knowledgeable actions and speed. not chaos and confusion. the omicron variant has now been found in more than a dozen countries including canada. the rapid spread is prompting the u.s. to restrict travel from southern africa. and now the u.k. has just recorded the first case the community transmission. that means the infected person did not travel to south africa so far no confirmed omicron infections in the u.s. but the president said today, that sooner ore later omicron will be here. nick valencia is at the international airport in atlanta. in a moment we talk about the travel ban but let s tart with kaitlan collins. kaitlan, tell us more about what the president said about omicron. reporter: well he was hoping to reassure the nation because he doesn t have a lot more specifics that what y all just laid out there and that is what his scientists are working on and dr. fauci has told him it will be about a week or to before they know more including if it is more transmi
to join the table, two hosts learning their rapid tests before the show came back positive. both fully vaccinated, they left the studio and vice president harris staying in a separate room. and what the vice president said once she was on the show. also this friday night, new reporting after the deadly supermarket shooting. they have now identified the gunman and his connection to that kroger store. and the harrowing stories of survival tonight. the massive california wildfire exploding in size late today, and authorities arresting a woman, accusing her of starting the fire, threatening more than 9,000 structures, homes and businesses, using loudspeakers now to get families out. on the texas border tonight, the migrants are now gone. where are they now? and rachel scott asking president biden about those images of some border officers, images the white house called horrific. what the president said. the very expensive audit of the 2020 election in arizona. the republi
we ll have more on that in a moment. prop gaganda and it works. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection issued its first round of subpoenas for documents and testimony. they want to hear from four of trump s closest advisers. mark meadows, dan scavino, steve bannon and kash patel. all called to testify before lawmakers beginning next month. members of the committee say they want to know what trump s inner circle knew about the planning, leading up to the capitol attack and how they made decisions as the violence unfolded that day. let s begin on capitol hill with cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanonis. what do we know about what the committee is hoping to learn from them and, i mean, are they going to challenge the subpoenas? yeah, well, the select committee is definitely kicking this investigation into high gear. these subpoenas are targeting some of the highest ranking staffers in the white house during trump s time in office. you have m
it follows the us central bank announcing its biggest increase in more than two decades yesterday. japan s prime minister has condemned the war in ukraine during a visit to london, where he s also due to agree a new defence partnership with the uk. retiring doctors in england are being urged to continue working, to help the national health service clear backlogs and deal with staff shortages. and coming up this hour, meeting some of nature s newest arrivals. a new study, following great tits near oxford, suggests spring is starting sooner in britain. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian officials say russian forces have launched an all out assault on the azovstal steelworks, in the besieged city of mariupol. around 200 civilians are still believed to be sheltering inside. moscow says humanitarian corridors will shortly open for 3 days to allow people to leave. the hope is that civilians will escape the area to safety, but ukraine h