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cancellations plague airports around the country. multiple states hitting records for new cases in the past week going back to the beginning of the pandemic. tomorrow, the cdc will release new data on how many new cases are listed as the omicron variant. meantime, the biden administration is facing growing pressure to deliver after promising to distribute half a billion free home tests and finally admitting more should have been done to prevent nationwide testing headaches. we have fox team coverage tonight. rich edson at the white house with the biden administration s response to ongoing testing troubles as new report indicates the white house ignored recommendations to ramp up tests ahead of the holidays. we begin with correspondent steve harrigan in atlanta home of the cdc. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. multiple states hit new records this week for the number of new covid cases. that comes as lines for testing stretch for blocks in many cities with peopl ....
new cases. testing is expected to be a major focus. in parts of the country we ve seen lines for covid tests stretch across multiple city blocks and folks getting charged hundreds of dollars for rapid hults. the white house is getting slammed with headlines like these from the new york post. biden has been breaking his promises on covid tests all year only to keep doing it again and again. out of bangor joe biden says access to covid-19 testing is a lot better than it was but that s not good enough. dr. fauci is insisting that help is on the way. take a listen. it s always been an issue with the 500 million tests the president is putting out there as well as the putting online the capability of ordering tests and having them delivered to your home and setting up 10,000 to 20,000 testing centers throughout the country, particularly in the cities that are having high surges. things are going to change substantially in the first couple of weeks and as we get into the m ....
a frantic search for survivors is under way in the philippines after at least 31 people are killed by typhoon rai. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. the 0micron variant is now in 89 countries and is spreading much faster than the delta strain. that s the latest grim assessment from the world health organization. here in the uk, another 90 thousand coronavirus cases have been reported over the past 2a hours. the mayor of london sadiq khan has declared a major incident to help authorities cope with rising case numbers. in france the prime ministerjean castex said omicron was spreading there at lightening speed. in a bid to counter the threat, france has introduced travel restrictions and banned large public holiday parties. in the united states, the number of people with the virus continues to surge. new york state reported its highest daily number ....
tornadoes at the weekend. officials say at least 7a people have died. president trump s former chief of staff is facing a charge of criminal contempt of congress, for refusing to testify about the attack on the capitol in january. the new spider man film is on its way, with tom holland returning to spin those superhero webs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson could face the biggest conservative backbench revolt since he entered downing street when mps vote on new covid rules for england. as many as 70 tory mps have indicated that they re prepared to vote against the uk government s plan b covid rules for tackling the omicron variant. the british prime minister has defended his plans as a proportionate response to the rising cases. mps are due to vote on a series of measures. new rules on facemasks which came into force last week. face coverings have become compulsory in most indoor settings, except for pubs and restaurants. ....
he talks about halyna hutchins, the cinematographer who was killed after a prop gun he was holding went off on the set of his film rust. she was someone who was loved by everyone, who worked with and liked with everyone, and admired sorry. admired by everybody who worked with her. well, we ll have much more ahead on what he says happened in the moments just before the gun went off. and what he makes of the lawsuits that have been filed. also new detail about the michigan high school shooting that left four students dead, seven others injured. prosecutors say there is, quote, a strong possibility the accused shooter had the gun in his backpack as he and his parents met with school officials, just before the attack. the big question this morning, could his parents face charges as well? let s begin with cnn chief business correspondent christine romans and cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. christine, let s begin with you. again, another miss on a ....