and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches, or coughs or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ woman: talk to your dermatologist about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm kristie lou stout in hong kong. and ahead on "cnn newsroom." anger in europe, as governments impose new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. we are live in rome with more.

plus, new details about novak djokovic's health before his trip to australia, as he waits to learn whether he can defend his grand slam title. details in a live report from sydney. and russia helps the president of kazakhstan restore order amid signs he is making a power grab following deadly anti-government protests. and we begin in the united states, where the rampant spread of the omicron variant is hurting health care and education. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers' union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. on saturday, the mayor of chicago rejected a new proposal from the teachers' union. but as they battle it out, classes have been canceled, meaning many kids are now stuck at home. meanwhile, a record number of

children under age 5 are in hospitals, infected with the coronavirus. and the numbers you see there represent the number of kids under the age of 5 per 100,000 in the population who are hospitalized. and with the facilities scrambling to deal with the new admissions of all ages, the omicron variant is disrupting the delivery of routine health care in places like new york. cnn's polo sandoval has more. >> this weekend, the state of new york's health department issuing a temporary order, putting a stop to all non-urgent, non-essential elective procedures throughout about 40 facilities located mainly in the central and northern part of the state. the goal here according to health officials to try to help alleviate limited bed capacity amid this ongoing omicron surge that we have seen not here just throughout the state of new york, but really across the country here, as new york just the latest in a race to try to help their health care facilities with staff and supply

shortages, including at the university of kansas health care system, where the chief medical officer told cnn over the weekend that they are nearing a breaking point. >> go from normal operations to contingency. and contingency planning means, i'm going to have to put patients in unusual situations. i have to cancel surgeries. but at some point you say, we're too overwhelmed to do any of our normal daily work. we can't even meet all of our patients' demands, and at that point, we have to turn on a switch that says, we have to triage to the people who we can help the most, and that means we might have to let some people die who we might have been able to help. >> and those patients that are clinically high risk, if their procedures are not carried out, they are not actually exempt, and this is just temporary right now, expected to last two weeks. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >> and while the u.s. faces a surge of new coronavirus cases, the biden administration is now in the process of signing contracts to purchase more covid-19 tests for americans.

cnn's arlette saenz reports from the white house. >> reporter: the biden administration is taking the first steps in its mission to deliver half a billion covid-19 tests directly to americans' homes. as a covid-19 surge continues across the country. the biden administration announced they have signed two contracts with companies to procure these tests. one of those contracts is worth $51 million, going to a virginia-based company called gold belt security, to purchase existing tests like the company has. it's unclear how many tests that entails. a second contract is being given to revival health, a california-based company that would procure 13.3 million tests, though it's unclear how much that one would cost. now, the biden administration has said that they will issue more contracts in the weeks to come, but they really have provided only a few details about what this rollout would

look like when it comes to actually delivering the tests. the white house has said that they will put up a website at some point in the next month, where americans can directly go order tests, that will then be shipped to their homes. but it's unclear when those deliveries might start. president biden has acknowledged some of the frustrations with the shortage of tests and also, the lack of access to testing as this surge has continue offered the course of the past few weeks. but the president also offered this assessment about whether covid is here to stay. >> no, i don't think covid is here to stay. but having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay. but covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to be. we have so many more tools we're developing. >> battling this pandemic remains the key challenge for president biden, as his success as president really hinges on whether he can get this virus under control. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. >> as you just heard in

arlette's report, president joe biden says covid-19, as we're dealing with it now, isn't here to stay. and that there are, quote, many more tools being developed to contain the virus. but some medical experts are taking a different approach. they warn that the virus may never go away, and the public needs to accept this possibility. here's cnn medical analyst, dr. jonathan reiner. >> the country should understand that the virus is not going to go away. the pandemic is going to go away. and going forward, we're going to have to start to think about having low level of covid, the same way we have low level of -- well, we have high levels of influenza over year, but we'll have to face this notion that this is going to be a background in our society and we're going to have to learn how to live with it. we'll probably have yearly updates on vaccines, we'll have different ways to test for it, better therapeutics. so we are going to live with

