that space back. that battle just ahead. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start with our politics lead. new disturbing video from the january 6th insurrection released by the justice department showing a trump supporter taunting, stalking and then ultimately punching a police officer. there are several clips that we must warn you are disturbing and contain profanity. here s the first. we re patriots, too. we f ying disarm them and then we storm the fucking capitol. fuck you. so much hate in his eyes. this man gets in the face of officers yelling at them before slugging one of the officers. watch. you don t know what the fuck oau doing. no idea what you re doing. not one idea. don t talk to me, brother. don t you talk to me. the. get the f out of here. cnn s jessica schneider joins me now. those aren t the only videos, are they? cnn has fought for and won the release of three different sets of videos, videos shown in court or i
we ll talk about that. this hour also, millions are bracing for a major winter storm. where it s going and when. we re live at the cnn weather center. meet the wealthy canadian couple who skipped the covid vaccine line and incurred the wrath of their country . with just more than a week before his second impeachment trial, donald trump is losing lawyers. sources say five attorneys have cut ties with the former president over legal strategy. we ve learned mr. trump wanted them to argue there was a mass election fraud and that the election was stolen from him. not the legality of convicting a president after he s left office. former u.s. attorney harry litman explains what this could mean for trump s case. it s a disaster for the defense. five is all that there are. it s not simply that they open a week from tuesday. he has briefs due with his basic legal position on tuesday. it s inconceivable to me that he could get any kind of halfway professional lawyer and get toge
face covering. and be afraid. that s the warning hackers put on ukrainian websites after high-stakes talks to prevent a russian invasion stalled. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. with just days to go until the australian open, top-ranked tennis player novak djokovic is once again in immigration detention following the second cancellation of his visa. the serbian star arrived at a melbourne hotel being used as a detention facility earlier. any hope of competing in the open on monday rift rests on the outcome of an appeal hearing set for sunday. as phil black reports, australia s immigration minister has introduced new reasons for why djokovic should be deported. reporter: the latest volley landing this match in court, served by australia s immigration minister, alex hawk, canceling novak djokovic s visa a second time, citing health and good order grounds on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so. in a quickly c
particular industry. and they won t back down. a top u.s. diplomat warns the drum beat of war is sounding loud from russia. what will vladimir putin do next? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper starting with the politics lead. for the first time in the january 6th investigation, the u.s. justice department is using the rare charge of seditious conspiracy related to the insurrection at the capitol. prosecutors indicted 11 defendants on this charge including the leader of the oathkeepers, the violence prone far right extremist group. prosecutors say that the defendants opposed by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power. video from january 6th shows a group in oathkeepers insignia, many wearing helmets, moving in a single file tactical formation through the crowd. and according to the indictment the defendants conspired beginning in november, 2020. they recruited members and affiliates, organized training and paramilitary combat tactics.
voluntarily and turn over information. and we re awaiting a possible decision by the australian government on the fate of the tennis star novak djokovic. will he be able to stay in the country after he admitted to violating covid protocols. there is growing pressure for an answer as player match-ups before the australian open will be drawn just a few hours from now. we want to welcome our viewers hire in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the changing tone among u.s. health officials and covid experts. they re sounding more and more resigned to the idea that almost every american will be exposed to or infected with the omicron variant. cnn s nick watt has our report. omicron, when it is extraordinarily unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility will ultimately find everybody. it is finding an infecting nearly three quarters of a million americans on average every day. we preparing an upd