Welcome to wednesday, it is meet the press daily, and i m chuck todd on a busy afternoon as always here in washington. We re going to begin today with an urgent and immediate threat facing this country, it s the economy and it s national security. I m of course talking about russian cyber attacks. The white house says it is engaging directly with the russian government after a cyberattack on the world s largest meat supplier shut down nine meat plants in the united states. Jen psaki told reporters she expects president biden to address the issue when he meets with putin in two weeks. The company which was targeted jbs told white house that a ransom demand likely came from cyber criminals based in russia, raising the question of just how much involvement the russian government has had in these things. The company s plants are starting to come back online but the disruption has raised potential concerns of shortages and price hikes. It would send uncomfortable signals to the united state
tonight that cases in the u.s. are slowly decreasing. a very different christmas. the unprecedented celebrations around the globe, as the holiday is observed during the deadliest pandemic in a century. record snowfall a powerful christmas storm leaves more than 200,000 americans without power, and the ice leads to dangerous roads in the northeast. jingle bells jingle bells garrett: returning to notre dame for the first time since a fire destroyed the famed notre dame cathedral in paris. a christmas choir, in hard hats, rings in the holiday. silent night garrett: opera star andrea bocelli gives us the christmas gift we need this year. o donnell: do you think there is something about the pandemic that unites us all? of course, the sufferings. garrett: his message tonight about the healing power of music. and, cbs s steve hartman is on the road, with a secret santa surprise for essential workers. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting f
to buy the same goods and services it did last year. retail sales disappointing in november indicating inflation could be slowing holiday spending. as california mask mass mandate goes into effect, some governor in competitive races show kinds of covert fatigue. we ll look at the new divide when it comes to covert restriction. we begin tonight with the white house reeling from bad news ove inflation and cratering poll numbers. good evening kevin. to say that voters are worried about inflation may be the understatement of the day. to make matters worse for the white house, those very same voters are blaming the bite in the ministration for making things worse. that according to our latest foxbusiness survey. when it comes to rising prices, twice as many surveyed thinks the administration s actions ar hurting rather than helping, 47- 20 to in addition buy at 25-point margin, voters believe the president s proposed social spending plan would push inflation even higher, 46-21.
the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
miguel joins us live this hour to discuss what this means for higher learning in america. and breaking news out of moscow. cnn has new reporting on the top russian general who appears to be missing after the mutiny. documents indicating he was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group behind the rebellion. and the former school deputy who failed to confront the park l parkland shooter is found not guilty. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story. the united states supreme court ruling that united states supreme court ruling gutting affirmative action in college admissions. the concern with majority upended precedent and prompting a fiery dissent by liberal justices on the court. cnn s senior supreme court analyst is joining us right now. joan, how did the conservative majority reach this decision and what are the real world impacts of it? well i ll tell