to just go home. the unvaccinated serb is the number one seed in the australian open and is on the cusp of becoming the so-called g.o.a.t., greatest of all time. now, if a court once again rein states his visa, djokovic could become the first man to win 21 grand slam titles to give you a sense of what s on the line here. all signs indicate he won t leave the country without a fight. his visa battle is a big deal in australia as you can imagine, where people have been really suffering through some of the toughest covid restrictions anywhere in the world. now, for an update on all of this, we want to go straight to melbourne now and our paula hancocks. and really good to have you there on the ground, paula. i mean, look, people were wondering will he or won t he. in the end, the immigration minister i guess must have felt to do anything but deport him would have been untenable. reporter: well, paula, what we re hearing from the statement is we believe they had to do it on the
cnn s paula reid has details on the justice department s investigation. reporter: the justice department today escalating its efforts to prosecute those responsible for january 6th, charging oath keepers leader stewart rhodes with seditious conspiracy. it s the first time prosecutors have used the sedition charge after bringing more than 700 cases related to the insurrection. prosecutors have said they were considering using the rarely applied section of federal law. rhodes is the most high profile in the investigation so far. court documents lay out a wide-ranging plot to storm the capitol and disrupt the certification of the 2020 election. two days after election day, rhodes allegedly urged his followers to refuse to accept the election results writing in a signal message, we aren t getting through this without a civil war. according to federal prosecutors on his way to d.c. on january 3rd, rhodes allegedly bought an ar platform rifle and sights, mounts, triggers, slings
dozens of miles in the middle of winter. i want to bring in first kristin powers, a reporter with wjla in washington. you have been kind of in the middle of this as you re getting reports of people being stranded. what s happening right now? yeah, kate, i was stuck in it since about 2:00 a.m. at this point though, there s some people who have been stuck on i-95 for 21 hours and counting. so right now, i actually was just able to i call it escape, vdot was saying they re letting people off the nearest exit closest to them and that was true. i got off of woodbridge. i ll turn the camera around and you can see. i see people who got off, including a lot of truck drivers, they re now lining those side roads, you know, trying to find a different route. but i also saw a truck getting gas. i saw a lot of gas canisters on the side of trucks there. so that s what s happening here, but back on i-95, i just checked in with a colleague who is closer to stafford. stafford is the area w
a. today it s another week, potentially another shift in cdc guidance which could leave many americans scratching their heads wondering exactly how to approach the latest coronavirus wave. just a week ago the isolation period for people infected with covid was shortened from ten days to five, so what could potentially be changing now? here s secretary-general dr. mur thy this morning at cnn. guidance on shortening the isolation period was one that the cdc issued last week. they have certainly received feedback and questions about the role of testing in shortening that quarantine period and they are actually working right now on issuing a clarification on that. i would expect that any day now. so stand by for some sort of clarification potentially involving testing. meantime, where do we stand as a country? omicron now accounts for 95% of enough cases in the u.s. in the last week, and while those infections do appear in most cases to be milder, we know the nation s hospita
but new york city pushing ahead with its famous ball drop in times square and a limited crowd with masks and proof of vaccination. new images tonight of the devastating wildfires in colorado. the fast-moving flames destroying as many as 1,000 homes in a matter of hours. two communities gone. the fires fueled by hurricane-force wind gusts, topping 100 miles per hour. the governor touring the disaster zone, saying the fires spread in the blink of an eye. the severe storm threat across several states tonight. winter alerts impacting millions from arizona all the way east. heavy snow, rain, large hail, and possible tornados. rob marciano timing it out. the new travel warning from the faa with more than 1,500 flights canceled again today. what to expect in the coming days. the champagne shortage heading into the final hours of 2021. why high-end champagne may be in short supply. and celebrating the new year around the world. in the shadow of the pandemic, nations cheerin