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speaking out as questions grow about the tactics used by police. remembering american legends. longtime senator harry reid and nfl great john madden. tributes are pouring in for these two giants. we begin with the united states reaching a grim milestone in the pandemic as the delta and omicron variants continue to wreak havoc, the u.s. shattering its record for daily cases. the seven-day average now topping 265,000 cases a day. the prior record was set nearly a year ago. public health officials warn these numbers are going to continue to rise. hospitalizations are also up, but not as rapidly. they are about half the all-time high set last winter. the cdc this morning is defending its decision to cut the recommended time of isolation for asymptomatic patients. some scientists are accusing the agency of caving to public pressure instead of following the data. all this as the white house pandemic response team holds a briefing in just moments. let s begin our coverage ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. it s great to have your company. the uk government has defended its decision to hold off on introducing new coronavirus restrictions in england before the new year, saying it will monitor the situation closely in the meantime. there are restrictions on socialising in the other nations that form the uk wales, scotland and northern ireland. the latest data shows that there have again been record numbers of cases across the country. elsewhere in europe, france has also seen record highs in its cases, and the country has announced tighter restrictions to try and get the spike in numbers caused by the omicron variant under control. and there have been demonstrations in eastern germany against new restrictions. first, let s get more on the situation here in the uk from our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. the latest uk government covid data now. a vaccination centre in lambeth in london, among the boroughs worst affected by omicron in ....
welcome to cnn tonight. with omicron spreading far and wide and not nearly enough testing to meet the massive demand, a new report from vanity fair suggests the biden administration missed an opportunity to ramp up testing before the holidays, characterized by the magazine a blueprint for how to avoid what is happening at this moment, a scramble nationwide to get a covid test, endless lines, hours waiting so people can celebrate safely with others. but is that what really happened? the white house says they didn t dismiss anything. we re about to talk to a doctor who attended the white house meeting where that very proposal was made on october 22nd. vanity fair says it goss hold of the ten-page plan that included a testing surge to prevent holiday covid surge. the idea was to push the administration to get out rapid home covid testing to americans so that they could screen themselves and reduce transmission before the holidays. the proposal purportedly called for ....
american life and became a cultural icon. she died from parkinson s disease in new york, her publisher says. she was a pioneer at the time what was known as new journalism. her numerous bestselling books included slouching toward bethlehem and the year of magical thinking, following the death of her husband, writer john gregory dunne. she wrote, when we mourn our losses, we mourn for better or worse ourselves, as we were, as we are no longer, as we will one day not be at all. she was 87. the news continues. let s hand it over to michael smerconish and cnn tonight. john, thank you. i am michael smerconish. welcome to cnn tonight. on this eve of christmas eve with omicron spreading far and wide and not nearly enough testing to meet the massive demand, a new report from vanity fair suggests the biden administration dismissed a bold plan months ago to ramp up testing ahead of the holidays. characterized by the magazine a blueprint for how to avoid what is happ ....
moments ago, right here on new day. part of the president s program which he will be speaking about this afternoon is to dramatically increase the availability of testing, putting up about 20,000 testing sites, we re getting half a billion tests very quickly, literally within the next few days. and then have a situation where you can get anywhere from 200 million to half a billion tests per month. so we will be able to very soon have all the tests that people need. president biden will also say in his speech that vaccinated americans don t need to cancel their holiday plans, despite the rise in case counts. cnn s jeremy diamond is live at the white house this morning with more for us. good morning. good morning, erica. president biden will deliver a stark warning once again to unvaccinated americans today, warning them of the potential serious illnesses that they could face amid this omicron surge. he will also seek to reassure those vaccinated americans, partic ....