this virus indefinitely. but the pandemic itself, the health emergency that we're in now is going to eventually go away. hopefully in the next several weeks. >> and dr. reiner adds that he wants to hear american leaders from the local level, all the way up to national, tell the public the truth. that this is going to be a very difficult several weeks. now, officials are struggling to contain covid-19 in europe, as well. in europe, the uk has joined only a handful of country reporting more than 150,000 total deaths from the pandemic. and across the channel, french president emmanuel macron has said that he wants to, quote, piss off the unvaccinated. if that's his plan, it's working. protesters vented their anger in paris as lawmakers there consider a stricter vaccine pass to get into bars and cafes. while in italy, a mandate for everyone over the age of 50 to be vaccinated appears to be a success. in fact, since announcing the requirement, italy has seen a

three-fold increase in vaccines administered to people in that age range. now, for more on that, i'm joined by cnn contributor, barbie nadeau in rome. barbie, thanks for joining us. italy again is now mandating vaccination for everyone over the age of 50, what has been the reaction and how is it being rolled out? >> well, as you mentioned, people are reserving their vaccines now. we've seen a three-fold increase. and that's good news for the government. that's what they were hoping people would do. those last holdouts, they want them to get vaccinated. they're not, they can't do anything. if you're over 50, they'll get fined. that's expected to come into effect around february 1st, which will allow people to reserve their vaccines and get vaccinated. but for the most part, there has been compliance here, christine. >> elsewhere in europe, barbie, covid cases and deaths are spiking. what's the overall picture across the continent? >> yeah, the deaths, you know, every country counts their covid deaths a little bit differently. a lot of people believe that the

deaths are far higher than what has been reported. italy is approaching 140,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. we've seen so many, so many people have lost their lives. so many people are affected by this. you know, the loss of income to the families and all of these sorts of things. it's not just someone dying from covid. but, you know, one of the things we're seeing less of, though, in this wave of the pandemic is a spike in deaths. we saw many, many more deaths in the earlier waves of the pandemic. and that means -- a lot of that is because people are vaccinated now and they aren't getting as sick as they were earlier and they're not dying at the rate they were earlier in the pandemic, christi. >> but this new variant, omicron, continues to spread rapidly across europe, so are more european countries looking at tighter covid control measures now? >> absolutely. but it discuss come back down to those restrictions. they're mostly against the unvaccinated. here in italy, you know, you have to be vaccinated to go into a restaurant, to dine in a restaurant, to go to work in some places. it's not enough to have a

negative covid test, which has been in place for quite some time. that's what they're looking at in france, too. that negative covid test isn't enough. you have to be vaccinated. so the restrictions do tend to focus on those people that haven't been vaccinated yet, but january will be a tough month, as these numbers are expected -- they haven't peaked yet and they're expected to continue to rise and new measures may well be put into place all across europe. >> barbie nadeau reporting live in rome, thank you. you're watching "cnn newsroom." up next, a grand slam tennis title is on the line. and we have a live report from sydney, as the world's most famous unvaccinated tennis player fights to stay in the country to defend his title. plus, we'll get some expert analysis on the details of djokovic's case ahead of monday's crucial court hearing. you put on your septic system. but rid-x does. in a 21 month study, scientists proved that rid- x reduces up to 20% of waste build up every month. take the pressure off with rid-x.

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vaccination requirements for entry. a court document confirmed that the world's number one's men's player is unvaccinated. and cnn's angus watson joins us now live from sydney with more. and angus, court documents show that djokovic was granted vaccine exemption after he tested positive for covid-19 in december. what does this timeline mean for djokovic and his legal challenge? >> reporter: kristi, djokovic cut it extremely fine, didn't he? the covid-19 positive pcr test that he's relying on that, that positive infection that precludes him from getting a covid-19 vaccination for the next six months, according to australian's immunization body, that came just weeks before he was set to travel to the australian open. tennis australia already had the majority of its exemptions for others that required a medical exemption for covid-19 vaccination. they had them already buttoned up. so novak djokovic's mail came in

