allocated but hasn t gone out to anybody yet. so this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. and the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. republicans say this is a liberal wish list. president biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. he told us that on the campaign trail and a promise that he s making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. here s one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. so are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the united states over the longer term? as this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, there s a shift going on in the country. take a look. cases have dropped 47% since the daily average peak january 8. very good news about where this virus is headed. think about this. the governors
remained relatively lower than previous peaks. some good news there. still, this new surge is causing major disruptions to daily life. thousands more flights cancelled today. airlines seeing critical staffing shortages brought on by covid, and the surge is also impacting sports. several college football bowl games cancelled. others now seeking replacement teams as the virus sweeps through the nation. the nhl, the nba and the nfl all forced to postpone some games, and this morning president joe biden joining his pandemic response team s meeting with the national governor s association. while he says the u.s. has made great progress, biden at mitts there are still some gaps in our response. this is not like march of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. we re prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused and continue to work together. we went from no over-the-counter tests in january to 46 mi
vaccinated and get boosted. i want to begin tonight with cnn s nadia romero and alison kosik who are keeping watch on all of this for us. nadia, you re in atlanta at one of the world s busiest airports, and how are flight cancelations impacting travelers today? reporter: yeah, ryan, we re talking about more than a thousand flights canceled today alone. that takes us to about 2,000 across this holiday weekend. and people are feeling the impact. i spoke with one man who said that his flight was delayed, but he still missed it because just how long the lines were to get through tsa. he had a great attitude about it. he says i get one more day with my family. i spoke with another person who was supposed to go from atlanta to wyoming. her flight was canceled she says because of weather. that s what that she was told. that s what we re hearing from a lot of people, but there are others who are able to get on their flights, couldn t be happier to get back to their normal lives aft
the swedish pop group other have released their first album in almost 40 years, called voyage and next year there will be a concert in london but the group will not appear in person. there will be digital versions of the stars instead, their own version of avatars. colin paterson has been getting to know them. benny and bjorn in abba s home town. the good thing about living in stockholm is that people don t bother you. not in the 70s, not in the 80s, not now. they come up now and they re all happy and say, wow, i m so happy that you made a couple of new songs. # promise me you can. the idea of making a whole album was not part of the original plan. abba had only gone back into the studio to record a couple of new tracks for next year s live show, which will feature digital recreations of the band in concert, looking like they did in 1979. we had two songs. we enjoyed those. we thought they were really good so we said, maybe we should do a couple more. this is a big deal
veteran tv presenter and dancer lionel blair has died at the age of 92. good morning, the taxi industry is warning of a shortage of 160,000 staff. demand forjourneys is high but there aren t enough drivers. i am at a call centre to find out why. five goals and three red cards a dramatic return, to england for the new tottenham boss antonio conte but it eventually ends in victory. a bit chilly this morning particularly across england with a widespread frost. while temperatures rise a bit widespread frost. while temperatures rise a hit this weekend, get ready for heavy rain and strong winds. we don t need to. prove anything here. i don t think we re taking a risk. if people think that we were better 40 years ago, fine. and we speak to abba as they release their first album in a0 years. it s friday 5th november. this yorkshire county cricket club will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss the growing fallout from its handling of a report into racial abuse of a former play