three hours. afterwards the two presidents held separate news conferences but hit some of the same tones and themes, mutual respect and optimism tempered by realism. i did what i came to do. the bottom line is i told president putin we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by. i made it clear to him that i believe. consequences of that would be devastating for russia. i don t think he s looking for a cold war with the united states. president putin seemed to be looking for the right category for mr. biden, among the four u.s. presidents he has met with during his 20 years leading russia. translator: he is very balanced, professional man, it s obviously clear that he is very experienced and it seems to me that we did speak the same lan language. certainly doesn t imply that we must look into each other s eyes and find a soul or swear eternal friendship. our chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is live in geneva. good morning. you v
plus, if you haven t seen these pictures, you want to. and underwater volcano near tonga has ree resulted for the third time in four days, those pictures captured by satellite. a massive eruption over the weekend sparked tsunami advisories across the u.s. west coast. and in china, major changes now to the winter olympics, which are less than three weeks away. amid coronavirus concerns tickets will not be sold to the general public but distributed by authorities instead. the country s zero covid policy has meant stringent restrictions, new lockdowns, beijing reporting its first case according to its numbers of the highly transmissible omicron variant just this past saturday. we begin first with the winter storm wreaking havoc across the eastern united states this morning. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it s a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us what
for the reauthorization of the voting rights act in 2006 and now will not vote for it. our democracy is fragile as you have said but it only change in democracy that occurs is when the american people demand it and we must continue to demand it. this as a republican party trying to explain why not one of the 50 gop senators appears willing to support the actions necessary to protect this right this time around. when the senate reauthorized that law a decade ago it passed 98-0. why don t republicans including yourself support restoring the voting acts now? the supreme court decided, the supreme court decided that the conditions in 1965 are different than they are now. imagine that. we have had an african elected president out united states and to the vice presidency and elected to the senate in south carolina. now anyone can t see the circumstances have changed they re not believing their lying eyes. in a moment i m talk to congressman and house majority whip jim clybu
the cdc is out with new guidelines shortening the recommending isolation of quarantine time for those who tested positive or expose todd the virus. this comes as the fast omicron variant puts pressure on airlines and other businesses. nbc news. reporter: testing for the virus reaches by a crisis point. by 5:00, the lines in south florida already forming with the prospect of free covid testing kits. what are you seeing in shelves? they re all in stock and fine, i guess they all disappeared in a matter of three days like they were not there. reporter: at this library at miami-dade county, you are looking at two different lines. this is for free testing kits. this is for testing on-site. both of them snake around the building in both directions with no end in sight. a national crisis, chaos in lines from new york and miami and dallas. we have more work to do and quadruple number of pharmacies offering free test and they are now more than 20,000 places where you can get
christmas? lawrence: it was good. i didn t get to see my folks until yesterday. but all is well. i had a false positive test so i m all checked out. carley: i didn t know that. lawrence: i got to hug my mom and dad yesterday. i got celebrate. all is well. will: i got the call from lawrence, carley over the weekend. we ran into each other here in big d. i got the call from lawrence hey i got a positive test. i was around you. i didn t get the gradual lawrence it was false positive. that s breaking news to me right now, lawrence. that s interesting. thanks for the heads up. i love you, brother. here s the things i m going to forgive you that because you have at least one small excuse. and that is i imagine you were up late just like i was last night to watch the most dominant team in the nfl reclaim their position as a super bowl favorite. the dallas cowboys just whooped up on the washington football team. lawrence: it was about time. will: that meant i didn t get much sleep. i