happening now in the newsroom -- >> i think he is guilty of a crime. look, he knew what he did. we made that clear. >> the january 6th committee expected to announce multiple criminal referrals against donald trump. what that could mean for the former president and how the doj could respond. and officials along the southern border sounding the alarm as title 42 is set to end. >> a situation that again in el paso and now it's bigger than the united states. >> how they are preparing for an influx of migrants and what they want from the biden administration. it's surreal. to be a tourist in a country where there is political unrest taking place. >> hundreds of tourists left stranded in peru. the effort to get them home amid chaos unfolding there. and outrage after a university chancellor mocks

asian languages at a commencement ceremony. the offensive remark and what he is now saying about it. caring for winston, tending to the house. playing with him. all of that comes first. >> and how women are stepping up to fill jobs in america's work force as more men opt to stay home. "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ buenos dias. good morning. welcome to our weekend. it is saturday, december 17th. i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm amara walker. you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> we are grateful to have you. we begin this morning with what would be an unparalleled condemnation of a former president of the united states. the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol is expected to refer criminal charges, multiple criminal charges, against donald trump. >> yeah, the select committee

will make their final recommendations on monday during its final hearing, and may refer at least three criminal charges against trump. >> they have bee ncommittee, ande are many of them, who sit as members or as staff, say to the doj, we've looked at this evidence and we think tit meets the standard of convictable crime, charges in terms of referrals are we talking about? >> well, amara, the january 6th committee is considering at least three criminal charges against former president trump

that it would send to the department of justice for it to pursue, and those now, whichever charges the committee decides to pursue, it will present its findings in its last public meeting which is scheduled for this monday at 1:00. and the department of justice will definitely take a look at whatever the committee sends over, particularly because not much information has been shared between the two sides up and to this point. but some of the obstruction of an official proceeding. some may be familiar to prosecutors, but taking a step back, the january 6th committee issuing criminal referrals to

the department of justice is largely symbolic in nature. the doj already has wide ranging criminal probes into january 6th. but if members stand up on monday and say that they believe that donald trump has committed a crime and they have evidence to support that crime, that comes out of more than 17 months of work, more than 1,000 interviews, that really is a powerful closing message, amara. >> and, an nay, obviously, the criminal referrals were draw the attention on monday. what else can we expect from the final hearing? >> this is the last public meeting of the committee. it's the committee's last word before it finance up its work. in addition to presenting its findings on criminal referrals, the committee is also going to be voting on its final report, which will then be released to

the public as of wednesday. so a couple of days later. but this will be the committee wrapping up everything that they have presented so far, and highlighting the new evidence and new materials that are going to be coming out in the final report and through the criminal referrals. so this will be the committee's 11th hearing to close out this investigation and we will have to tune in monday and see what happens. >> sure will. thank you for your reporting. and a reminder. we will have special live coverage of monday's january 6th committee hearing. that begins at noon eastern right here on cnn. the southern border is bracing for a surge in migrants next week after a federal appeals court has cleared the way for the biden administration to end what's known as title 42. title 42 is a controversial trump-era policy that twas put n place during the pandemic under the fwooiz of protecting

publicet. it allowed the government to expel asylum seekers faster. now some republican-led states seeking to keep title 42 in place are signaling they could appeal to the supreme court before the policy is set to expire on wednesday. officials in epidemic say that border patrol is apprehending as many as 2,500 people every single day and that numbers expected to double if title 42 is lifted. w mario, thank you for sharing part of your saturday with us. you were quoted, of course, you were quoted as saying that the city's infrastructure already can't keep up with the number of migrants entering your city. what happens if title 42 is lifted? >> title 42, we don't know what the true numbers will be. we know that number of returns right now under title 42 in the el paso sector isn't that high even. a few hundred per day. you could imagine they won't be

turned away because there won't be title 42 in place. and we have a large population of venezuelans as we saw in september/october timeframe when we had that surge here a large n in new hampshire in see dad juarez. as title 42 goes away, how is that going to add to it? we have seen an increase upwards of 2,500 per day. and those are apprehensions per day. on the other side, you are looking at 1,400 per day of releases. 1,200 of those might pass through ngos and other processing facilities, there is a couple of hundred to a few hundred a day that are being actually released in the streets. so we are already seeing that in the community. so it is concerning with title

42 and, you know, on the 21st. >> what kind of strain does that put on your residents? >> the strain we are seeing right now is just the ability to keep up with that type of flow through the community. what i mean by that, el paso is about 800,000 strong. we have a moderate-sized airport. we have a couple of smaller bus terminals. but that's not enough to keep up with normal holiday traffic. now on that you have another 1,400 people who are looking to travel. the vast majority are not staying here in el paso, very few, and so they want to travel on. it's making the connections so the strain, we don't have the infrastructure, the flights out of el paso, the buses to keep up with the flow. the strain is what normally ngos house is that 24 to 48 hours for somebody to come into the system, order their tickets, secure their travel and then move on their way. that 24 to 48 hours is not happening with the number of people traveling.