very light. what's more, sbrvery interestin about that date, the 16th of december, that positive pcr test, he had an event, his organization had him on stage maskless addressing an audience. the next day, he had two more events, which he's also seen maskless, not social distancing, and of course, we know, not vaccinated. so arriving in australia, not vaccinated, the government said that that's not good enough. you need to have two shots to get in. they've tossed him into this immigration detention facility. he'll remain there until monday. quite extraordinary. the number one tennis player for men in the world, it's taken a lot of twists and turns. >> reporter: novak djokovic's quest to win his tenth australian open title may no longer lay in his hands. instead, the men's number one tennis player waits for an australian court to decide whether he can participate. djokovic is trying to enter the country to contest the title without having had a covid-19

vaccination. he thought he had an excuse when federal officers stopped him at melbourne airport late wednesday night. hours later, they'd ordered him deported, in court monday, his lawyers will try to stop that. but no one, australia says, can come in without a vaccination or a watertight exemption. >> the minister of health was absolutely, black and white clear to mr. djokovic about what his responsibilities and the expectations were. >> reporter: djokovic has never felt a responsibility to be vaccinated. instead, he's long-kept his status a secret and kept back on the idea of vaccine mandates. now court filings reveal that djokovic has never had the shot, but his lawyers will argue that he received a worthy medical exemption from two separate panels, on grounds he tested positive for covid-19 as recently as december 16th. the australian government says such a loophole doesn't exist. so novak djokovic waits it out in a melbourne hotel turned immigration detention facility, also home to refugees caught up

in the australian immigration system for years. outside, his supporters and anti-vax protesters demand his release. the australian government says that djokovic can leave the country at any time. by arriving unvaccinated, djokovic always knew he was wading into australia politics. few hold much sympathy with infections at an all-time and hospitals overflowing. but tournament organizer craig tiley says he's confident that the grand slam will be a success. >> there's a lot of finger pointing going on, and a lot of blaming going on, but our team has done an unbelievable job and has done everything they possibly could, according to all of the instructions. >> reporter: djokovic has repeatedly requested to be moved from the park hotel detention facility to somewhere with the court, where he could practice, in case he does beat the deportation and can go for a record 21st grand slam.

but his sporting legacy is at now at the mercy of his public reputation. photos show him maskless and surrounded by people at three events in december, on the same day and one day after his exemption vaccination request says he positived positive for covid-19. it's unclear if he was aware of his positive results after appearing at any of these events. what we now know is that he was unvaccinated. >> reporter: now, kristi, one interesting point is that tomorrow's court proceedings will be published online. people will be able to watch that. and there'll be extreme interest in this country and around the world as to how it plays out. the context here in australia like so many other places, rising cases of omicron have crippled economy, supply chains are kbimpacted by the number of

people that are sick. tens of thousands of people a day registering positive covid-19 cases, too. some relief is that australia has such a high vaccination rate, people here want to see people coming into the country held to that same standard, kristi. >> a lot of interest in this story. so many twists and turns in this saga. cnn's angus watson reporting live in sydney. thank you. now, david law is the co-host of the tennis podcast and joins us from london. thank you for joining us. lawyers for djokovic say that he tested positive for covid-19 in december. does this change the game at all for djokovic and his appeal? >> i don't think it does, necessarily. i mean, it's such a difficult legal situation right now and people pointing fingers as the reports were saying there. the fact is, that appears to be how he's tried to get around the rules and get an exemption in order to play the australian

open and not be vaccinated. but there are big question marks over whether a previous infection of that sort of date should apply. there was initially a deadline of december the 10th discussed. and put to the players and so, if he's tested positive on the 16th, he wouldn't have made that deadline. that's also being disputed. and in addition, all of the pictures that you've been talking about there that have appeared straight afterwards in the following days, it complicates matters, and it doesn't play well in australia right now. all of the communication -- i mean, that's one of the issues here, when djokovic initially said, i'm on my way, i've got an exemption, it wound up the australian public. it annoyed a lot of people. it annoyed a lot of players. and i think that that immediately put everybody to attention. so when he arrived at the border, they were ready for him. >> yeah. and let's talk about the footage that was released, showing

