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surging om krob cases are fueling a pandemic of cases across the u.s. as parents return to work, try to, and kids head back to school just days before the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. lawmakers hint at the coup attempt and 40 million people are under a winter storm warning stretching from alabama to new jersey. we'll have the latest forecast. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. monday, january 3rd. we begin 2022 with cases surging like we haven't seen before in the pandemic. it's causing staffing shortages across businesses and amongst had health care and airline workers. we've started a new day and more than 1600 flights canceled. more than 14,000 flights canceled since christmas eve.

airlines say it's a combination of workers getting sick with covid and bad weather. look at the seven day average of new cases in the u.s. higher than ever before. experts warn it's likely to get worse in the days ahead. >> of course you tonight want to get people panicking over asymptomatic infections, but asymptomatic infections are part of the process that spreads it around to the community and many members of the community are vulnerable. that's the reason why you have so many people in the hospital. the last count there have been 90,000 people that are in the hospital right now and 1200 deaths per day. that is not a trivial situation. >> dr. anthony fauci also says he anticipates further clarification on the cdc's guidelines in cutting it down. it includes additional testing. more health care workers are getting sick and going into

quarantine further straining hospitals. fauci is urging people to take the omicron variant seriously. >> it's kind of like a very interesting swharks complicated issue where you have a virus that might actually be less severe in its pathogenicity but so many people are getting sick that the net amount, the total amount of people that might require hospitalization are up. we can't be complacent in the reports which are likely accurate that it is ultimately in the big picture less severe. we're still going to get a lot of hospitalizations. >> for reporters around the world covering this, brian young is in atlanta with the latest on flight cancellations in the u.s. we have live reports from new york, london, hong kong, new delhi coming up. plus omicron may be milder than the delta variant. the former head of the fda warns it may be more serious with young children. here's what he has to say.

>> it does appear from a lot of the experimental evidence we've gotten in the last two weeks, this is a less severe infection with the upper airway infections but that's more difficult for young children. so that could be a challenge for young kids and we are seeing rising hospitalizations among that pediatric segment. >> cnbc reports new hospitalizations nearly doubled in the last two weeks in december. "the new york times" says the fda is going to authorize doses of pfizer and booster shots for children as young as 15 for today. they're cutting the wait time from 6 to 5 months for both children and adults. we still don't know when u.s. children who are 5 and younger can get covid vaccines.

one medical analyst says it's needed sooner rather than later to protect against the omicron variant. >> right now we're hearing that it's not going to be the first quarter of 2022, that it's most likely going to be the second quarter, hopefully sometime in spring. i hope for more information. pfizer is the closest when it comes to vaccines for younger children. i hope they're doing everything they can to expedite their trials especially in light of how widespread omicron is right now. >> meanwhile, schools across the u.s. are wrestling with how to get students and staff back into the hospital safely. for many a return to virtual learning is likely at least for a little while. others can expect tough new restrictions. cnn's paulo sandoval. >> reporter: after adapting to this covid era of teaching schools throughout the united states are preparing to open up again after the holiday break and welcome back students and

staff. there are some school systems that are taking a more aggressive approach. for example, several atlanta area schools say they will begin with remote teaching. students and staff in washington, d.c., will have to have a negative test before they head back to class. here's how the nation's largest school system is going to handle this. we're talking in new york city. schools will distribute at-home tests for students and staff or be exposed to a person. students who are asymptomatic can continue. students with symptoms have to have two negative tests taken 24 hours apart. kids who are positive have to isolate at home for 10 days until they have a negative test. this is to limit disruption. over the weekend we heard from the secretary of education to remain open.

>> the message hasn't changed. we need to make sure we're following mitigation strategies, we're providing vaccination for our students as young as 5 so that the whole school community is safe. we have to double down that omicron is higher to make sure we're doing that but it works. we went from 47% of our schools open in person in january of last year to 99% in december. >> reporter: secretary cardona described bumps in the road in the next few weeks as already his department has received phone calls that say they know 5 to 10% of their staff will be unavailable. defense secretary lloyd austin has tested positive for covid-19. he made the announcement saying he developed mild symptoms at home. he informed president biden whom he last met with before christmas after testing negative. the defense chief says he's

