Poised to filibuster a 9/11 commission to get to the truth of what happened on capitol hill. What went wrong with police security, the military response, and what donald trump was doing as it all unfolded. 35 republicans broke ranks and joined democrats to support it, and today majority leader chuck schumer took to the floor of the senate to dare senate republicans. I was within 20 feet of these hooligans. It was one of the darkest moments in american democracy. And yet not five months later, many on the republican side are trying to whitewash what happened. My senate republican colleagues must now ask themselves, are they going to join us in pursuing the truth, or are they going to cover for donald trump and his big lie? over the last 48 hours, we ve heard many republicans, including senate leader mitch mcconnell say there are plenty of investigations already underway. But a member of his senate gop leadership added another reason. It could be weaponized politically and drug into next
this is a story about land, wealth and murder. it is a story of a people known as the children of the middle waters. the osage. legend hasz has it hay descended from the stars. and landed on a vast territory. in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. that s a fancy car. cadillacs and lincolns were their favorite. the objects of racist envy. people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money. targets of manipulation. bribery, and worse. it was systemic. everybody was in on it. i m headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage. how they became so rich. the rush was on. and who wanted them erased from their towns. she was 21 years old. and ultimately from american history. america was built on the graves of indians. they didn t care if we died. they didn t care if our children died. it wasn t okay then. it s not okay now. murder is murder .
growing tensions between china and taiwan. beijing sends two dozen war planes into the taiwan air defense zone . thanks for joining us. the world health organization is taking stock of the covid-19 omicron variant and says the over all risk is very high. as the world races to understand and contain the new form of covid-19. u.s. president biden is set to speak later today about what the u.s. knows about the variant. remarks come as u.s. travel restrictions take effect on south africa where the variant was first detected and several neighboring countries. medical experts say if it isn t already in the u.s., it probably will be soon. australia and canada reported cases on sunday. and there are a number of infections in europe. g 7 health ministers meet in the coming hours on omicron. after this warning from the european commission president. we are now in a race against time. why that, because we know not all about this variant. but it is a variant of concern. and the scien
travel bans. south africa calling those moves unfair. pandemics are not about panicking, they re about policies, protocols and practice. and we are also monitoring this hour the market, the stock market as nervous investors as stocks stabilize after friday s fifth selloff. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. it is monday, november 29th. we begin with a global scramble where we ve contained the omicron variant. the world health organization has in the last hour or so come out with a technical statement saying the risk is very high. travelers from south africa take effect. g7 is set to hold talks later on the phone today. new form of omicron has been found in seven countries. the u.s. isn t alone in shutting its borders in an attempt to contain the variant. that has sparked anger in south africa where scientists have alerted the global community. while there are signs omicron is more infectious, we still don t know how b
x 6 p.m. on the west coast and e are awaiting the results of the gop caucuses in north dakota, where the polls now officially all closed. we ll continue to monitor and update. throughout the evening. and of course, super tuesday is tomorro w and these are the states that will be voting tomorrow, alabama, alaska, arkansas, california, colorado, maine, massachusetts. minnesota. north carolina. oklahoma. tennessee. texas. utah. vermont. p and virginia. it ll be a test after the show. but first, formerer donald trump scored a major victory today when the u.s. supreme court unanimously reversed that ruling that barred him from appearing on the colorado ballot ahead of tomorrow s maimary. now saying in the majority opinion, quote, states have no powejor under under the constito rcto enforce section three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. trum president trump reacted to this decision on true sociawi l, calling it a big win for america. and he s right. base