djokovic not wearing a mask and at public events around the time he tested positive with covid-19. he, in this image that's on our screens right now, he's seen with a group of young people unmasked and other people, as well. how is all of this playing out in the wider tennis world? >> well wing it's -- it's in keeping, really, with many things we've seen from novak djokovic over the course of the pandemic. if we think back to the events that were held in croatia and serbia in 2020, when he held tennis tournaments, for good causes, he was trying to do good things, but he was doing them with no real regard for the fact that there was a pandemic going on and that there were maskless people in the crowds, and then several of the players tested positive for covid-19, including himself. and i think that it goes in line with a feeling that he's just not really in tune with what's going on at the moment. now, in terms of the actual

timing, we haven't heard from him. i should say that about his positive covid test. that's what's being put in the court reports and in his lawyer's case, the 16th of december. and then these pictures have come out subsequently. did he know he was positive by then or had he taken a test and not yet tested positive? i don't know that. but it's not going down well to be quite honest, no. >> and do you think djokovic is aware of the gravity of the situation right now? we know that he's in quarantine at a hotel in melbourne. he is stuck there as he awaiting his hearing on monday. he's in limbo. he's stuck in the room. he can't train. hoye would you describe his head space right now? >> from what i'm hearing, and i can only go on reports i've heard from messages that the journalists from serbia in particular have been able to communicate to us and his family as well, he was in shock, i think, when he arrived a to the border, he thought he had what he needed. he'd been told that he had an

exemption. and he was turned away, not only turned away, but put in detention. and no a particularly nice place to be, quite honestly. and it's so far from ideal for preparing for a tennis tournament to be in isolation inside a hotel room for several days, when you're not expecting to, and not knowing what the y y outcome will be. from what we hear, he's pretty stressed out about it, and i'm not surprised. at the same time, i think many people, particularly in australia, who have suffered a lot during this pandemic, are saying, well, yeah. if you turn up unvaccinated, when we have 90% vaccination of our population, then, yeah, that's how you deserve to be treated. and i think the playing group, the tennis players are split to some degree. most players, i think more than 90% of players are vaccinated now. and rafael nadal said the other day, you can play the australian open, but you need to be vaccinated. we all know this. it's just that novak djokovic

doesn't want to be. and that much, he's kind of made clear all along, really. he's guarded his secrecy over his vaccination status. we now know that he hasn't been vaccinated. he thought he'd found a solution to that, albeit not a very nice situation to be in, to test positive himself. but he thought that gave him an exemption he was told that he had been. suddenly he finds himself in this position. it can't pleasant. >> and his vaccination status makes him an outlier. thank you so much for that, david. take care. >> thank you. >> the former u.s. tennis player, the upbrother of john mcenroe calls djokovic's position a world-class debacle. >> it's a shame. novak djokovic has been an unbelievable player, he's done a lot of great things in his career, including helping the

australians through their bush fires that happened in the last year. he's won the tournament nine times. he's an incredible player. he's done a lot of good in his career. he's had some controversy in his career. some of that is on his own shoulders. but he's played in his career with that little bit of a chip on his shoulder, which is part of his greatness. but overall when you're competing in major events, you want to see the best players going up against ooeach other. i predict there'll be record ratings for the australian open this year, particularly if djokovic plays. you imagine that scene? that will be something. >> mcenroe also said he doubted that djokovic would be successful in his court challenge. a power struggle seems to play out behind the scenes after a violent crackdown on protesters. up next, the president kazakhstan moves against others in the regime as russian-led forces move into the country. plus, the kremlin troop's

buildup on the border of another neighbor, ukraine, looms over a high-stakes meeting between the u.s. and russia. what to expect, coming up.

