we all survived a tough 12 months packed with conflicts, difficulties and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort it out by starting with the biggest news. worst story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate, then president trump, stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an election. they rigged it like they ve never rigged an election before. it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the people s house overtaken by american citizens. police were beaten, congress ran, people died. hundreds would be arrested. the best response, l
area in georgia to make that move. a vast majority of the country, in fact, seen in dark red here, is struggling with covid surges in some place. 50% or more. we re following the rapidly changing plans of school districts all across the country but particularly here in the atlanta area. what are you learning? yeah, this is exactly what school districts and students and teachers, a lot of them were hoping would not happen. but when you see the spike in cases all across the country and here in georgia, this is the reaction. so we know that at least five metro atlanta school districts, including three atlanta school districts are all going to be going back to remote learning when they go back to school this week. not back to the classroom, but back to their kitchen tables and their bedrooms and their basements to do remote learning again. just like many schools had to do at the beginning of the school year because of the spike in cases that we saw during the month of august. n
welcome back, america. comedian flame monroe, john berman and donie o sullivan. nfl free agent rk russell, s.e. cupp, and comedian helen holmes. come on in. we put chlorine in the pool. it s the grand reopening for all the best, all the worst, 2021. i m tom foreman. welcome, and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with unheavals, conflicts, difficulties, and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounded like gunshots. run, run! worst story of the year, the violence invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think, probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up cr
350,000, and the line is going straight up. deaths are also climbing, jumping 18% this week. although children are far less likely than adults to become severely ill or die of covid, the avalanche of all of the new cases is pushing the number of kids being hospitalizes to new records. all this just as schools across the country get ready to welcome students back from the holidays. we ll be joined momentarily by education secretary eric cardona, and then by eric adams who will oversee the nation s biggest public school system. first, here s tom foreman. with the pandemic clocking unprecedented numbers of infections, the fda is expected to okay booster shots of the pfizer vaccine soon for 12 to 15-year-olds. the cdc has intensified its warning against cruise ship travel amid dozens of outbreaks. and health officials are advising caution onshore, too. i would not eat in a restaurant now without a mask. i would absolutely not going into a bar. if you go into a bar now, you ar
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest ever since the pandemic began. average daily cases in the u.s. have set a record for the third straight day. more than 355,000 on thursday. and children once thought to be immune from the worst of the coronavirus, now b