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with me are aletha adu, political correspondent at the daily mirror, and the former conservative adviser mo hussein. tomorrow s front pages. that s begin with the tomorrow s front pages. that s begin with the metro. it leads on the falling number of omicron cases in the uk for the fifth consecutive day. there s been a weekly drop of almost 10% in covid hospital admissions. the times reports the comments from the head of nhs providers, chris hopson, who believes the front line of the service will hold , as there s growing hopes that we are past the omicron peak. the i says that the prime minister is planning to announce a living with covid plan by march, which could include winding down testing and the scrapping of free lateral flow tests. another of those measures is reported in the telegraph reducing the covid isolation period from seven to five days, a measure which the chancellor supports. we were just saying nadhim zahawi also supports that. the mail has a warn ....
plus, new details about novak djokovic s health before his trip to australia, as he waits to learn whether he can defend his grand slam title. details in a live report from sydney. and russia helps the president of kazakhstan restore order amid signs he is making a power grab following deadly anti-government protests. and we begin in the united states, where the rampant spread of the omicron variant is hurting health care and education. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. on saturday, the mayor of chicago rejected a new proposal from the teachers union. but as they battle it out, classes have been canceled, meaning many kids are now stuck at home. meanwhile, a record number of children under age 5 are in hospitals, infected with the coronavirus. and the numbers you see there represent the number of kids under the age of 5 per 100,000 in the population who are hospitalized. and with the fa ....
there shouldn t be any? exactly and we are seeing different parts of - there shouldn t be any? exactly and we are seeing different parts of the | we are seeing different parts of the uk responding differently at the moment to similar data. at the moment to similar data. at the moment ministers in the uk government are cautiously optimistic about the data that back in, while we have seen these graphs showing steep rises in cases, hospitalisations also rising as well, health secretary, sajid javid has said the number of patients needing intensive care treatment for covid are broadly flat which is why at the moment uk ministers don t say that they need any further restrictions other than the current plan b in england, so, the use of face coverings in certain public spaces, the work from home guidance as well. ., , ., , ., as well. previous waves of the pandemic as well. previous waves of the pandemic didn t as well. previous waves of the pandemic didn t have - as well. previ ....
reporter: the vice president said in recent days that that you didn t see delta coming. you didn t see omicron coming. how did you get it wrong? how d we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world. who saw it coming? did the administration not expect that there could be moments like this one where you d have a highly transmissible variant? sure. it was possible. it was possible there could be other variants that come along. that s possible. but what do you plan for? you plan for what you think is available. that is, the most likely threat that s exists at the time and you respond to it. and i think that that s exactly what we ve done and that s for example, omicron is spreading rapidly. but the death rates are much, much lower than they were. this this is not march of 2020. this is a very different time. that we re in now. the new comments from the president they come on a day like every other day this week that have seen major dev ....
he is ramping up his efforts to keep his white house records secret by asking the justices to step in. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the breaking news. the guilty verdicts in the trial of former police officer kim potter. we ll go to minneapolis tonight. potter has now been convicted on two counts of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. reporter: wolf, yes. when that guilty verdict was read, little emotion from the former brooklyn center police officer. after spending 26 years protecting and serving, she now will spend time behind bars. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree find the defendant guilty. reporter: former brooklyn center police officer kimberly potter guilty on both counts of manslaughter tonight in minnesota. find the defendant guilty. reporter: potter said she meant to shoot her taser dur ....