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received this statement from the white house 68-year-old secretary of defense lloyd austin did test positive for the virus this morning. he received his test after exhibiting symptoms, got tested and found out he was in fact infected but he says his symptoms are mild. he s following his physician s directions and will quarantine for five days at home. key to note, he will remain retain all duties over the coming days and he says that he will attend meetings virtually in the interim as he recovers. also key in the statement, my last hmeeting with president biden occurred tuesday, december 21st a week before i began to experience symptoms. i tested negative that very morning. i have not been in the pentagon since thursday where i met briefly and only with a few members of my staff. but secretary austin did have the vaccine and the booster imploring everyone in the military to continue to get that vaccine and booster describing it as a readiness issue. breaking news this ....
streets. sudan prime minister resigns weeks after being reinstated . a post holiday sirge in covid infections is gripping the u.s. leading to 14,000 flights cancelled in the last ten days. more than 300 flights are already cancelled for today. a nightmare for people scrambling to get home. the seven day average of new cases in the u.s. experts warn it s likely to get worse. in the days ahead. vast majority of the country seen here in dark red is struggling with 50% or more new infections in the past week. compared to the previous week. so far hospitalizations are the below the previous peeks. but top health experts dr. fauci is urging people to take the omicron variant seriously. so it s kind of like a very interesting somewhat complicated issue. when you have a virus that might actually be less severe in the pathogen. but so many people are getting affected. the net amount of people that will require hospitalization might be up. so we can t be complacent in the rep ....
president biden begins the new year with a mountain of challenges head of him. a wave of severe weather moving across the country, including snow and potential for tornadoes. your forecast and what it could mean for your travel plans. saying goodbye to america s golden girl. we ll look back at the incredible career of the iconic betty white and the impact that she had on the world of television. we re so grateful for you joining us this sunday, january 2nd. we hope you re having a great 2022, one hopefully covid-free. i hope how is your 2022? i feel like it s going to be a good year. i hope there s a lot of the challenges that we had in 2021 that will be put behind us. so far so good. you re here, i m here, apple juice, it s bright and early. thanks for joining us. nowhere else i would rather be on the second day of the new year. we start this morning, boris, millions of americans will return to work or school this week, but this explosive surge of new cov ....
will require hospitalization, might be up. we can t be complacent in these reports which are likely accurate that it is ultimately in the big picture less severe. we re still going to get a lot of hospitalizations. cnn s ryan young and polo sandoval are monitoring the situations around the country. you re at atlanta s hartsfield-jackson airport, more flights being canceled. how are travelers dealing with the frustrations? a yeah. more flights are being canceled across the country. everybody wants to get the new year started off on the right foot. when you add the sprinkle of travel into it it made things quite hard. think ability the fact that when you walk into some of these airports there s not even concession stands nope a lot of places because they re dealing with the covid outbreak. you add this together, you can understand why frustrations are starting to rise. take a look at some of the video we shot on the inside. the lines on the inside at the ticket counte ....
testimony now that he was sitting in the dining room next to the oval office watching the attack on television as the assault on the capitol occurred. members of his staff were pleading with his to go on television, to tell people to stop, we know leader mccarthy was pleading with him to do that. we know members of his family, we know his daughter, we have first-hand testimony that his daughter ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence. that is a major development because it means someone who was in the room with trump that day was talking on the record. and it is the record of that day that will be the spotlight as congress holds a moment of silence on thursday and a prayer vigil on the steps of the capitol. but on that same day, former president trump is planning his own press conference about the riot he sparked. i want to get right to cnn s melanie zanona who joins us from capitol hill. we both covered the january 6th investigation. thi ....