it is thursday, december 2nd, and i'm brianna keilar with john berman. it was inevitable but very alarming this first confirmed

i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill is with me this morning. great to have you here. >> good morning. >> we have a wave of new covid cases in the united states this morning, particularly here in the northeast. mountain-like spikes, but new questions about what that means. what does a wave of new cases mean? the age of vaccinations? and we are getting a dose of good news this morning, moderna reports preliminary data shows its booster shot significantly increased antibody levels, it comes as experts including dr. anthony fauci are warning about the impact of the omicron variant. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. right now, in certain regions of the country, 50% of the isolates are omicron, which means it's going to take over. it's going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> right now, the average number of daily covid cases being reported in the u.s. 130,000, that's up from an average of 70,000 new cases just last month. new york seeing an average of 16,000

i'm john berman in marivel, kentucky. so cory tune's dream of owning her own beauty salon came true, and then a tornado destroyed her salon and her dream. just tell me where we're stabbeding. >> this is the beauty shop. my husband built it for me about a year and a half ago, so -- >> reporter: it's been open for one year? >> yeahch it was a year in june, so a little over a year. >> reporter: and you said your husband built it for you. it was something you always wanted to do? >> oh, yeah. it was my dream. we bought a piece of land and then we found out that i was pregnant so we started to build. yeah, he always knew i wanted it so he built it completely by himself. >> reporter: so this was you come here every day? >> yeah, i mean, this is my second home. we're here, me and six other girls are here all the time. >> reporter: and what happened here? >> well, the tornado just -- i mean, it's gone. i -- we were all working that day. i was supposed to work late, but i ended up cancelling my client, my later ones because i figu

i'm john berman with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. it is friday, but what a week. >> we have a lot going on too. it is friday, you think things are slowing down for the holidays, nope. >> no. big changes. big developments in this pandemic this morning. what really does feel like the most complicated moment we have seen. the most complicated, not the deadliest, not the worst, but the most nuanced, i think, the most confusing and most challenging for policymakers. we're seeing huge increases in the number of coronavirus cases. cases going way up and that's causing major reactions. a new group of colleges and universities have shifted their classes online. broadway canceled performances, mulan rouge. >> minutes. >> seated in the audience before the opening curtain, everyone was told to go home. and pro sports, the leagues have postponed multiple games. the nba and nfl updated their covid protocols for the holiday season. on the one hand, they have new restriction and requirements in place. on the other hand, trying to figure out a way to

cops knock on my door, do you know john berman? not a crime to know john berman as far as i know. however, i could take the fifth there, because just by admitting i know you would tie us together, that could be used against me in a prosecution of the united states versus berman and honig for this robbery. it's wrong. >> but he can't claim the fifth on each and every thing we're asking him. >> that is true. you can't claim the fifth on everything. what's your name, where do you work? where did you go to college? where do you love. it's broad beyond that. if jamie raskin thinks it's only to admissions of guilt, it's broader. >> this is what donald trump says about people who take the fifth. listen. >> so there are five people taking the fifth amendment, like you see on the mob, right? you see the mob takes the fifth. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? >> i had experience with mobsters taking the fifth. look, he's partially right, partially wrong there. it's not true only guilty people take the fifth. the fifth is a broad constitutional right we afford to gui

. >>> i'm brianna keilar alongside john berman on this "new day". the january 6th committee casting a wide net issuing subpoenas for the phone records of 100 people, also losing the cooperation of a key witness. >>> and a tense two-hour call with vladimir putin. what do we know about whether this call made a difference. >>> as the world scientists are tracking the impact of the omicron variant, we have brand-new data on how effective the pfizer vaccine and the pfizer booster is against it. >>> a suspect is in custody after a huge christmas tree in midtown manhattan is engulfed in flames. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, december 8th. i'm brianna keilar along with john berman. we are beginning with breaking news. a potent antidote for inflation. gas prices are going down, dropping to $3.34 a gallon nationwide. many of them predicting below $3 a gallon in 2022. >> but, wait, there's more. remember all the talk of skyrocketing heating costs for the winter, they are also dropping dramatically. right

