infections and new emergency measures just ahead of the holidays. also this hour, democrats are scrambling once again to salvage the biden spending bill after it was torpedoed by senator joe manchin. i ll ask the progressive caucus chair representative jayapal about her new plan for moving forward. and verdict watch in the trial of kim potter, who says she mistook her weapon for a taser when she fatally shot daunte wright. we ll have the latest on the deliberations and the question jurors just asked the court. we want to welcome our viewers 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 this hour with very, very disturbing coronavirus news, breaking news.