of a triumph of hope over reality they implored the senate to hold him accountable by convicting and disqualifying him from ever holding office again. president trump declared his conduct totally appropriate. so if he gets back into office and it happens again we ll have no one to blame but ourselves. now, conviction, i should point out is a feat that would require 17 republicans to do the unthinkable and turn on donald trump, but undeterred, the house managers remained in place, trying to do it like yesterday s visceral, almost cinematic presentation they used video to show case that trump has a long, long history of inciting and sanctioning violence against his political op bonent and they established through his prior conduct that trump was well aware that his worlds would have an effect on some of his most extreme followers. here s the argument from today. january 6th was not some unexpected radical break from his normal law-arc biding and peaceful disposition. this
production. use the tools of the presidency, including the defense production act to get some of the supplies needed for vaccine administration in the pipeline and taking an approach where they say everything is on the table. so that piece piece is one part, how to get ahold of the action issue, get a sense of the inventory and the plan for how to expand the number of community centers, the number of people who are licensed or cleared to give the shots, not just nurses, but going beyond that a bit. then, of course, the issue of how to focus on healthcare and prop up one of the signature pieces of legislation with barack obama with the affordable care act. so part of what we will see from president biden is taking an collective order to open the window for exchanges for americans can purchase health insurance through that marketplace and typically, that is something only done in the fall for a limited period of time when you can access a year-long contract of health insurance.
infects. also with omicron now detects in all states, and d.c. and puerto rico, the biden administration is lifting the travel ban on seven african nations and south africa. let s begin with lucy kafanov. right here in new york, this is the epicenter of the pandemic when it started to two years ago and just broke another record in terms of case counts. reporter: that is right, poppy. more than 44,000 new cases in new york. that is up 14% from the previous record breaking day. but there is good news heading into the holiday weekend. the governor there announcing a shortening of the isolation period for fully vaccinated essential workers. they could return to their jobs after just five days if they present no symptoms. this is as the nation str struggles to contain the latest covid surge. yes, we re here to make toys. on the eve of christmas, holiday cheer tempered about omicron as new coronavirus cases race toward record highs. the u.s. averaging more than 180,000 new c
our colleague out of washington, d.c. gillian: good to be here. five degrees cooler than d.c. i m glad to be here. i m gillian turner. lawyers from brian kohberger are seeking a trial delay slated to start in october. he is charged with four counts of first degree murder as well as felony burglary. defense is claiming he was out driving alone when those four students were murdered. prosecutors say they want details including specific places he claims to have been at the time of the murders and witnesses to back up his alibi. bill: nancy grace joins us for a deeper dive into the hearing and the evidence and what she expects but first to the story and news and dan springer outside the courthouse in moscow, idaho. brian kohberger has been at the other pre-trial motion hearings and expect him to be in court today six weeks before the start of his murder trial. a lot of loose ends in the case to tie up before this thing can go to trial. his defense lawyers are going to ask t
and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university. he served on president reagan s council of economic advisers. we will bring you up to date in the case of the first american journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the soviet era. evan gershkovich has had an appeal against his pre trial detention rejected. and we will look at why encrypted messaging services like whatsapp are urging the uk government to make changes to the online safety bill. but first, our top story on the programme, the dominion versus fox trial. it s been variously described as explosive a bombshell trial, and today it got under way in the us. a company that makes voting machines dominion suing the conservative fox news network for defamation. and in the last few minutes, we have heard it has settled. you will remember that it was due to start yesterday. there were delays for 2h hours. the case had got under way, but we understand it has now settled. our correspondent michelle f