>>> i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill joins me this morning. on this "new day", concern, not panic. president biden laying out his plan to fight the fast spreading omicron variant as americans begin to gather for the holidays. but will it be in you? >> the uk reducing its covid isolation period from 10 days to 7. why the u.s. may not be far behind. >>> allies of president trump stonewalling. michael cohen suing to keep his records under wraps. >>> what's behind the nhl's big decision? ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, december 22nd. millions of americans are set to travel and gather with loved ones this week. and president biden is reassuring the vaccinated to go ahead with the holiday plans despite the covid resurgence. he says the country is better prepared to fight and contain the omicron variant. >> we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we're prepared. we know more. we just

i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill is with me this morning. great to have you here. >> good morning. >> we have a wave of new covid cases in the united states this morning, particularly here in the northeast. mountain-like spikes, but new questions about what that mean

i'm john berman. erica hill joins me this morning. great to see you. >> good morning. >> no one saw it coming, that's president biden defending his administration's response to the rapid onslaught of the omicron variant. it is now in all 50 states and accounts for 90% of the country's new cases. the president in a new interview says the nationwide shortage of covid test kits is not a failure by the white house. >> how did you get

i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill joins me all week. what a week. >> yeah. it's quite a holiday week, isn't it? >> president biden telling americans who are vaccinated and boosted, they can gather safely with family and friends over these holidays as they normally would. speaking to the nation, the president rejected lockdowns and school closures despite a covid surge driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. he says we're better prepared now than in the army prevaccine days of the pandemic. >> we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we're prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. >> as for the unvaccinated, the president says it is their patriotic duty to get the shot. and he had a stark warning for those who do not. >> almost every who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. and i honest to god believe it's your patriotic duty. the choice can be a difference between life or death. please, get vaccinated. >> so

i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill with me this morning. >>> on this "new day", omicron in america. new york city seeing a huge spike in cases. but some hopeful signs as well. >>> senator manchin puts a nail in the build back better legislation. the white house with a new scathing response. >>> a republican plan to block president biden from seating a supreme court justice if they take back power in the midterms. the new cnn reporting ahead. >>> swinging into theater and the record books. spider-man shatters the pandemic-era slump at the box office. >>> all right. we do begin with breaking news. moderna announced just moments ago that its preliminary data suggests its covid-19 booster is effective against the omicron variant. this is welcomed news, as dr. anthony fauci warned omicron will become the dominant variant within a matter of weeks. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time anywhere from two to three days. right now, in certain regions of the country, 50% of the isolates are omicron, wh

brianna keilar and john berman are off. christmas travel hitting prepandemic levels as hundreds of flights on are grounded thanks to omicron. >>> and cdc reducing isolation time for health care workers have tested positive, as some of the airline industry push for the same. >>> a guilty verdict for minnesota police officer kim potter after four days of deliberations. we will speak to daunte wright's mother ahead. >>> hail the hero. tsa agent jumping over the conveyor belt to save a choking baby. all of that caught on camera. you're going to want to see it. ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the u.s. and all around the world. it is friday, december 24th. very merry christmas eve. it is last call now for shopping, gift wrapping. santa likely already starting his deliveries. he's out there making the rounds. so is covid. for the second year in a row, the pandemic bringing a lot of folks the equivalent of a lump of coal. airlines struggle with a shortage of flight crews and operations staff. overnight, the cdc announcing a

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. breaking overnight, an extraordinary moment in the insurrection probe. and, frankly, a history-making moment in this country. former white house chief of staff mark meadows held in criminal contempt of congress from defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the january 6th attack on th

. >> i can't unsee that, john berman. let's take a listen to what happened here. >> have you made any decisions about running for president? >> all our focus is on 2022. we're doing everything we can to turn back this big government agenda of the biden administration. we'll let the future take care of itself. >> if donald trump runs for president, will you still run? >> you know, our focus is on 2022. i can honestly tell you in 23rd, my family and i do what we have always done. reflect, pray and determine where we might best serve and go where we're called. >> no matter who else is in the race? >> kraecarrying on with our mus chairs, mike pence may end up with somebody on his lap. >> surprising he took the second question. it felt like he was going to walk away. because of the fact that he was in the u.s. capitol on january 6th, a day in which donald trump ordered his protesters to go to the capitol. . i think all of that, in all of those dynamics will be fascinating to watch whether or not pens jumps in this race or deci

powering possibilities. >>> i'm john berman. brianna is off. erica hill joins me this morning. on this "new day", concern, not panic. president biden laying out his plan to fight the fast spreading omicron variant as americans begin to gather for the holidays. but will

