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easier said than done when planed are packed and tempers are frayed. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. the exodus is on and the tensions are running high. hillary? hi, neil. another factor in this has been the rise of the covid variant omicron. some feared that omicron would be a grinch crushing the christmas spirit of holiday travelers this season. twice as many passengers are expected to take to the friendly scares compared to this time last year. last friday and saturday, 4.3 million people traveled through checkpoints around the country. that is compared to a total of two million that travelled the same days last year. even with a new variant on the rise, a lot of people we talked to traveling today say they still feel safe. doesn t scare me at all. it s not stopping me from traveling. i travel a lot. i m comfortable. would you do anything differently to prepare in light of omicron spread something. not really. i follow the rules. ....
azovstal steel plant is supposed to begin today but there s already a snag. officials reporting that russian troops are blocking part of the complex. this is a site that has become something of a last line of defense for ukraine in that city. officials say that it was hit by 50 air strikes here in the last 24 hours and the situation is critical. in just a few moments we will hear from a ukrainian army commander who is inside of that plant and we re told that there are hundreds of people there, including dozens of children. the youngest of whom is just 4 months old. also breaking overnight, more signs of ukrainian counter strikes in areas controlled by russia or inside russia itself. a fuel depot attacked and set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces. ukraine is not commenting on that. and the russians also claim a checkpoint in a village in kursk was hit by mortar fire. kursk is in russia near the border with ukraine. new images ....
is ordering his troops not to storm the plant but to surround it instead. hundreds of ukrainian soldiers and civilians are inside and putin is demanding a blockade so tight that, quote, a fly can t get through. for people in this decimated city, starvation and thirst may prove as deadly as guns and bullets. despite this long line of buses yesterday and even longer lines of hopeful people, evacuees only four buses with about 80 people on board were able to leave mariupol yesterday. the mayor says russia won t ensure a stable cease-fire. and an estimated 100,000 civilians remain trapped. the russian offensive in the east is gaining ground. its forces have made incremental advances in donbas and captured a city in the luhansk region. one ukrainian military official says russia controls 80% of the luhansk region now. a short time ago, president biden announced a new $800 million weapons package tailor made to better equip ukrainians for the more open landscape of this new f ....
good evening. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. we have breaking news, russian president vladimir putin s warning to the west. test launching a new in intercontinental police tick missile saying anyone thinking of threatening russia should now, quote, think twice. [ speaking foreign language ] translator: this truly unique weapon will strengthen the combat attention of our forces and provide food for thought for those who in the heat of frenzied aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country. but as we know it is putin who is the aggressor not only threatening but invading another country. a country that has managed to hold its ground for 56 days now. a surprise to many including president biden today. i knew that they were tough and proud but i tell you what, they re tougher and more proud than i thought. still, russia s continuing to cut a path of destruction across eastern ukraine tonight. the head of the military administration tells cnn 80% of his regi ....
at the emirates. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative party s biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a business meeting in 2019. the guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot . this morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening . mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude , but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. henry zeffman has the story. some people who give millions to political parties have high public profile is. frank hester didn t. until now. this is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the health care software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. it s like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you ju ....