right, girl? singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. the united states and all around the world. it is friday, december 17th. i m john berman with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins this morning. nice to see you here. back in action. there s a lot going on this morning. on your beat, i should note as well. the white house is a new series of concerns with this pandemic. yeah. this morning, what might be the most complicated moment of the pandemic. not the deadliest, not the worst, but the most nuanced, probably the most confusing and i would say the most challenging. we are seeing huge increases in the number of coronavirus cases. that in itself is causing major reactions. a new group of colleges and universities have shifted their classes online. broadway canceled performances. one just minutes before the opening curtain. everyone was seated already. new outbreak in post pro sports. the league postponed games. the nba and nfl updated protocols f
stake was their promise to save america, at least in their own minds. and by save america, of course i mean save their re-election chances. in 2022 and 2024. and so for three quarters of a year, the sales pitch has been on. we are hard at work on build back better which includes so many policies families need so very much. i think build back better is going to help build this country back better and we re going to keep negotiating. it s important for us to get the build back better act over the finish line. for the american families to make it in the next year, we have got to make sure that build back better is passed. will: build back better did not make the finish line. it stumbled right at the ribbon. and its death, by the way is good news for americans. why is that? because right now this country is facing the highest inflation rate it has had in 39 years. and, according to brand new fox business poll released just an hour ago, it is inflation that is far and aw
arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command, i offer my deepest condolences to the families. i can only imagine what this has been like for them, and i hope that this discovery provides some solace during this difficult time. additionally, we ve been in close contact with the british and french console general to make sure they are fully apprised and their concerns are being addressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robust and immensely appreciated. we are grateful for the rapid mobilization of experts on the under seas search and resc
the coast of myrtle beach, south carolina. tonight, military crews are jam bling to recover the wreckage, and china is responding angrily. meanwhile, president biden says he and u.s. military leaders decided to wait until the balloon completed its cross-country journey and was safely overwater before shooting it down. listen to this. on wednesday when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. cnn has team coverage of this extraordinary moment in u.s. china relations. i want to start with cnn s orin lieberman over at the palm. walk us through what happened earlier today. this was days of planning to get to this point, to figure out how best to shoot this balloon down and where best to shoot this balloon down. in the end, the department of defense recommended waiting until it was out overwater and the prevailing winds over the united states, especially over the course of the past day, took it out over the water
long journey ends after the u.s. military shoots it down. . we ll look at the job lies ahead as crews work to recover the instruments carried by the balloon, china reacts with china adding an already strained relationship between washington and beijing. live in hong kong and the political fall-out democrats defend the president against republicans who argued biden waited too long. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila hurruck. u.s. military is savage operations are underway right now in shallow waters off the coast of south carolina, where a suspected chinese spy balloon crashed after shot down by a fighter jet on saturday. a reaction from the chinese government has been swift and angry. a foreign ministry statement accused washington of overreacting to a civilian unmanned air ship and the chinese defense ministry warned it reserve theed the right to use, quote, necessary means to deal with similar situations but washington has been skeptical and