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thousands of frustrated passengers have been told their flights have been canceled. the problem a highly contagious virus and not enough workers. these are the lucky ones. passengers heading through security to catch a flight. hopefully everybody can get home for the holidays. luckily for me, i should be fine. other travelers today are not as fortunate. in preemptive move some airlines canceled flights citing a lack of crews variant. among the hardest hit united airlines. in a company the company said quote the nationwide spike in omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation. at least seven people of delta s flights today did not take off. the company said in a statement quote delta streams exhausted all options including re-routing substitution of aircraft s and crew. delta asked the cdc to reduce quarantine time for people testing upon for the vice. the airline boss feared the omicron variant would in h ....
but new york city is moving ahead for now with the new year s eve celebration in times square. there ill with be fewer people, all must be vaccinated and masked, it is important to note so far we have not seen a dramatic spike, though, thank goodness, in hospitalizations from the variant. and the data show omicron cases seem for the most part to be lesshospitals are preparing for staffing shortages. they say healthcare workers who test positive but are asymptomatic can shorten their isolation period. the white house is lifting the travel restrictions on eight countries in southern africa. we re covering all of the travel headlines with our aviation correspondent pete muntean at reagan national. joe jonhns joins us at the whit house. this just came, what is the news from the biden administration? you got it there. eight african countries, you know, this travel ban went into effect on november 29th. we re told the president is expected to lift that travel ban as of 12:0 ....
is considering its verdict in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. she denies sex trafficking allegations. desperate attempts to get aid to those hit by typhoon rai in the philippines more than 375 people are now known to have died. and how about this for a creepy crawly nightmare? fossil evidence of the eight foot long millipede that weighed 50 kilos and was the size of a car. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the world health organization is warning people ahead of the christmas holidays they may have to cancel some of their plans to reduce the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus. the head of the organisation warned it was unwise to assume at this stage the variant caused less serious infection, and called on people to make tough decisions to protect loved ones, saying, an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled. in the united states, the omicron variant has become the dominant strain of coronavirus, less than a mont ....
vladimir putin s propaganda machine and how is right wing media involved? matthew chance has a report from the region. later, jussie smollett s hate crime hoax. we will unpack the media baggage from this case coming up. plus, jay rosen on how to cover a pro democracy, and much more coming up this hour. first, a sunday morning surprise in the tv news business. chris wallace, the veteran moderator of fox news sunday, is leaving the network effective immediately. here s how he announced it on his show just a few minutes ago. it may sound corny but i feel we built a community here. there s a lot you can do on sunday mornings, the fact you have chosen to spend this hour with us is something i cherish. but after 18 years i have decided to leave fox. i want to try something new, to go beyond politics, to all of the things i m interested in. i m ready for a new adventure, and i hope you ll check it out. this is a shock to the tv news business. chris wallace is one o ....
short time ago. he said more than 50 people are feared dead in his state alone and that number is expected to go up. the kentucky governor also shared that news at the press conference. let s take that soundbite if we could. and as we are setting here today and this is before day break we believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 kentuckyens end up with 50 to 100 lost lives. the town of mayfield, kentucky was hit hard. a candle factory completely leveled by a tornado with 110 employees trapped inside under the debris. went to facebook live to beg for help. listen to this. please send us some help. [crying] somebody please send us some help. we are trapped. the stuck on me. we are all in the the whole building fell. so thankfully, the woman who posted that, she posted another video to say she had been rescued. crews are still working to get others out. emergency crews in southern illinois are working around the clock to rescue workers after th ....