about documents he s already turned over. meadows maintains the committee isn t respecting trump s executive privilege claim. this is designed to silence not just mark meadows but every trump supporter. reporter: jake, the news now is that we have learned that trump ally roger stone is set to appear in front of the committee tomorrow. he intends to plead the fifth amendment. we also learned today a former department of homeland security official ken cuccinelli met with the committee for about four and a half hours. thanks so much. let s discuss. ohio republican jim jordan forwarded this text from a former inspector general of the pentagon to mark meadows the day before the insurrection reading in part, quote, vice president pence should call out all electoral votes he believes are un-constitutional as no electoral votes as all. what do you make of this? it is fascinating that kevin mccarthy wanted jim jordan to be on the actual committee. congressman jordan says there
military justice system but do they go far enough? we ll talk with congressman veronica escobar. live in afghanistan is already very difficult. how the omicron variant could make the situation even worse. right now there is growing concern about a double covid surge as the omicron variant sweeps across the u.s. while the delta variant continues to spread. cases, hospitalizations and deaths all coming leading to indoor mask mandates in places like new york and california. outbreaks of cases even among the vaccinated forcing several colleges like cornell to abruptly go remote for finals. broadway is canceling some shows. the nfl, nba and nhl are working to contain cases on their teams. dr. fauci says the booster shot provides protection against the omicron variant and addressed its prominence last night on msnbc. if you do the math on that, and you have it in your community, pretty soon it s going to be totally dominating. that s what happened in south africa. that s what s
also, that offers substantial improvement and at this point, he does not see the need to adjust the formula. our booster vaccine regiments work against omicron. at this point, there is no need for a variant specific booster. and so the message remains clear. if you are unvaccinated, get vaccinated and particularly in the arena of omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot. alexandria field has more. the u.s. crosses a terrible threshold. 800,000 covid related deaths. delta s toll continues across the country as omicron cases spread. the variant now in 36 states. we expect to see the proportion of omicron cases here in the united states continue to grow in the coming weeks. early data suggests that omicron is more transmissible than delta, with a doubling time of about two days. cornell university shutting down early for the holiday break with more than 900 cases detected on campus. a high percentage of them identified as omicron in fully vaccinated pe
fall to the president which i know kristen will talk about to try to wrangle the elements of the water. to pay for the bill, even at a $1.5 trillion level, not having that a major problem, but you can see the house committed to trying to push ahead quite quickly here. i want to drill down on all of that, but also the filibuster news, kristen, the first time that the president being so explicit about being willing and of course the failure again, on the voting rights the other day to actually modify the filibuster on that end? it was really significant, andrea, that president biden said he would potentially consider backing changing the filibuster rule. of course, he would not be involved in that. but his support would be significant. look, the fact that the voting rights reform bill failed to pass was something that has really roiled his base. particularly black leaders. african americans across the country. and of course, that s a key part of his constituency. so, this h
buildup along the ukrainian border. what the pentagon is now saying tonight and russia s response already in tonight. ian pannell in ukraine. the two officers shot and killed on a college campus in virginia. what we ve now learned. and here in new york city, a sea of blue paying tribute to one of the officers killed in that shootout in harlem. the pandemic tonight and news the u.s. army plans to immediately discharge soldiers who refuse to comply with the pentagon s vaccine mandate. and on vaccines and the youngest children here in the u.s., how soon could pfizer s vaccine be approved now? and what many doctors tonight say they still want to see. the former dolphins head coach suing the nfl for racial discrimination. the league now with one black head coach across 32 teams. what the nfl is saying tonight. cnn president jeff zucker abruptly resigning today after leading the network for nearly a decade. stepping down after he said he failed to disclose a consensual re