o sullivan and r.k. russell and s.e. cupp and comedian helen hong. come on in. it is a grand reopening for all of the best, all of the worst 2021. i m tom foreman, welcome and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with upheavaled and conflicts and difficulties and victories and hope and happiness. that is saying something given we are were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divide the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through. let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounds like gunshots. worse story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6 insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate then president trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an election. th
back to normal. sometime we can venture beyond it, to leave the known and take the first steps. so let us not return to what was normal, but reach toward what is next. what was cursed, we will cure. what was plagued, we will prove pure. what we tend to argue, we will try to agree. those fortunes were forsworn, now the future we foresee. where we weren t aware, we re now awake. and those moments we missed are now these moments we make, these moments we meet. and our hearts once all together beating, now all together beat. come, look up with kindness yet, for even solace can be sourced from sorrow. we remember not for the sake of yesterday, but to take on tomorrow. we heed this old spirit in a new day s lyric. in our hearts we hear it, for auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne. be bold same time this year, be bold same time. for when you honor yesterday, tomorrow ye will find. know what we fought for, not to be forgot, no for none. it defines us, binds us as one. come ove
to reject trump s request to keep hundreds of documents secret. let s go outfront. good evening. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. tonight breaking news, overwhelmed by omicron. for the third day in a row the united states breaking its own record for its daily average of new covid cases and hitting a very grim milestone. more children now hospitalized with covid than any other point in this pandemic. health and human services secretary becerra acknowledging it is a troubling development. we thought for the longest time our kids were safe because they didn t seem to be catching the infection the same way. today i think you re hearing the news. more and more of our children not only contracting covid but being hospitalized. this stuff is real. hospitals across the country are pushed to the brink. maryland and washington, d.c. now topping their previous peaks of covid hospitalizations just days after four other states also reported record high hospitalizations this m
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest ever since the pandemic began. average daily cases in the u.s. have set a record for the third straight day. more than 355,000 on thursday. and children once thought to be immune from the worst of the coronavirus, now b
residents forced out of their homes because of wildfires. when the state can expect a reprieve. cities right around the globe are getting ready to ring in the new year. but for many, the crowds and confetti have been pushed aside as an explosion of new covid infections takes hold on several continents. preparations are, though, under way at this hour for the balloon drop in new york s times square just as the state announced a new record 74,000 cases. celebrations have already been scaled back with masks and vaccinations required. now, the seven-day average of cases right around the world has broken yet another record at nearly 1.2 million infections. the u.s. has set a third straight record meantime with average daily cases topping 355,000. but here s the thing. johns hopkins reports close to 650,000 cases on thursday alone, and we do want to point out that of course that number could be inflated somewhat because of the lag in reporting over this holiday season. now, this