americans should prepare for the spread of omicron. senator joe manchin deals a blow to joe biden s build back better. peng shuai s latest interview. announcer: live from london. this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. monday, december 20th. nearly two years since the covid-19 pandemic turned the world really upside down. the threat is far from over. one u.s. health experts says we re beyond counting the waves, the country is facing a tsunami. it is now being detected in 45 states. you can see on your screen. experts say it s just a matter of time before omicron accounts for a majority of new cases. it comes as the u.s. is already grappling with the surge driven by the delta variant. countries now averaging more than 130,000 a day infections a day and experts warn omicron will only add fuel to that fire. have a listen. we are going to see a significant stress in some regions of the country on the hospital system, particularly
places that rely on it? more than 90 people have died after devastating tornadoes swept through the mid west of america. horrendous scenes at the weekend and whilst our winds do not compare, it is a windy start to the week particularly northern scotland. wintle is lighter and with missed advocate become an issue. in sport, the farcical end to the fi season as versappen celebrates we reflect on the chaotic finish to the decider in the desert as hamilton misses out on a record eight title. it s monday, 13th december. every adult over the age of 18 in england is to be offered a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this month in a major acceleration of the booster programme. the prime minister said the new target was necessary to combat a tidal wave of cases of the rapidly spreading omicron variant. but there are warnings this morning the booster roll out could have an impact on non covid nhs care. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. the countdown t
in detroit, not far from where their vehicle was found. listen to this. we got a tip that they were here, that possibly the fugitives were at this location. the vehicle was spotted. our officers responded in a matter of minutes. when they got here, they set up a perimeter, did surveilsurveil. we had our special response team come out, and they were able to take the fugitives into custody. attorneys representing the couple said they fled the area because they, quote, feared for their safety. this is following tuesday s shooting where four students were killed and seven others were injured. we should note, this is rare. the parents of school shooters rarely face charges. but here s the prosecutor in the case explaining why that iey ven filed. i couldn t even imagine not holding those people responsible. they bought a weapon for their son and had every reason to believe, at least the day before and certainly the morning of, that he was very likely going to commit a violent
with a warning millions will struggle to afford to heat their homes. a judgement is expected this morning in the appeal by associated newspapers in its ongoing privacy dispute with meghan markle, the duchess of sussex. an emotional alec baldwin outlines the events that led to the death of cinematographer, halyna hutchins, on a movie set. the trigger wasn t pulled i didn t pull the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them never. we enter the art installation of a traditional irish pub which has won this year s turner prize. good morning. the uk has ordered millions of additional covid vaccines to future proof the coronavirus booster programme, as fears grow over the spread of the omicron variant around the world. an additional 114 million doses of covid 19 vaccines have been secured by the uk government. the health secretary sajid javid said he wanted to ensure britain had what it n
reports. here s what s happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific time. we re going to begin with the breaking news. the omicron strain of coronavirus fueling new fears of yet another global surge. within just this last hour, germany reporting its first confirmed cases. the uk reporting new cases earlier as well. and today in the u.s., new york declaring a state of emergency. dr. anthony fauci on nbc this morning said he would not be surprised if it was already here in the u.s. i would not be surprised if it is. we have not detected it yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you re already having travel-related cases that they ve noted in israel and belgium and in other places, when you have a virus like this, it almost invariably is ultimately going to go, essentially, all over. scientists now rushing to determine how effective current vaccines are against omicron as countries around the world are racing to implement tr