right now, 37 states detected the new variant. west virginia becoming the latest. in new york, the positivity test rate is doubling at a speed never seen before. forcing officials to debate whether new year s eve at times square, expecting a return to prepandemic crowds of thousands, should be canceled now. in a sports world, the nba and nfl and nhl are all changing covid-19 protocols in hopes of preventing the cancellations of games. and this year s miss world competition in puerto rico is now postponed after 23 of the 97 contestants tested positive. we should say this as well, amidala amid all the warnings there is a silver lining. despite record-breaking daily case rates, hospital admissions continue to be lower than previous waves. still, g-7 health ministers are calling omicron the biggest current threat to global public health. our team following all of the latest. let s begin with shimon prokupecz on the ground in new york city. this positivity rate in new york, this i
a kentucky candle factory. about 110 people were in that factory last night when a tornado hit the area. kentucky s governor says it s likely 50 people died across the state, but he says that number could rise to over 100. we re seeing things that none of us have ever seen before. i went to hurricane katrina several years ago and i ve seen things now i didn t see then. the damage here is undescribable. it s changed the landscape of the city that we know here in mayfield. kentucky s governor andy beshear says that tornadoes cut a 200 mile long path across his state. right now thousands are without power. untold number of homes have been destroyed. and with the state of emergency declared, the national guard is deploying to hard-hit areas. it s one of the toughest nights in kentucky history, and some areas have been hit in ways that are hard to put into words. and as we re sitting here today, this is before daybreak, we believe our death toll from this event will exceed 5
also tonight, there s growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. i ll speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice department s criminal probe into january 6th. federal prosecutors preparing to fight in court to force former white house officials to testify about their conversations with then president trump. our senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan po lance helped break the story here in the situation room. this could be the clearest sign yet that justice department is honing in on trump s efforts to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. walk us through your exclusive reporting. well, wolfe, evan perez and i are learning from several s
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