would do what she did? who would think that? it was a steamy story of sex. we d hang out, we d have sex. lies. she s able to tell a lie. she believes the lie. and murder. he attacked me. i defended myself. after one of the most sensational and bizarre trials ever, hear the chilling details from her friends. did you see any cuts on her? tiny. little cuts. and his. he was very afraid of her. but every time he tried to break things off with jodi she d threaten to kill herself. inside the jodi arias trial. this isn t a ride at disneyland. this is somebody who was tragically murdered. mr. alexander was stabbed. you would acknowledge that, right? yes. it would be you that did it, correct? yes. the jodi arias trial never played as a murder mystery. jodi, after all, had admitted to 12 jurors in open court and a few million viewers on tv that she was the one who shot, stabbed, and then stabbed some more her former boyfriend and secret sex partner.
congress dying at the age of 82. his wife said he passed peacefully this afternoon following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. former president barack obama sharing a letter he wrote to harry reid ahead of his passing with this quote: i wouldn t have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and i wouldn t have gotten most of what i got done without your skill and determination. most of all, you ve been a good friend. as different as we are, i think we both saw something of ourselves in each other, a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. and you know what? we made for a pretty good team. chuck schumer tweeting tonight and perhaps not surprisingly one-time middleweight amateur boxer sa boxer saying harry reid was one. most amazing individuals i d ever met, he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fight for those who were hurting, the poor and midd
more than 200 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and still, the country is breaking records for new infections, averaging more than 265,000 cases a day over the past week alone. that s according to johns hopkins university. the centers for disease control and prevention report close to 450,000 cases on monday alone. and that tops the previous one-day high of almost 300,000 back in january. now, we should point out these latest figures could be the result of a lag in reporting over the holidays. nonetheless, the number of children now admitted to hospitals with covid is nearing a new record. the cdc reports nearly a 50% jump in just the past week. now, access to testing remains a problem, as you can see there, right around the country. home test kits, meantime, are hard to find online, and in stores and people are lining up for hours at drive-through testing sites right around the country. cnn s alexander field has more now on covid s record setting rampage through th
averaging more than 265,000 cases a day over the past week. now, that s according to data compiled by johns hopkins university. the centers for disease control and prevention, meantime, is now reporting close to 450,000 cases on monday alone in a 24-hour period. now, that tops their previous one-day high of almost 300,000 back in january. we should point out, of course, that these latest figures are most likely the result of a lag in reporting over christmas weekend. now, the number of children meantime admitted to hospitals with covid is nearing a new record. the cdc reports almost a 50% jump in just the past week. access to testing, of course, remains a problem right around the country. we ve seen the lines. home test kits are hard to find online and in stores. and as people line up for hours just to try and get a test, many of them at drive-through testing sites. we get more now from cnn s tom foreman reporting for us from washington. reporter: nationwide, hospitalizatio
good to be with you here, laura. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. two variants are reminding us why this virus isn t going away any time soon. the u.s. shattering its record for average daily cases more than doubling in two weeks, thanks to a combination of both delta and omicron. the cdc even adjusting its data now, showing delta still accounts for about 40% of these cases. hospitalizations are not spiking as fast, but experts still have concerns about the weeks ahead. there is no question that january will be filled with a lot of short-term challenges. hospital beds, staffing shortages of tests, shortages of almost everything. it s tough to handle this many indications at once. i think we have a good thing in these tests, but there won t be enough in many places to get us through the most trying time. now the fda says at-home coronavirus tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant. that could send more people out for