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down for democrats and seven points up for republicans. that s a big move in a short period of time. karl rove is standing by with what he sees in these numbers. first, to capitol hill where some democrats plan to push for more spending on covid relief. aishah hasnie has more. hi, martha. this might seem like deja vu. democrats about a year ago passed this big covid-19 relief package. a big part of it were items that were on the president s social spending agenda. they could try this route again. democrats are very focused on trying to pass the core parts of the president s build back better plan. they need a vehicle, martha, that will get them the 51 votes. that vehicle could be a big covid relief package again. that could be money to fund the government is that is set to run out next month and social programs like paid leave could be tucked into this as well. let me remind you, congress has passed nearly $6 trillion in covid cash since the pandemic began. with the rise of
unions, nonetheless saying that they need to keep schools open amid the push by some teachers unions to return to remote learning. take a listen. we have no reason to think at this point that omicron is worse for children than previous variants. we know that our kids can be safe when in school, by the way. that s why i believe schools should remain open. those remarks come as pediatric hospitalizations are the highest they ve ever been during the pandemic, especially almost entirely among unvaccinated kids. children, according to the cdc, are the least vaccinated age group in the united states. those younger than 5, of course, still not eligible for a vaccine. let s get right to cnn s jeff zeleny live at the white house. biden s message today was, be concerned about omicron, but do not be alarmed. jake, it was. this was he was attending his first formal covid briefing of this new year. he bluntly acknowledged what s become obvious. that omicron cases are rising and
the jump in covid as millions plan to travel for thanksgiving. thank you for being here. we begin with these new developments in two high-profile trials gripping the nation. first in wisconsin, we re awaiting the verdict in the kyle rittenhouse homicide trial. the jury has just begun its second day of deliberations after spending more than eight hours behind closed doors yesterday. this morning we learned that the defense team filed a motion for m mistrial accusing the state of intentional prosecutorial over reach. in georgia, the defense is presenting its case in the trial of three men accusesed of killing ahmaud arbery while he was out jogging. prosecutors rested their case after calling 23 witnesses. the state s medical examiner, the last to testify, he conducted the autopsy on aubrey. jurors were shown graphic photos of the gunshot wounds that killed arbery. let s begin with cnn s shimon prokupecz outside the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin. shimon, what s happening ther
pandemic. in fact, you see it right there. covid one of the top issues facing the g20 leaders. several other critical agenda items, president biden s proposal for a global minimum tax on multinational corporations, which now we re learning has the endorsement of the g20 as well as the supply chain and climate change crises. for more now, let s go to rome, cnn s chris cuomo is heading our coverage from there. chris, what do you have? fred, great pleasure. i want to bring in nick roberts and chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. we also have senior political commentator david axelrod in the mix. let s start inside, outside. very interesting that the president of the united states comes here and in moments we hear that there s some consensus on a 15% minimum tax among a lot of people who don t know whether to trust him, whether or not they have the same interests, or the same timing. yet at home he can t get anything like that, kaitlan. how is that playing in the wh