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welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start today with our health lead. a new year and new records as the omicron variant explodes across the united states. but there is some encouraging news today out of south africa where the omicron variant was first detected. south africa now relaxing some of its covid restrictions as cases and hospitalizations have sharply fallen off leading experts to believe that south africa has already passed its peak of this horrible wave. after seeing that data, dr. anthony fauci now thinks cases in the united states could peak by the end of january. tom foreman starts us off with a look at how states across the united states are calling out for help. reporter: the federal government is deploying disaster assistance teams and ambulances to new york. new year s eve crowd in times square will be held to about a quarter of the usual. masks and proof of vaccination required. all this as the ci ....
dangerous movements in america. it happened so quickly, being a totally apolitical person to a person dying for donald trump. a person dying for donald trump. i hate to have to do this, but we have sad breaking news from hollywood. the associated press is reporting that legendary actress betty white has died at the age of 99. she was the longest running woman on television. but there was so much more than television. she began her career on the radio in the 1940s, then tv in the 1950s, starring in more shows than i have fingers on high hands. her most famous, rows nylund on the golden girls, which ran on nbsz from 1982 to 1992. then there were the move east. so many. just the other day, her proposal co-star ryan reynolds joked that he was still holding out for her, ready for betty white to give upmer crush on robert redford, for him. she was beloved, and only weeks away from her 100th birthday, which was on january 17th. so let us take a moment to celebrate the ....
more so on the backside of it people willing to overturn it next time if donald trump is there insisting on it. willie geist put on a master class on predawn television, thank you all of you for getting up way too early, willie and i will see you on morning joe in a minute, have a great weekend. the first woman in the world to receive the pfizer vaccine. she can finally date again. sounds like the problem pfizer made deals with other countries they re going to limit the supply here. i don t know. well, if you want it would have taken two or three years, it would take five or six years. the average development could take 8 to 12 years. before operation warped speed, the typical time frame development could be infinity. mayor s down. who s in the wagon? president trump s attorney tested positive for covid. speaking of rudy. wow. meanwhile, trump has a new plan of attack. hopefully the next administration will be the trump administration. if som ....
from the east and west coast to the midwest, to the south there has been a disturbing rise in violent crime this year. and that s putting liberal policies under the microscope. watch republican congressman dan crenshaw. there is a direct line between death and decay and liberal policies. they are deliberately doing this. they want pros koouts who won t prosecute and let criminals out. the criminals laugh in the back of a police car because they know they ll be out the next day back to committing crimes. this is a problem for people who actually pay taxes and live there and they are ruining america s greatest cities. harris: let s take a quick look at philadelphia where the numbers are horrific. 524 homicides so far this year. that s up 13% from last year. the city of brotherly love as it is called now has the second highest number of homicides for any american cities. chicago has the most. and despite all those numbers, despite the reality of all of that violence, t ....
manslaughter for shooting and killing daunte wright, who was unarmed during a traffic stop. she claims she confused her gun for her taser. daunte wright s mother testifying about her final phone call with her son when he was stopped by the police. tonight on capitol hill, the head of instagram grilled about its effects on children, particularly young girls. so, what s being done? rachel scott on the hill tonight. it was a case that horrified the country, so tonight, why was convicted killer scott peterson back in court today? the family of lacy peterson watching it all again in that courtroom. tonight here, the never before seen photos revealed at the trial of ghislaine maxwell. the photos with jeffrey epstein and what prosecutors are hoping these images demonstrate. tonight, our ian pannell on the ukraine border and 24 hours after that video call with president biden, what vladimir putin is now signaling. hillary clinton making news tonight. something she has ....