closed nationwide. we need our children to be in school. i think the term distance learning is like a contradiction in terms. philadelphia, you know, when children aren t in schools, they re many aren t getting the one decent meal they get during the day. the instance of child abuse basically disappears because you re not picking that up in school. most importantly the socialization and social development. the kids surely missed last year. i think we need to do everything we can to get children back to school. it s a precious thing. because it s a precious thing we need to treat it preciously. 77 of philadelphia s 215 schools are shifting to 100% online today. schools in detroit, l.a., atlanta, milwaukee, seating, cleveland, washington, all also going remote or they re delaying their start for at least a few days after the holiday break. in many cases, they re waiting for covid tests, rapid tests which are scarce, or pcr tests which take days to return results. in louis
and under staffed. surrounded by ice and snow, drivers look for a ways out of one of america s busiest enter states. and boycotts and covid until the beijing winter olympics. we look at the challenges facing the organizers. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome, everyone. it s great to be back with you. it is tuesday, january 4th. and for the first time in nearly four months, the u.s. is reporting more than 100,000 people in the hospital with covid-19. i want to show you this, a look at this map. really a sea of dark red there. the vast majority of the country seeing high levels of transmission right now. the latest data from the cdc shows unvaccinated adults are eight times more likely to end up in the hospital compared to vaccinated adults. now, states are also reporting surges in the number of children in the hospital. former acting director of the cdc, seeing an intense strain on america s health system. have a listen. if y
cnn. pamela? thanks, chris. who s talking to chris wallace airs at 7:00 tonight on cnn. and the next hour of cnn newsroom on this sunday starts newsroom on this sunday starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you tonight, lawmakers are demanding actions days after five police officers are charged in the beating death of tyre nichols. can the federal government do anything to change culture inside many of these departments? plus the man who disarmed the monterey park gunman is haled a gunman, as california sees four mass shootings in one week. and it s a fight over books in florida. teachers say they have to keep students away from books already in their libraries until state-approved groups decide if they re appropriate. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the brutal beating of tyre nichols. today the attorney for his family told cnn that he hopes the video that outraged a na
wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
i it s a tragedy that we see on the news a lot. but when it hits home work in this community myself, what a tragedy to see these innocent people lose their lives. right now we just don t have the answers yet. so for the suspect a looser locally. does he have family members here? half moon bay residents, and we believe that he may have a spouse. they ve been in the officer may be apprehended him? his name is a deputy law peru, i can get to the spelling of that. his name is deputy leprous. it is one that located the vehicle, the suspect inside of it at the substation. what sort of assistance of federal authorities providing at the moment? the fbi is at the scene. they are ready to deploy all the resources that we don t have here at the local level. and i ve been getting some calls from even across the country from sheriffs, from congress, people in congress, senators, very supportive and ally to also thank our county executive, mike, for his board support. was the w