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one of the great problems these days is everyone wants to be right and nobody really wants to listen to other peoples opinion. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 11pm in the uk where the uk has announced record covid infection figures for the second day in a row as the world health organisation says the new strain omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. more than 75 countries have omicron cases. a top uk health official says the variant is probably the most significant threat we ve had since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile in the last hour presidentjoe biden has said that the omicron variant has now arrived in the united states. our medical editor fergus walsh starts our coverage. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours for a covid vaccination bus. it was a record day for booster jabs, but also covid cases. boosters offer the best protection against omicron, ....
for an american missionary group more than two months after they were kidnapped. and comedianjohn cleese talks to newsday as he starts a new tour of south east asia. he shares his views on cancel culture in a forthright interview with me one of the great problems these days is everyone wants to be right and nobody really wants to listen to other peoples opinion. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and ”pm in the uk where the uk has announced record covid infection figures for the second day in a row as the world health organisation says the new strain omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. more than 75 countries have omicron cases. a top uk health official says the variant is probably the most significant threat we ve had since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile in the last hour presidentjoe biden has said that the omicron variant has now arrived in the united states. our medical editor fergus walsh starts our coverage. what do you want for c ....
more than 50 people were killed, most of them believed to be migrants from central america. and breaking news. this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange is one step closer to being extradited after the u.s. won an appeal at a uk court battle. and on the economy, consumer prices are up a staggering 6.8% from last year. that s the highest increase in nearly four decades. and let s go with pete williams. there is a supreme court decision. okay, i m being told now that there is we are looking now at i m sorry about this. there s some breaking news that we re going to be covering, but this is the moment that the coffin that s carrying senator dole leaves the capitol after being in the rotunda for the last 24 hours. it is going to be shortly respected to the national cathedral. let s listen in. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step ....
alisyn. see if any of this leads to regulation or any change for the industry. that s the point of the hearings to see how to protect kids. brian fung in washington, thank you. it s a brand new hour. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. russian aggression. president biden just spoke with ukraine president zelensky as his country braces for an invasion. showing how russia is building up troops and supply lines along the border. one u.s. official warns russia s military capacity on the ukraine border is much larger and much more lethal than its 2014 invasion of crimea. in a phone call tuesday biden warned russian president vladimir putin against any escalation, threatening strong economic sanctions. meanwhile, the u.s. is helping ukraine boost its self-defense by sending small arms and ammunition set to arrive this week. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house. matthew chance in ukraine. phil what do we know about this president bid ....
just a show of force? perhaps, but not likely. putin wasn t bluffing when his country invaded crimea in 2014 in violation of international law, and remember, russia annexed crimea from ukraine after a military intervention. the international community still considers crimea as ukrainian territory. so this was likely the most important foreign policy conversation of the biden presidency thus far. the secure call via video link, it began with pleasantries. hello. good to see you again. unfortunately, last time we didn t get to see one another at the g-20. i hope next time we meet, we do it in person. the white house says biden was then crystal clear about where the u.s. stands on this aggression. if russia further invades ukraine, america and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures that could devastate the russian economy and would be much tougher this time around. here s jake sullivan. president biden looked president putin in the eye and ....