reports. we begin this sunday, boxing day, with omicron wreaking havoc coast-to-coast. in just a week s time, 1.3 million americans testing positive for covid, an average of 190,000 new cases per day, the highest case average we ve seen in a year. a silver lining, if there is one, new research from the uk signaling while the omicron variant is more transmissible, it produces milder symptoms, especially in breakthrough cases. but not for the unvaccinated. omicron is hitting those patients hard, overwhelming hospitals and stretching front line workers thin. case in point, new mexico. 50% of all hospitals are critically understaffed and 75% of hospital beds are occupied. south carolina, a third of hospitals are short-staffed. 76 of hospital beds occupied there. moving to california, nearly 30% of hospitals report a critical staffing shortage and close to 80% of hospital beds statewide are in use. another reason for alarm this sunday. an uptick in children being infected and hos
accidental discharge of a weapon at the main security gate. we now know the shot or shots came from the passenger s gun and that the passenger has since fled. here is what the spokesman told me just in the past hour. what happened as he was walking through then saw there was a weapon there and he made his way out of the airport and again in the process of being screened, we had all of his information. okay. so just to button that up, this passenger, you found the weapon, your officers had a conversation with him then he was allowed to go about his business and he is now left the airport? no, he was not allowed to go. as the weapon discharged, he took off and was able to make it outside of the airport. oh, he did take off. that s correct. what followed was a frantic rush. peopling pouring on to tarmacs, one witness saying people were so scared they were pushing to get on to planes that weren t even their flights, so as law enforcement determines next steps regardin
it is after he kissed one of the players, jenni hermoso, on the lips during the trophy presentation. he apologised for grabbing his crotch in celebration at full time, while standing yards away from the queen of spain. he kissed one of the players, jenni hermoso, on the lips during the trophy presentation. he says that was consensual. fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against him yesterday. footballjournalist semra hunter says this doesn t come as a surprise and spanish football still has a problem with equality. sexism is very prevalent, unfortunately. it is something that is their normalised here, which is why you have someone like we ruby alice basically saying he does not understand what he did wrong and he feels as though he clearly did not do anything wrong. and that is a major red flag, it is a major concern, and even pedro sanchez, the president of spain himself, said this is a perfect example of the long ruby have had of ourselves in terms of achieving equality of
march, 2020. states are shutting down restaurants. that s an industry sector that switched all. when you look at big moments like that, how do you face it? what do you do? it was so not in our play book. major d was telling people i know you re used to this, but that s a remarkable thing to have on a constant basis. people have been waiting for four hours. it was something i didn t have the strategy. we weren t able to go to work or order food. no food in the grocery stores. but my chicken farmer saying now his business is wiped out and big box stores are frantically trying to make deals with these guys. by the end of march, 2020, financial losses and employee burnout had taken a toll. introduce yourselves. did you close? we never closed. which in retrospect probably would have been the smarter move for everybody. because nobody knew what to do. nobody knew what to do. i think our business was already on a lot of ropes. my per view showed me we were
happening now border retribution any minute now, to strip a top biden official of his job. but does the gop have the votes or are they headed for yet another very public failure? plus special selection. new yorkers, brave snow and sleet to vote on who replaces disgrace former congressman george santos, how they decide bag of the country a window into what could happen in november s presidential election. and serious progress in cairo. americans tells cnn that the cia director and middle east to go shaders are moving closer and closer to striking a deal that would pause israel s war in gaza and get israeli hostages. oh welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room we re standing by for a critical vote inside the united states house of representatives . republicans planning to try to impeach the biden homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas cnn s manu raja was up on capitol hill, is joini