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cases and 10,000 deaths in the last week alone. with time running out to break the stalemate on his reconciliation bill, president biden is meeting with speaker pelosi and majority leader schumer on compromise options. then a lot of arm twisting in separate sessions with progressive and moderate members of congress. at stake, the entire biden domestic agenda. let s begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and chief white house correspondent weekend today co-host, peter alexander, gabe gutierrez, dr. john torres, and dr. celine gounder. a lot of foreign and domestic issues the white house is struggling with but not stopping the administration from trying to keep covid front and center. that s the issue that really helped the president win the presidency and key to his dip in poll ratings. reporter: andrea, that s right. i was with the president alongside his u.s. ambassador speaking to world leaders, speaking to pharmaceutical executives and civil society or ....
more than 200 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and still, the country is breaking records for new infections, averaging more than 265,000 cases a day over the past week alone. that s according to johns hopkins university. the centers for disease control and prevention report close to 450,000 cases on monday alone. and that tops the previous one-day high of almost 300,000 back in january. now, we should point out these latest figures could be the result of a lag in reporting over the holidays. nonetheless, the number of children now admitted to hospitals with covid is nearing a new record. the cdc reports nearly a 50% jump in just the past week. now, access to testing remains a problem, as you can see there, right around the country. home test kits, meantime, are hard to find online, and in stores and people are lining up for hours at drive-through testing sites right around the country. cnn s alexander field has more now on covid s record setting rampage thro ....
a major nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year. hundreds of flights canceled across the country. what you need to know heading home for the holidays. all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names they never let poor rudolph griff: you are looking at our beautiful tree on fox square, watching fox and friends first . i am griff jenkins. benjamin: i am benjamin hall in for carley shimkus and todd piro. can i say how special it is, first christmas and moving to the states. if i get sentimental for a moment, to you and my washington colleagues, such an incredible move and you and i, i m looking to you for all the advice on what to do and where to go. griff: do everything different than i did. i got lucky to have two gorgeous daughters, 20, and 16. new york is excited and ecstatic to have you. been and i share an office, it is honor and pleasure to do so integrate reporting, you will be a great success here in washington and by ....
this is andrea mitchell reports in washington where the omicron variant is spreading like wildfire here in the u.s. and around the world. new york city and washington, d.c., are both breaking records. moments ago, d.c. mayor muriel bowser reimplementing the city s mask mandate, and testing lines in new york are now stretching around the block amid a nationwide shortage of rapid at-home tests. nearly a third of broadway shows have been canceled due to outbreaks and snl s big season closer mostly scrapped. no live audience, no musical acts with tina fey and tom hanks pitching in. due to safety we do not have an audience. this is not the smallest audience i have ever performed for because i have done improv in a macy s. breakthrough cases include senators elizabeth warren and corey booker and congressman jason crow. they are among the 33,000 testing positive daily in the u.s. the democratic senate up in arms at fellow democrat joe manchin of west virginia, blind si ....
getting ready to celebrate thanksgiving with his family. what happened in georgia today was accountability. the three men who chased and gunned down 25-year-old ahmaud arbery while he was jogging in february of of last year have all been found guilty of murder. celebrations erupted outside the courthouse after the nearly all-white jury delivered a guilty verdict after 11 hours of deliberation. travis mcmichael, who fatally shot ahmaud arbery, was found guilty on all nine counts including malice murder and felony murder. his father, gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor william bryan were also found guilty of felony murder. they each face a sentence of life in prison. it will be up to the judge to decide if they will ever be eligible for parole. they all still face federal hate crime charges as well. ahmaud arbery s parents thanked those who ve marched, prayed, and supported their family since their son s murder. we i never thought this day would come. but god is g ....