so now it's taking five plus days before they can travel on. those are the difficulties we see. we don't have enough shelter capacity available so that we can house everyone. so as the numbers continue to climb, that is our biggest concern, is people not having a place to stay. >> i want to share with the viewers something you wrote in "the el paso times." quote, the city will need to dig deeper and show its compassionate and nurturing character while faced with yet another surge in this humanitarian crisis. i'm sure you heard from residents whose compassion may be running low. i'm wondering what they have shared with you. >> you know, there is both sides. you are going to hear from g.o both directions. there is a large group of people in our downtown area and a lot of them we're offering to get off the streets, getting facilities to help with their transportation and a lot are choosing to stay. and they are choosing to stay

because we have that portion of the community that is that compassionate part of el paso and they are out there and they are taking them everything from food to clothes to you name it. and so they are feeling comfortable being on the street. you know, for us, it's about making sure we can connect them, get them to the destination of their choosing, get them somewhere safe out of the elements, make sure they are not in harm's way and no one else is in harm's way and just keep that flow going. that's the difficulty we have here, is, as you know, we have those caring and compassionate people, el pasoans, and then we have some saying, you know, why do we have to fund this? why do we have to carry this burden? and so we understand that. we're working our best, working with the federal government. we did get some emails this week talking about giving us some advanced funding going into the next quarter so we can stand up operations a little bit further. we've talked about our

reimbursements for previous dollars we spent this year. this year i believe we spent $9.5 million in migrant relief. as a community, that's a lot of money. so we're making sure that we are submitting our reimbursements through the federal government. >> so you talked about funding for the current problem, but long term this is going to continue being a serious issue. what is your message, mario, to congress and to the white house? >> we've said it. we've said it repeatedly. there is not enough funding to buy our way out of this. there is not enough shelter space here in el paso. there is not enough transportation out of el paso. it's any of these border communities that are going to see this influx in the next few days. so with that we ask to look at other ways to colontry and just meaning how -- if you take it from a asylum seeker to maybe a refugee status, can we offer the

same thing we did like when we set up the afghan village when they passed through? could it be more orderly, where people have a chance to come in, get a work permit and go to work and be productive and take care of themselves. is there options like that. when the customs and border protection decompresses, their facility holding 5,000 people a day, it's well over their capacity, but that's what they are seeing coming through. so when they decompress, they decompress along the border to other border communities. everyone's feeling this burden now. we look how to decompress to other areas. if you allow them to pass through, take them where there is larger transportation hubs, where people can connect and get to their destination a lot quicker instead of leaving all the strain along the border region. >> mario d'agostino, the el paso deputy city manager, thank you for the time. look forward to speaking to you

again potentially in the coming days if title 42 is reversed. thank you. >> thank you. new developments out of peru this morning with hundreds of tourists from around the world remain stranded amid ongoing violent protests in the country. at least 20 people have been killed in those demonstrations. the u.s. state department says it is working to evacuate the dozens of americans stuck in machu picchu, the ancient remote city has been inaccessible since trains in peru stopped running. cnn's rafael romo with the latest. >> i have been in touch with americans who planned trip of a life to places like machu picchu. they said they noticed people protesting violently on the streets in cusco. shortly there after airlines and airports shut down and they are unable to return home. the death toll at 20.

authorities say there are 40 injured but the figure has been steadily increasing. the former president was impeached and subsequently arrested december 7 after announcing his plan to disskofl congress. the unrest spark bid his arrest prompted warnings about travel to peru. a state of emergency was declared wednesday and now eight regions are under curfew. it's been painfully clear that measures authorities have taken so far are not enough to put an end to the chaos. i spoke with michael reiner, an american tourist from washington, d.c., who told me he is part of a group of eight americans, mainly college buddies and mutual frentds, who are stuck in peru. this is how he described their situation speaking to us from cusco. >> it's surreal to be a tourist in a country where there is political unrest taking place before our eyes. it's a whole new way of experiencing a country. the context for us is tlg something bigger happening here

than just our travel experience. >> peruvian authorities confirmed the cusco airport has reopened. this is good news for people trying to connect a connecting flight to lima. to give you an idea how popular peru is as an international destination, 500,000 foreign tourists visited the country in the first five months of the year according to government figures. rafael romo. >> thank you. still ahead, as covid cases rise, officials are urging people to protect themselves as we close in on christmas and new year's eve. the concerns amid this trip-threat of respiratory diseases. plus, russia launching a barrage of attacks on ukraine, hitting critical infrastructure targets. we'll take you live to ukraine with a look at the extensive damage and the recovery effort underway. don't settle for silver. harness the power of 7 moisturizers & 3 vitamins

