a live report from london s airport just ahead. the biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. we ll tell you how china is reacting to the news. ash and destruction in indonesia displaces hundreds of people. officials say the volcano is still dangerous. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is monday, december 6th and we begin with the omicron variant. right now new covid testing requirements are in effect for all travelers coming to the united states. so here s what you need to know. there are omicron cases in at least 16 states including california and new york. now all travelers boarding a flight to the u.s. must have proof of a negative covid test one day before takeoff. plus, foreign nationals must be fully vaccinated to enter the country and a mask mandate remains in place for all airports, planes, and public transportation. though the new variant is causing alarm worldwid
global risk is, quote, very high. today marks the start of a new travel restrictions to the u.s. from south african countries in the region where omicron was first detected. although it s been confirmed in a number of places from hong kong to ontario, israel and japan have responded by closing their borders completely to foreign travelers. and new york declared a state of emergency before a single case of omicron was confirmed in the state. the governor says it s coming. meanwhile the message from administration officials is one of caution. and that the best defense against this or any other covid variant remains to get vaccinated. just a short time ago president biden gave an update on the omicron variant saying it was a cause for concern but not panic. he said new lockdowns were off the table. and he also spoke about the new travel restrictions from countries in southern africa. take a listen. while we had that travel restrictions can slow the speed of omicron, it canno
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thanksgiving. five people killed. more than 40 injured when an suv barrels through a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin. a marching band was on the street when a vehicle came up from behind. dozens of victims are in the hospital. witnesses describe the horror of seeing people struck and lying on the ground after the suv drove through a series of barricades and plowed into the crowded parade route on the town s main street. next thing i heard were screams and turned my head and saw the car come and plow into the band that was just past my balcony at that point. it hit at least two people right away, rolled over both of them and then continued down the road to by like people s park which is at the end of the block and then kept going. it didn t stop. from another angle watch the suv streak past missing that child in the pink pants by inches. they say priest, parishioners and catholic school children were among those injured. the waukesha school district canceling cla
police in portland, oregon declared a riot when a crowd gathered to protest kyle rittenhouse s acquittal. protests also in brooklyn outside barkley center, and outside the courthouse in kenosha. the nation is bracing for more potential unrest. after deliberations, the jury found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all five charges he faced for fatally shooting two and injuring a third during anti-racism protests in wisconsin. parents of one of the men killed by rittenhouse released a statement reading today s verdict means there is no accountability for the person who murdered our son. it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street. justin blake, the uncle of jacob blake, who was left paralyzed after the kenosha police shot him in the back several times igniting a wave of protests against police brutality had this to say about rittenhouse s claims he