top diplomat for the united states as the tensions between russia and ukraine intensify. and legal pile-on from the capitol to georgia to the white house residence, more trouble for donald trump. thanks for being here, everyone. we ll start with breaking news. a trio of new reports just out from the cdc offering the very first look at how covid vaccines hold up against the omicron variant. and the data paints a pretty clear picture of how crucial boosters are, protecting people far better against this particular variant than just the two-dose regimen. the report showing those with booster shots offer a better chance for staying out of the hospital if they become infected. the studies also come at what could be another critical turning point in the pandemic. almost half of the country now reporting declining cases with some more glimmers of hope that the surge has passed in the northeast, but still hospitalizations are on the rise across much of the country. and there s also
breakthrough and an american promise to promise any russian incursion into ukraine, and this just in. the january 6th committee now has hundreds of pages of trump white house records. it ends a week of bad headlines for the former president, including this one. cnn reporting shows rudy giuliani led a quiet coup attempt trying to install bogus electors in seven states trump lost, and brand new numbers reinforce a crystal clear pandemic truth. cdc evidence out last hour shows the power of covid boosters versus omicron. get that extra shot and you will keep yourself out of the hospital. we begin the hour with the president s hope for a second-year reset. today president biden trying to connect his work with your anxiety highlighting a big new investment in the american supply chain. and it s about jobs. good paying decent jobs you can raise a family on. jobs, jobs now. jobs for the future, jobs in every part of the country, jobs that show and bring the industrial midwest back.
and will he or won t he play? that s still a question for novak djokovic and the australian open, why his travel documents are now taking center court. thanks for being here, everyone. let s begin this hour with the cdc director, dr. rochelle we wa len ski and dr. anthony fauci facing congress. the top republican on the committee set the tone early when senator bird said today is going to be a tough hearing. the senate committee has just started grilling officials about the federal response to the resurgent pandemic and the confusing messaging coming from the cdc on things like testing, face masks, and isolation guidelines. this also comes as the united states shattered another pandemic record. more than 145,000 americans are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus. the vast majority of them unvaccinated. the previous high was set one year, a year ago, and this number more than doubling since christmas. we re also following the aspects of this pandemic and the fallout fro
hospitalized with covid, but in new york and d.c. where omicron surged first, the case count is finally trending down, and the party of trump is the party of revenge. the former president targets a republican senator who told the truth and kevin mccarthy promises if he gets power he will use it to punish democrats. we begin the hour though with the president and his consequential visit today to georgia. voting rights is his focus as he visits some of atlanta s civil rights landmarks. remember, boycotts were a staple tactic as the movement gained tracks 60 years ago and that the democratic president faces a boycott today speaks volumes about the moment and about the mood. the president is about to give voting rights activists exactly what they want, including this public and vocal support for changing senate rules to pass new voting restriction, but the groups boycotting say it s long past time for words, and they will not be props for a presidential photo-op that. resistance
dose. the changes are part of an effort to prevent further disruptions to daily life. it comes as the omicron variant is leading to a major surge across america. the u.s. is now averaging 237,000 new cases a day, approaching the all-time high of 251,000 last january. hospitalizations continue to climb, now 71,000. pandemic hospitalization records in four states have hit their all-time peak. and the number of americans killed by covid is nearing 1,500 a day. cnn s elizabeth cohen joining us now to explain these new cdc guidelines. i have to say, elizabeth, i had to read those guidelines four to five times. i think i understand much of it, but i m really glad you re here to make sense of it for us. reporter: and they are so confusing. i read them over way more than that, talked to my producer, called one of cnn s mad cal analysts. he didn t know the answer. the v he got someone else. all of us got together. these are difficult to understand. it s unfortunate that the cdc guid