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. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. countries around the world are scrambling to get a handle on the new covid variant called omnicon. in recent days, it s already spread from southern africa and has been discovered in italy, germany, the uk, the czech republic and just now in australia with two cases. and there are more suspected cases around the world. we don t yet know if it s anymore deadly or whether it can blunt vaccine efficacy or natural immunity, but scientists fear it could be more contagious. dozens of countries have already banned or limited travel from parts of south africa and several of its neighbors where there are confirmed cases of the variant. governments are also scrutinizing travelers as they land inside their borders. australia is testing people entering the country. this is a fast-moving issue, but we will continue, as we always have. sensible, balanced, guided by the best possible medical evidence a ....
may call in the national guard. would you consider the national guard to help with the supply chain issue? yes, positively i ll do that. what you have to do is get the ships in and unloaded. trace: jackie heinrich live for us on the north lawn. good morning to you. administration already throwing cold water on that idea. that s right. white house official shut that down as quickly as it came up telling fox news they are not actively pursuing the use of the national guard to solve the supply chain crisis and also saying requests to use the national guard fall to the states under the purview of governors. not something they re pursuing despite the president s comments. the walk back comes after other high-profile people within the administration caught criticism for down playing the severity of the crisis. jen psaki called it the tragedy of the treadmill and klain had his high class problems retweet. the administration has taken steps to work out an agreement betw ....
or around the world. i m ben thompson. we start with the eu s efforts to ban imports of russian oil and gas, as the war in ukraine goes on. and whilst there s still no agreement, germany s position is changing. chancellor scholz says he s now ready to speed up a ban of russian oil, despite sourcing around 12% of its supplies from the country. it now says it will find alternative sources, if given time to prepare. but that is just one hurdle. eu energy ministers attending an emergency meeting in brussels are still some way off agreement, with hungary one of the key opponents of a ban. in all, the eu spends $47.5 billion a year on oil and gas from russia. so can it wean itself off the supplies? it could look at lithuania as an example. in 2014, it sourced all its gas needs from russia. but then it took a big decision. it set up its so called independence terminal to import liquified natural gas. and this year, it imported no gas at all from russia. so it s possible, but ....
reports of a man with a rifle. at this time millions of families on the highways. the holiday rush coming after hurricane idalia. monsoon storms and flash flooding in the southwest. victor akendo in miami. rob marciano with the forecast. disturbing body camera video showing the deadly police shooting of a pregnant woman inside her car. an officer firing a single shot through the windshield as she tries to drive away. the family demanding the officer be fired and charged with her death. the manhunt intensifying tonight for an extremely dangerous killer who escaped from prison near philadelphia. hundreds of police searching the area. authorities receiving more than 100 tips so far. what we re now learning. two more former members of the proud boys sentenced for their roles in the january 6th attack on the capitol. one defendant receiving 18 years behind bars tying for the longest sentence so far. the judge calling the other defendant the tip of the spear of the assa ....
report os a man with a rifle. at this hour million of families on the highways. the holiday rush coming days after hurricane idalia. rip current alerts posted along the east coast. monsoons, storms, and flash flooding in the southwest. victor oquendo in miami. rob marciano with the forecast. also tonight, disturbing body camera video released showing the deadly police shooting of a pregnant woman in her car outside a grocery store in ohio. the mother of two suspected of stealing. an officer firing a single shot through the windshield as she attempts to drive away. the family demanding the officer be fired and charged with her death. the manhunt intentfying tonight for an extremely dangerous killer who escaped from prison near philadelphia. hundreds of police searching the area. what we re now learning. two more former members of the proud boys sentenced for their roles in the january 6th attack on the capitol. one defendant receiving 18 years behind bars, tying ....