in colombia are trying to help those in need this holiday season. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the world health organization warns a storm is coming to europe where the omicron variant is partly to blame for more than 2.7 million new covid cases in just the past week. france and spain have broken new daily records, and germany, portugal, and scotland are bringing back covid restrictions. israel is now the first country to offer a fourth vaccine dose. medical workers, people over 60, and those with compromised immune systems will be eligible. meanwhile, u.s. president joe biden is laying out his strategy to fight surging covid cases in the u.s. due to the omicron variant. he says fully vaccinated americans can go ahead with their holiday plans, but he s also planning to make half a billion free at-home test kits available starting next month. more now from cnn s jeff zeleny. let me give it
across the united states, a cold, cold winter for democrats. joe biden s approval rating dips as capitol hill prepares for battle over build back better. and jury deliberations begin in the trial over daunt wright s death. the defensive s strategy for exonerating the former police officer, kim potter. good to have you with us. more fears of an omicron takeover are becoming a reality in the united states. on monday, the cdc announced the highly contagious variant now accounts for more than 73% of new cases. omicron has been detected in all but two u.s. states. and it is even more prevalent in parts of the southeast and northwest. the variant s rapid spread comes during the busy holiday season, straining the country s testing capacity. some states are now deploying the national guard to assist and military teams are being sent to support overwhelmed hospitals in hard hit areas. meanwhile, the u.s. president joe biden will deliver remarks on the omicron variant in the coming
have a believable role. debt ceiling without g.o.p. support. the president and his woke allies think they can borrow us into prosperity. they can t and i m not going to be a part of doing that. oh my goodness. what a goal. he lobbed it off the back of the player. good morning, everybody, it is studio m, wednesday december 8th, 2021, normally during the christmas program we start by showing outside shot of our all-american christmas tree on fox square but last night, shortly after midnight, somebody climbed up in the tree and lit it on fire. it s beginning to look a lot like arson. right now there is somebody who is in custody and is being interviewed by local police. ainsley: who sets a christmas tree on fire? brian: it s just part of the rampant no city is safe, no person is safe from the subway on down. here you are 48th and 6th. midtown, manhattan, it s become a tourist attraction. every year it gets more and more people. and just one psycho goes up, ignites th
good morning, boris, i m christi paul. following his acquittal, we re now hearing from kyle rittenhouse, his attorneys and the families of people he shot. what could happen next. plus, more than 100 million adults now eligible for booster shots. what health experts say that means for upcoming holidays and a rise in hospitalizations. and the tsa is bracing for a pandemic record number of travelers this holiday season and we re watching a winter storm that could make for a pretty pretty big mess for travelers, just this week alone. and a worldwide supply chain crisis, apparently, no match for beanie babies. we ll explain on new day. good morning. and welcome to your new day, saturday, november 20th. i have a lot of questions, christi, about that beanie baby story. i m excited to get there. yeah. it s a good one because it will be surprising to learn how it affects people economically. yeah. that s coming later this hour. but we start with the reaction after
the move comes as families are preparing to gather for the holidays. i feel like in this case, it feels like the victims lives don t matter. kyle said if i had to do it all over again, i wouldn t do it. raw emotion and reaction from the families of those killed by kyle rittenhouse and rittenhouse himself is speaking out. the bills is passed. president biden scores a win. now facing an uncertain future in the senate. we are all motivated to make the travel as easy and as enjoyable, but mostly as safe and secure as we can. the tsa is bracing for a record travel season since the pandemic began and an incoming storm could make for one heck of a travel nightmare. and where is the growing demand for answers following the k disappearance of a tennis star. newsroom starts right now. welcome to your saturday, november 20th. we are so grateful for your company. i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. we re grateful to have you. so let s talk about this just in time