me and you listening to the rain me and you we are the same me and you have all the fame we need indeed, you and me are we me and you singing in the park me and you, we re waiting for the dark brand new hour. any moment now, president biden will speak from the white house about his new plans to get more people vaccinated after mising that july 4th goal. he rwants to ramp up outreach, but how? phil what is the president s plan to get the 100 million plus adults who are resistant vaccinated? reporter: you look at it through if framinge ing they mi the 70% by july 1 goal but you view right now, in this moment and what you ll hear from the president through the lens the urgency the white house feels now. you re starting to see case counts rise, particularly in areas with low vaccination rates. what you ll hear the president say is not necessary lay stream of initiatives. more expansion of the strategy they had in place. heavy focus on trying to get the
outside of the house. tonight, the epidemic of gun violence and the toll it s taking on america s children. the first international trip for vice president kamala harris off to a bumpy start. air force two forced to land just moments after takeoff. the vice president traveling to guatemala and mexico. her trip part of the biden administration s effort to stem the flow of migrants to the u.s. border. and the royal baby born in the usa. prince harry and duchess meghan welcome their baby girl, lilibet diana, named for the queen and harry s late mother, princess diana. we re hearing from the proud parents tonight. good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this sunday night. i m linsey davis. we begin with the record-breaking heat wave, and images not seen since before the pandemic. the june heat wave packing beaches up and down the east coast. thousands making their first trips to the shore in more than a year. record highs set this weekend from north dakota
celebrations like this one could mean a sobering start to 2022, as the omicron variant tears through the country at an astonishing pace. covid tests for those who can find one keep bringing bad tidings. the u.s. has already smashed another daily count record. experts worry it will bring a tidal wave of hospitalization comm admissions. right now, child hospitalizations are all-time high, and schools are torn how to move forward safely. massachusetts has denied a teachers union request to close schools on monday for covid testing, but in washington, d.c., students must produce a negative test to return to school. and returning home from the holidays is proving to be an issue. people learning that air travel, right now, airlines have cancelled 11,000 flights since christmas eve. the faa says it may be having to send crew members home for isolation. taking to the seas may be complicated right now. the cdc has increased 9 risk refusal for cruise ships to its highest level. the fed
it is the top of the hour on this final day of the year. good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow. thanks for being with me. jim is off today. as covid cases spike, new year s eve celebrations are scaling way down. the countdown to 2022 has already reached zero in certain parts of the world. the story feels similar to where we were a year ago. this time it s the omicron variant forcing cities to reduce and in many cases cancel the festivities. in new york, the times square celebration is moving forward even as the state case count reaches a new record high. across the country, an average of more than 355,000 cases every day for the last week. that doesn t even include many of those who are testing positive at home. the rise is adding to the pressure to get booster shots. the fda is expected to authorize boosters for kids ages 12 to 15 in the coming days. polo sandoval is in times square. it s smaller but it s on. reporter: good morning. happy new year. we heard from bill de
devastate bid those historic tornadoes. tell us what you re seeing around you. reporter: it s really stunning here in mayfield. no matter how many places you have seen that have been hit by a tornado, it s just this really stretches out this entire town, you come over a hill from the highway, as i did early this morning, and it s shocking. when you first see it, just the level of devastation, the department of homeland security, and fema chiefs are in western kentucky, also assessing the damage. the storm moved from several states. more than 300 national guard troops searching for survivors there. in kentucky, the death toll is 65. the governor told me last hour, he unfortunately expects that number to climb. officials believe that the tornado that touchdown down here in mayfield was on the ground in the state continuously for at least 128 miles. here s the governor s last hour. we are used to tornadoes that rip off the roofs of our houses, and this one exploded every hou