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the biggest threat to your holiday celebrations. we're talking about these throw viruses that are rapidly spreading across the country. covid, the flu, and the respiratory illness known as rsv. the cdc just reported flu activity is still high despite some areas seeing declines. so, so far this season, we've seen 15 million infections, 150,000 hospitalizations, and over 9,000 deaths tied to the flu. >> fouurther compounding the problem, rsv has been raging and covid may be on the verge of a winter comeback. dr. fauci underscored how crucial vaccines are in this triple threat. >> it doesn't have to the new normal for the simple reason that we have good countermeasures for two out of those three, and the three you are referring to is covid, influenza and respiratory

syncytial virus. we've got to get team to get vaccinated to protect them, their family and society. >> right now 14% of the united states is in a high transmission area for coronavirus. a higher rate than this time last week. all of this is prompted the white house to bring back its free testing program. president biden tweeted that every household in the country is eligible for four free at-home covid tests. let's discuss now with an expert. dr. william shaffner a professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university school of medicine. doctor, great to see you. appreciate the time. many of us are about to gather for big family holiday dinners. how far do you think folks should go in protecting themselves? >> well, boris, i think we can get together for those christmas and new year's celebrations and i think we can do them rather safely. now, we have to have some ground rules, of course, and one of

them is, if you want to come to the celebration, you have got to be vaccinated. both against flu and against covid with that updated vie valent new booster against covid. number one. number two we could do a covid test. you were just saying they are now going to be available freely once against from the federal government. sign up for those. they will be delivered very quickly. everybody tests in the morning. if they are all negative, then we can come together at relative ease and enjoy our company and our dinners together. so i think there are things we can do if we go about them carefully and we can still enjoy this wonderful holiday season. >> how about masking? we're seeing health officials urge folks to wear masks. there aren't any citywide mandates like we have seen in years past during the height of the pandemic. what do you think?

should there be? >> well, i think that wearing masks is a good idea. it's a strong recommendation. and please hear me now. people who are at increased risk of severe disease, people who are older than age 65, anyone younger who has an underlying illness, if you are immune compromised, if you are pregnant, please, as you go out in this holiday season to large crowds, indoors, wear that mask. and one more thing, boris. if you're wearing the mask below your nose, if your naked nose is poking out, the mask is worthless. it's got to be worn above the nose in order to work. >> you knew i was going to ask. you had the prop ready to go, doctor. thank you for that. so the cdc says that there are some 15 million flu infections, more than 9,000 flu-related

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new this morning, water supply and metro services are up and running again after a major disruption in ukraine's capital of kyiv. >> the mayor announced the service restorations after a barrage of russian missile strikes hammered the friday

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many asian americans growing up in america will tell you that they were often singled out and ridiculed for the way they looked, made fun of by children turning up their eyes at them or just ridiculing asian cultures by mocking their languages. well, last week the chancellor of a university did the latter. during a commencement ceremony speech. listen. >> well, all i can say is -- [ speaking non-english ] >> that's sort of my asian version of his -- >> that's the purdue university northwest chancellor, thomas keon. he is now facing calls to resign after making those comments, drawing outrage from so many people. and for context here, chancellor keon was following the keynote speaker who referenced using

made-up languages in a speech to his grandchildren several times. his anecdote, important to note, made no mention or reference to asians. so this seemingly just came out of nowhere. the chancellor ultimately apologized four days later writing in part, i made a comment that was offensive and insensitive. i am truly sorry for my unplanned off-the-cuff response to another speaker as my words have caused confusion, pain and anger. we are all human. i made a mistake. and i assure you i did not intend to be hurtful and my comments do not reflect my personal or our institutional values. let's talk about this, about the fallout and the damage that has been done. attorney shan wu, who has been very outspoken on hate towards the asian american community and lisa ling is the host of the cnn original series "this is life." welcome you to both.

i have to say it took me hours after seeing the headline to even click on the embedded video because i knew what was coming, right? and even just listening to that clip, i cringe hearing that. and i think it's because it thrusts me back to the days when i was in fifth grade and grade school and having boys or girls just come after me and tease me so cruelly in that similar way. mocking the way the asian language sounds to them. lisa, i want to start with you and just to get your reaction to see this was happening at the top, a chancellor. university at a commencement ceremony. what did you think? >> amara, i had a similar experience as a young person. pretty relentlessly mocked and made fun of for being asian. but that was by other kids. so to have seen this behavior exhibited by the head of a

university not only made me feel incensed, but i felt so sad for all of those students of asian dissent who were going through the commencement exercises that day thinking how hard they worked to get to where they were and to see the head of their university not only mocking the asian language or the idea of asian language, but to see other faculty and staff laughing uproariously. it was a painful experience, frankly. >> yeah. and we can play that video over again, you know, with the volume low just to show the reaction when he mocks the asian language. you see the people around him laughing with him. as you say, lisa, just another layer of shock there. and i'm glad you mentioned the students who were there celebrating a momentous occasion. parents are there.