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such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches, or coughs or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ woman: talk to your dermatologist about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. the u.s. and russia begin high-stakes talks on monday as the kremlin flexes its military muscle with regard to two other former soviet republics. in kazakhstan, russian troops are now helping to restore order after massive anti-government protests there. and they were invited by kazakhstan's presidents on the heels of his brutal crackdowns on those rallies. he's now moving to consolidate power, going after other political figures in the country.

and there's also the russian military buildup near ukraine, which is raising fears that moscow could invade again. if that happens, white house officials say the u.s. already has a list of harsh economic sanctions ready. for more, fred pleitgen is standing by on the border between kyrgyzstan and kazakhstan while nina desantos is joining us from london. fred, we'll start with you. the former intelligence chief of kazakhstan has been detained. what has been the reaction inside kazakhstan to that? >> i think it goes back to one of the things that you were saying earlier, kristi, there appears to have been somewhat of a power struggle inside kazakhstan, in the wake of that unrest that happened there. but it seems pretty clear right now that that power struggle has essentially been decided in favor of the current president. and essentially what we have this morning, what we had late last night were those rumors that the president who was the country

pres country for decades, that he had fled that country, those rumors were put to rest saying that he was still inside the country. but apparently nasr biaf was urging people to remain calm and to rally around the president, to rally around mr. takyv and that of course is mr. takyv, the currently president. you can see that play out on the ground as well. the situation seems to be calming down given the fact there was that massive crackdown that happened. and the latest numbers i got a couple of minutes ago from our folks that are working on this. right now, apparently 5,135 people have been detained for alleged participation in those protests. you can really see how the security forces are cracking down and the security force themselves are saying that that is now moving into the next phase. where certainly more people will

most probably be detained as well, christi. >> fred, thank you. stand by. let's go to nina desantos joining us live from london. we know veteran u.s. and russian officials will meet very soon for talks on ukraine and also kazakhstan is casting a shadow here. what will these talks achieve? >> well, you can get that the issue of kazakhstan will be looming across those three sets of crucial meetings that will be taking place in the next week or so, kristi, starting out with a gathering of high-level diplomats between the west and geneva. we've got the nato council summit that will be meeting in brussels later in the week. and that will be having talks in vienna, as well. so time and time again, you can imagine from the west's point of view, they'll be asking themselves, does russia really have the appetite to have intervention, military intervention on both sides of eurasia, with, of course, there's some expected development in kazakhstan and

russian troops now having been sent there. but the biggest deployment since post-war history, amassing on the russian side of the border with ukraine. with more than 100,000 troops that vladimir putin has been building up, as part of this ongoing diplomatic leverage, kristi, that he's being trying to achieve to essentially get nato to push back on its boundaries, to get nato to shrink back in some way towards the post-soviet time. because, of course, nato has expanded quite significantly since that time, taking a lot of eastern european countries. and that is essentially what vladimir putin is going into these talks with, from the u.s. and nato's point of view. well, they're saying that there's an opportunity, according to anthony blinken for de-escalation via diplomacy. but if they're not able to do that, the issue of economic sanctions could be something that they could apply to the inner circle around the kremlin to try to stymie their access to dollar assets and capitol and technology for russia. either way, essentially, what this comes down to is the fact

that the west still has to keep talking with russia, because they're concerned that it could eventually invade ukraine. and they have a signal to other revisionist countries like china that they are willing to act on this. this is why next week really matters, kristi. >> to keep on talking, to keep on finding those pressure points. nina desantos, a big thank you to you both. and joining me from moscow is alexander bownauf, editor in chief of carnegie.ru. sir, thank you so much for joining us. we know that veteran u.s. and russian officials will soon meet in geneva. what's going to come out of these talks that couldn't have been settled earlier? >> everything started with the imminent threat to ukraine that vladimir putin posed with the military drill and the military

escalation near russian/ukrainian border. but it looks like it's about more than just ukraine. we've been seeking a final consideration of a post-soviet space before he's shaping his legacy. >> this is more than just about ukraine. it's also about nato. russia wants security guarantees. do you think there's room for compromise on nato, or will moscow make just a series of unworkable demands? >> well, some demands, of course, looks exaggerated, but from the local perspective, what vladimir putin wants is to -- is to change the state of school he's not satisfied with. look, he many times said that enlargement was the worst thing for the russian security.

