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and it is the top of the hour, thank you so much for joining us. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. it s good to be with you. president biden is visiting ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. the president just paid tribute at king s burial site which is near the church in atlanta. speaking of reverend dr. martin luther king. the city is the backdrop to what s being called the president s most urgent plea yet for voting rights. soon he will push for two federal laws that would standardize elections. it s an effort to combat a slew of new laws put into place by republican state legislatures to restrict voting in response to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. this is one of those defining moments, it really is. people are going to be judged. where were they before, where were they after the vote. history is going to judge you. it s that consequential. 19 states have already passed 34 laws that limit voting hours, remove ballot drop boxes or take power ....
a crashed plane seconds before it s hit by a train, boom. the question is, did you just see that? it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has georgia on its mind. congrats also to the bulldogs. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, january 11th. we ll start with the news. in just hours president biden will deliver a major speech on voting rights in atlanta. biden is expected to publicly push for a senate filibuster change to pass voting rights. previously he had endorsed reinstating the talking filibuster. he s expected to go further today, this as senate majority leader chuck schumer will force a vote on two federal voting rights bills this week. schumer says he will start a debate on changing the filibuster if republicans use it to block the bills. president biden will travel to georgia and make the moral case to the nation that the time has come to act to defend democracy and protect voting rights even if it me ....
days after djokovic s visa was canceled on arriving in australia. at that time authorities determined he did not qualify for a medical exemption from the country s covid vaccination requirements for entry. cnn is covering all the angles and phil black is in melbourne following the latest developments and cnn world sports patrick snell is joining us from here in atlanta with what could come next for djokovic. phil black in melbourne, let s go to you first. talk about the decision here and how it came to be because it has surprised all of australia and a lot of people outside of the country. reporter: so, rosemary, djokovic s lawyers argued that the process in which novak djokovic had been pulled aside at the airport last thursday morning, questioned, left alone in a room, asked to present his case, asked to provide evidence on why he should be let in, that whole examination, that scrutiny that he went through when he first arrived, his lawyers have argued that the proc ....
fun or what? since then he has remained an icon in comedy film and tv, marianne rafferty has the details on his death. good morning, todd and ashley. news left his fans and celebrities across the country s done. he was found dead in his room the ritz-carlton in orlando sunday night. just yesterday, saget posting a selfie on instagram with a stand-up set in jacksonville as part of his ongoing tour. he said he was back in comedy like i was when i was 26. before promoting to have his upcoming shows to take place in west palm beach. many of saget s full house stars shared the news. a statement reads in part bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man. we are deeply saddened he is no longer with us but know he will continue to be by our side to guide us as gracefully as he always has. and john stay most weeding domain my tweeting i m complete utter shock i will never ever have another friend like him and i love you so much, bobby. his oldest daughter o ....
russia as he tries to tighten his grip on power in the wake of deadly protests. we ll have a live report from the region. announcer: live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. and we begin with the covid pandemic. it s a picture ever more complicated. in europe the u.k. has joined only a handful of countries reporting 150,000 total deaths from the pandemic. in italy a mandate for everyone over the age of 50 to be vaccinated appears to have yielded some good results. since announcing the requirement italy has seen a three fold increase in vaxines administered to people in that age group. meanwhile across the atlantic hospitals are scrambling to deal with waves of people infected with the highly contagious omicron variant. and it s disrupting the delivery of routine health care in places like new york. cnn s paolo sandoval reports. reporter: this weekend the state of newark health department issuing a temporary order putting a stop to all unesse ....