he is ramping up his efforts to keep his white house records secret by asking the justices to step in. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the breaking news. the guilty verdicts in the trial of former police officer kim potter. we ll go to minneapolis tonight. potter has now been convicted on two counts of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. reporter: wolf, yes. when that guilty verdict was read, little emotion from the former brooklyn center police officer. after spending 26 years protecting and serving, she now will spend time behind bars. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree find the defendant guilty. reporter: former brooklyn center police officer kimberly potter guilty on both counts of manslaughter tonight in minnesota. find the defendant guilty. reporter: potter said she meant to shoot her taser during a
authorized pill to treat the coronavirus, saying it dramatically reduces hospitalizations and deaths as omicron spreads. will the pills be available fast enough? also breaking, the january 6th committee is asking to talk to a top trump ally, republican representative jim jordan, demanding details about jordan s communications with the then-president. as democrats fume at joe manchin for tanking the president s bill, mitch mcconnell dangles a recruitment campaign. will it work? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking pandemic news. a promising new covid-19 treatment just authorized as the coronavirus omicron variant sweeps across the united states. cnn s amara walker is working the story for us. amara, we just heard the white house say this new pill by pfizer will dramatically reduce hospitalizations and deaths. reporter
committee reportedly is considering one of its boldest and potentially most consequential actions yet. a possible criminal referral against former president trump. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with president biden s response to the new omicron crisis hours after the variant became dominant here in the united states. let s go right to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. the president tried to reassure the vaccinated while warning unvaccinated americans of life and death consequences. it s a delicate messaging balance no question about it. it s one the white house views as critical in this moment. a moment where the omicron variant is very seriously causing concern. no question about that. however, it also finds the country in a very different moment in terms of the tools it has and its ability to manage the pandemic. i
years ago today. it s the top of the hour, hello, everyone, i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. we re just a couple of minutes away now from the white house, expected to brief reporters on president biden s two-hour call with russian president vladimir putin. the white house just released this photo. also a statement that says that president biden voiced the deep concerns of the united states and our european allies about russia s escalation of forces surrounding ukraine, and made clear that the u.s. and its allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation. here s the moment that president biden greeted president putin. good to see you again. unfortunately, we didn t get to see one another at the g20. i hope next time we meet we do it in person. well, satellite images on your screen show the build up of russian troops along the ukraine border. a top american general said 100,000 forces are alr
were either canceled or that we were not allowed to board. reporter: but today president joe biden tried to assure the american people that these are precautionary measures. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. reporter: and he along with other top health officials continue to echo one main message. get vaccinated. please, folks, if you have been on the fence, i m not a politician. i m a scientist. maybe we can even ask all the politicians to agree on this one. get your vaccine. get your booster. it s the best chance we ve got to drive this covid-19 pandemic away. jake, as we have been saying, there s still a lot we don t know about this new coronavirus omicron, including whether or not it evades vaccines. in fact, if it indeed does, pfizer and biontech staying is prepared to adapt its vaccines within six weeks. johnson & johnson also saying it is pursuing an omicron specific vaccine as well. as you heard from president biden and public health