By every measure, coronavirus is going the wrong direction in america. The number of new daily cases is 30,000, triple the number we were seeing one month ago. This is more like april and june of 2020. Cases are rising in all 50 states, up sharply in 32 states now and the unvaccinated are fuelling this resurgence, the Surgeon General said 99. 5 of coronavirus deaths in the united states right now are among the unvaccinated. 97 of Covid Hospitalizations in america are people who are unvaccinated. These numbers are driving a major selloff on Wall Street at this moment. All three u. S. Stock indices are down sharply on pandemic fears. And it is not just here, it is also overseas. A member of u. S. Womens olympic Gymnastics Team has tested positive for covid in japan and she and another contact are now in isolation there. Further driving fears of an outbreak in tokyo with the games and opening ceremonies just days away. We have it all covered for you and it is a lot today. Lets begin with
Still higher than any time in history. So thats not how i judge whether or not were having economic growth. Mr. President on china and Cyber Hacking. She jumps up before you do. Reporter your administration is naming and shaming china, but no sanctions. Why, and is that effective enough . Theyre still determining exactly what happened. The investigation is not finished. Thank you all very much. Reporter what is your biggest understanding of what theyve done versus russia in terms of Cyber Hacking . That would take a longer explanation. Reporter we have all the time. No, we dont. I need to go see the king of jordan. To best of my knowledge, and im getting a Report Tomorrow on this, a detailed report. My understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves but are protecting those who are doing it, and maybe even accommodating them being able to do it. That would with the difference. Thank you. John king In Washington. Youre watchi
january was the deadliest month of this year-long pandemic. this is a wake-up call to all of us. we can keep up with the virus as long as we continue to invest in surveillance. announcer: this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and chris christie. and there is a shot of the white house with nine days to go until his second impeachment trial. former president trump, he has no legal team in place this morning. all five attorneys tapped for his impeachment defense quit. a source tells cnn the former president wanted them to argue the 2020 election was stolen to from him. and we have to point out that is a lie. it adds to this uncertain time for the republican party. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is canceling upcoming house gop leadership meeting t would have come as the party grapples with infighting over the former president s preechlt and what to do with a conspiracy theorist congresswoman. daniella diaz live from capitol hill. a few days from the
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kezia dugdale who is the director ofjohn smith centre, glasgow university & former scottish labour leader and lucy fisher who is the deputy political editor at the telegraph. the telegraph leads on calls from some of the prime minister s own mps for him to resign in the wake of the downing street lockdown drinks party it was the paymaster general michael ellis, pictured on the front page, who was put forward by the government to mop up labour s urgent question over the affair. mounting pressure on borisjohnson from tory mps to come clean over whether he was at that event in may 2020 is the headline for the guardian. a similar warning on the front of the times say sorry, or doom us all , ministers tell borisjohnson. the i has been speaking to some mps who believe there will be further revelations about downing street lockdown law breaking. the ft looks ahead to tomorrow s sh
it s not all that bad. people magazine just named you the most sexist man of the year. oh, i think it s the sexiest. christmas show on saturday night due to the spread of the omicron variant. without a live audience featuring taped sketches and past favorites. tom hanks and tina fey kicked off the evening and introducing paul rudd. his fifth times hosting snl. it was pretty good, i enjoyed it a lot. tom hanks is hilarious, i came here all the way from california and not going to stop this. tina fey says hey, you know what else you started? what? covid. it was actually talking about doing the best they could with difficult circumstances. they certainly did that. absolutely. you had quite a weekend, yourself, did you? i had quite a weekend, yes. i was visiting my brother working with him, getting ready for christmas and you got a phone call saturday morning. i did from you, telling me the man in the house where i was had just become an ambassador. at 4:0