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tonight from new york to new orleans, from vegas to san juan, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by katy perry. regina king, lessry jordan, patti labelle, sherry oterry. k.t. tunstell, kris jenner, james taylor plus more surprises and from the heart of times square, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and happy new year, everyone. we are live in times square for what is going to be a very fun night. it is going to be a fun night. it s the warmest i don t know how many years i ve been doing this. this is the warmest it has ever been. it feels great. and katy perry, regina king, william shatner. so many more surprises. now i had thought the roaring 20s would have started by now. the roaring 20s? yeah. we re in the 20s. so where that s not going to happen. you have to reset. but we made it we keep resetting. we made it through another year and we ll see what the next year brings. it s a greatly reduced crowd here in ....
ceaseless wanderings, we would ve had a lot less material . that is true, very true. our first clip tonight is the perfect tribute to his unintended comedic prowess. take a look. i know you were closely watching biden s public events they so what did you see? i always say it is not what he says. it is what we see that tells the tale. today the president was demanding that everybody get vaccinated and boosted to avoid this new covid variant but apparently routinely hatching orifices is not a covid risk at the white house. just watch. today thursday three misses about the new variant. we of the best vaccine of the world and now we are seeing deaths come down. we will fight and beat this new variant as well. a fully vaccinated boost third person is most protected against covid. a boost a person. that vaccine does not enough. you need to be a booster person. nightly multiple if you go near the press of them. however preschoolers don t touch their noses and eyes and ....
the fraught transition to the biden administration. let s dive right into the moment. bob woodward and political reporter for the washington post robert costa join us now. their new book peripet kwtsz is out today. there s some pieces of the book that have come out, but what was most striking to you that perhaps hasn t been released yet to the public? wow, i guess the overall that this it was a national security crisis that trump brought because countries like china, russia, iran, looked a at what was occurring in the united states. if you go back and look at what trump said before the election, it was scary to people abroad. then after the january 6th insurrection, it was frightening and china particularly ignited on this and the chairman of the joint chiefs had these calls with the leader of the chinese military and made it very clear we re going to stabilize things. let s not have a war. and in a period of miscommunication and high tension, that s when you hav ....
we begin with breaking news out of haiti where american mission nairs including children have been kidnapped outside the capital of the port-au-prince. the gang accused of taking them has a known history of abductions. according to a statement by the christian aid ministries, the group consists of 16 americans, one canadian citizen. five men, seven women and five children. in a statement the state department says they re aware of the situation. earlier on cnn ohio congressman adam kinzinger promising the american government will stop at nothing to bring these missionaries home safely. with me is jacqueline charles, a career correspond at the miami herald. jacqueline, thank you for joining me. i want to ask you, what is the situation right now? well, the situation right now, i ve been in contact with the haitian national police. they still don t have any confirmation of this, but we now know from the christian aid ministries that, yes, 17 individuals including 16 ame ....
what does this mean in the search for a fugitive? we ve got a former investigator standing by, but, first, it s the nuts a lot of parents and pediatricians have eagerly awaited. pfizer has officially filed for fda emergency use authorization for its covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. if this gets the green light it would mean 94% of all americans would be iljibl for vaccination against covid, 94%. let s begin with cnn s elizabeth cohen. if authorized this would be the first covid-19 vaccine for younger children. what data does pfizer have and how soon could we get the grown light? ana this, could happen quite quickly and the reason we know that is when pfizer applaud for emergency use authorization at the end of last year it was a matter of weeks. let take a look at what that could mean for children. so, before the fda does anything their external advisers, a group of people advisers to the fda, they meet on october 26 to look at all the data. now, for adults whe ....