at what went so wrong. and then, water, water everywhere, at least 300,000 people dealing with floods that have left entire communities under water and killed at least 17. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. our health lead. for the first time since taking office, president joe biden joined his covid team s regular call with the nation s governors telling state leaders, tell us what you need. this all comes as omicron cases surge nationwide. topping delta s peak. and the white house continues to struggle to address the testing supply shortage during the holidays. from miami to new york, kentucky to colorado, americans waiting, sometimes for hours, to find out if they test positive for covid. right now the u.s. is averaging close to 200,000 new covid cases every day. that s the highest number of cases on a daily rate since january 19th, 2021, before vaccinations, before boosters were widely available. perhaps some good news in all of this. hospitalizations, as of right
what we re now learning. marcus moore on the ground in haiti. the battle over mandates tonight. parents pushing back. and this evening, what they say when asked if they got their children other vaccinations when they were young. why not for covid? and news tonight on the virus. where they re now seeing a delta sub-variant. why some authorities say it requires urgent research. overseas tonight, china now denying it has tested a new supersonic missile, reportedly flying five times the speed of sound. how would you track it if it was carrying a nuclear weapon? and was u.s. intelligence caught offguard? jury selection underway tonight in the murder of ahmaud arbery. three white men, including a father and son, accused of killing arbery. and now the key video that will be at the center of this trial. the abc news exclusive. the former british spy behind the infamous steele dossier. investigating possible links between then candidate donald trump and russia. tonight, speaki
i m michael holmes and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states and around the world. appreciate your company. this is cnn newsroom. those stories in a moment, but first after debate and disagreement among vaccine experts, pfizer booster shots can now be officially administered to millions of adults in the u.s.. the director of the u.s. centers for disease control rochelle walensky is breaking with the recommendation of the cdc s independent vaccine advisers. instead she s siding with the fda, which on wednesday recommended emergency use authorization for a booster dose of pfizer s covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older. she is also giving the green light to those aged 18 and over with underlying health conditions that put them at high risk of severe disease, and those at high risk because of their occupation, which, of course, would include health care workers and the like. now, cdc advisers had voted against giving boosters to people age 18 to 64 who
adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and brightening up the dark nordic winter as europe s largest festival of lights illuminates the danish capital. hello and thanks forjoining us. the queen has said she wants camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort when prince charles becomes king. in a message marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, the queen said it was her sincere wish that camilla would have that title. it paves the way for camilla to be crowned at her husband s side on his coronation day. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports from sandringham. she s preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside down for the press. 0h, they can see it. laughter. i don t matter. the queen seemed quite
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen has said she wants camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort when prince charles becomes king. in a message marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, the queen said it was her sincere wish that camilla would have that title. it paves the way for camilla to be crowned at her husband s side on his coronation day. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports from sandringham. she s preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside down for the press. 0h, they can see it. laughter. i don t matter. the queen seemed quite fit and well today, yes. she has actually had that little sparkle in her eye and, you know, her sense of humour was there, so, yeah, i d sa