Good evening to do, im Sara Sidner in new york. There is major Uncertainty Tonight over who will be at the top of the democratic president ial ticket. One thing very clear, the contrast between the two parties could not be more stark at this stage of the race. Republicans in celebration over their nominee while democrats right now in desperation over there is. Donald trump just had his first event with his Vice President ial nominee, j. D. Vance, a smaller patch covering the part of his ear where he was shot. Take a listen. Together, we will fight, fight, fight, right . And, we will win, win, win. In the meantime, President Biden is isolating off the trail, recovering, of course, from covid19, and resisting the mountain calls, so far, from inside his own party to not seek a second term. 35 democratic lawmakers now are publicly urging him to step aside. There they all are. It all began with his disastrous performance at the cnn debate. After nearly 3 weeks of pressure to exit, President
i m still smiling over commander in leash. yeah. we have more of those this morning. don t you worry. i can t wait. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, december 21st. the omicron variant has taken over. it is now the most dominant strain of covid in the u.s., making up more than 73% of new infections. according to the cdc, they just released those numbers, that s 21 days after the first case was identified here. new york has seen a three-fold increase in covid cases in the past week. new jersey reporting the highest number of daily positive cases in almost a year. but the good news, out of both new york and new jersey and this is really important although they are rising, they are not seeing a drastic jump in hospitalizations yet. we re going to speak to a new york hospital official in a moment who will tell us they have plenty of capacity, at least for now. this is not 2020, he says. we are learning of the fi
today. i never seen more places open in the city. i think there s a defiance, there s a proud defiance. and i know you saw this while you are here to. upright defines among the people of this is part of their standing. it s russia, if they re not fighting, they re trying to live their lives. i m gonna ask you of the snow happens because every night when i was there, i would see people stop and watch presidency come out at about 11:30 at night. and tonight s address, he had very strong words about russia. when did he say? he did. i m gonna quote from, it because they were powerful, and you are right. he s on all the time, people have got the tvs on wherever they are. their watch and listen those words. as wards tonight were directed at russia and there was strong. they said russia will be miked as a source of evil for targeting civilians. he goes on to say that the russian military will be written in history as the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world. what he s ta
good morning. so glad you are with us. very consequential day. we are two hours away from the supreme court colliding head on with the presidential election. the justices will hear arguments in a massively consequential case today. can donald trump be thrown off the ballot for his role in the deadly january 6th attack on the capitol? that question has made its way to the highest court in the land after colorado s supreme court ruled trump engaged in a resurrection and is disqualified from being president again under the 14th amendment which bars insurrectionists and those that help them from serving. there are key questions the supreme court is facing today. does it apply to trump and the presidency? it was ratified to block ex-confederates from holding office. did trump engage in an insurrection? we saw the blood attack on the capitol when a mob of trump supporters stormed the capitol. the colorado supreme court cited trump own words at a rally right before the insurre
in philadelphia police say a heavily armed gunman wearing body armor went on a shooting rampage through the city streets. five people killed, two children included, including a 2-year-old toddler. investigators say the suspect had an ar-15 style rifle, handgun, police scanner and multiple magazines of ammo packed in his body armor when police officers arrested him in an alley. now, the hunt is still on for suspects in baltimore after two people were killed and 28 wounded during a block party. we have team coverage on all the latest developments and the former police chief charles ramsey is standing by. first, we start with danny freeman in philadelphia. danny, what more have you learned about the suspect there? reporter: well, we still have a number of questions about the suspect, especially the question of why this suspect decided to open fire. a residential community in southwest philadelphia yesterday evening. what we know is that the suspect is in his 40s, was taken i