On key parts of president biden s agenda including infrastructure. In the coming weeks and more. We re going to look at what lies ahead. Over at the white house, the president brought in local leaders and police chiefs to talk about ways to curb rising crime and gun violence in the country. We rise we have to come together to fulfill the responsibility of democracy, keep each other safe. That s what the american people are looking for when it comes to reducing violent crime and gun violence. And one of the leaders who attended that meeting, washington, d. C. , mayor joins us later this hour to talk about what came out of today s session. The president also says that he stands with the cuban people after rare protests against the government over a lack of food, fuel, and other important items. We re going to look at what this could mean for cuba with a reporter live on the ground in havana. We ll have a live report what is going on in texas where dozens of state house democrats plan to
continue to mask for five days to minimize the risk of infecting others. now, that new guidance is sparking relief for some, confusion for others as americans attempt to navigate how to manage the virus at this point and, of course, the new variant. these changes come as new cases are surging across the country right now. the us .s. is averaging more th 237,000 daily cases. for many americans, this holiday season may be remembered for hours spent in long testing lines or desperately searching pharmacy shelves for at-home tests. our team of reporters following all the latest developments this morning, but first, to our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen on this big shift in guidance from the cdc. good morning. explain it to all of us because it is coulnfusing, even the lite part where it says that the time. does that mean you need to be asymptomatic at the end of the five days or the whole time? it is so confusing, poppy. let s start with where we were before this.
national cathedral in d.c. canceling in-person christmas services amid the rise in covid cases. merry christmas. i m jon scott. charles walt on in atlanta with the rise in covid cases. we begin with david lee miller at la guardia airport. jon, lots of turbulence for airline commerces. those are the ones who didn t get off the grounds. 944 flights coast to coast have been canceled due to staff shortages due to covid. 600 cancellations globally. delta canceled 12% of their flights today. that followed the flights yesterday, one of the busiest days of the year. most of the cancellations were made well in advance of the scheduled flights before people midwest home. but there was frustration and unexpected delays. listen to this man who made it to salt lake city after a difficult ordeal. we got laid over for 7 hours. and we slept in the nursing little room. we had nowhere to go. we had to figure out a flight. traveling with a toddler can be difficult. a 7-hour layover? a 7
tonight. also developing as we come on the air, the earthquake in california. a strong earthquake off the coast. the magnitude 6.2 quake damaging homes and businesses. some windows shattered. several aftersharks now being reported. tonight, news president biden has talked with senator joe manchin, after the bombshell reveal 24 hours ago by manchin that he is a no on the president s build back better bill. tonight, what both of them are now signaling now. cecilia vega with us live at the white house. two major drills we re watching at this hour. jury deliberations now under way in the case of former police officer kim potter in minnesota. the prosecutor calling the shooting and killing of daunte wright reckless and a blunder of epic propoe sutipropotions. and the trial of ghislaine maxwell going to the jury late today. the prosecution calling her and jeffrey epstein partners in crime. the defense calling a victim of straight up sensationalism. a college student last
like a senate republican threat to shut down the government may be off the table. but there s a catch. here s president biden not too long ago. i spoke with mitch mcconnell, spoke with schumer. there is a plan in place unless somebody decides to be totally i rattic. and i don t think that will happen. we are live on the hill with the latest. plus at the white house the president in that same speech where he took that question there rolling out a national winner strategy to fight covid with now another case of the new omicron variant confirmed in the u.s. we ve got details of the new pandemic plan live at the white house, jfk airport, and with our medical expert for a reality check on the strategy launched by the biden administration and what we re learning about omicron. i m hallie jackson. national reporter sala kapur on capitol hill and friend of the show jake sherman. sala, let me start with you. there is some action happening in the house right now i think on the pr