i'm brianna keilar with john berman. on this "new day", overknight a florida college student is in custody after allegedly plotting to shoot up his campus. we'll have the disturbing new details. >> former president trump souring on one of his closest international allies, telling one reporter f him. what's behind the fallout. >>> and begging congress for help as crime hits record levels across several cities. >>> chris christie said it's undeniable that trump gave him covid and mark meadows' silence was inexcusable. ♪ >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 10th. i'm brianna keilar with john berman. >> and it has been a roller coaster week for the group of lawmakers investigating the january 6th insurrection. new, donald trump's efforts to keep records secret involving his administration's response to the riots rejected by an appeals court. next stop, the supreme court. if the justices will take the case, more on that in just a moment. also this week, the committee ge

i'm john berman. on the ground in mayfield kentucky. kaitlan collins with me in new york. we begin with destruction and devastation from at least 50 tornados that ripped through eight states, smashing communities and leaving dozens dead with victims as young as 3 and 5 years old. i'm standing right by what was an auto body glass shop. it was simply pushed over to the ground here. more than a thousand homes in kentucky destroyed. behind the auto body shop, the roof there is just gone. and that's what it looks like in mayfield as you go block to block. there is destruction like that across the state of kentucky and across the region. it all started friday night with the first twister touching down in arkansas and striking a nursing home. one person died. the governor called incident a miracle as the swarm of twisters tore a path 20 miles across kentucky. a candle factory was leveled with 110 people working a night shift. it's unclear how many were inside at the time. rescuers crawled over the dead to get to the living, a disaster scene. and we know it smelled like scented ca

i'm john berman. brianna is off today. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here with me in new york. >> happy to be here. glad you're back from kentucky. >> look, there's so much need down there, and we're going to focus on the need throughout the show. >>> there is other major news this morning as well. overnight, text messages revealed that refrain the january 6th investigation. text messages to mark meadows, former chief of staff, from donald trump jr., fox entertainers, even lawmakers, that all privately and, for a time, unsuccessfully beg to do something to stop the violence as the attack unfolded at the capitol. there's plenty of focus about people speaking out of pboth sides of their mouths on tv about this. while that is salacious, there are legal implications here. what could be a road map as to what the white house knew, what the white house did, what the white house didn't do, even what the white house may have coordinated before, during, and after the attack. it shows an acute, keen awareness the ca

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. we do have breaking news this morning. restrictions on international trampers coming to the united states take effect this morning. everyone has to show proof of a negative covid test taken within one day of departure. foreign nationals will have to show proof they are fully vaccinated. the average number of daily cases of covid is 20,000. that's the highest in two months. omicron variant has been detected in at least 17 states. that has the demand for vaccines spiking. scientists are still waiting for conclusive information about the severity of the omicron variant. in other words, does it make you more sick? dr. anthony fauci said while it's early and things could change, there are some encouraging signs. >> thus far, it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it. but we've really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or really doesn't cause any severe illness comparable to delta. but thus far, the signals are a bitten couraging regarding the severity. >> this morning

i'm john berman on the ground in mayfield, kentucky, this morning. kaitlan collins with me in new york. this morning, everywhere i look around me, there's destruction and devastation. at least 50 tornados ripped through 8 states over the weekend, mashing communities and leaving dozens killed. where i'm standing behind me was an auto glass business, has been flattened, simply. if you look behind that, even, a little more, the brick building with a flag hanging, that's the post office, which no longer has a roof. it gives you a sense of the power of these storms as they pass through the downtown in mayfield. it's also a church parking lot where i am right now. and you can get a sense there, that's one of the church buses, with all of the windows simply blown out. the corrugated metal, the sheet metal, it's littering this entire area. you drive in for dozens of miles and you can see it's scattered

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. today is what one expert calls the most important day yet of the biden foreign policy. this morning, the president meets virtually with vladimir putin for this incredibly consequential phone call. u.s. intelligence community is sending warnings that russia is preparing to invade ukraine as soon as next month. >> if you look at satellite images we have here, they show this massive buildup of russian forces with armored units and tanks stationed along the ukrainian border. there are about 100,000 troops already there, and a u.s. intel assessment finds that russia could be preparing to invade with as many as 175,000 troops. ukraine's defense minister warning that would lead to a bloody massacre. it has been a crucial 24 hours as the president also infuriated china by announcing a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. matthew chance live for us on the ground in ukraine with our top story. this is a hugely consequential day in u.s. foreign policy. matthew, can you hear us? all

