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would get a lot of attention from a superpower like this one. ukraine is a small country. it s in eastern europe. it s 5,000 miles from washington. it s got a population about the size of california. hugely significant? not really. yes, we never seem to stop talking about ukraine. as a vice president of the united states, joe biden spent this time meddling in the internal affairs of ukraine. because of his influence in the company, his son, hunter biden, got a job i got rich. donald trump was impeached for speaking on the phone for an official from ukraine. we are moving closer to a war over ukraine. in the coming days, russia may violate ukraine s eastern border. this, we are told, cannot stand. in washington, the territorial integrity of the united states means precisely nothing. we are a nation of immigrants. but, the territorial integrity of ukraine, that is something we must fight for. a watch a remarkably broad spectrum of political figures and explain on all thre ....
reform. americans have had trouble giving access to covid 19 testing are told bill be able t get free rapid test on it federal website starting next wednesday, but why you could en up leading weeks for those test to actually show up very to shocking video that shows trash the remnants of thousands of packages strewn across train tracks in downtown los angeles as thieves target cargo containers making off with a lo of merchandise including things that people are so desperate fo including covid test freight we begin with the president s terrible horrible no good very bad week. kevin, i m guessing they are waiting for this one to be overplayed. enough is enough for the white house eight in politics a in sports, they call it a good old-fashioned victory lap. a chance for the white house in this case to tout a win, any win , frankly following a week of devastating political losses. at the president s comments today about infrastructure did little to billowing heap that was ....
nearing a record number of children hospitalized with covid. green light for the red phone. right now president biden and russian president vladimir putin are talking on the phone ahead of a key meeting between the u.s. and russia. and going to extremes. alaska seeing record-breaking high temperatures this week as we come to the end of a horrific year of extreme weather fueled at least in part by man made climate change. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our health lead and encouraging news when it comes to protecting children against covid the u.s. food and drug administration expected to announce kids 12 to 15 will be eligible for pfizer booster shots in the coming days. a source confirms to cnn studies have already shown a third pfizer dose significantly increases protection against covid and, specifically, the omicron variant. in addition, brand new cdc data released this afternoon shows that the pfizer vaccine is 92% effective at preventing an ....
theish will be as it relates to covid. thank you, thank you. [ inaudible question ] no. look. i told you. when i speak to norse to try or house members or governors or any other elected official to try to convince them what i m proposing makes sense and is not inconsistent with who they believe, i do that and then i ll discuss it afterwards, okay? thank you. thanks for your time. thank you. hello, anicabrera in new york. you just heard there president biden address the relief efforts in kentucky and seven other states following that deadly outbreak of severe tornadoes and he just announced he ll be visiting kentucky on wednesday to survey the damage there and to date the scope of devastation is now emerging, the images and the stories just heartbreaking, a family clinging to a piece of plywood as the storm ravaged their home. a man tossed around in his work van as the factory next to him gets leveled. kentucky grandparents married for over 50 years holding ....
with the case that undoubtedly dominated many discussions at the thanksgiving table this week. that s, of course, the guilty verdict for the murder of ahmaud aubrey. lawyers for travis and greg my mcmichael as well as william roddie brian plan to appeal the conviction. up next, a federal hate crime for intimidating aubrey because of his race and color. all this comes almost after a decade after the killing of trayvon martin. so these guilty verdicts are certainly a welcome change. but let s be honest, we have to remember all that it took to get here. the case faced an uphill battle to get to court. the when were not charged or arrested for month, until the video of the shooting was leevenlgd even the shoddy testimony by travis mcmichael and a strong presentation by the prosecution, this verdict was, quite honestly, still a question mark in a case that should have been opened and shut. and we have to remember, there are many more trials to go. joining me now to discuss t ....