Population is fully vaccinated. Its a state where the Dailyaverage Number of hospitalizations is north of 12,000. And just to break that down for you, in more human terms. That means mortuary trailers are coming in to store bodies of covid victims. It means dozens of children are newly hospitalized with covid every day. With Pediatric Icu Beds unavailable in some areas. In case Texas Leadership is listening right now, i am going to speak in very blunt terms. Texans are dying. Parents are dying. Their children are becoming orphans or they are sick and hospitalized, themselves. This child has died of covid. And yet, The States tHrice vaccinated, covidpositive leader, governor greg abbott, has spent months blocking Mask Mandates. Abbott tested positive for covid this week. 24 hours after attending this maskless fet. Covid is a serious matter, even for someone waging war against preventative measures, which is why abbott got treated right away with regenerons Monoclonal Antibodies prescrib
new hope in the search for the missing titanic sub, banging noises detected by sonar. plus hunter biden strikes a deal on tax charges and a gun charge but a judge will ultimately get the final say. and urgent call for the u.s. to step in as violence escalates in the west bank. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good wednesday morning to you. we begin with what could be a major development in the search for the submersible lost at sea. crews using so he that are have heard banging sounds at 30 minute intervals. and the u.s. coast guard also says that canadian plane detected underwater noises. resources now have been diverted to try to find the source of those noises. no luck just yet. more on the search this morning from miguel marquez. reporter: a complex search now more complicated by time, which they are running out of. we know there is about 40 hours of breathable air left. reporter: deep water submersibles a
administration approves new weapons sales. reporter: i m on the israel gaza border where fighting expands as israel expands fighting in the south of the territory. also tonight, ukraine strikes back taking aim at russia with ammunition running low and western aid stalled. happy new year! countdown to the new year. today in new york a final test that the ball will drop in times square. security on high alert. west coast warning. a new storm stirs up the surf and trouble. some unable to resist the big waves. reporter: i m elise preston in southern california with a look at precautions being taken to keep onlookers safe. thin ice. more than 100 fishermen rescued after stuck on a break away ice floe. cbs money watch year in review. no recession and the stock market s on a run. later, an old trade arriving in this digital age. the business of book binding giving life to books old and new. we ll walk in saying something like i can t believe people are still do
the action this morning. good morning we have this developing story right now, the israeli military seizing the palestinian sayyed of the raffa border crossing following a series of the airstrikes that killed at least 15 people source familiar with israel s plans tells cnn the raffa operation is intended to keep the pressure up on hamas to agree to a cease fire. and hostage release deal on israel s terms 20 gaussians have been heating warnings to evacuate eastern raffa and in tel aviv thousands of israelis taking to the streets to demand the government reach a deal to return the remaining hostages is really negotiators are expected in cairo today to continue ceasefire negotiations that are on the verge. it seems of falling apart. let s bring in former federal prosecutor, eleia williams farmer, rnc communications director doug hi and seniors. cnn senior reporter, isaac dover all here with us. good morning to all of you. thank you so much for being here. isaac. i want to star
Raleigh-Durham Startup Week continues Wednesday in Durham. Thursday and Friday the event moves to Raleigh for more tracks, keynotes, office hours, and special events taking place in and around the North Street location of Raleigh Founded.