i am john berman in for anderson. and now, let's be clear. as negative as these headlines might sound, this is not like the darkest days of the pandemic. not at all. for one, hospitalizations do not appear, as of yet, to be closely tracking the rising case counts. that has been the case in new york city, according to top health officials and in new jersey according to the governor there. time will tell if the broader country will be able to say the same. another explanation is also a second reason for -- for hope and that's vaccines. moderna today announced a third shot of its vaccine significantly boosted the body's defense against the omicron variant. the normal booster dose which is 25% of the two-dose cycle increases antibodies by a factor of 37. but as dr. anthony fauci -- the president's chief medical adviser -- reminded us today, our fight against the virus is only as effective as the number of people taking these lifesaving drugs. >> when someone says, well, i am taking my own chances, it is my body, i will worry about it. nobody shou

i'm john berman. brianna is off. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here with me this morning. >> thanks for having me. all the poinsettias around us this morning. >> we set them up just for you. >>> overnight, text messages reveal that really do reframe the january 6th investigation. text messages to former white house chief of staff mark meadows from donald trump jr., from fox entertainers, from trump administration officials, even from some lawmakers, that all privately, and for a time, unsuccessfully beg to do something to stop the violence as the attack unfolded at the capitol. now, there's a lot of focus this morning on people speaking out of both sides of their mouths, entertainers ers at fox. while it is salacious, there are important, legal implications here. what could be a road map to exactly what the white house knew, what the white house did, what the white house didn't do. even what some of the white house may have coordinated or known before, during, and after the attack. it certainly show

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i'm john berman in for anderson. in just a moment, we will see with one of the administration's top-health officials, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky, specifically about the substance of that speech and what the administration is promising including half a billion free at home testing kits and more aid to overburdened hospitals and the guidance from the president that the vaccinated should not change their holiday plans. today, the president appeared defensive over the persistent problems in testing. he also told the tens of millions of unvaccinated americans that getting these lifesaving shots was their, quote, patriotic duty. but if there was one them he kept returning to, it was that progress has been made in the fight. >> we should all be concerned about omicron but not panicked. and no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we're prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. >> a lot to cover tonight, including as i mentioned o you are our discussion with the cdc director

i'm john berman. brianna is off today. erica hill with me this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, my friend. >> just hours from now, president biden addresses the nation on the fight against the omicron variant. now the most dominant covid strain in the united states, accounting for 73% of all cases. the president will announce a series of steps as the country faces a surge of infections this winter. >> the steps include 500 million free at home rapid tests for households that ask for them. here is dr. anthony fauci moments ago, right here on "new day." >> part of the president's program which he will be speaking about this afternoon is to dramatically increase the availability of testing, putting up about 20,000 testing sites, we're getting half a billion tests very quickly, literally within the next few days. and then have a situation where you can get anywhere from 200 million to half a billion tests per month. so we will be able to very soon have all the tests that people need. >> president biden will also say in his speech that vaccinated

i'm john berman in for anderson. in just a moment, we will see with one of the administration's top-health officials, cdc director dr.

. >> comedian flame monroe, john berman and donie o'sullivan. nfl free agent r.k. russell, political commentator s.e. cupp and comedian helen hong. >> 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 upheavals, 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 violent 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 crazy. >> the losing candidate, then president donald trump stoked the fury with the b

♪ i'm watching it fall ♪ watch the full story at www.xfinity.com/sing2 >>> i'm john berman with brianna keilar. we begin with breaking news. donald trump tested positive for coronavirus three days before his first debate against joe biden on september 29th, 2020. this stunning revelation is in a new book by former white house chief of staff mark meadows obtained by ""the guardian". a positive test the country never knew about, a positive test before he ultimately aadmitted that he had covid. days after attending event after event after event with vulnerable people. there was a subsequent negative test. but this raises all kinds of questions about honesty, timing, and why the white house chose to accept one test. >> meadows wrote that he knew each candidate was required to test negative within 7

. >> comedian flame monroe, john berman and donie o'sullivan. nfl free agent r.k. russell, political commentato

i'm brianna keilar long with john berman. it is here. the first case of the omicron variant in california from a traveler who recently returned from south africa. they have mild symptoms that are improving. that's all we know. listen to dr. fauci at

i'm brianna keilar with john berman. i have nothing to hide. those are the words from alec baldwin in a raw and emotional first interview after a deadly shooting on his film "rust". >> baldwin tells abc news first he had no idea she was even shot. he recalled the moment when the gun went off. >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with her and admired. i'm sorry. admired by everybody who, um, who worked with her. the trigger wasn't -- i never pulled the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no. . >> i would never point a gun at someone and point the trigger. that's the training i had. you never point at someone and pull the trigger. >> you're holding onto the handle. >> how good that. do you see that, do you see that yeah, that's good. i let go of the hammer, bang, the gun goes off. everyone is horrified. they're shocked. it's loud. they don't have their ear plugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. cosmetic rounds. nothing with a charge, flash, nothing. she goes down. i th

