one area getting hit hard by the omicron variant is the airline industry. between the violence and brutal severe weather, thousands of flights are being cancelled when so many are traveling for the holidays. we re going to dig into the chaos hitting airports nationwide. also, the house panel investigating the january 6th attack is hit with another lawsuit, this time from trump did a trump spokesman and why the committee wants access to his information. we ll begin with the latest on the omicron variant. we go to delaware and new jersey and molly hunter is live in hard-hit london. the president about to head home to delaware this afternoon but first we just saw him continuing urge people to get booster shots at that meeting with the governors. what else should we be expecting him to discuss with his team in the meeting. as we were setting up camp in delaware where the president is due to arrive in a few hours, i couldn t help remember whack to when the president-elect was
and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and it is concerning news this hour. we have a new study just coming out of the uk that finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. well, this comes as dr. anthony fauci today warned that the 80% of americans who have not yet received their boosters are at real risk. the data i showed indicated that, particularly with omicron, that the level of protection goes really rather low in a in a in a range that may not be as protective as we like. but yet, when you get that boost, it goes right up there. okay. so, you know, when you look at how many americans actually are are boosted, right, it s, you know, about 14-15%. think about that. that that is a real issue. and the reality comes as cases are surging, deaths are up sharply now, about 8% from last week. and we are just at the beginning of the actual omicron wave, itself. right? you know, the don t
governor of colorado. we begin, though, with exclusive new reporting from cnn s jamie gangel and jake tapper on the former president s attempt to overturn the election. concerns a text message dated november 4th to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows and it lace out a rationale for overturning election results before they are fully known. maryland congressman jamie raskin read the texts tuesday night during contempt proceedings for meadows. here is an aggressive strategy. one day after the election, why can t the states of georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania, and other republican-controlled statehouses declare this is bs where conflicts in election not called that night and just send just send their own electors to vote and have it go to the scotus. now, when congressman raskin read that, he didn t say who the sender is believed to be. well tonight, it seems we know. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel joins nous with exclusive reporting. so what have you
good evening. dr. anthony fauci today issued a battle cry that speaks loudly to where we are right now against covid, and how frustrating, confusing, and exhausting a place it can be. we can t give in, he said, as new york state reported its highest daily case count of the entire pandemic. he went on to say, we will win this war, we ve just got to hang in there. and if this is a war, there is no shortage of news tonight from the front line. some of it hopeful, some deeply troubling, all important to bring you. we will joined by the director of the national institutes of health and the governor of colorado. who is pushing ahead with the treatment of the pandemic as though the medical emergency is over. we begin, though, with exclusive new reporting from cnn s jamie gangel and jake tapper on the former president s attempt to overturn the election. concerns a text message dated november 4th to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows and it lays out a rationale for overturni
elected gig. you talked about this before on your radio show and weekend show here on cnn about and i ve often wondered if it s are people being co-opted, their being exploited by right wing media or is it that they want to be? is it naive? is it a combination of all three of all? the air waves, maybe a subject for a different day but where people are don, i watch you. i watch everything. i m constantly using that clicker and listening to all perspectives. too many among us, they re just listening to one particular outlet and getting just one take. that s not healthy. yeah, so we ll watch you and then watch me and then after they watch me, they ll click over to something else. i got to run. see you tomorrow. nice show. this is don lemon tonight. we have breaking news now. i want to take you live to the house floor. that s where the vote is set to happen at any minute now. any minute on whether look at that. on whether to refer mark meadows to the doj, the depa