Raising fears of a civil war. H here s president biden hours ago. I met with the afghanistan government in the white house. I think they have the capacity to be able to sustain the government. We know as many as 1,000 u. S. Troops will stay in kabul to protect the embassy. And since 2001, more than 2000 u. S. Service members have died in afghanistan. More than 20,000 wounded in action. Cnn ease anna corn is live in kabul for us. What is the latest reaction there to this threat of potential civil war and president biden s confidence that the afghan government is prepared to handle it? anna, unfortunately the people of afghanistan do not necessarily share his optimism. They do not believe that the government and the armed forces can protect them which is why we are seeing this mass exodus of afghans from this war ravaged country. They know what s coming. At least they fear what is coming which as you mentioned yshlg potential civil war, if not outright taliban rule. And we re seeing the
which us a of them. i heard there were positive variedoris on 12 sgrl. they quarantine them. he. where did you guys get this stuff? curacao and covid of covid lucy kavanagh has more on where. as celebrated another christmas during a pandemic sol holiday joy turk to frustration are open. crop driesies iis nation. airlines cite being star is shortages and passengers being left in limbo. oh, my. we. from coast to coast on christmas morning, those did plan to see loved ones taking no chances. my girlfriend tested positive earlier this week and, you know, it s christmas morning just trying to go see my family and, know, they are real did, test and. for those luck you to get a gift. i tested%tive issor is i was devastate that had i would have to miss the angst. very literally devastating and heartbreaking that we re in the situation that we re in now. hospitals in the twin sideways with overwlemd in be able to boost our cities. to boofrm the bo
out that people on the ship had covid is because the first destination we were supposed to go to, it took we sat there for a couple of hours, and then we found out they wouldn t let us on the destination because of so many people on the ship having covid. and they just let everybody go about their business. we re also seeing more major flight disruptions as airlines deal with staffing shortages caused by covid. cnn s nadia romero is at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the world on one of the busiest travel days of the year. thousands of flights have been canceled today. walk us through what s going on. reporter: you have all of that coming together. you have the fact that it s a sunday, people normally travel on sunday. you see higher numbers. it s the day after christmas, people have to get back to work tomorrow, and you have the omicron variant. you have all of these things all coming together, and that equals more than a thousand
come as soon as today. and it s official. the g.o.a.t., the greatest of all time is retiring. legendary quarterback tom brady explains why he s walking away after 22 nfl seasons and 7 super bowl wins. we begin with the january 6th investigation where it seems like just about every day there s a major new revolution. today we have two, both cnn exclusives. first we have learned trump advisers drafted two different executive orders to seize voting machines. now, the initial draft that was made public would have directed the pentagon to do it. the second version would have given the task to homeland security, another glimpse at the level of planning behind trump s effort to overturn a free and fair election. also sources tell cnn marc short has testified with the january 6th committee. the former chief of staff to former vp mike pence has been on the committee s radar for months because he was in the room for key moments after trump s loss and on january 6th he was with the vi
senator chuck grassley. the panel oversees the confirmation hearings. the president has been facing some conservative outcry over his vow to nominate a black woman. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house so what s the plan? reporter: this is really the first formal meeting that we have seen since justice breyer did confirm and make it official last week that he will be stepping down from the supreme court if his successor is confirmed by that point at the end of this term. that would be to put it around june or july. so of course the topic at this meeting today with president biden and vice president harris in the oval office is who is going to replace him? that is going to be the next big question for this white house, and president biden has said he will pick someone by the end of the month, he believes, and so today, this is the first formal meeting that we re seeing where they are discussing this vacancy here at the white house though we know the preparations wit