healthy at school. as israel begins giving people in certain groups a fourth vaccine dose, as the nation prepares the mark one year since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the house committee investigating the attacks revealing more about what it has learned so far. in colorado, the search continues for two people still missing after a powerful, fast-moving wildfire destroyed nearly a thousand homes. and any minute now, president biden will be returning to the white house after his holiday break. with one of his top priorities being trying to stop russia from invading ukraine once again. and we begin with our top story this morning. the pandemic causing travel nightmares and confusion for millions of students, returning to school today. already, at least 1,900 flights have been canceled in the u.s. hundreds of schools are going remote for at least the first week, following the holiday break. but others like new york, which is the nation s largest school distr
returns to work with a long list of things to accomplish over the next couple of weeks. food stamp recipients get a boost in benefits, just in time for the holiday season, but is it enough with rising prices at the grocery store? meanwhile, a new group of migrants is making a trip through mexico towards the united states, just after another big group dispersed. and today is cyber monday. the biggest online shopping day of the year. a look at how supply chain issues could make it tough to find the gifts you re looking for. and we begin with our top story this morning. new cases of the latest covid variant, omnicron, are being detected around the globe, after being identified by scientists in south africa. as a result, the u.s., canada, and the european union announce a travel ban from south africa and surrounding nations in hopes of stopping the spread. just this morning, japan announced it would ban all foreign travelers. in the next hour, president biden will deliver remar
democratic lawmakers, lou correa of california and sylvia garcia of texas. meantime, new details are emerging about safety concerns about last weekend s deadly stampede at a concert in houston. and the justice department is fighting back against efforts to block a proposed new rule requiring large employers to mandate vaccination. and a new migrant humanitarian crisis is brewing. this time along a major border in eastern europe. and we begin in washington, where president biden is launching a huge effort to sell the bipartisan infrastructure bill, even though he hasn t signed it yet. the president will visit baltimore tomorrow to tout it and several cabinet members will also hit the road to make a sales pitch. he says, it will not be an easy task. it s going to be a tough fight and it ain t over yet, as they say, but i feel good and i think people are realizing, beginning to realize, it s important to get it done. meantime, the house committee investigating the januar
anticipating a general election matchup between hillary clinton and donald trump. if you include superdelegates, she surpassed a 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive democratic nominee and that makes her the first woman in history to do so, but vermont senator bernie sanders is not backing down. in fact, he s urging superdelegates to shift their support to him arguing that he is the stronger candidate to take on trump and we just learned some breaking news regarding trump and the race as a whole. the republican senator from illinois mark kirk said, quote, he cannot and will not support trump for president. it s a reversal of kirk s previous statement that he would support trump and comes in light of trump s recent comments about a federal judge. those comments also prompted new criticism today from another party leader. house speaker paul ryan is the latest to blast the nominee s remarks on gonzalo curiel. he can t preside over lawsuits over trump university due
the newsroom. here is what we know. a package containing nails and shrapnel blew up on conveyor belt around 12:30 this morning. a woman was treated for a concussion. no word yet on any connection to the boston bombings but the fbi is investigating. we, of course, will bring you the latest on that explosion as we know it meantime, back here live where we are standing right now. neighbors say this is the exact location where that trip wire bomb went off on sunday. you can see a little bit of a divot here in the grass behind me as well as some blood, an erie reminder of the fear gripping this community. take a look at this, this is the morning edition of the austin american states men, we are going to stop it. that is the vow from law enforcement who said yesterday two things, one, that this individual, they believe is a serial bomber. and, two, that he s raised his game to a whole new level. he and his friend were riding a bicycle about a block from their house. it was so dar