repeatedly warned russia over the last few weeks that a russian invasion of ukraine would have severe, severe diplomatic and economic consequences. one administration official told politico today that this call will come in the midst of a, quote, moment of crisis between the two nations. we ll have a lot more on that coming up later in the show. but we start tonight with a moment of crisis of our own right here at home. take a look at this map. this is a map tracking community transmission of covid across all 50 states. blue and yellow there on the screen means low to moderate. orange means substantial. red means high. and as you can see in this picture, every single state, every single one, is red. community transmission of covid is at the highest recorded level in every state in the country as of this night. now, the u.s. yesterday just recorded its highest ever single day record for new covid infections. with new cases drawing less of a curve and more of a straight vertica
going to have a lot more on that coming up later in the show. we start tonight with a moment of crisis of our own right here at home. take a look at this map. this is the map tracking community transmission of covid across all 50 states. blue and yellow there on the screen. means low to moderate. orange means substantial, red means high. as you can see in this picture. every single state is red. community transmission of covid is at the highest recorded level in every state in the country as of this night. the u.s. yesterday just reported its highest ever single day record for new covid infections. new cases drawing less of a curve, more of a straight vertical line. new cases in the last two weeks are up by 100 and 26%. the world health organization said today that they are anticipating a quote, tsunami of new cases worldwide over the next few weeks. but so far, thankfully, we have not seen a tsunami of new hospitalizations and deaths along with the spread of omicron. the hos
we ve got the latest on what you n need to know. president biden is now reversing a controversial policy originally meant to slow the spread. we ll speak with the leading democratic member of congress about the move. plus do you have a real christmas tree or are you team artificial? we re breaking down the numbers from gifts to movies to get a different view of america s holiday traditions. we start this hour with the hottest item to get this christmas eve 2021. it s not a tickle-me-elmo, not an a furbie. this year it s a covid test and in cities nationwide upeople are lining up to get their hands on one. many drivers in this line waited more than two hours at a drive-through testing site in raleigh, north carolina. scenes like this one playing out across the country as covid cases in the united states skyrocket almost 50% in a week. hitting the highest seven-day average since january. that trend fortunately has not been as sharp when it comes to hospitalizations. tha
you are live in the cnn newsroom and i am jim acosta in washington. president biden just wrapped up the kickoff to his re-election campaign in philadelphia. he did it surrounded by union workers and county poll prolabor policies. i am more honored by your endorsement than you can imagine . it is going to make a gigantic difference in this campaign. we are joined now by cnn s priscilla alvarez. it is very significant to the re-election campaign. isn t that right? reporter: that is right, jim. president biden highlighted his personal times by having this union rally in philadelphia and it was an event put on by the labor movement and they were celebrating the endorsement along with 17 prolabor groups and you heard it from president biden because it was the earliest that they have endorsed a presidential candidate. there was enthusiasm in the crowd of 2000 union members as president biden tries to wrap up his campaign and with became very clear over the course of his rem
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