this is cnn newsroom. both outrage and approval have erupted across the united states after a judge in california overturned the nation s first-ever ban on assault weapons. california s governor slammed the ruling saying he s not backing down from the fight for commonsense gun laws. meanwhile, the nra is praising the move, calling it well reasoned. cnn s polo sandoval has more on the controversial decision. reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. san diego u.s. district judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shooting in stockton, california that left five children dead, the law was touted as california s first assault weapons act. it established what an assault weapon is and made them illegal to buy or possess in california. this week judge benitez ruled that ban unconstitutional and deprived law-abiding californians of weapons allowed in other states, weapons h
administration is taking a closer look at the effectiveness of at-home antigen tests. the tests are still beneficial. our reporters are covering the developments from london to beijing. tom foreman has our lead story, reporting in from washington. reporter: nationwide, hospitalizations of children with covid are up, on average, nearly 50% in just one week. new york city is seeing pediatric admissions jump to five-times what they were. in washington, d.c., half the kids coming to children s national hospital are testing positive. all told, an average of more than 300 children are being hospitalized each day. that s not because current variants are uniquely targeting them but because we see children that are hospitalized because of covid, or icu because of covid, they re unvaccinated. they re unvaccinated, the parents are unvaccinated, the siblings are unvaccinated. reporter: others fear the return to school next week could be even worse. i think what we re going to s
hospitalizations worldwide nationwide, rather. spearheading legislation in congress for three decades, we look back at the legacy of one of america s post powerful politicians, senator harry reid. they promised to protect women s rights. the new taliban law restricts them even more. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s wednesday, december the 29th. our new worries over the omicron surge could make weeks ahead difficult for hospital workers across the united states. joe biden s covid team says the country is in for a tough january. i suspect by the end of january things will peak, and there s no question that january will be filled with a lot of short-term challenges, hospital beds shortages, it s tough to handle this many cases at once. but i think if there is a silver lining, it s that when it comes out fast it s likely to go down even more quickly. well, the u.s. is averaging more than 265,000 cases a day over the past week.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the swedish climate activist greta thunberg has accused world leaders of deliberately postponing much needed drastic action against global warming, and says they are fighting instead to keep the status quo. addressing thousands of young people at a rally in glasgow, she called the cop26 climate summit a failure and little more that a celebration of business as usual . more than a celebration of business as usual . the bbc s sarah smith sent this report from glasgow. a rare opportunity for protesters to loudly deliver a message almost within earshot of the global decision makers gathered in glasgow. greta thunberg, who inspired the fridays for future movement, says those leaders have so far failed to deliver. young kids, inspired by greta, have drawn their own pictures of her. i know that she put out a sign and then everybody else started following her, just like this. how do you talk to children this age ab
florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking some of its products celebrating pride month off store shelves. why? they cite confrontational behavior and threats toward store workers over its pride collection. we are following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get much more competitive. just a few hours from now florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his 2024 white house run in an unconventional way. he s announcing i