house. new coronavirus mutations have been identified in the u.s. and they appear to make the virus more trans missibletransm now is not the time to let up our guard. now is the time to double down. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special holiday edition of new day. monday, february 15th. 6:00 here in new york. it s special because erica hill is here with me. thanks, john berman. i thought it was the whole presidents day thing. you make everything special. presidents day in your honor. mattress sales everywhere. exactly. right. this morning the senate trial is over but the legal problems for the former president just beginning. one of our legal analysts suggest that on a scale of one to ten his number should be 10. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell suggests his dereliction of duty during the capital insurrection was potentially criminal. now lawma
already forced the closure of some schools and public transit. good to have you with us. we are following breaking news out of myanmar where the military has seized power in a coup. the army said on tv they have declared a state of emergency. the military is in the streets today blocking some roads. troops detained several key leaders earlier. they include awning sung suh chi. the u.k., australia and other countries are calling for the military to release the leaders. they claim last year s election was fraudulent. suu kyi s party won by a landslide. cnn s will ripley is joining us with the latest developments. what is the latest on this military coup in myanmar and how damaging could this prove to be for the nation s democratic future? reporter: hey, rosemary. certainly there are a lot of questions whether this fragile democracy and government that just came into power five years ago with the assistance of the military, with a constitution the military helped write, now
a full forecast ahead this hour. good to have you with us. myanmar s army is facing global backlash after ousting civilian leaders in a surprise coup. the military announced it declared a state of emergency taking power from the ruling party and handing it to a top general. these are some of the most recent images from inside myanmar. the scenes overnight were dramatic as military personnel arrested parliament. the spokesman for her party said de facto leader aung sun suu kyi was detained. boris johnson posted this message on twitter just moments ago. he writes he condemns the coup and unlawful imprisonment. the vote of the people must be respected and civilian leaders released. cnn s will ripley is following from hong kong. good to see you, will. talk to us more about what you re learning about the military coup and how damaging it could prove to be for myanmar s future particularly when you hear the responses from world leaders. reporter: the con tris not responding wit
tomorrow is still up in the air. a brutal winter storm pounds the u.s. as millions prepare to assess the damage. the details from cnn s weather center. plus, north korea launches four missiles. we are live for you this hour in tokyo. and the australian open is finally underway without tennis star novak djokovic. we ll have a live report from melbourne on what this means for the tournament. announcer: live from london this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is monday, january 17. a brutal winter storm battering much of the southern united states with freezing rain and snow is heading north. as many as 80 million americans were under winter weather alerts stretching from georgia to maine. the effects of the system could cause problems for days to come. states in appalachia region are seeing heavy snowfall and high winds. parts of north carolina got as much as a foot of snow. that s about roughly 30 centimeters. that means 25 counties declared a
and we begin with the breaking news. tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his hitle in the australian open tennis tournament. he now faces deportation. we want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been watching all of this unfold from melbourne. paula, obviously dramatic moments there and yet the judges were categorical saying, look, we re not here to decide the merits of the government s case, that s not for us to decide, but they looked at what the government had put forward and found that, in fact, it was reasonable and that means that right now at this hour, right, paula, novak djokovic isn t exactly a freeman. he needs to be deported. reporter: that s right, paula. the very fact there were three judges hearing this case and it was a unanimous decision as you say. it wasn t up to them to decide the merits of the argument. they were just there to look atz the legalities. this is what we had beforehand, that the best chance for