vi charlottesville, a cnn special report at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. the new hour of new day starts right now. we are always so grateful to have you with us. welcome to new day. it is saturday, december 4th. i m christi paul. great to be with you. i m boris sanchez. we begin with the fugitive parents of the suspect in the oxford high school shooting now in oakland county jail, where their son is also being held for allegedly killing four of his classmates and injuring seven others. you re watching exclusive video obtained by cnn as james and jennifer crumbley were arrested early this morning on manslaughter charges after police were tipped off that the couple were in detroit. an attorney for the pair said they left town for their own safety and intended to turn themselves in yesterday. that, of course, never happened. this type of evasive behavior,
are squaring off against one of the central players in the failed former president s plot to overturn the 2020 election. meanwhile, we ve got the star witness of the week, a man who testified over four hours this week in front of the select committee, investigating the january 6th insurrection. georgia, secretary of state, brad rathensberger with how he answered questions about donald trump s demand he find more votes and jennifer granholm at an offshore wind farm in rhode island this week and asked her about touching the political third rail of nuclear generated power. had answers to that and many more about climate infrastructure and biden agenda politics coming up. velshi begins right now. good morning to you. it is saturday, december 4th. i m ali velshi. the country at the brink of
teenage victims. we are oxford, and no one will shatter that love. plus, bracing for omicron, the new variant spreading twice as fast as delta, according to a new report. as new york s new state of emergency takes effect. we are now seeing a number of cases that are arising here in the united states, and it may very well be that we continue to see cases over the next couple of days from multiple different states. and gop house members exchange low blows, we ll take a closer look at the toxic bickering going down in the republican party. and party s leadership s inability to control it. good morning, everybody, it is saturday, december 4th. i m lindsey reiser, good to be with you, we have a team of reporters and analystle following this forrious. but want to get straight to the breaking news overnight. the parents of the accused teen in the michigan school shooting are now in police custody, after
place within the hour. these parents were fugitives. they were found in detroit late last night. they are going to be brought to at least the first stage of justice. we will bring that to you live. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it is saturday, december 4th. i m ali velshi and a very, very busy morning it is including in michigan where overnight the parents of the alleged shooter at the oxford high school in michigan were taken into custody. they were, it appears, appearing to evade the law. they were found in detroit after a 911 call came in. they are in police custody. they will be appearing before a judge, we believe, within the next hour and we will have full coverage of that right here on msnbc. additionally, omicron is here as of this morning. at least ten states have detected omicron within their borders. this new strain of the coronavirus that the world health organization calls a variant of concern is spreading
including denver, yet to have their first measurable snowfall. less than 8% of the lower 48 has any snow cover. but that will change. we ve got a system across the northern tier likely to dump pretty decent snow starting tomorrow. snow in hawaii. who would have thought? pack a parka. allison chinchar thanks so much. thanks. buenos dias, good morning. it s saturday, december 4th. i m boris sanchez, welcome to your new day. and i m christi paul. hi, boris. good to see you. we have breaking news this morning. yeah, we start in michigan were james and jennifer crumpbly, the parents of the oxford high school student is