ll have the boosters for the 12 to 15-year-olds so that will help a little bit but this is going to be a very rough time, not only for the kids but for the adults as well. as we head into this new year s weekend, be conservative, be thoughtful, keep your gatherings small and surround yourself with those who are vaccinated. you don t want to come out the other end of this weekend hospitalized or very sick. a source telling cnn the pfizer booster shots for kids 10 to 15 years old could be authorized in matter of days. dr. fauci says covid cases could p
and with the record number of hospitalizations among children, reports tonight that booster shots for 12 to 15-year-olds could be authorized within days. the covid surge adding to the worsening travel nightmare. more than 1,000 flights grounded again today. the high stakes call between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. speaking for the second time this month. the call coming at putin s request, with nearly 100,000 russian troops at the ukraine border and fears of a full-scale invasion. gruesome new body camera images tonight. a tiger mauling a cleaning service worker at a florida zoo. a deputy forced to take drastic action. tonight, could that worker face criminal charges? survivors speaking out after the guilty verdict of ghislaine maxwell. now global scrutiny turning to her longtime friend prince andrew. news tonight on the urgent search for a 14-year-old boy. the prime suspect in a triple murder in texas. the teenager considered armed and danger