secretary of state anthony blinken warns russia ahead of meetings over tensions of ukraine at the top of the agenda this shower. and true to his word, the women s tennis association boss puts principle ahead of profit, suspending tournaments in china over the safety of peng shuai. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. it is thursday, december 2nd. we begin with the omicron variant of the coronavirus, now confirmed in the united states. now, dr. anthony fauci says the person is fully vaccinated and had recently traveled to south africa. the u.s. is now among many countries, at least 20 countries, in fact. have a look at the map. and territories with confirmed omicron cases even though the world health organization says it remains dominant around the globe. have a listen. having a single person who had what would be considered a breakthrough infection because the person was fully vaccinated doesn t
the hook for some $1.6 billion and historic defamation lawsuit . we have the latest from inside the courtroom. charged the man accused of shooting a teenage boy is now facing two felony counts. we re live in kansas city as they wait for andrew lester to turn himself in, and the family of young ralph charles is speaking out to cnn. follow from the leak of highly classified panama pentagon documents after the arrest of the alleged leaker. authorities are now looking at what role of pro russian social media account played in the case. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. at this moment in a delaware courtroom dominions historic $1.6 billion defamation trial against fox news could soon get underway. this is by far the most significant defamation trial in generations and most significant case against a media company, perhaps ever it all comes after this mysterious 24 hour delay that did raise questions about po
of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat, seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson, narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. with me is the bbc s helena humphrey. we helena humphrey. have seen some extraordinary images we have seen some extraordinary images from tennessee, tell us what we have been witnessing? certainly an extraordinary day, as we speak right now protests are continuing their outside of the state capital in tennessee, all of this coming off the back of the news that two accredited representatives avenue you say have been ousted today. firstly justinjones, 27 years old representing parts of nashville and justin pearson, 29 years old representing parts of memphis. two black representatives and then gloria johnson was a
fire. a gunman opening fire inside one of the offices, people running for cover. video surfacing online showing another recruitment center firebombed. and tonight, the new drone video showing the wait. up to 50 hours to cross the border to get out of russia into georgia. will russia now crack down on those border crossings? and vladimir putin s new move tonight involved edward snowden. ian pannell on it all from ukraine. also, from inside russia, the death toll rising after a horrific school shooting there. at least 17 people killed, including 11 children and two teachers. tonight, also the images coming out of iran. authorities cracking down now on protesters across that country. dozens killed. police reportedly firing tear gas and stun grenades into the crowds of protesters showing their support for a 22-year-old woman who died while in the custody of iran s morality police. martha raddatz with late reporting tonight. and iran s new warning for the u.s. and the west. in
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we re following breaking news on a damning new report with heartbreaking details into the massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the report just released by the texas house investigative committee found systemic failures and egregious poor decision making by multiple entities including law enforcement, the school and the shooter s family. the report also says the attacker likely murdered most of the victims before responders were able to get to the school. 19 children and two teachers were killed in may when an 18-year-old gunman broke into the school and opened fire. we are joined now from uvalde, texas. this is the first we re hearing now in this report that in this fact-finding report that the committee believes that most of those 18 children and two teachers killed were killed before the first responders got there even though in the surveillance video you can hear r