i am sure some are immigrants. to be diminished in that way and be robbed of that celebratory moment. your reaction as well. if you could explain, because i am getting tweets and messages with people gaslighting what happened. you know, trying to downplay and say, look, you guys are overreacting, it's not clenearbs bad. it was a harmless comment. talk us to, shan, about how damaging that this chancellor did is. >> i would say to people that think it's harmless, this is an era where, unfortunately, anti-asian sentiments have been stoked and there has been violence, deaths have come from it. and taking it the other extreme, my own grade school experience, being bullied and beat up by racist other school children, it's very, very hurtful to a child. you can't be dismissive saying, oh, i was just making a joke. it's very telling here that it came in the form of a joke.

this wasn't somebody who had an outburst of anger, a moment of indiscretion. this seemed very normal to him and he expected it to be funny and, as lisa pointed out, there is humorous reaction to that. that's the normal sflags of racism and that's and what needs to be called out here. it can't be simply dismissed as, oh, i made a mistake, because why this mistake? he is apologizing for being caught. this kind of idea he thinks this is funny indicates a deeper problem within him. and i would say a deeper problem within the institution that this is at the leader of the institution. >> and the fact that the comments were unplanned, as you said, and off-the-cuff. that's disturbing in itself, right? what is his mindset. lisa, i want to get your reaction to the chancellor's apology. grace ming, the congresswoman from new york, tweeted this. this is, this manufactured and

fake apology for what he characterized as a mistake is a farce. further action should be taken. that's part of the tweet i'm reading. do you agree with congresswoman meng? and the purdue board of trustees, according to the school paper, has accepted chancellor keon's apologies. should he keep his job? >> do i believe he thinks that he made a mistake and that he is sorry? certainly i do because he has been getting a lot of heat. again, this isn't just a random person. these aren't kids on the schoolyard mocking one another. this is the head of an academic institution. and there i would imagine are probably hundreds of, if not thousands, of students of asian descent who feel probably pretty degraded by that experience. and as shan just said, you know, in this climate where attacks on

asian people have increased astronomically, i would just expect that the head of an academic institution would just behave with some more sensitivity than he did. and even that apology, we'reual human. yes, we are human. we make mistakes. again, in your role, those mistakes are unacceptable. >> yeah. and, look, it seems like when someone says something insensitive or racist or hateful they go on this rehabilitation tour where they are meeting with interdisciplinary teams, meeting with the specific groups that they offended. this is what chancellor keon is doing. he said in that statement that he had formed a diversity equity inclusion team in the fall and that he is heading an interdisciplinary team to address issues important to the aaip community. is this lip service or is it

meaningful? shan, and then lisa, i want you to have the last word after that. >> it seems like necessary lip service for the institution. the real joke here is that purdue thinks he would be the right person to lead such a task force. i mean, that's just silly. he should not be leading that task force. this type of sensitivity, great, let's promote it. but for a leader of an institution, as lisa was saying, this is a problem. he should not have even had the mindset to normalize this type of behavior. >> lisa? >> look, whether he decides to resign or not or the institution makes him resign or asks him to leave, as a parent of asian students, i would really consider or reconsider my decision to send my kids to this school that had a head, that was so insensitive to the incredible diversity that should exist at

these institutions of higher learning. >> yeah. really appreciate this very important conversation and driving home the point that for many asian americans it's a universal experience being ridiculed or mocked in some way as children or even as adults. shan but and lisa ling. thank you. this should not be normalized. don't miss cnn's this is life with lisa ling. this week she explores how for some the pandemic pushed them from casual drinking into the disease of addiction, especially among women. >> how hard does someone have to drink to get to the point where they develop liver disease? >> so for a woman that would be four drinks a day. a man it would be five. if you are binge drinking, it's that pattern of alcohol use that leads to more severe liver dysfunction. >> i know that there are probably a lot of people who may not be seeing the consequences

now, but is it giving birth to what could be just a disastrous situation years down the line? >> i think we are already there. the number of referrals for liver transplant in young people, particularly young women, have gone up, i mean, a week ago friday we had 24 referrals for liver transplant in one day. >> in your entire career have you ever -- >> no. >> ywould you have thought? >> no. alcohol is the biggest problem in america right now and it's one no one has really talked about. >> shocking. lisa ling, you are still with us. tell us how widespread is this issue? >> well, it is the biggest addiction in america, bigger than prescription pills, meth and cocaine combined. we just don't talk about it because it's not only legal, it's celebrated. as the doctor said, liver transplants are soaring. it's gone up 325%. and the patients he is seeing

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