and virgin galactic released a similar statement, saying he does not reflect that company. the u.s. is staging a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. it s a brand new hour. we are happy that you re with us. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the u.s. is trying to deter russia from invading ukraine. cnn has learned that the biden administration is considering new military options to help ukraine defend itself from a possible russian invasion. secretary of state antony blinken will meet face-to-face with his russian counter part in geneva. in a few hours, he ll travel to kiev to meet with the ukrainian president tomorrow and on to germany in search of european allies to avoid war. world leaders are on edge because of increased military drills near the ukrainian border. frederik pleitgen is in moscow. what are the russians saying about all of this. reporter: the russianings continue to say they believe they are not the ones threatening anybody. one o
the times adds this, it s not yet clear whether omicron causes more disease than other version of the coronavirus. we have about 90,000 new cases a day here in the united states and right now 99.9% of them are still are the delta variant. it may be that omicron is ail to out compete delta. we have not seen any symptoms that are unique to omicron, symptoms that are presenting are similar symptoms we have seen with delta. the problem is according to the cdc director, covid cases are rising right along with hospitalizations, we ll talk to an er doctor who s witnessing this firsthand. there is also news tonight concerning the capitol riot investigating january 6th. a former trump justice official will not give deposition but will appear on the 16th. jeffery clark s postponement was due to medical. clark who the committee says trying to get the doj to act on trump s big lie and deny the biden presidency signalled he intended to plea the fifth. members voted to refer him of con
the times adds this. it is not clear whether omicron causes more severe disease than other versions of the coronavirus. tonight the cdc director said the variant could eventually change the nature of this pandemic in our country. we have about 90,000 new cases a day here in the united states and right now 99.9% of them still are the delta variant. it may very well be that omicron is able to out-compete delta. we haven t yet seen symptoms that are unique to omicron. the symptoms that are presenting are the very similar symptoms that we have seen with delta. problem is, according to the cdc director, covid cases in all are rising. right along with hospitalizations. we will talk to an e who is witnessing this firsthand. also news concerning the capitol riot. the house committee investigating january 6th says a former trump justice department official will not give a deposition tomorrow as expected, but will appear in person on the 16th of december. the chair of the 1/6 com
defendant travis mcmichael guilty. the judge read out guilty 23 times, all three defendants convicted of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery. their claim of self-defense rejected. arbery s mother emotional inside the courtroom as the verdicts were read. outside court, alongside civil rights leaders, she thanked prosecutors. she thanked supporters. her message, god is good. wanda cooper jones spoke to cnn last night. it means a lot. it means that my prayers have been answered. back in the early case, back in 2020, it was 74 days without an arrest. we finally was able to go through a lengthy trial and get justice for ahmaud. a lot of these families don t get justice. my message for those families is don t give up. keep pushing, keep fighting. you have to wonder what would have happened if there had been no video of arbery s murder. remember, it was one of the defendants, roddy bryant who recorded the killing. they thought it would clear them. gregory mcmichael dropped
standing between trump and the white house. no matter what the cocktail party crowd is saying. plus, an interview i was looking forward to for a very long time. sarah matthews is the former deputy white house, press secretary for donald trump. she testified before the january six committee, and she will be here and studio to talk about what concerns are most about what concerns about a possible second term. later, trump takes his presidential immunity gap, at this time in a classified documents case. the law joins us to pick that one apart as only they can. okay. last night, donald trump won the south carolina primary. as expected. he was ahead by 30 points. this put him one step closer to the republican nomination. now, nikki haley did get about 40% of the vote. about the same margin she got in new hampshire, and a much more conservative state. also, her home state. important context. 40% is not, in her words, a tiny group. there are some early warning signs in the