it is the top of the hour on this final day of the year. good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow. thanks for being with me. jim is off today. as covid cases spike, new year s eve celebrations are scaling way down. the countdown to 2022 has already reached zero in certain parts of the world. the story feels similar to where we were a year ago. this time it s the omicron variant forcing cities to reduce and in many cases cancel the festivities. in new york, the times square celebration is moving forward even as the state case count reaches a new record high. across the country, an average of more than 355,000 cases every day for the last week. that doesn t even include many of those who are testing positive at home. the rise is adding to the pressure to get booster shots. the fda is expected to authorize boosters for kids ages 12 to 15 in the coming days. polo sandoval is in times square. it s smaller but it s on. reporter: good morning. happy new year. we heard from bill de
c coren. this is cnn newsroom. why the suggested quarantine period has been slashed in half. a 14-year-old girl killed by police while shopping for a birthday dress. the moments that led up to the heartbreaking shooting. and christmas with covid. how some kept the holiday cheer alive despite testing positive . despite a surge of covid cases in the u.s., the centers for disease control is issuing new guidelines to shorten the isolation time for people who test positive for the virus. the cdc now recommends people can stop isolating after five days rather than ten. if they don t have symptoms and they wear a mask for another five days. experts say transmission usually happens early in the course of the illness, a day or two prior to symptoms and two to three days after. the number of children admitted to hospitals with covid is up 35% in just the past week. new york city has seen a five-fold increase this month. meanwhile, sickouts from covid have forced airlines to cance
we go now to kenosha where alexis mcadams is live on the ground with more reaction. alexis? good morning. there was a lot of emotion inside of that courtroom here in kenosha, wisconsin. but those emotions didn t really flood out here onto the streets like some people expected as they braced for that verdict here in the kyle rittenhouse trial. and getting to what we know so far. so after more than 20 hours of deliberations behind those closed doors here in wisconsin the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all five counts. the illinois teen now free after shooting three men killing two during the unrest following the police shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin last summer. as each count was read rittenhouse breaking down in court grabbing his knees and the family very emotional. i looked at kyle and he looked at me and it was just one of those, you know, finally, finally. like kyle gets to start his life as a young man as an innocent, an acquitted, as a n
today china claims to show proof that she s okay. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. breaking news in our national lead. the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. rittenhouse wept and hugged his attorney as the verdicts were read. the 18-year-old faced charges of reckless homicide and reckless endanger unaniment in the shootf three people who died during black lives matter protests in wisconsin. president biden reacted to the verdict. i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works, and we have to abide by it. and he isn t the only one reacting. cnn s sara sidner starts us off from kenosha, wisconsin. not guilty. reporter: kyle rittenhouse now a free man. not guilty. reporter: overcome as the jury acquitted him on all five counts in his homicide trial. is there anyone who does not agree with the verdicts as read? reporter: the defense attorney marc richards saying the wait for a verdict has been tortu
and in the nation s capital, president biden talking about this, and affirming the american jury system after this controversial acquittal. watch. i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works. we re expecting to hear more from him later in the hour as he celebrates the house passing his social spending plan this morning, but his jnt isn t quite over the finish line yet. i m hallie jackson in washington. but we start with our team in and around kenosha, wisconsin. ellison barber, who is there. i m also joined by former u.s. attorney, rachel paulus, barbara mcquade, former prosecutor, paul henderson, and brittany pat nick cunningham. ellis, i have to start with you. you re on scene. we just heard from the defense attorney who i assume spoke not too far from where you are now. what do you expect in the next hour or so. have we heard from everybody that we expect to hear from at this point? given that we just got that statement from the prosecutor, i would