you know, sending out press releases from mar-a-lago. it is sad because the republican party will exist. but it is lost in a lot of people s minds any credibility and it is going to take a while to get it back. the new revelations also shed light on why the committee is so interested in hearing from former vice president mike pence. here is committee member adam schiff on why that is so important. he would have, i think, very undoubtedly relevant testimony for us about that pressure campaign. no one would be in a better position really to speak to it than he would. all of the efforts to get him to violate his constitutional duty, to count the votes and instead reject votes without basis, as the chair has indicated we intend to extend that invitation fairly soon. joining me political national correspondent betsy woodruff swan, and reporter for the washington post carol evening will. carol, talk to us on what they hope to get from vice president pence? i think i will
steph ruhle. tuesday, december 28th. big news from the cdc. new guidelines shortening the recommended isolation and quarantine times for those who test positive or exposed to the coronavirus. here s how it breaks down people who test positive but have no symptoms should, in fact, isolate five days instead of ten. and then wear a mask for those five days following. the if you guidelines apply to everybody, by the way, including the unvaccinated. we ll dig into that. all of this announced after the president met virtually with some of the nation s governors monday conceding that not enough has been done to expand covid testing capacity saying, there s a lot more work to be done, but making a pledge. just have to stay focused and continue to work together. my message to the governors is simple. if you need something, say something. and we, we re going to have your back, in any way we can. and then omicron forcing more closures across the board. apple temporarily shutting d
we ll hear from one woman who is inspiring work with the homeless and less fortunate has earned her the title cnn hero of the year. all that and more is coming up this christmas morning. let s get a check of your news headlines. good morning, boris and merry christmas to all of you. i m jessica dean in washington. and we begin this morning with a major moment for nasa. engine start. and liftoff. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. the $10 billion james webb telescope lifted off from the european space agency s launch site minutes ago. the telescope which is being called the most powerful ever will take one month to complete its orbit around the sun which is just under a million miles away. because it will be so far away, it won t be able to be serviced or repaired should anything go wrong. the telescope will be able to observe the atmosphere of planets outside of our solar system as never before, potentially finding which planets might sustai
on friday alone. in los angeles, new cases, they are tripled in the last week. and the surging infections making a real mess of holiday travel for so many people. several major airlines canceling hundreds of flights this morning citing staffing shortages. and we are monitoring all the developments. nadia, you are in atlanta. what is the situation for travelers there right now? good morning. it is ererily quiet here simply because delta for one canceled about 250 flights on wednesday. so some people were able to get those cancellations earlier this weekend a try to make the changes as best they could. but really we re seeing cancellations happening all across the country with major airlines, delta canceling some 283 flights. united 238. and jetblue, 120. just for christmas day so far. but over this entire weekend, we re looking at more than 1,000 flights being canceled here in the u.s. and you can imagine that impact on travelers. i listened to some of them, their frustratio
give us guarantees. - you must do it immediately, now. hello, and wherever you re joining us, hello, and wherever you rejoining us, in the uk or around the world, thank you forjoining us this hour. i m shaun ley. a former police officer in minnesota has been found guilty of manslaughter, following the killing of a black motorist, daunte wright. kimberley potter says she mistook her handgun for a taser during a routine traffic stop. the prosecution argued she d shown culpable negligence during the incident, which led to several nights of intense protests. the jury was shown bodycam footage of the traffic stop, stopping short of the moment when daunte wright died. kimberly potter says she thought she was drawing her taser, rather than her handgun, when she shot daunte wright in the chest. the incident occurred at a very sensitive time, not far from the court where white police officer derek chauvin was standing trial for the murder of a black man george floyd. let s have a list