nearly 800 flights tomorrow already canceled too. from the air to the ocean omicron is also impacting holiday cruises. the carnival ship is denied entry into aruba due to covid cases. it s the third cruise liner from florida reporting cases on board. florida itself reporting near 32,000 new cases friday breaking a single day record in the united states. so far this month, 3.4 million americans have contracted covid, so the states you see right here on this map in red or orange have seen a rise in cases over the past 72 hours. that s if you re lucky enough to find a test. as you can see here, americans have been waiting in hours long lines to find out if they have covid before heading to see family for the holiday. that lack of available testing is being addressed by the white house. well, what the president s promised the american people, is to constantly re-examine and improve our covid response, including testing. and testing access, and always look for a way to do bette
mccarthy really think of the most extreme members of his own caucus. the audio reveals that mccarthy was worried that the rhetoric coming from the likes of matt gaetz would get democratic colleagues hurt or even killed. it reveals that the number two house republican, mr. steve scalise thought that comments by gates could be potentially illegal. here s a bit more from those tapes. take a listen to mccarthy saying, he can t put up with inflammatory rhetoric from his members. what did mo brooks say down at that rally, though? it s the kicking [ bleep ] and taking names thing is the one that i ve seep the most from people. i didn t watch the speech, but that s a number of members said he heard that term. and louie said like we need to fight or something, right? didn t he say something a couple of days out that was horrendous? it was something like that. yes. it was incendiary. i mean, you got the maxine waters and all that stuff, too. so, i mean, i know the dems are in
mother-in-law among the victims? she was not. i m sorry? was he fired? we know he was released from the army. and we d have to refer to the air force on that. it was the air force. where was the self-inflicted gunshot wound? turkey, the head. thank you. there have been unconfirmed reports that the suspect may have taken a hostage in the car. it s been floating around cnn and other outlets. any truth to that? that is not confirmed. mentioned. apparently he thought the shooter might have attended the same church. not true? i m not aware of the shooter attending this church. he had family members that attended. his spouse attended this church. i m sorry, commander, did you say that the grandmother-in-law was not a victim? oh, the grandmother-in-law?
we re not aware of that at this time. earlier you told us the suspect had called his father. you expand on that conversation a little bit, tells us if the family has been cooperative, if you re interviewing them?
i say to him, be like john mccain, the way he behaves, the way he serves his country, the way he conducts himself in public service. i want my boy to be like him. i don t want him to be like president trump. senator bob kerrey, i know we are talking about john mccain and the country should be talking about him. but thank you as well for your heroism and the work you did in protecting this country both overseas and in congress. middle east tensions are rapidly escalating. palestinian protesters continue to clash with israelis for the seventh consecutive we can at the border of the gaza strip. may 15th is the day after israel s declaration of independence and subsequent war in 1948 in which hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced from their lands. fuelling more of the unrest is the of mo of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, which is scheduled for monday, the same day as
israel s 70th anniversary celebrations. nearly an protesters have been killed by live israeli fire since
Five months after dropping coverage of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday finally found time to allow a few seconds to mention the targeting of conservatives. CBS and NBC on Tuesday and Wednesday both ignored the fact that the Obama administration is doubling down and now attempting to rein in non-profit groups. GMA's Josh Elliott blandly noted, "In the wake of the IRS targeting scandal, the Obama administration wants to limit the political influence of tax-exempt groups." He added that the White House is seeking to create new "donation standards to curb the explosive growth in political spending." Elliott added, "The IRS has been accused of unfairly scrutinizing groups affiliated with the Tea Party." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]