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computing. beyond and potentially in addition to those sanctions the biden administration is preparing to send u.s. troops to the region. none have been deployed yet. american military aid is already on the ground in ukraine. a shipment of u.s. supplies arrived at the airport outside kiev just a few hours ago including what they re calling lethal aid. that s anti-tank and antiaircraft missiles from the u.s. government along with equipment and ammunition. our message is clear, the united states stands with ukraine, our allies and partners. if president putin decides to make this reckless choice twel provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond what we ve already sent. again, no troop deployment orders have been given but the pentagon says 8,500 american troops remain at heightened alert alongside nato allies which have sent fighter jets and ships to the region, the west trying to show any escalation will be matched. the russian military co ....
and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the january 6th select committee raising the stakes. asking the house minority leader to meet with them. offering up two specific dates for his testimony, and here is their letter tonight to the house minority leader kevin mccarthy. they write, quote, we request we write to request your voluntary cooperation on a range of critical topics, including your conversations with president trump. so, it s about five and a quarter pages here and the committee lays out, in excruciating detail, mccarthy s central role in their investigation. here on page four, the letter notes that the committee has obtained, quote, contemporaneous text messages from multiple witnesses identifying significant concerns following january 6th held by white house staff regarding president trump s state of mind and his ongoing conduct. and the letter says, it appears that mccarthy and trump, during that time, had one or more conversations one o ....
so far, hospitalizations and deaths, as i said, are not increasing at the same pace. four states maine, michigan, new hampshire, and vermont are now showing record-high numbers for hospitalizations this month. and at least three other states ohio, indiana, and delaware and also washington, d.c. are approaching their previous highs. and right now, pediatric hospitalizations for covid are up nearly 50% across the country over the last two weeks. close to the record high in september. and with americans across the country still waiting in line for hours to get tested, president biden just told reporters moments ago while walking on the beach in delaware that his administration is, quote, making a bit of progress at distributing those at-home test kits to americans. but those remarks, coming within minutes of the fda announcing those rapid at-home antigen tests may be less sensitive to actually picking up the omicron variant. so, one out of every 50 residents right ....
thousands of travelers whose christmas holidays were canceled, disrupted as they were left scrambling at one of the biggest travel times of the year. charles watson is live at one of america s busiest airports, hartsfield jackson in atlanta. hi, charles. reporter: good afternoon. the wave of holiday flight cancellations continues today already airlines canceling more than 2200 flights globally amid the rapid thread of the covid-19 and omicron variants. united and delta airlines lead the pack among american carriers with the most cancellations with the two having a combined 775 flights between christmas day and today and in large part due to staffing shortages. saying in a statement quote, a combination of issues including, but not limited to inclement weather in some areas of the country and the impact of the omicron variant is bringing cancellations and potential delays and it s been quite the nightmare for holiday travelers caught the middle of the wave of cancellatio ....
rattles the u.s. charles kicked us off with the very latest from atlanta. merry christmas. good morning. good morning and merry christmas, griff. taking time off to spend this holiday with their family. the omicron is certainly hard at work. u.s. daily covid cases up with more than 260,000 americans testing positive. according to john s hopkins university 3354 deaths were reported. more than a 50% increase in a single day. hard to find at home test kits is surely complicating matters. cvs and walgreens announced their limiting the number of tests folks can purchase due to a significant increase in demand long lines form at testing sites around the country while demand swells at unimaginable proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor ....