private insurance as the biden administration prepares to send out hundreds of millions more tests and masks, trying to contain the surge of new covid cases. we ll tell you how you can get yours. novak djokovic detained. the tennis star back in detention after his visa is again revoked. the moves that could reshape the australian open. and bare shelves, high prices greeting grocery store customers across the country. factors contributing to the shortages and whether we ll see relief soon. the package you have been waiting for could be somewhere on this los angeles train track. thieves looting freight trains in california. how this mess could impact future deliveries. newsroom starts right now. good morning on this saturday, january 15th. so good to have you on. christi paul. boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news at this hour. the western u.s. coast is under a tsunami advisory as the national tsunami warning center says the
this morning the white house is figuring out its next move after a key component of its national strategy to fight the coronavirus was shot down by the supreme court. the court ruling against the administration s vaccine or test requirement for private businesses but upheld the mandate for health care workers that interact with medicare and medicaid patients. it s not just here in the u.s. the debate raging in australia. tennis star is facing deportation after his visa was claimed for a second time. the founding director of the national center for disaster preparedness and an msnbc public health analyst. good friday morning to all of you. what are the conversations going on at the white house about where the federal response goes from here? the white house was hardened the supreme court let stand the mandate for health care facilities that are taking medicare and medicaid funding. they are pointing to the fact that over the last year or so the aministration has been able to
averaging more than 700,000 new cases per day, which is a jump of nearly 500% from a month ago. all 50 states are reporting a high level of community transmission. fueling also the debate over how to keep kids safe in schools right now. a realtime crisis showing no sign of letting up in many places. like chicago, hundreds of thousands of students are once again out of class today as a b battle between the school district and the teachers union over covid protocols enters a second week. what s happening there? reporter: kate, this is the fourth day there s been no school but according to the website, this school has opened its doors allowing students inside if they want to grab a hot meal or study independently. the mayor said 70% of students enrolled across the district depend on free and reduced lunch. earlier this morning we heard from he said they negotiated over the weekend ending those talks last night at 10:00 p.m. let s look at some of the progress they ve made. so
we re live at the u.s. capitol, on this january 6. on the historic ground invaded and defiled by rioters unone year ago. our correspondents and contributors are covering every angle of this day. a day of remembrance and the escalating threats to american democracy. let s begin with cnn chief correspondent jeff zeleny. we heard president biden call out former president trump today in a way he hasn t done so before. update our viewers. the president is talking about a sharp departure for fr anything he said over last year when he tried to move beyond his predecessor. not wanting to him to hijack his administration or simply politics in america. but the president of course has been becoming increasingly alarmed by the spreading of these election lies. so his advisers said on this historic day, he intended to mince no words. i will stand in this breach, i will defend this facing, not allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. reporter: tonight president bide
over seven days the jury reaching a verdict tonight conspiracy trial of elizabeth holmes. the former ceo of the latest on the spike of covid-19 cases. if you look at the up tick. it s actually almost vertical increase. amida tsunami of cases the daily average topping 400,000 for the first time. adding layers of protection. authorizing booster shots for kids 12 to 15. shortening the window between the initial doses of a vaccine and the booster shot. for everyone. from six months to five. and authorizing a third dose of vaccine for some immune compromised children. between ages of five and 11. all that as the omicron surge brings with it a growing number of hospitalizations. more than 100,000 people are currently hospitalized with covid-19 for the first time in nearly four months. even that stark figure is lower than we have seen during other surges. the one group that maybe a problem for it very young kids. toddlers who have trouble with upper air way infections. we