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would have predicted us we are in the position we re in now, which is entering year three. it s clearly not enough. if we had known we would have gone harder, quicker. the virus is playing games with us. amid the omicron surge, the cdc recommends shortening the isolation time. but is it the right decision? with more americans flocking to testing sites across the country, president biden reassures state officials more covid tests are coming. and police officers are under scrutiny after body cam footage shows the moments before a 14-year-old girl was killed while shopping. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, december the 28th. despite a surge in covid cases in the u.s., the centers for disease control is issuing a new set of guidelines to shorten the isolation time for people who test positive for the virus. the cdc now recommends people can stop isolating after five days rather than ten. if they don t have s ....
york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. and i m paula reid in for christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports from los angeles, moscow, bough jing, delaware, rome and mexico city. basically everywhere. welcome to early start. paula, so nice to have you again today. we begin with a major change when it comes to how we live with the virus and frankly each other. the cdc has officially shortened its recommendation time isolation time for people who test positive with covid. instead of staying away from each other ten days, the cdc says stay home for just five days if and this is key here if you are asymptomatic by day five. the agency says this change is driven by data that shows most covid transmission is actually happening one to two days before someone has symptoms and in the two to three days after. it also comes as businesses across the country fashion the strain ....
a sobering warning as covid cases across the united states continue to increase, and fast. this as the cdc voted to recommend pfizer, moderna over johnson & johnson s vaccine due to side effect concerns. plus anger boiling over inside the democratic party as a key part of joe biden s agenda is now in jeopardy. and the wild and dangerous weather hammering the united states as typhoon rai barrels across the philippines. we re live for you at the world weather center. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, december 17th. we begin this hour with a surge in covid cases across the united states and really dire warnings that things are about to get worse. officials are scrambling to stem the spread of not one, but two highly contagious variants, both delta and omicron infections are climbing fast just as the holidays are approaching. cnn s nick watt has the story for you. reporter: covid-1 ....
still, covid is once again dominating our daily lives. schools, sports, work, all face this uncertain future. colleges are sending students home. more and more companies are delaying the return to the office. the nba and nfl rolling out new safety measures and cancelling games. even secretary of state anthony blinken cut his trip to southeast asia short after a journalist on the trip tested positive for covid. five months ago president biden said the virus no longer controls our lives. now people everywhere are lining up to be tested before joining family for the holidays. and to be clear, that s a good thing. new projections show winter holiday travel is about to roar back, so people should get tested. aaa estimates that more than 109 million americans will travel during the week between christmas and new year s. a number approaching the pre-pandemic record. and after sacrificing so much for so long, people want to be together again. it s understandable, but the re ....
charges to consider including homicide, and lesser included offenses the jury can consider if they find rittenhouse not guilty on the major offenses in the case. in closing arguments yesterday, the defense argued rittenhouse was under attack that night and acted in self-defense. prosecutors pushed back, though, telling jurors, quote, you can t claim self-defense on a danger you create. trial consultant richard gabriel were playing on the jury s fears. the jury s fear in a kenosha community about whether they want somebody like kyle rittenhouse to come and protect them, or whether they in kenosha also feel like they want to be afraid of an active shooter in the community. so aside from evidence and burdens and testimony and legal instruction, jurors are looking at what s the story i most believe? and that comes back to what would i do in that situation? how do i feel as a member of this community? joining me here for three questions in three minutes, we have former f ....