toward asian americans throughout our history and fueled by the pandemic and the racist hate that has been spewed about it. there s a lot to learn about the motivation behind the attack that the alleged killer has blamed on some sort of sexual addiction. what we know according to the study of hate, there s a larger issue of race in in america and the white supremacist propaganda fueling it in an all time high. there s a fear in the communities of color of being vi victimized or falsely aaccused and so many have stories to tell about what they face daily. we will look at the stories and see what it will take to change the climate of feel, to stop this and stand together against hate. we begin tonight with my c co-anchors for the hour with stories of their own. you have covered the emotional moments on air in the occurs of reporting the story. what has it been like for you as an asian america, seeing it play out and reporting on it. anderson, it s been painful and it s been
an breaking down barriers with an unprecedented kickoff. i owant to tell all the girl out there you can do anything you set your mind to. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. taking a look at miami this morning. good morning to you. a beautiful horizon, beautiful sky shot there. and we welcome you to the 7:00 hour here on the east coast of new day. listen, the numbers as it relates to the coronavirus, they re really bad. but there is hope that the vaccines, the approvals are coming. growing concern, though, about just how bad the pandemic will get while we wait. yeah. there s a record number of people battling covid-19 in hospitals across the country right now. it s putting a strain on health care workers, as you can imagine. they re risking their own lives, of course, to save these people. things are going to look very different in the spring and summer. we have to get through this year. so my advice is cancel your holiday travel at
restrictions tomorrow. we ll make sure there is no travel from south africa and six other countries. we were concerned if we could come back home. with lessons learned, scientists are rushing it evaluate the threat. you can take a covid test on site and they give you this little at-home test kit. that definitely feels different, when you come home and see all of that going on. i m kaitlyn collins in washington. you re live at the cnn newsroom. tonight countries around the world are scrambling to respond to a concerning new variant known as omicron. could it cause more severe disease or at least a dozen countries are detecting cases of omicron including those showing red on this map. canada just now confirming its first two cases. multiple countries including the united states are shutting their doors to south africa and the neighbors in an attempt to contain the variant but preventing it from spreading entirely will likely be impossible. those suspicions have spar
our troops when they go to war. they are supposed to be safe on their own home turf. and yet we continue to hear news of sexual assault and loss of life. in the last year, i have heard from veterans around the country asking me to tell their story. so tonight i am diving in. what do you have the say to the marine corps? i m not giving up. and they are not going to get away with this. i signed up the fight. i did not sign up to rape. deck after after decade, sexual assault existed in the military and victims are left paying the price. people have come back and said that s what you get . for them, enough is enough. this is a message to the generals and admirals. it s time to reform. when i was a kid, my favorite movie was top gub . this is this hollywood story of camaraderie and courage. best fighter pilot in the navy, sir. it had hot guys, fighter jets, and the best makeout scene i had ever seen. i was totally obsessed. and i wasn t the only one. in fact, t
legend has it they descended from the stars and landed on a vast territory in the middle of what is now the united states. the land would eventually make the osage some of the richest people in the world. that s a fancy car. lincolns and cadillacs were their favorites. the objects of racist envy. people were resentful. why should that dirty indian have all that money? and targets of manipulation, bribery, and worse. they they were systematic. everybody was in on it. i m headed to oklahoma to learn more about the osage, how they became so rich the rush was on. and who wanted them erased from their towns. so she was 21 years old. and ultimately from american history. america was built on the graves of indians. they didn t care if we died. they didn t care if our children died. it wasn t okay then, and it s not okay now. you know, murder is murder. one night, almost 100 years ago, a 40-year-old man named henry roan went out for a drive. a few