i was confused. i saw cnn tonight. what show am i? what is happening hear? you re not having the kevin mccarthy amnesia, are you, don? i thought you liked me. you called me annie oakley yesterday. i called you laura oakley. what a joke. a d-o-k-e. that was corny. i know. it true. he is being really selfish but the australia government made missteps as well because i ll put that aside but maybe he should be looking out for the bigger picture, which is the people there getting no publicity. they re not focused on what they re supposed to be doing. the attention isn t on the players but all on him and he as one of the other players said, i m sure the others are thinking the same think, he made the decision not to get vaccinated so these are the consequences. i mean, you know, here in the states we hear the same argument, i have the right to do what i want. it s a free country. we consider our president. we talk about the leader of the free world. you know, that sor
committee. he would likely chair the committee if republicans take the house this fall. think he would have deep respect for committees and the work they do, especially when it comes to oversight and investigation, both of which he vigorously pursued back when republicans ran the house. so why, then, did he just snub a request to meet with the house select committee on january 6th? well, in his letter to the committee, he said he had, quote, no relevant information that would assist the select committee in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose. notice, he doesn t say he has no relevant information that would assist the committee in its investigation. only, quote, any legitimate legislative purpose, which he s already made plain he doesn t believe the committee has. it s a way of being less than honest, without appearing to be, frankly. because if the question is, does he have anything of interest to the committee and its investigation? the answer is clearly, yeah, he d
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a massive fire inside of an apartment building in the bronx. 19 dead, dozens hurt. i was scared, that s what really hit me. liright now, australia court considers whether to let tennis champion novak jdjokavich to defend his title. right now, wasn t clear about the responsibilities, what the expectations were. tonight, omicron surging rapidly across the country, hospitals struggling to deep up. large portion of the population unvaccinated, that sets up a large pool of people who as they get infected will end up straining the resources we have in the hospitals today. i m joe mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight, you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin this hour with breaking news out of new york city where at least 19 people were killed in what s called the city s worst fire in three decades, among the dead, nine children, started late this morning in a bronx apartment building and quickly spread throughout two apartments, firefighters on the scene
russia as the biden administration warns it will impose severe penalties if russia invades ukraine. we ll tell you how russia is now respond. we could learn soon whether tennis star novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in australia where he s being detained amid a fight over his visa. no red carpet, audience or tv coverage. why the golden globe awards will look very different tonight. sometimes we need a little help here. you re waking up on sunday, jan january 9th. good morning to you. great to be with you, christi. we start with the omicron variant surging rapidly across the united states. cases are rising at an alarming rate, as some of the nation s largest school districts fight to get student back into classrooms this week. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. chicago s mayor rejected a new proposal from the teachers union had virtual beginning wednesday and in-person classes starting