Jab at him with the tax cuts passed in the trump administration, because he said unlike that, all of his plans are fully paid for, and so he went into details on some of those things as well. But i have to tell you, garrett, there is not a lot of new in these remarks that the president has talked about this over and over again, and the build back better agenda from day one in fact, and so this is is a president who wanted to come tout speak out and speak about what took place and moving forward and the second half of the agenda, but what stuck out to me today is that he did not speak about what happened with the businesses and the universities and the airlines who are requiring the vaccines and i asked jen psaki in the briefing if it was the official white house position that is what they wanted the private sector to do, and they would not go that far, but they are hoping that the businesses will be modeled for others, but that is what we are watching, but he says that he hopes that ot
Know you will as well. I m chris cuomo. Welcome to primetime. Multiple stories are breaking. First, i have more evidence for you tonight that the party of trump really has no shame in their game, and they are lying to you about their belief or their suggestion that january 6th is being overhyped. It was a terror attack on the citadel of our democracy. And the justice department wants you to know that. They are releasing never before seen body cam and surveillance footage that shows exactly what happened. You tell me if this looks like people on a tour. If this just looks like angry patriots. If this just looks like nothing compared to what you saw with black lives matter. Take a look. You re an american. People die for this. I can t. You ll have to kill me. Now, look, let s deal with two obvious things, okay? when a white guy says to a cop, i m sorry, buddy, you re going to have to kill me if you want me to move, you know, in the middle of chaos, they move. Black guy says the same thin
the election by putting forward fake electors from seven states that trump lost. also this week an atlanta area district attorney requested a special grand jury to investigate the former president s election interference in georgia, and trump family members are also under the legal spotlight as the january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate and has subpoenaed phone records from other trump family members. we re starting, though, with the breaking news, today. the department of justice has just charged a texas man for allegedly making death threats against election workers in georgia. cnn s evan perez joins us now. what can you tell us about the suspect and the charges? well, victor, his name is chad stark, and he was arrested today in texas. he s being charged by prosecutors in atlanta, and according to the prosecutors, what he did was he posted a message on craigslist in january of 2021 seeking to pay someone $10,000 if they would kill specific georgia ele
i am, too. because, again, every single moment we remind people about the urgency and vaccination and why it s so important it helps people, helps the community, helps the globe. and you re right, i never understood why you didn t put the feather in that cap. the idea of operation warp speed, that could have been something. and some say had he embraced it sooner it might have changed the dynamics of the election in 2020, but we can guess all day and read tea leaves. we know what s happening right now. laura, good to see you. have a good show. good to see you, too. and thank you. and merry christmas. merry christmas, michael smerconish. and this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates in for don lemon. and tonight the cdc is changing its guidelines for health care workers who test positive for covid-19 just as the omicron variant spreads quickly across the united states with now more than 164,000 new cases reported today alone. the agency is saying health care worke
emotional testimony. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the omicron variant of the coronavirus is turning into the grinch that ruined christmas for thousands of travelers around the globe. according to the tracking site flightaware, united airlines has now canceled more than 160 christmas eve flights. a company memo obtained by cnn says the surge in cases has had a direct impact. the airline says it s working hard to get passengers to their destinations, and alaska airlines called off 17 flights thursday, warning more cancellations are possible today. the tsa expects the number of air travelers over the next ten days to rival pre-pandemic figures from 2019. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has details from washington, d.c. reporter: things are getting busier by the moment at reagan national airport and at airports across the country. the tsa says it screened more people on wednesday than we saw back in 2019, before the pan