fully vaccinated and has received the covid booster. he said he was last at the pentagon on thursday and followed all covid precautions the short time he was there. as omicron cases surge in the u.s., experts warn hospitals are bracing for a slew of new patients who remain unvaccinated. here's what one doctor says to expect in the coming weeks. >> where i live hospitals are having to start to think about canceling elective procedures taking staff, moving them into places to care for critically ill patients. this is going to spread throughout the united states in the next few weeks. i'm hopeful the places that are hit hardest, places like new york, rhode island, michigan will crest but we're going to see this wave travel out across the country and down through the south. it's going to go to places where the vaccination rates are much lower than they are in the

northeast in places like the mid-atlantic. hospitals are likely to see a lot of sick people because many more people are unvaccinated. it will be a very rough four to six weeks across the country now and we need people to prepare for that. over the holidays coronavirus cases driven by the omicron variant has skyrocketed. some countries are now seeing the highest daily case counts of the entire pandemic. the british government is urging students to get tested before they return to school. france is beefing up its in-school testing. israel is offering a fourth shot to people over 60 and to medical staff. they're also lifting quarantine rules to people exposed to omicron as long as they've tested negative and their vaccinations are up to date. let's go to nada bashir and

elliott gotkin. it will be interesting how much a fourth dose can make to a society. >> reporter: that's right, max. this is a test bed for the rest of the world. as you say, we were talking about it a couple of weeks ago. naftali bennett was welcoming it. but the director general of the health ministry was a little bit more cautious. he waited until new year's eve to give the go ahead and yesterday gave approval for the over 60s and health care workers as well. amongst this back drop we are seeing a rise. the rco efficient, the person it was infecting with covid, that's creeping up to 1.88, a level not

seen since june. there were some very dire prog snows cease. naftali bennett talking about 20,000 daily cases by the end of the week topping out at 50,000. we had professor aaron siegel and he's talking about potentially 2 million israelis out of a population of 9.5 million being infected with omicron. the only bright spot, i suppose, is that could lead to some kind of herd immunity which could enable israel to get through a fifth wave of covid. max? >> elliott, thank you. neither seeing more cases than israel. the increase is reducing and the government resisting any more restrictions. >> reporter: max, we heard the prime minister saying the government would consider more measures ahead of the new year. now it doesn't seem that the government is looking at

tightening this in the new year. we heard from steven bachus saying the data at this stage doesn't support the tightening of restrictions. while there have been an increase in cases and we have seen the impact of christmas and new year's on the hospital admi admissions, the health minister said icu remains stage in comparison to what we saw last year in january. as you mentioned earlier, there are some measures being brought in force in the new year particularly in schools as students prepare to go back to school after the christmas holidays. returning tomorrow and wednesday. the students will be required to wear masks and they're encouraging teachers and students to take rapid tests before returning to school.

that's an effort to stem the spread of the omicron variant. we have seen rising cases in the younger age group. the government is talking about bringing back tougher testing measures including twice weekly testing for students and for teachers. there is a real focus now on limiting disruption to education. that is the key concern here. as we see many disruptions being experienced by other industries as well, particularly in the health care sector where they are dealing with significant staff shortages and the government has tasked them to come up with contingency plans in terms of the staff shortages. worst case scenario, 25% staff shortages and the government has considered us and retired school teachers to return to the workforce making it easier for nhs workers to transfer to hospitals and even speeding up the process for overseas health care workers and nurses to register to work in the u.k. that's all part of efforts to

mitigate the staff shortage we could be seeing as the omicron variant continues to spread. at this stage it's not looking like any tougher measures will be coming to force despite the expectations of health care experts. >> nada, thank you very much. elliott, thank you as well. still to come, revelations from the house committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol. what they say was going on inside the white house on january 6th. millions bracing for a powerful winter storm across the u.s. the latest winter storm across the u.s. coming up.

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this is one of the busiest airports in the country. when you think about all the flights that we've seen canceled today, there have been long lines of people who have been trying to rebook their flights just to get out of town. we met several families here who have been impacted greatly by the canceled flights across the country. when you add in the weather mix you can understand the frustration that is building across this country when it comes to flights. now on sunday more than 2500 flights have been canceled and on saturday more than 2500 flights were canceled. so you understand that people are desperate to try to get back home especially during this holiday time and try to get back for work on monday. we talked to one couple who was having a difficult time getting to the west coast. >> tried to leave on thursday and then they canceled it. and then we tried to reschedule it for saturday night and they rescheduled it again and canceled it. today they canceled it on the way to the airport. now we're rescheduled for tonight. >> do you guys have any kind of

