we ll talk about that. this hour also, millions are bracing for a major winter storm. where it s going and when. we re live at the cnn weather center. meet the wealthy canadian couple who skipped the covid vaccine line and incurred the wrath of their country . with just more than a week before his second impeachment trial, donald trump is losing lawyers. sources say five attorneys have cut ties with the former president over legal strategy. we ve learned mr. trump wanted them to argue there was a mass election fraud and that the election was stolen from him. not the legality of convicting a president after he s left office. former u.s. attorney harry litman explains what this could mean for trump s case. it s a disaster for the defense. five is all that there are. it s not simply that they open a week from tuesday. he has briefs due with his basic legal position on tuesday. it s inconceivable to me that he could get any kind of halfway professional lawyer and get toge
people. new developments in the death of gabby petino. the manhunt for 23-year-old brian laundrie now enters the sixth day. parents coming on a trip i can see that but taking their 23-year-old son struck as struck us as odd. posting prayers on the football field their response just change the game. ainsley: that is a song by lee greenwood going to be on our show we will talk to him come up soon. steve: he gave award. ainsley: he gives people awards every year in south carolina. i don t deserve it but you deserve it you are funding his charity that helps fund houses for wounded warriors when they come home. brian: what award? ainsley: patriot award. brian: you are patriotic. ainsley: it s in my office. i had to like you with your bust at that time we came back from the super bowl and that you big brass bust or whatever it was. you had to get another seat for it on the plane to strap it in. steve: she won the earhardt essentially. ainsley: an award for you guys not for
our head, the white house covid response team to set to give an update on how they re supporting overwhelmed hospitals as the surging omicron variant marches across the country. a disturbing up tick in children hospitalized with the virus. we ll take you to the covid briefing when it starts. we re on verdict watch in elizabeth holmes trial, and the closely watched sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell. we ll bring you the latest as we wait for any signs of a verdict from both juries. plus the political world saying farewell to a giant of the senate. harry reid of nevada died. how people are paying their respects including the touching letter from former president obama who worked closely with reid in sheparding the affordable care act through congress. we will start this hour with the latest on the omicron variant. nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, shaquille brewster, dr. ebony hilton are with us. mike, we re going to hear from the white house covid respo
america s epidemic of gun violence. multiple people killed in d denver, colorado. we ll tell you how police say it unfolded. so the u.s. is now averaging nearly 200,000 new covid infections each and every day. but that s not stopping the centers for disease control from cutting the isolation time for people who test positive. here s what s happening. the cdc now recommends isolating for five days, rather than ten, as long as a person has no symptoms. and here s the thing. you have to wear a mask for the next five days out of isolation. take a listen. it just makes sense. if you keep them out for five days. keep them isolated for five days. get them back doing their job, their work. keeping their mask on to protecting. they from infecting other individuals. now, meantime, testing in the united states just hasn t kept pace with the spread of the virus wait times. in some cities, it is two hours or more and of course a shortage of testing resources. the virus seem to be affe
america. crime is coming out of nowhere and hitting like a thunderbolt it can happen hat a christmas parades, an ivy league student walking near a campus or an innocent mom take her baby out for a stroller on a sunny day who after the robbery abandons the stroller, grabs her baby and runs away. the victims invent. the crimes unprovoked. but you don t need to be on a subway platform or times square. small town america has been hit with his crime wave. you assault or kill another because of an argument or a gang membership or any of the seven deadly sins. today crime is totally unprovoked. it matters not who you are, where you are or what you are doing. you could be walking down the street on your way to work, on your way to the grocery store. you will be followed home by people who want your car, who want your watch, or just like the way you look. so what is changed. we look at how the criminal justice system changed in america starting with the liberal laws passed by progress