sandra smith. the heavily mutated coronavirus variant first spotted in southern africa, several european and asian countries moving fast abandon all travel from several nations in southern africa. griff: it seems the rapid response is still coming too late. call late. confirmation from health officials at the strait has spread beyond africa with cases down in israel. alicia: discussing the black market sell-off that we begin with jonathan serrie live in atlanta home base for the cdc. the european union is urging its countries to halt travel to and from nations where this new dangerous variant has been detected. today, britain began a temporary ban on all flights to and from half a dozen african countries and requiring british travelers returning from those countries to quarantine in hotels. the early indications we have of this variant as it may be more transmissible than the delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. u.s
about what s at stake and about why it s important to get get to the bottom of what happened that day. federal prosecutors have brought five charges, including carrying a loaded weapon and assaulting police officers against an indiana man. he has denied assaulting police officers. more frightening, however, may be what investigators say he told them. according to investigators, mark maza said he wanted to talk to house speaker nancy pelosi that day. he didn t. then, investigators say he said this to them. quote, i was glad i didn t because you d be here for another reason. cnn law enforcement correspondent, whitney whield joins us with the latest on this new round of subpoenas. whitney, what s here? what does it seem the house select committee is focusing on? well specifically, when it comes to alex jones and roger stone, they are focusing on the way in which these two men used their enormous platform and possibly their connections to the president to promote the big lie,
lie, to promote the stop the steal rally that preceded the riot. specifically, for alex jones, the committee is also acutely interested in his role in finding a major donor for the stop the steal rally. the subpoena also notes that jones was either asked or directly told, as of january 3rd, that you would lead a march from the ellipse from that stop the steal rally to the capitol where we know that violent insurrection then took place. for roger stone, the subpoena specifically mentions that the committee understands that he used, again, his enormous platform to promote his appearance at the stop the steal rally. and then, further, used the oath keepers a far-right extremist group as protection in washington, d.c. surrounding the dates of the stop the steal rally on the 6th and then another rally that happened on january 5th. but the what s very clear is that the committee is now circling trump. they are specifically going after people who had a direct line into the for
five new subpoenas to some major players in donald trump s orbit, including some high-profile names who were involved in the stop the steal rally. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. as waukesha, wisconsin, comes to terms with sunday s christmas parade tragedy, we are learning new details about the man accused of driving into the crowds and his criminal past. a vigil was held monday night for the victims, and schools across the city remain closed. five people were killed and almost 50 injured in that incident. authorities say there s no connection to terrorism. they say the suspect, 39-year-old darrell brooks was out on bail for unrelated charges in a domestic abuse case, and he was involved in another domestic disturbance right before the parade incident. cnn s adrienne broaddus has the latest now from waukesha. alert all the hospitals! reporter: this horror at high speed now revealed to be an intenti
of loud band music. i remember the sounds of an engine revving. as if the motorist was like flooring it. i remember a loud bang. and immediately after that, i just heard screams and cries from people who were in the parade, people watching the parade. at that point, it was truly horrific. shannon: we are learning more from the officials about the incident. it was a war zone. there were adults, children injured and some of the first responders. the families, they left their families to treat people. shannon: emphasis affect who has a long rap sheet and many cases pending in court. he is in police custody as a wisconsin town grieves. we are parents, neighbors, we are hurting, we are angry, we are sad, we are confused. we are thankful. we are all in this together. we are waukesha, wisconsin strong. shannon: we will have the latest on the tragedy and an exclusive interview with kyle rittenhouse as he sits down for the first time since being acquitted on all charges with