lodging or anything at all? >> no, not yet. yeah -- >> that's got to be frustrating. >> it is. as long as we can get back west we'll be good. >> reporter: you have thousands of flights canceled. when you put this together, the holidays are already a tough time as well. when you put covid impacting airlines and you put the fact there is weather impacting parts of this country, it's really hard for some of these families to get back to where they're going before monday morning. hopefully as we see the boards start to clear and some of this weather start to lift, people will get a chance to make it home. back to you. at least 14 million people in the u.s. are currently under a winter storm warning. new jersey has declared a state of emergency for some areas. federal government offices in washington, d.c., will be closed along with schools in the nation's capitol and baltimore. cnn's meteorologist pedram javaheri has more on this. pedram? >> max, it is going to be a

messy go across not only parts of the southern united states and the mid-atlantic region. all of this happening hours removed from record warmth. 80 on thursday in memphis, 30. atlanta, 78 on saturday to 44 on monday. new york went from 60 degrees down to 32 degrees by the afternoon hours of monday. gusty winds and certainly going to make it feel much colder. take a look at what's happening outside. as impressive as it gets, considering how warm it has been. northern alabama, metro and rain and snow across portions of up to. it is a quick-moving system. we don't think much in the way of accumulations.

northern georgia, northern atlanta, that's where we expect accumulations to stick around. in a few hours as much as a few inches. higher elevations and widespread coverage. maybe up to 3 to 6 inches. in the areas of delmarva around washington, d.c., that's where the most impressive hours could be around rush hour. previous story noted, covid cancellations widespread in this region. factor in the weather el. and the preemptive conditions, already exceeding 1500 across the united states and upwards of half of these flights are out of areas around the northeast and mid-atlantic. big time disruptions because of an incoming storm. by 7, 8, 9 a.m. around washington we could gather four to six inches of snowfall. the last time the city picked up more than two inches of snowfall you have to go back to january of 2019.

some three years ago, 1092 days ago to be precise. the last time measurable snowfall came down in d.c. that was also quite a while ago. about 11 months ago. big changes in store here over the next few hours, max. it's been very mild and now it's freezing. >> pedram, thank you very much indeed for that. the white house in washington says president biden and vice president kamala harris will deliver remarks thursday marking one year of the attacks on the capitol. this comes as the house select committee investigating the insurrection attempt reveals troubling new information. we have more from washington. >> reporter: as we approach the one year anniversary, we are

learning more information and who is speaking to the committee. they zeroed in on the 187 minutes where he was silent as his supporters stormed the capitol building. bennie thompson and liz cheney went on the sunday shows and revealed a little bit more about what they've uncovered so far. take a listen. >> we know as he was sitting there in the dining room next to the oval office members of his staff were pleading with him to go on television to tell people to stop. we know leader mccarthy was pleading with him to do that. we know members of physician family. we know his daughter. we have firsthand testimony that his daughter, ivanka, went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence. >> we have significant testimony that leads to us believe the white house was told to do

something. when we produce our report we want to make sure the public will have an opportunity to see for themselves. >> reporter: this is potentially a significant revelation because it suggests that someone very close to trump is talking to the committee. it's not just someone who had secondhand knowledge. it's someone who was in the room with trump as the riots were unfolding. what's less clear is what trump's mindset and intent was during that time period and whether it amounts to some criminal act. that is something investigators are working to determine. bennie thompson did say to our dana bash that if they determine a criminal act was determined, they have no problem making a criminal referral to the department of justice. that is something we could see reported in the final report the select committee plans to report this fall. u.s. president joe biden vowing the u.s. and its allies will, quote, respond decisively

if russia further invades ukraine. that statement coming through in a conversation on sunday with president zelensky. last week president biden was on the phone with vladimir putin. he warned of a, quote, heavy price to pay if russia invades ukraine. cnn's nic robertson is following developments. strong language this latest round of language from the white house. >> reporter: yes, very strong language in support of ukraine. this is what president biden promised them and it was clearly warmly received, greatly received by the ukrainian president who talked about the importance of the first international leadership conversation it had in years. it showed the strength and importance of bilateral relations. he spoke about keeping down tensions and working with the

allies in the united states and partners in europe to avoid an escalation in europe. so that very much, you know, the two leaders very much in lock step on this reducing tensions issue. ukraine very happy to hear that. i think we got indication from the white house on direction of travel a week from today in geneva. the white house is saying that it's calling for what it describes as a confidence building measure to reduce tensions. confidence building measures to reduce tensions. here's the real clue. to advance diplomacy around the mince ii agreement. the mince ii agreement is the

