christmas morning. she ll joining us later this hour. and we ll hear from one woman who s inspiring work with the homeless has earned her the title cnn hero of the year. all that and more is coming up this christmas morning. first, let s get a check of your news headlines. good morning and merry christmas to you. i m jessica dean. the omicron surge means getting home for christmas is a challenge for many travelers today. both delta is united flight cancellations are in the triple digits for the second straight day. delta canceled 268 flights. united had 196 cancellations. jetblue canceled 120 flights. the airlines are blaming staffing shortages stemming from the omicron variant. pete muntean has details. reporter: as these cases cause their staffing levels to go down, leading them to cancel some flights. most of the flights, according to flight aware, were at united airlines and delta air lines but also alegent and jetblue. we obtained a united airlines memo to its st
we ll hear from one woman who is inspiring work with the homeless and less fortunate has earned her the title cnn hero of the year. all that and more is coming up this christmas morning. let s get a check of your news headlines. good morning, boris and merry christmas to all of you. i m jessica dean in washington. and we begin this morning with a major moment for nasa. engine start. and liftoff. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. the $10 billion james webb telescope lifted off from the european space agency s launch site minutes ago. the telescope which is being called the most powerful ever will take one month to complete its orbit around the sun which is just under a million miles away. because it will be so far away, it won t be able to be serviced or repaired should anything go wrong. the telescope will be able to observe the atmosphere of planets outside of our solar system as never before, potentially finding which planets might sustai
continue to rise across the country and the white house says president biden is going to address the nation about the threat posed by the new omicron variant on tuesday. as one medical expert put it, a tsunami is coming for unvaccinated americans. the omicron strain has been detected in all but seven states in the u.s., but experts say the delta variant is actually the one fueling the latest wave of infections. from new york to miami and across the u.s., lines for covid-19 testing are long, and results are often slow to come in. also, at home tests are flying off shelves. cnn medical analyst dr. jonathan reiner blames the biden administration. we need to, you know, mobilize manufacture produce, hundreds of millions of these tests and make them ubiquitous. that s how you keep businesses open, broadway open, how you keep your kids in school. unfortunately, as we stare down these sobering realities, colleges, venues and businesses are re-implementing restrictions that have
justy shilling with involuntary manslaughter punishable by 15 years in prison and/or up to $17,500 fine along with mandatory dna testing. i understand. they each pleaded not guilty to all charges against them. cnn was there as the couple was taken into custody that ended when police got a tip and tracked them down to a detroit warehouse. their 15-year-old son ethan was arrested tuesday and faces multiple charges including four first-degree murder counts. four students killed in the oxford high school shooting and seven other injured. cnn s athena jones is outside the oakland county sheriff s office. athena what more did we learn about what potentially to be effects for this couple? reporter: hi, fred. a few interesting things happened at the arraignment of jennifer and james crumbley. both kept at the oakland county jail not far from here. the same jail where their son ethan crumbley is being held. one thing we heard from the lawyers representing the crumbley, the paren