but when it happened, it happened, especially the second wave of the enlargement, during his presidency. so his legacy would be the president, under which the nato expanded towards the former soviet republic's, baltic states, and the question about ukraine joining nato and georgia nato is open. so basically, he wants to, as much as he can, to try to close these questions. and to try to shape his legacy in a different way. >> interesting to hear that putin is trying to shape his legacy through these talks. it will be his veteran diplomats who will be speaking on his behalf when these u.s./russia talks kick off. as these talks go on, how is it being received domestically inside russia? is it burnishing putin's image

as a strongman on the world stage? >> now with kazakhstan, i don't think that too much attention will be paid. well, of course, it depends on the result. but generally, he has sort of popular support for the idea that modern russia is not the country that lost the cold war. there was a soviet union, with the communist party, as a ruler, that lost the cold war. but not the modern russia. so the modern russia has not lost anything, at least until now. and has the right to ask for guarantees for its security or has the right to what here is seen as a sort of legitimate sphere of influence or sphere of security, we can talk in these terms. >> russia and putin, they want

to position in a tough way. we also know that the last time president bidens and putin talked on december the 30th, president biden, he had a tough posture with putin. he warned of harsh economic retribution. are we going to hear more of that tone in this latest round of talks? and is it enough to avoid another russian invasion of ukraine? >> the preparation for the invasion is at least for now, a diplomatic tool. a very harsh one, but nevertheless, they're just shaping the stage for these talks. but the stakes of the talks are very high. and if you show -- i mean, the kremlin shows the readiness to implement force and do nothing and receives nothing, it's a very ambiguous situation for vladimir putin. so he has to receive something substantial on these talks, or at least the start of talks on very substantial issues. or to do something with this

military buildup, to do something with the force. because you cannot just threaten with force and then not to use it many times. it's one time or two times instrument. >> alexander baunow, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. now, stormy weather is gripg parts of the u.s. and we'll be heading to the cnn weather center for the latest. that just ahead. and a day at the lake in brazil turned into a disaster. a huge section of a cliff face sheared off and collapsed on to tour boats. next, the latest on the search and rescue. get your zzz's... and get back to your rhythm. ♪ the relief you need. the cash you want.

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that they're finally getting a break from the storms and high water that you see here. it is expected to recede. now, the state's department of transportation also started clearing roadways just outside of seattle after 38 avalanches came down on to a major highway. and washington isn't the only area in america seeing some dangerous weather. tens of millions are under winter weather advisories across the midwest and northeastern united states. meteorologist derek van dam is keeping close track of it all from the world weather center. he joins us now. and derek, more than 30 million people are under this advisory across america. how bad will conditions get? >> yeah, that's right. this is some of the most populated parts of the eastern seaboard of the u.s. and it's all because of potential freezing rain and ice on untreated roadways. you can see on the latest radar imagery, it is extremely busy across pennsylvania and new york and into vermont, massachusetts, as well as new hampshire. even parts of connecticut, as

well. starting to move into some of the metropolitan areas here, but really, we're going to keep the freezing rain potential, just outside of new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, d.c., and boston. that really is the dividing line with that precipitation. i'll show you why in just one moment. you can see just how active this radar imagery actually is. we have over 30 million americans, as kristi just mentioned, under a winter weather advisory. and that encompasses many areas just outside of those cities that i just mentioned a moment ago. that is why the population density is so high. and that is why so many americans are feeling the brunt of this winter storm moving through. you can see the precipitation falling as freezing rain, where you see that shading of purple, western, and central pennsylvania, portions of southern new york. but it starts to mix in with a bit of rain and snow, where you see that shading of pink. into the catskills and adirondacks region, that's where we're expecting that changeover, and all snow as you head a little further towards the white mountains. along that i-95 corridor, i think we'll escape the worst