cease fire to end the conflict in the east of ukraine between the russian-backed separatists and the ukrainian government. it's been stalled and not going anywhere. the ukrainian government giving ground to russia on this when it doesn't see what it wants implemented out of that agreement is going to seem like conceding to that essential, you know, secession of territory from the east of ukraine. what president biden seems to be saying that the discussion with russia is going to lead to him putting pressure on ukraine to make some concessions over the mince ii agreement. but, again, that's separate to what president putin has said that nato cannot allow ukraine to become a member. but already this is very tricky and sticky grounds. >> nic in moscow watching. thank you.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories. more than 1600 flights have been canceled in the u.s. today. with the pandemic fueling

shortages of airline staffing. winter weather causing delays. the fda could reqapprove booster shots for children 12 to 15. omicron is a greater risk for young kids. china is dropping the number of covid cases in xi'an. they're under strict lockdown measures for two weeks as chinese authorities are looking for a zero covid strategy. india begins vaccinating teens ages 15 to 18. china will ease quarantine rules and they've shortened the time from 7 to 4. they've recorded more on the whole day than the whole 20620. more than 120,000 people tested positive from christmas and new

year. cnn has reporters all around the world. kristie lu stout, we are going to barbie nadeau in rome. obviously some concern on hospitals right now not just because more people are going in but because of staff shortages. this is a problem across the european economies. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. with the contagious rates, it's not just the people who get it, it's people who are exposed to it. we're seeing a problem with hospitals, doctors, nurses, support staff. we're seeing a problem in the city of rome with garbage collectors and things like that as well. as omicron becomes more prevalent, that's the reason governments are trying to shorten the quarantine time.

>> fadika, in india it's very difficult to get your head around the scale of the issue there because the population is so large. they are making progress in the vaccination program. >> reporter: well, yes, there is progress when it comes to the vaccination program, max. as of now, 65% of india's adult population has received two doses of the vaccine, but when it comes to children, today is the first day that the vaccination program gets started for those between ages 15 and 18. that's 90 million children. we have 3.4 million people have registered on the vaccination site which is the number of children we have in this age bracket. this is the silver lining.

they remain the most vulnerable given that they haven't received a single vaccination. omicron is surging. officially 1700 cases but today, max, india has seen over 33,750 cases -- new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours. this is the highest india has recorded since mid september of last year. this is certainly a worry. when you look at the figures from both mumbai and dehli, the cases have increased ten fold. in eight cases the cases have increased ten fold. first, it's about the travel that's happening with this holiday season. people traveling all across india. we can expect a surge in cases in the coming weeks. also along with that, public gatherings and political gatherings continue. if you remember ahead of the second wave in may last year, there were elections in a few

states and there was one of those in which there was a huge surge. history is repeating itself. history is not banning these rallies and these political gatherings and this is going to be a major cause for concern while politicians are out there on the road campaigning and trying to get more to work for them in the upcoming elections across india. >> kristie, in china they have a different policy. it's a zero covid policy. they haven't quite achieved that but they are having some progress in xi'an. >> reporter: cases are falling, but there is rising desperation especially in xi'an, the northern chinese is city, which is going through its 12th day of lockdown. now look, this is what's happening. on monday we know china reported about 101 new cases of the virus. that is down from 131 new cases from the previous day. but the vast majority of those cases come from the northern

chinese city of xi'an, home to the teracotta wa yours. it's home to 13 million people and the beijing winter olympic games a month away, chinese officials are going all out to end the xi'an outbreak. starting on december 23rd, 13 million people in xi'an have been living in lockdown. that means they are forbidden from leaving their homes. they're only allowed to get a covid test. not allowed to leave to get food or anything else. there are public shamings. on sunday two senior chinese communist party officials were removed from their post because of their handling of the pandemic. we've also been closely monitoring chinese social media, max, to get a picture of what it's like to live under prolonged lockdown in xi'an and it paints a very devastating picture of extreme control as well as desperation. let's bring up one example for you.

