member of the january 6th select committee, representative elaine luria. and in the deadly michigan school shooting, the prosecutor now says potential charges against the teenage suspect s parents could be announced within 24 hours. we ll get a live update from the local sheriff on the chilling details in this case. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. up first this hour, president biden s new plan for trying to beat back a spike in covid cases this winter around the uncertainty with the omicron variant. let s go straight to phil mattingly. phil, the president says the u.s. has the tools to deal with this new variant. what steps is he specifically taking? reporter: wolf, those are tools that the united states did not have last year at this time heading into the winter months and obviously with new concerns about those variants. the president laying out a series of new initiatives
recommendations. we need to be ready. reporter: today biden making this appeal to stop the pandemic from being so political. i know covid-19 has been very divisive in this country, has become a political issue which is a sad commentary. it shouldn t be. but it has been. this is a moment we can put the divisiveness behind us i hope. reporter: the president s attempts to mandate vaccines in some capacities has hit a slew of legal challenges and led to a political fight with republicans on capitol hill. while my existing federal vaccination requirements are being reviewed by the courts, this plan does not expand or add to those mandates. reporter: jake, we should note when it comes to the stricter testing requirements going from 72 hours before you get on a flight to go to the united states to 24 hours it is not clear when that is going to go into effect. officials have said potentially early next week but haven t put a specific date on it yet as the cdc is still dra
Just a drop-in replacement, jake. pete muntean, thank you so much. you can follow me on facebook, instagram and tik tiktok @jaketapper. if you ever miss an episode of our show, listen to the lead wherever you get your podcasts. our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer next door in the situation room. thank you for watching. happening now, president biden warns the nation needs to be ready for a winter resurgence of covid-19 as the omicron variant is now confirmed in the united states. i ll speak live with the surgeon general of the united states about the president s new strategy at yet another critical moment in this pandemic. also tonight, new cnn reporting on the role played by the former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in pushing trump s big election lie inside the federal government. i ll get reaction from a key