Discussions. The joint presser between the two of them moments ago way. Were on it. Another big story from washington. Jerome powell on the hot side. This time speaking before the Senate Banking Committee to say i see inflation but i dont see it around long. Echoing his views that hes thinks its transitory and not an issue to hike rates. But the price threats are real. The inflation is real, too. Ceos, almost universally, sounding the alarm on the issue and according to an Axios Report acknowledging that this president right now doesnt see it the same way. That is the problem. You see it in the grocery store. You see it at the gas pump. But what can be done if it sticks around even a little while . Well explore that first with Edward Lawrence at the White House. Thats the big word of the day, inflation. Especially the Senate Banking Committee. The democrats and the White House down playing the inflation that were all seeing here. The federal Reserve Chairman acknowledging that the infl
shannon: the first the criminalize all hard drugs. fox and friends first starts right now. always had a vision todd: the group is, panic in the disco i had panic when i realized i was 5 minutes delayed by routine. what you throw on the makeup you must look like a clown or may look normal but we will see what happens. jillian: todd is very routine. todd: how about the snow. you picked up shimkus on the way over. carley: give me stuff 5 stars thank you very much. we to you are watching fox and friends first on recovering from snow tuesday morning. jillian: let s begin with extreme weather. a powerful and a storm pounding the northeast, 30 inches of snow dropping in parts of new jersey. todd: you ve been out there 24 hours straight, officials one more dangerous weather is expected today. have you moved? reporter: no, i haven t moved. i standing here wearing the same clothes all night, things are much better. you can see around me the snow is not blinding like it w
year with a massive fireworks show. of course, this is live right now. you re seeing as they are ringing in the new year, a little bit ahead of us here in the united states. but look how great that fireworks show looks. a lot of places have canceled their fire woirks shows, we saw a light show instead. i think this makes the case for keeping them going. i love fireworks. and those are absolutely beautiful. sydney is a great city. and that is really just great to see. fireworks, bring in the new year, already happening down under in aussie. meanwhile, here in the united states, it is still december 31st. i m kaitlan collins. in with john avlon for one more time this morning. thank you for joining us this whole week as we have been in here. john, back home in 2021, it is coming to a close with an unprecedented spike in covid cases. fueled by the omicron variant. health officials are urging new year s eve revelers in the united states to keep their parties small, maybe outdo
variant. also this morning the white house announcing that president biden is reversing course will be lifting covid travel restrictions on southern african countries. controversial implications and the number of cases is staggering in some places in the united states. infections from the new strain have quickly surpassed last summer s delta surge. the daily average of new cases is now surging over 182,000. health officials honestly unclear on where the peak is going to be. let s start with cnn s pete muntean live at reagan national airport for us. pete, what is happening with these flights? reporter: kate, 500 flight cancellations in the united states alone, and airlines say as these omicron cases start to surge, their staffing levels went down, which led to them cancelling these flights. from flight aware, about 170 cancellations at unaied alone, 140 at delta air lines. last night we obtained a memo from you nighted to its staff saying this was impacting flight crews and
here s the situation. first, from 30,000 feet, cases and hospitalizations in this country both up 40% in the last month or so while scientists think that omicron is more contagious, most cases so far appear to be mild. but late today president biden warned that won t be the case for the unvaccinated in the path of omicron as it likely explodes at the beginning of the new year. it s here now, and it s spreading, and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for unvaccinated, for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. but there s good news, if you re vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you re protected from severe illness and death. sometimes the macro statistics are a blur, especially where we repeat them night after night. so let s go to the more anecdotal, which brings home the reality of what s going on. princeton and cornell university, middle bury college, all shifting to remo