in this video we see a man outside of the residential compound in xi'an. he is being beaten by anti-pandemic workers. the man was trying to enter a residential compound with a bag of steamed buns. there is an altercation. the man stumbles and the steamed buns he's holding scatter all over the ground. this emerged on december 31st. it has since gone viral. that forced local police to release a statement. they acknowledge, yes, there was a dispute. there was an altercation. they also said the two independent workers involved apologized for assaulting him. they have been fined and detained for seven days. the chinese government has vowed that they will supply three to five days worth of groceries to people still stuck at home during this prolonged point. >> barbie, speaking to you. as we go into the new year,

what's very different about omicron is, yes, it may not be making people as ill but it is causing massive worker shortages and that's having, you know, effectively shutting down large parts of the economy and that's going to affect everyone. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. that is a big concern right now. you know, you're not going to have enough bus drivers. you're not going to have garbage collectors. you're not going to have doctors and nurses. a lot of the european governments have had these long quarantines where if you've been in contact with someone who's covid positive, you have to self-isolate for ten days. they're trying to tighten that out a little bit. you have to test more often or you have to do other things in order to get back to work. even if you tested positive and you don't show symptoms in some cases mask wearing, things like that, they want people back in the workforce as soon as possible. that's going to be especially important as schools start. all of the european countries

are going back to school after the holidays. teachers are out and students haven't been vaccinated yet. this is a problem we're going to see amplify as january goes on, max. >> barbie in rome. thank you very much, indeed. the first day of trading in 2022. here's a look at the global markets. you can see the dow futures are up, only very, very slightly. so a bit of positivity there but sudan's political future is increasingly uncertain amid ongoing mass protests. prime minister is resigning. we'll have details on that next. , adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to.

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in the meantime, i'm being told by staff that i need to do an emergency declaration. so as i was trying to think and collect the papers that i would need to get out, the legal papers and all the things, the pictures, heirlooms, i had to sign the emergency declaration. it was really, really intense. >> reporter: many streets are still closed with hot spots still being managed. so reopening subdivisions to allow people to take a look at their homes has been a slow process. back to you. >> a suspect is under arrest and charged in connection with a fire at the south african parliament. it caused extensive damage on the first and second floors of the old assembly building. the third floor roof collapsed. authorities say the person was caught with suspected stolen property. someone attacked the sprinkler system. sudan is in deeper political

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the military. in his exit, his address to the nation, he admits this agreement with the military had stood and he was not able to -- in the six weeks he was reinstated he could not bring the divided parties of sudan together. >> translator: even after the october 20th coup we signed a framework in an attempt to get back on track to put an end to the bloodshed, for the release of prisoners and to safeguard what had been achieved throughout the past two years and to adhere to the constitutional declaration that governed the transition. >> he's now back in charge without any significant civilian commitment to this

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world sport, lionel messi and three of his teammates have tested positive. they are in isolation. paris saint-germain is set to play tuesday. in the nfl wide receiver antonio brown is out of a job after walking out on his team, the tampa bay buccaneers mid game in dramatic fashion. this happened sunday as the bucs played the new york jets. brown appeared to be upset on the sidelines. some of his teammates tried to calm him down. he pulled off his jersey and pads, threw his shirt into the

stands and left the stadium. tampa bay head coach and quarterback tomorrow brady spoke about brown's actions after the game. >> he is no longer a buck, all right? that's the end of the story. let's talk about the guys that went out there and won the game. >> i think everybody should find -- hopefully do what they can to help him in ways that he really needs it. we all love him. we care about him deeply. you know, we want to see him be at his best. unfortunately won't be with our team. i think the most important thing about football are the relationships with your friends and teammates and they go beyond the field. you know, i think everyone should be very compassionate and empathetic toward, you know, some very difficult things that are happening. >> not clear why brown decided to leave the game. he's -- he was suspended for three games last month after the league said he lied about his covid vaccination status.

and in another nfl game the philadelphia eagles saw some unexpected action after their win over washington on sunday. watch the left side of the video. quarterback jalen hurts is walking off the field when a railing gives way and several fans fall to the ground. seems no one was injured remarkably and hurts helped the fans up and took selfies with them. hurts spoke to the media after the incident. >> i'm just happy everybody is safe from it. happy everybody is safe from it. that's crazy. that was a real dangerous situation. so happy everybody bounced back from it. it seemed like passionate eagles fans. i love it. >> the league says it's looking into how the railing collapsed. thanks for joining us here on "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster in london. "early start" up next. you're watching cnn.

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all right. here we go. it is monday, january 3rd. 5 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i'm christine romans. >> christine, happy new year. >> to you, too. >> i'm laura jarrett. we begin this morning with america getting back to work and school, or at least trying to in the age of omicron. the super contagious variant is pushing case counts to all-time highs right now. you can expect even bigger numbers as states catch up on repo