parts of this storm. good news, because obviously, sunday morning, people heading to church, perhaps, won't have to interact with too much ice on the roadways. you start moving out of the metropolitan areas, that's where we start to see the potential, at least, for a quarter up to half an inch of ice. here's a look at the larger, broader perspective. you can see some shower and thunderstorm activity across the deep south. we're getting the warm surge of air from the gulf of mexico. temperatures are at or below freezing across new england and into the northeast. and so when you have that overriding warm air precipitation falls as liquid and freezes on contact with the temperatures, just below freezing. now, the weather will start to move on quickly today, and i think by the middle part of your sunday, certainly into the monday morning commute, this ice will have melted and not be a concern, but for the day today, take care. we have tricky travel conditions across the northeast, with a quarter to up to half an inch of ice accumulation. and of course, that could bring down some tree limbs and

potentiallily powey power outag well. >> cnn's derek van dam, thank you so much. dozens of people are back on solid ground in the u.s. state of wisconsin after being stuck offshore on this drifting sheet of ice. the brown county sheriff's office says a large chunk of floating ice broke off near green bay mid-morning on saturday, leaving multiple people stranded. local media say that they were ice fishing. rescue teams had to move quickly, as the open water further moved and cracked the ice during the operation. within two hours, they had drifted about a mile from shore, before authorities were able to rescue all 34 people, amazingly, with no injuries. now, search and rescue efforts are set to resume in the coming hours in brazil, where an enormous cliff broke off and collapsed. it smashed into several tour boats on saturday, killing at least several people. the disaster happened at a lake popular with sightseers in southeastern brazil. rafael romo has the latest.

>> divers in charge of the search and rescue operation stopped the search at dusk due to security reasons. that's colonel from the ministry department who confirmed at least seven people have died after a canyon wall fell on to boats below, injuring about 30 others. earlier, local media reported that there were as many as 20 missing, but the number of the unaccounted for now stands at three. it happened at a tourist attraction located in furnace lake. a hydroelectric dam in the brazilian central state. as people watched the canyon walls from tourist boats a short distance away, a massive rock formation collapsed, falling on top of at least four boats carrying tourists, according to authorities. before we show you the video, we must warn you that it may be disturbing for some people. [ screaming ] >> the video posted on social media showed tourists on other

boats in furnace lake shouting, get out of there! that was right before the canyon wall fell on to the lake. the governor blamed torrential rains that have hit the region for the canyon wall collapse. today, we're suffering the pain of a tragedy in our state due to heavy rains, which caused the detachment of a wall of stones in lake furnace in captolia. he added that search and rescue teams had been at the site since the first moments of the collapse to help victims of those affected. brazilian president jair bolsonaro who retweeted the video of the collapse said the navy deployed a relief team to join the search and rescue efforts. authorities are now urging the public to avoid places in the area with high risk of land and rock slides, as well as flooding due to the recent rains. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. >> you're watching cnn. still to come, the funeral of former senate majority leader harry reid.

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now, imagine trying to unfold an oragami puzzle the size of a tennis court. now imagine doing it remotely, in space. no wonder there were cheers in nasa as the james webb space telescope completed dozens of intricate deployments, just 14 days after it was launched into deep space. the last piece of the puzzle was unfolding its giant golden mirror. scientists say it will help in observing other planets in the search for signs of life. >> and so those observations include studying planets that are nothing like the earth, right, that are massive jupiter, s i saturn or neptune-like planets, or also planets that are more

like the earth, that could be rocky. webb can study planets that are in the habitable zone, that might have liquid water, the right temperature distance from their sun to have liquid water. >> we could get a look at the webb's first photos in june or july and scientist promise it will forever change the way we see and understand the universe. the u.s. president joe biden and former president barack obama were among the political heavyweights paying tribute in las vegas at the funeral of former senate majority leader harry reid. reid rose from humble beginnings in searchlight, nevada. he successfully ran for senate in 1986 and led democrats in the chamber from 2005 through 2017. at his memorial, friends remembered his soft-spoken style and his ability to take a political punch. >> you wanted harry in the foxhole with you. his willingness to fight by my

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