1500 americans nearly all unvaccinated, dying daily. and children, they are now being infected and hospitalized at higher rates than ever before. will the president s new plan get the country back on track? we know vaccine mandates for federal workers are in this plan, but does that go far enough? will it get us to will dr. fauci says we need to be? saying in a country of our size, you can t be hanging around and having 100,000 infections a day. you ve got to get well below 10,000 before you start feeling comfortable. let s begin with our senior medical correspondent. dr. fauci saying 10,000 cases a day or under to feel comfortable. how does he think we get there? you know what? i think it s all the same efforts that we ve heard about before. vaccination, masking, better testing, all of that. but there is a really long way to go to reach dr. fauci s goal. let s take a look at where we stand in comparison to that goal. so dr. fauci as you said, just said that well below 10,0
the american academy of pediatrics reports more than 250,000 new cases involving children arise in the last week. that s a 23% increase from the week before. and 250% increase from five weeks ago. nearly 27% of all new weekly cases are children. that is a much higher percentage than we have seen over the course of the pandemic. now, it is important to note that while a quarter of all new cases are now among kids, they represent a much smaller portion of those hospitalized, about 2.5% of hospitalizations. though, the raw number of children hospitalized does continue to climb. look at that graphic, higher than it s ever been. nearly 2,400 kids in hospital beds at the moment. overall hospitalizations and hospitalizations have been one of the more accurate ways to measure the trajectory of the pandemic, they do appear to be leveling off. let s hope that trend continues. yeah, let s hope. now schools that reopened in the south where governors fought mask mandates are paying a de
ever after a week of setbacks by the u.s. supreme court, state prosecutors and the january 6 select committee. we ll break down the cases and the mounting evidence against the former president of the united states. we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the united states and russia locked in a show down over yukraine. they re meeting face to face about the looming threat of a russian invasion. jeff zeleny has more on the crisis talks and what happens next. reporter: tonight the white house keeping diplomatic hopes alive with russia amid tengs and a deepening crisis at the ukraine border. the president heading to camp david with a weekend meeting of national security team with secretary of state blinken who delivered a fresh warning today meeting face to face with sergei lavrov. we have been clear if any russian military forces move across the ukraine border it will be met
here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, january 201st. kasie hunt has been watching over me. it s been a tough job. happy friday. you almost made it. we re almost there. this morning a completely different legal landscape for donald trump. new risks for him and growing peril. the fulton county district attorney requested a special grand jury for the former president s effort to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. d.a. fanny willis has been investigating possible disruptions of the election for a year now. it indicates she is seriously pursuing criminal charges against the former president or his allies. and that is not all. trump s week from legal hell started when new york s attorney general announced she had uncovered, quote, significant evidence of fraud in the trump organization. and she s looking to question the ex-president, his daughter ivanka, and his son don jr. then, on wednesday, the supreme court cleared the way for p
states of scandal starts at 09:00 p.m. sunday night here on cnn the news continues right here on cnn welcome, to all of you watching us here in the eyes states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom, world leaders react to the death of kremlin critic alexei navalny, find out who us president joe biden is blaming directly as news of navalny s deaths settles at the munich security conference, european leaders look at how they may have to defend themselves with the less engaged united states, especially if donald trump becomes president again. and speaking of the former president, he s lashing out the massive fines imposed by a court over fraudulent business practices amid questions over who will run the family business live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber from wash string tin to berlin, and moscow. there s strong reaction around the world to the death of russian opposition leader alexey navalny. some people are showin