Stay updated with breaking news from Lindsey grubb. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
to do this again. breaking news overnight, the world loses a hero in the fight against apartheid. a closer look at the life of nobody pell peace prize winner desmond tutu. a lie bray shuts down but it has nothing to do with the pandemic. the new way people are trying to ban books and how some librarians are reacting. after almost two years of bad news, things are finally starting to turn around for movie theaters, how they re trying to get you back in the seats in 2022 and how the comeback is being led by your friendly neighborhood spiderman. good morning. it s december 26th. i m lindsey reiser. i hope you all had a wonderful christmas. hundreds more cancellations at airports yesterday meant people stranded trying to get to their christmas destination or back home. 2,800 flights canceled yesterday or alone. overall about 5,000 flights have been canceled over the holiday weekend, and it s mostly because of the omicron wave hitting airline workers. that s leading ....
nearly 800 flights tomorrow already canceled too. from the air to the ocean omicron is also impacting holiday cruises. the carnival ship is denied entry into aruba due to covid cases. it s the third cruise liner from florida reporting cases on board. florida itself reporting near 32,000 new cases friday breaking a single day record in the united states. so far this month, 3.4 million americans have contracted covid, so the states you see right here on this map in red or orange have seen a rise in cases over the past 72 hours. that s if you re lucky enough to find a test. as you can see here, americans have been waiting in hours long lines to find out if they have covid before heading to see family for the holiday. that lack of available testing is being addressed by the white house. well, what the president s promised the american people, is to constantly re-examine and improve our covid response, including testing. and testing access, and always look for a way to do ....
but this morning, we did get some good news from moderna. new data shows that their booster shots immunity against omicron nearly 40-fold. experts say we desperately need it. right now, the worst of the spread is in the northeast. states like new york, new jersey, and massachusetts. while in florida, cases have doubled in the last week alone. and for people who are trying to do the right thing and get tested, those tests are hard to come by. my question is why? this video of line on the upper west side of manhattan. people started waiting before the sun came up to get a test from a guy in a van. we heard similar stories all over town. some people waiting two, three hours just to get tested. tomorrow, president biden will address the nation to lay out new steps his administration will take to help americans cope with this latest wave. here s what we do know. it is expected to get worse before it gets better. the nation s top experts say omicron is essentially taking over ....
country? and americans are far from alone in this nightmarish deja vu. european countries are enacting new restrictions, canceling events, even in some cases, putting residents back into lockdown. all of this creating turmoil on wall street, where the markets are seeing big losses already this morning. there is some good news, moderna says its vaccine booster shot provides increased protection against the omicron variant. and in other news this morning, democrats plotting their next steps after west virginia senator joe manchin may have dealt a fatal blow to their huge bill, aimed at reshaping the social safety net and fighting climate change. plus, any minute now, closing arguments will get underway in the trial of former minnesota police officer who shot and killed a young black man during a traffic stop. we will take you inside the courtroom when those arguments begin. but we start with that record-breaking wave of coronavirus. let s start with that record-breaking ....
full lockdown while protests against new restrictions erupt against the continent. and the last 36 hours, not even a whole 48, it has been a whirlwind of different changes and protocols, and in a game of when sudden things happen, you have to adjust. pro sports leagues scramble as covid postpone games in different leagues. not only are they worried there could be another insurrection the next election, it looks more like it could be looking like a military coup. 14 days without food. young people here in the u.s. on a hunger strike, all in the name of voting rights. we ll talk to two of them live. good morning. it s sunday, december 17th. i am lindsay riser. we begin with the address that president biden is going to give the nation tuesday about the sudden surge in covid cases across the country. he s expected to announce new steps to beat ban this variant surge days before christmas. this is what the president is trying to turn around, all 30 states on this m ....