Course. Some governors arent willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic. I say to these governors, please help. If you arent going to help, at least get out of the way. Now, biden targeted the governors of florida and texas who both are republicans, but its about banning Mask Restrictions in what he sees as acts of political defiance. What we know is those two states account for a third of all the cases in the United States right now. F florida leads the nation in hospitalizations, breaking its own record with 10,000 Covid Patients in a single day. Texas is second in line with more than 6600 hospitalizations. Remember, hospitalizations are a lagging indicator. You have to have cases first and then a small percentage of them become hospitalizations. So that tells you something about all the cases they had up to this point. Hospitalizations on their own have topped 50,000 nationwide for the first time since february. More than 80,000 new cases a day, more infections than this ti
Least get out of the way. Now, biden targeted the governors of florida and texas who both are republicans, but its about banning Mask Restrictions in what he sees as acts of political defiance. What we know is those two states account for a third of all the cases in the United States right now. Florida leads the nation in hospitalizations, breaking its own record with 10,000 Covid Patients in a single day. Texas is second in line with more than 6600 hospitalizations. Remember, hospitalizations are a lagging indicator. You have to have cases first and then a small percentage of them become hospitalizations. So that tells you something about all the cases they had up to this point. Hospitalizations on their own have topped 50,000 nationwide for the first time since february. More than 80,000 new cases a day, more infections than this time last summer. Half the country is fully vaccinated now and yet we still have this many cases. Why . Well discuss with the Surgeon General in a moment. H
In a moment Well brIng you all tomorrows front pages In our Paper RevIew but fIrst thIs evenIngs breakIng news that afterjust three weeks In the job, the leader of Northern Irelands democratIc unIonIst Party EdwIn poots has resIgned after a revolt In hIs own party. Our Ireland Correspondent ChrIs Page explaIns why. ThIs place where Northern Irelands polItIcs Plays Out Is Well used to unpredIctabIlIty, Drama And StraIn relatIons I really no one has seen anythIng lIke the events whIch have unfolded thIs evenIng. It seems lIke In no tIme at all sInce Arlene Foster was deposed as devey leader after an Internal coup. Now her Successor Edward boots has announced he Is standIng down. The basIc Issue, of the mIll he won. The condItIons under whIch unIonIst StaIr Power unIts In the devolved government. He led hIs partIsans only last month. At thIs evenIng. He seemed to be a bIt happIer. SIr Geoffrey Donaldson who narrowly lost the recent leadershIp contest. In one of the most senIor DemocratIc
push progressives to support the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal passed by the senate. cnn s lauren fox joining us live now from capitol hill. we re a week away from the deadline to fund the government. the president as we know working frantically to save his economic agenda and that s the big question, what is that plan b? reporter: well, let s break it down. there is really two crucial dates. like you said, it is one week until the government runs out of funding and that is the must pass legislation that democrats are still grappling with, how to get through the house and the senate. now, it is already passed the house of representatives, but it included an increase in the debt ceiling. republicans in the senate saying they are not going to vote to support that. so if democrats want to make sure that this government stays funded, what they have to do is likely strip out the debt ceiling increase. and as we know, the treasury department has made clear that the d
and cdc reducing isolation time for health care workers have tested positive, as some of the airline industry push for the same. a guilty verdict for minnesota police officer kim potter after four days of deliberations. we will speak to daunte wright s mother ahead. hail the hero. tsa agent jumping over the conveyor belt to save a choking baby. all of that caught on camera. you re going to want to see it. good morning to our viewers in the u.s. and all around the world. it is friday, december 24th. very merry christmas eve. it is last call now for shopping, gift wrapping. santa likely already starting his deliveries. he s out there making the rounds. so is covid. for the second year in a row, the pandemic bringing a lot of folks the equivalent of a lump of coal. airlines struggle with a shortage of flight crews and operations staff. overnight, the cdc announcing a big change in its covid guidance. health care workers who test positive for covid-19 but are asymptomatic