Nights News Conference with President Biden as he pushed just forward with his reelection campaign. Today in the Mustwin State of michigan plus no power, no water. But plenty of heat. An even more for ration, hundreds of thousands of texans waiting for electricity as anger of the Utility Companies is growing. So is concerned about what the future might look like texas pours more money into the same industry fueling this crisis and their wedding. And then theres the celebration happening in india this weekend, months in the making for a family only worth billions of dollars. We will dive into the details of this opulent starstudded affair. Were following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news we are following new developments as President Biden is intensifying his fight to stay in the race for the White House. While the list of lawmakers in his own party were publicly calling on him to step aside continues to grow. Congressman Mike Levin of californias now the
Lesson from kim and putin to the next generation. Will ripley, cnn, taipei and thanks so much. Well, i mean, it was just fascinating to hear that student and his own words. And thanks so much to all of you for joining us. The lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper this hour, the new Video Evidence presented in Hallick Ball all the wins in voluntary Manslaughter Trial in which hes seen pulling a gun and a rehearsal why his Defense Team felt the need to show this in court. And the scolding that prompted from the prosecution, plus Donald Trump first not inviting his former republican rival, governor Nikki Haley to the Republican National Convention. And now why . Think his second guessing that liaoning this hour, however, new cracks for President Biden, hollywood actor, democratic fundraiser, george clooney, leading todays charge, calling on President Biden to drop out of the president ial race. Dnc fundraisers separately canceled an upcoming fundraising event, a slew of demo
and a tale of two coasts, as part of the west sees heavy snow and bitter cold temperatures, parts of the east could see record-breaking heat. where we re seeing summer-like temperatures in your forecast. there is a day not too long ago when i had to stop and think, when they come in with handcuffs and they come in with a warrant for my arrest. librarians afraid of being fired, or worse, just for doing their jobs. why some say they re being targeted and how they re now fighting back. we re so grateful to have you this sunday deshgs 26th. i hope that christmas hangover isn t too bad. appreciate you starting your morning with us. we begin with the u.s. racing toward a record number of daily new covid cases fueled by the fast-spreading omicron variant. in some parts of the country hospitals are stretched thin as emergency rooms and icu beds begin to fill up. more than 71,000 americans are hospitalized with covid-19. the increase in cases also causing major travel disruption
two anti-viral pills from pfizer and merck to treat covid-19 at home. for at risk americans. now that s a game changer because before these pills were cleared, the only fda authorized treatment for nonhospitalized covid-19 patients was monoclonal antibodies which are hard to come by. merck says it will have 10 million medicine packs available by the end of the month. pfizer says it is ready to roll out its treatment immediately. although in limited quantities. now, the pfizer drug is almost certainly going to be the preferred option as it has a nearly 90% reduction rate in hospitalizations, and deaths. while the fda says the merck pill could lead to a 30% reduction and is not recommended for pregnant people or women planning to become pregnant. in other news, americans may soon not have to wait in line for hours just to get a covid test. the white house says it is planning to distribute 500 million covid tests and it is creating a government-run web site where you can order t
from the bela rusian from the belarusian side, migrants started throwing rocks and bricks and branches towards the polish horses and it is a scene of chaos here 7 forces. and just how dangerous was a russian missile test for the international space station? it s been condemned by washington but moscow says the debris poses no threat . here in the uk, the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has given harrowing evidence to mps about how he was bullied and racially abused at the club. and he accused english cricket of institutional racism. just to warn you, some of the details are upsetting. pretty early on, me and other people from asian backgrounds, there are comments such as you lots it over there, nearthe comments such as you lots it over there, near the toilets. therejust seems to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no one ever stamped it out. azeem rafiq was speaking to the digital, culture, media and sport select committee. and this is why. in 202