and we ll introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year. shirley, how she plans to continue her important work with the homeless and less fortunate in the year ahead. all that and more, let s get you caught up on this morning s top stories. thanks so much to boris and amara. good morning, and merry christmas to you. i m jessica dean in washington. the omicron covid surge is making holiday travel a headache for a lot of people today. both delta and united flight cancellations are in the triple digits for the second straight day. delta canceled 268 flights while united at 196 cancellations. jetblue canceled 120 flights. the airlines are blaming staffing shortages stemming from the omicron variant. they want the cdc to cut the isolation period in half for employees who develop breakthrough cases from ten days down to five. nasa will attempt to launch
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lyricist himself. no new friend in congress, covid matches, videos depictings the murder of a colleague. the mood at the capitol is toxic. is civility dead and gone? but, first, moment ago, president joe biden addressing the growing omicron covid surge. he says there is more work to do to get covid tests to every corner of the country, and his new mantra for governors, if you need help, just ask. biden is also careful to say that history is not repeating itself. this is not like march of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. we re prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused and continue to work together. my message to the governor is simple. if you need something, say something. and we we re going have your back any way we can. the president s words come as the u.s. nears an awful repeat
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a lot of support. they re calling him the pride of serbia. meantime, serbia s president lashed out at australia s treatment of djokovic. he said australian authorities and the media harassed him and called the actions both a witch hunt against the tennis star and the country himself. here s more from the serbian leader. they think they have by this, this miss treatment of ten days humiliated djokovic but they have humiliated themselves. he can return to his home country with his head held high looking everyone in the eye. they ve called this scandalous and a huge injustice against their champion. now the u.s. surgeon general is warning a national peak in the omicron covid surge likely won t happen in the coming days and the next few weeks will be tough. he spoke to jake tapper on
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traumatic experience. he encourages other organizations, congregations to go through similar training and thanked everyone for their prayers and support. we re also learning a little bit more about the suspect and how he came into the united states. a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told josh campbell that the suspect arrived in the u.s. via jfk five weeks ago and he was not on a watch list. there is more investigation to be done about how he went from new york to texas and why and how this happened in the first place. back to you. the u.s. surgeon general is warning a national peak in the omicron covid surge likely won t happen in the coming days and says the next few weeks will be tough. he spoke to cnn s jake tapper on sunday and said testing is still a top priority.
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