. >> 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 crazy. >> the losing candidate, then president donald trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they ri

i'm john berman, with brianna keilar. we have a lot of breaking news today. the supreme court is about to hear oral arguments in what could possibly be the most consequential abortion rights case since roe v. wade. >> the case today centers around a mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. it grants no exception for rape or incest. pro life and pro choice protesters gathered in anticipation of this ruling. so let's go to cnn's jessica schneider who is live from the supreme court. jess? >> reporter: good morning, brianna. this is one of the most consequential cases this court has heard in

i'm brianna keilar with john berman. mark meadows, former chief of staff, is suing the january 6th committee and also suing nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, all in an effort to block enforcement of a subpoena issued to him and to verizon for his phone records. meadows explained his sudden reversal on fox last night. >> we came to the conclusion that they're still going to question those personal private conversations that i had with the president of the united states and other senior officials in the west wing. and quite frankly, their scope is -- >> the court is going to have to determine that. >> so we're going to challenge it. >> the january 6th committee is calling meadows' lawsuit flawed. they will meet next week. >>> on the covid front, two new israeli studies in "the new england journal of medicine" find pfizer boosters reduce infections and deaths from covid by 90%. 9 0%. that is a stunning number. you do not see that in science usually. new cdc data shows 200 million people are now fully vaccinated in the uni

fauci told our colleague john berman earlier. >> that's certainly an important consideration which is being discussed right now, particularly, john, in the context of health care workers. for example, if you get a health care worker who is infected and without any symptoms at all, you don't want to keep that person out of work too very long. >> dr. fauci was talking about health care workers, other essential workers, well, the folks that keep the airlines going. the president of delta air lines wrote a letter to dr. rochelle walensky, the head of the cdc. this is what he asked her. he requested isolation for fully vaccinated people with covid-19 be shortened from ten to five days. he says, of course, there should be a test before that person ends their isolation. he noted over 90% of delta's workforce is vaccinated. jim, you mentioned the new uk rules. in the uk they short earned their isolation from ten to seven days for vaccinated people. that's an important point. unvaccinated people with covid-19 still must isolate for ten days, yet another reason why people should get vaccinated.

john berman here in for anderson. when indianapolis police officer kim potter shot and killed daunte wright in april, she had 26 years on the job. six years longer than wright lived to be. she had countless hours of training as any officer does on her duties, on the law, on when to use the taser she carried on the left side of her body and when, if ever, to use her handgun on the right. on the 11th of april, in the

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. this morning, the former president in specific legal jeopardy. is he in specific legal jeopardy for the january 6th insurrection? if not, should he be? that's the question being add anew by court watchers and legal analysts after surprisingly blunt comments from the bench by a federal judge as she sentenced a rioter for her reaction. she made clear who she was talking about, suggesting to the rioter, quote, there may be others who bear greater responsibility and should be held accountable. and she called those who stoked the flames of fear and discontent and explicitly encouraged attendees to go to the capitol and fight for one reason and one reason only. >> they just released the interrogation tape of daniel rodriguez of california. he tearfully admits using a taser on michael fanone. he said he did it for his president. >> he's the commander in chief and the leader of our country, and he's calling for help. i thought he was calling for help. i thought he was -- i thought we were doing the right thing. >> he felt they stole the election, stole t

i'm john berman. erica hill joins me this morning. great to see you. >> good morning. >> no one saw it coming, that's president biden defending his administration's response to the rapid onslaught of the omicron variant. it is now in all 50 states and accounts for 90% of the country's new cases. the president in a new interview says the nationwide shortage of covid test kits is not a failure by the white house. >> how did you get it wrong? >> how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world. who saw it coming? >> did the administration not expect that there could be moments like this one where you would have a highly transmissible variant? >> sure, it's possible. it's possible there could be other variants coming along. that's possible. what do you plan for? you plan for what you think is available, that is the most likely threat that exists at the time, and you respond to it. and i think that that's exactly what we've done. and, for example, omicron is spreading rapidly. but the death rates are much, much lowe

