The time, you know, at the height of this were the most restrictive in the country. Yeah. You think a year ago, jim, and just how brutally terrifying the world was at that point with the Infection Rates here in New Jersey just astronomical. And in New York and connecticut. And today just a few percentage points, the vaccinations are way up. So we can start to get back to life as normal. I mean just personally this is the first time ive gone, you know, im vaccinated. The crew is vaccinated. I cannot wear the mask on camera. I can just have it in case i go in somewhere. It is different world compared to just a year ago. And now because of all of that, starting on may 19th, were going to start seeing a lot of these restrictions go away. All those restrictions on outdoor activities, those will go away starting may 19th. Restaurants will be able to operate to the fullest they can as long as tables can stay six feet away from each other. Theyre going to lift restrictions on indoor gatherings
a double whammy for the airlines and traveler witness the covid cancellations because of flight crew sick-outs and the snow coming down today. we ll see numbers go up. 10% at the southwest airlines, 10% at skywest, regional airlines for delta, american and united and 13% of all flights at jetblue. just the beginning of what we have seen, the long lines at airports across the country over the weekend, about 5,000 cancellations in total nationwide. long lines at chicago and atlanta, passengers actually staying overnight in atlanta in some cases, just want you to listen now to one of the passengers who has been trying to get home since thursday. i tried to leave on thursday and they canceled it and we tried to reschedule for saturday night and rescheduled it again and canceled it. today they canceled it on the way to the airport and now rescheduled for tonight. reporter: any lodging or anything at all? no, not yet. so yeah. reporter: got to be frustrating. it is but as
on the rise are not climbing as fast as cases. and new data from the uk in south africa shows omicron infections may not be as severe. in south africa, where they had a major surge, but as quickly as the surge went up, it turned around. we can help that a lot by the things we talk about all along, vaccinations, if you re vaccinated, get boosted. careful and prudent, wearing masks at indoor settings. so let s take a beat here in the new year. you do have some good news about omicron. it appears based on a number of countries it hit first to cause less severe illness and also that it burns out pretty quickly. that said as we begin the new year, infections are still rising, you are seeing some school districts begin the new year with remote learning, though most are opening up. there is also some good news in terms of treatments here. the fda could authorize pfizer booster shots or children aged 12 to 15 as early as today, and that s important because boosters have been show
and breaking overnight, presidents are not kings and the plaintiff is not president. those words in a pretty stunning ruling from a federal judge that former president trump, stunning in its strength and certitude, it said former president trump cannot use executive privilege to block the house january 6th committee from obtaining documents related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. trump sued to keep the white house records secret, but at least by this judge he was denied. this is a chairman of the committee investigating the insurrection. it is a big deal. if you take your issue to court, and lose, then you need to man up and deal with it. and not be a spoiled brat. the national archives plans to turn over records to the committee by this friday. trump s lawyers, though, did immediately say that they were going to appeal. so that could have an effect here. this is a massive legal blow and it is coming as the january 6th committee issues ten new subpoenas that
take months, if not years. and this ruling comes as the january 6th committee has issued ten new subpoenas targeting former trump administration it officials. among them, senior adviser steven miller and the press secretary. all eyes on attorney general merrick garland as he weighs whether to charge the trump allies that don t comply and if they it don t enforce those subpoenas, then, why would they? whitney wild has been covering this and joins us from washington. as we mentioned, trump, as he often does, has notified the court he s appealing. what happens next and what timeframe? reporter: he s asking for a stay on the judge s order. that happened this morning. we ll see what the judge rules because the timeline is so short. these documents are supposed to go to the select committee by friday. so a lot of time pressure on the trump comfort to try to slow this down. as we mentioned, there s a lot of legals before these documents get to the house select committee. it s go