chris hayes. republicans are officially canceling their number three person in house leadership. congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming for the simple and irredeemable sin of just telling the basic truth about what happened in the 2020 election and who is responsible for inciting a violent insurrection against the peaceful transfer of power. house minority leader kevin mccarthy made the announcement this afternoon, writing to his caucus republicans should anticipate a vote recalling the conference chair, liz cheney, this wednesday. mccarthy went on to justify expelling cheney because she will not endorse the big lie. quote, unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate. all members are elected to represent their constituents as they see fit, but our leadership team cannot afford to be distracted from the important work we were elected to do in the share goals we hope to achieve. sure sounds like they re canceling her over a thought crime, doesn t it? now that comes a day a
to. phil? a legend in every sense of the word. thanks so much. the omicron wave is rising. testing shortages with hospitals and schools struggling to stay open. plus an unvaccinated tennis star now held inside a detention hotel. novack djokovic, his freedom depends on an australian courtroom, and we re learning new details about the weeks leading up to his trip down under. and a dangerous and deadly flooding in the pacific northwest. some frightened people near seattle forced to wait on top of their cars for help. i m phil mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight. you re in the cnn newsroom. now, across the country this weekend hospitals are scrambling to deal with waves of people newly infected with the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus. an alarming spike in patients being admitted. hospitalizations now inching closer to the record set almost a year ago. and now adding to the alarm, the soaring number of american children hospitalized wi
to olympic officials. we ll have latest in a live report. first this hour a new push for diplomacy. tensions between russia and ukraine remain high. united nations security counsel will convene in the hours ahead with the u.s. ambassador saying this meeting will offer russia another opportunity to find a d diplomatic way out of the crisis. coming as more than 100,000 russian troops remain near ukraine intensifying fears of a possible invasion. the british foreign secretary had this stark assessment. we think it s highly likely that he s looking to invade ukraine. that is why we re doing all we can through diplomacy to urge him to desist. u.s. said moscow is showing no sign of deescalation. with the pentagon press secretary warning russian president vladimir putin could act at any time. he has a lot of options. he has a lot of options available. if he wants to further invade ukraine. and he can execute some of the options imminently. that means it could happen really a
. and officials in texas say that they are trying their best with the resources they have. processing migrants has become. but authorities in iceland are not ready to let people back into that you are homes just yet. we ll explain why. two georgian election workers have the green light to go after rudy giuliani s assets right away to collect their award. a judge in washington gave them the go-ahead on wednesday. that is after the former trump attorney was ordered to pay close to $150 million to two women who sued him for defamation over statements after the 2020 election. and as jessica schneider reports, the judge concluded some of giuliani s own claims don t add up. reporter: the judge in this case is really coming out with some scathing language against rudy giuliani in giving these plaintiffs the green light to start or try to start collecting anyway their $148 million right now. she s really criticizing rudy giuliani and his failure to really cooper
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