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. go army, beat navy. >> indeed. >>> this morning, donald trump is running out o

i'm john berman in mayfield, kentucky. this is cnn's special live coverage of the aftermath of these terrible tornadoes. rescue is under way after the string of tornadoes destroyed so much of this town and so many others, in a 200-mile stretch across this state. i'm joined by cnn anchor and kentucky native, pamela brown. pam, you got here saturday night, after dark. but pretty quickly after it all happened. it's been amazing to see what's changed. >> it's been remarkable. as much heartbreak, i'm swelling with pride to help with the cleanup and start rebuilding so soon after the tornado swept through this community and decimated it. it's been remarkable to see the debris they've cleaned up so far. you look around us and you think, where do you even start? let me tell you something -- so many kentuckians have come out with their john deere machinery, whatever they had at their home to get to work in whatever way they can. it's been remarkable. i've been speaking with people. and incredible stories of sur survival, of heroism

pleasure to be with us this morning, john berman. >>> ahead, omicron cases rising as we're getting new information about just how important those boosters are in terms of protection. cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> a very good monday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. we're going to do our best to give you the good news and the bad news. happening right now, health experts are warning the country could be in for a grim beginning to the new year because covid cases are on the rise. the u.s. is averaging now 130,000 new infections per day, that is up from 70,000 at the beginning of november, nearly doubling the rate. the omicron variant not driving that yet. dr. anthony fauci says it will be the dominant strain here in the u.s. soon. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. right now in certain regions of the country, 50% of the isolates are omicron, which means it's going to take over. >> so here's some of the good news. so far, data shows that cases of omicron may be less severe, especially and this is important for those who are

i'm john berman. brianna is off today. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here with me in new york. >> happy to be here. glad you're back from kentucky. >> look, there's so much need down there, and we're going to focus on the need throughout the show. >>> there is other major news this morning as well. overnight, text messages revealed that refrain the january 6th investigation. text messages to mark meadows, former chief of staff, from donald trump jr., fox

brianna keilar and john berman are off. christmas travel hitting prepandemic levels as hundreds of flights on are grounded thanks to omicron.

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i'm john berman with brianna keilar. this morning the dilemma facing colleges and really the country as coronavirus cases shoot up. and cases have definitely shooting up, rising a lot. cornell university encapsulate the situation. 1,000 new cases. but the president reports no severe cases among students, none. so what's the most important medical headline? a thousand new cases or no severe cases? and what's the right reaction. cornell, princeton, middlebury all moving classes online. is it necessary with almost no severe cases? several schools have issued booster shot requirements in recent weeks and others say they are thinking about it. . >> this is both flu and covid-19 cases are on the rise, which has led growing concerns that health systems may be overwhelmed this winter. coronavirus hospitalizations up 43% from a month ago. and the cdc is projecting that virus deaths will increase over the next four weeks. however, the number of fully vaccinated americans surpassed 200 million earlier this month, just over 60% of t

i'm brianna keilar long with john berman. it is here. the first case of the omicron variant in california from a traveler who recently returned from south africa. they have mild symptoms that are improving. that's all we know. listen to dr. fauci at a cnn townhall last night. >> having a single person who had what would be considered a breakthrough infection, because the person was fully vaccinated, doesn't really tell you much at all. it's only a single person, anderson. so you can't make a broad general statement or extrapolation for what would go on with unvaccinated people, people who are boosted. so there is still a lot to be learned. . >> dr. fauci went on to say holiday travel is safe for those who are vaccinated. more than two dozen countries on six continents. this was expected here in the united states and elsewhere. this is not some surprise or calamity. overnight, france joined the list, confirming a positive case in an unvaccinated man in his 50s who just returned from nigeria. later today, president biden, and this is a big

i'm brianna keilar with john berman. i have nothing to hide. those are the words from alec baldwin in a raw and emotional first interview after a deadly shooting on his film "rust". >> baldwin tells abc news first he had no idea she was even shot. he recalled the moment when the gun went off. >> she was someone who was

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. this morning the dilemma facing colleges and really the country

john berman here in for anderson. when indianapolis police officer kim potter shot and killed daunte wright in april, she had 26 years on the job. six years longer than wright lived to be. she had countless hours of training as any officer does on her duties, on the law, on when to use the taser she carried on the left side of her body and when, if ever, to use her handgun on the right. on the 11th of april, in the middle of a traffic stop, all that training broke down. this is what happened. >> taser, taser, taser. i shot him. oh, my god. >> kim, sit down. >> oh, my god. >> it was the worst mistake anyone entrusted with using deadly force can possibly make. during her cross c-examination potter admitted that wright never threatened her or the other officers. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> he never threw a punch? >> no. >> never kicked anyone? >> no. >> never said, i'm going to kill you? >> no. >> never said, i'm going to shoot you? >> no. >> never said, there's a gun in the car and i'm coming after you? >> no. >> yet,