this is a story about land, wealth and murder. it is a story of a people known as the children of the middle waters. the osage. legend hasz has it hay descended from the stars. and landed on a vast territory. in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. that s a fancy car. cadillacs and lincolns were their favorite. the objects of racist envy. people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money. targets of manipulation. bribery, and worse. it was systemic. everybody was in on it. i m headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage. how they became so rich. the rush was on. and who wanted them erased from their towns. she was 21 years old. and ultimately from american history. america was built on the graves of indians. they didn t care if we died. they didn t care if our children died. it wasn t okay then. it s not okay now. murder is murder .
legend has it they descended from the stars and landed on a vast territory in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. that s a fancy car. lincolns and cadillacs were their favorites. the objects of racist envy. people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money? and targets of manipulation, bribery, and worse. they they were systematic. everybody was in on it. i m headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage, how they became so rich the rush was on. and who wanted them erased from their towns. so she was 21 years old. and ultimately from american history. america was built on the graves of indians. they didn t care if we died. they didn t care if our children died. it wasn t okay then, and it s not okay now. you know, murder is murder. one night, almost 100 years ago, a 40-year-old man named henry roan went out for a drive. a few
you re eligible to get that booster right away, this would be it. so, as of right now, no cases have been identified in the united states. the reality, though, dr. anthony fauci says, it s inevitable. the white house officials bracing for it, doing their best to prepare for it. some health officials believe the variant is likely already in the u.s. john harwood is at the white house. nick valencia is at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. john, we know the president will be receiving a briefing from the covid-19 response team. we re set to hear from the president in the next hour. what are we expecting him to say? reporter: i think what we expect, erica, is a variant of what he said yesterday after he got his initial briefing on omicron, which is that above all else, this is a cue to the american people who have not been vaccinated to get vaccinated and those who have not gotten their booster shot to get booster shots. for all the unknowns about omicron, how
states and dozens of other countries are banning travel from south africa and seven neighboring countries. cases of the omicron variant have now been confirmed in at least 14 countries, including canada. as of now, there are no known cases in the u.s., but it is only a matter of time. we have reporters all over the world covering this developing story. let s start with cnn s paula newton live in ottawa, canada, on this. paula, the first cases, the first known cases in north america, is right where you are. what are you learning? reporter: right here in the city, two confirmed cases and kate, breaking for us this hour, ontario health officials say they have another four cases under investigation. and for that reason, health officials here in canada are saying, look, expect more cases of the omicron variant confirmed in canada within hours, maybe. what they are saying, though, is that this is no need to panic, that they are not changing any of their health restrictions so far
knowledgeable actions and speed. not chaos and confusion. the omicron variant has now been found in more than a dozen countries including canada. the rapid spread is prompting the u.s. to restrict travel from southern africa. and now the u.k. has just recorded the first case the community transmission. that means the infected person did not travel to south africa so far no confirmed omicron infections in the u.s. but the president said today, that sooner ore later omicron will be here. nick valencia is at the international airport in atlanta. in a moment we talk about the travel ban but let s tart with kaitlan collins. kaitlan, tell us more about what the president said about omicron. reporter: well he was hoping to reassure the nation because he doesn t have a lot more specifics that what y all just laid out there and that is what his scientists are working on and dr. fauci has told him it will be about a week or to before they know more including if it is more transmi