look it up. the lead starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears he s being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and he s just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in the race against trump and chris christie believes he can both them both. i ll ask governor christie how ahead when he joins me live on the lead. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin today with our health lead. as much of the eastern united states is being choked right now by a dangerous haze of smoke caused by more than 400 raging wildfires in canada. air quality alert are out for more than 55 million people across the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic. the air is so unhealth
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
visit xfinitymobile.com to learn more. doc? back control with lipo flavanoid. this is a secret, war. secrets and spies. sunday at ten on cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour investigating hate in new york city, blatant acts of vandalism and antisemitism. and now the nypd is launching i knew hate crimes task force to look into the disturbing ax plus cold war allies reunite as russia sends a group of warships to cuba, is putin again trying to taunt the united states ahead. what we re hearing with cnn teams positioned in both moscow and havana and leading this hour, the breaking news, a house vote led by republicans holding the us attorney general in contempt of congress at issue. audio recording of an interview with president biden during a special counsel investigation into biden s handling of classified documents, the special counsel, robert hur, released a report about that investigation. the justice department also released a transcript, but not the actual
you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. christmas week is shaping up to provide major coronavirus relief for americans in two ways, a second vaccine and an economic stimulus. this hour we are seeing the very first recipients of the moderna vaccine. the goal right now according to the nation s testing czar is to inject 20 million doses by the first week of january, which is encouraging for a nation said to surpass 18 million positive cases by the end of the day today. and, of course, there are those in hospitals. there are 113,000 americans hospitalized right now, and at any moment we expect to see president-elect joe biden to receive his first dose of the vaccine along with his wife, jill biden, and we will bring that to you live as soon as it happens. but i want to begin this hour in houston where we are seeing the moderna vaccine being adminis r administer administered. miguel marcos is there in the room live. miguel, all you. reporter: we sa
good evening. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news in the new york manhunt. the female prison worker joyce mitchell has moments ago been charged with helping the two convicted killers escape from a maximum security prison. tonight, the two prisoners evading about 1,000 law enforcement officials. mitchell is in police custody. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells us that mitchell had a relationship with both prisoners, richard matt and david sweat. we are learning tonight that investigators believe mitchell s husband, who works at the prison may have been involved in the escape plan, at least known about it. he was not charged tonight though. meanwhile, on day seven of the manhunt, a warning to the killers on the run just a moment ago. we have a message for david sweat and richard matt. we are coming for you. and we will not stop until you are caught. that happened as i said in the past ten minutes. we will speak to a friend and neighbor of joyce and