mona, andrew? >> come on, let's hope luca -- >> yeah, that's heartbreaking. >> our thanks to andrea. >>> coming up, a year of fun right here on "world news now." it's been quite a year. and this morning we are looking back on some of our favorite and maybe not so favorite moments from 2021. >>> and later, watching those not-so-favorite aspects of the past year go up in flames. you're watching "world news now." aspects of the do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. ♪ gotta get back in ♪ gott

until mona began speaking up about it. for the last 20 years, she has headed a campaign to save one of the few remaining heritage buildings from demolition and convert it into a civil war museum. this is beirut, the barricade building that stood as a fighting position from east beirut to west beirut on the green line. yeah. there are bullet holes. look at that. every bullet hole has been fired between 1975 and 1990, from one part of the city to the other, trying to prohibit the connection between the east and west of the city. that's the only public building in lebanon that has preserved the traces of the war that, until today, has no history book written about it. you know that we don't teach the history of the civil war in our schools. really? it's already been 29 years since the end of the civil war. the children... my boy doesn't know anything from the history books. and you know, people want to talk, but we never gave them the chance. the city never asked for a reconciliation. - while mona was successful in saving the

mona, andrea? >> christine, thank you. >>> the department of homeland security says a big part of the internet is at severe risk because hackers are exploiting a flaw in a commonly used piece of software. it allows hackers to access computer systems and servers without a password. experts worked all weekend to control the problem. they say you can help protect yourself. >> check in with the companies that you're using to do your banking, to do your important tasks. check in with them to find out whether or not they've discovered a breach. this isn't the sort of thing that's going to affect your regular, standard desktop computer. these are affecting servers that are running websites that we're all using. >> experts say we could be seeing the effects of this hack for months. >>> tom brady picked just the right time to throw his 700th career touchdown pass. it was the game winner in the overtime game against the bills. perriman had the touchdown, and he ran to retrieve the football for brady this sea

mona, i wonder where you come down on this. because i'm not sure in some ways -- i feel a little more unsure about what i want from everyone. other than the focus. i mean, i think the focus on understanding what's happening is the key beginning to anything else. and i'm not sure what comes after that, i have to be honest. >> well, i would say a couple of things. first of all, it's really interesting that when you look at polling of americans and ask, is democracy under assault? you get huge percentages of republicans who say yes. >> yes. >> but not huge percentages of democrats, right? so the republicans believe that they are -- that the last election was stolen and therefore democracy is under attack, and therefore pretty much anything is fair game in fighting back against this illusory theft of the last election. that's the one cuckoo land reality we're dealing with, where the people who are actually the threat to democracy believe they're defending it. >> right. >> so that's one thing that we have to wrap our minds around. t

but we need to go to mona charen's point. the latest that we have in the ap is the one run from july. there may be more recent, but 66% of republicans do not think that joe biden was legitimately elected president. >> chris. >> i can't imagine that things have gotten better in the meantime. >> chris, that point in the polls just stunning. but also the point that mona charen mentioned. that is that voters have this view. we talked about senate democrats, david mentioned senate democrat, we mentioned the media. let's talk about joe biden. the most powerful man in this country sits in the white house. the presidency. why is he not leading the charge on this? it is a great frustration for me. the 2021 saw him do many good things. i've pressed's work on the economy. i princes work on vaccinations. but when it comes to this issue, the most important issue of all, he hasn't been there up front leading. we get a glimpse of abc news interviews like the one he gave the other day saying yes, we should make a cough or the filibuster. he'

but we start with shape shot, our resident and activist mona al kurt, who showed down with armed jewish settlers who were backed by israeli police, put her east jerusalem neighborhood on the map when watching when the elk heard keep in mind. she is 23 years old. 8 i breaking news and her night in israel police are bracing for more pre test and clashes with palestinians today. ah, ah, is really said we are good trying to get palestinian families from their homes in this area for years. ah bigger attention to respect partly by this viral video. which little women, luna all could confront between settler yackel you know, this is not your house. yes, but if i go you don't go back with him. it's ethan. i know who'd mcgary lowden, who out of him who had a big lake and sort of come up with them about that gave you my feeling my have and if i don't stand someone else gonna do it more about it was under the act in uncle kolinski mosacco is set up an unofficial in video. we have a shipment. hell in no show you the shaggy, the monotony most both and it's eelie and leaky mill ss, jamie new york. so

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we heard earlier in the program about mona and mohammed l cord, the video testimony that they've been providing that's all over social media. how much of that material are israeli audience to see? is it making any kind of impact there? very little if any at all, and this is just like a very typical situation where the media in israel, almost all of it except very few other examples. it tends to cover things in a very one directional fashion, including for instance, on the recent assault, the round bomb beings on the gaza. what the public here sees is very one sided. rockets being fired, that is really towns and almost 0 coverage of the situation. and gaza, or in the westbank or an eastern wisdom. it's not the result of some, you know, censorship, it's a result imposed by the government. it is a result of self censorship by the really media that is choosing only to tell him part of the story. but far from the entire story silencing the aspects of that as soon human rights abuses while the bombing in gaza has stopped. for now, there's really been no cease fire for ordinary palestinians

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mona: he made it because of hard work. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell called reid:'s rise to power quintessentially arin. jobina: the dan who -- the man who has admitted to a deadly killing -- john earnest was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on tuesday. he previously pleaded -- pled guilty to a 139 count indictment. the shooting left one person dead and three others injured, during the last day of passover in 2019. federal prosecutors say ernest was 19 at the time when he walked into the synagogue and began shooting with an assault rifle. kumasi: the u.s. state department is allowing some expired passports to be used by american citizens abroad right now. there was a pretty big backlog for passport renewals because of the pandemic that has left many people unable to renew in time for upcoming international travel. those with 10 year passports that expired after january 1 of 2020 can still use them until the end of march 2022. the passports have to be unaltered and in your possession. jobina: apple is repo

here is mona kosir-abdi. mona: this morning, senators on both sides of the aisle taking the stand against president biden's vaccine mandate for prizes -- for private businesses. two democrats partnering -- crossing party lines to repeal the mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees. >> we have set a very clear bipartisan message on behalf of the people that this mandate needs to be stopped. >> some of the anti-vaxxers here in this chamber reminds me of what happened 400 years ago when people were clinging to the fact that the sun revolved around the earth. mona: even if the house overturns the mandate, the white house says president biden will use his veto power to keep the mandate in place. covid cases are up 83% nationwide since october. the governors of maine and new hampshire activating the national guard to help hospitals. in massachusetts, one hospital is at 120% capacity. >> if you look at the top five states for covid deaths, they are hovering around 50% vaccination rate. i expect we will se

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mona? andrew?pe luca is found. >>> in sports, we're hearing from brooklyn nets star kyrie irving for the first time since he was told to stay away from the team. that was back in october because irving refused to be vaccinated. he still refuses to be vaccinated. now, he is back at practice, after being called in action, amid the nets' shortage of player. because irving is still unvaccinated, he says the time away caught him by surprise. >> i understood their choice to say, if you're not going to be vaccinated, fully vaccinated, you can't be a full participant. and i knew the consequences. i wasn't prepared for them, by no stretch of imagination. >> how is irving back? he will only play in road games because of covid restrictions in new york. his first opportunity for game time is next wednesday. >>> bowl week continued in college football. wednesday's games included the cheese-it bowl. in orlando, clemson got past iowa state. to celebrate the win, clemson players showed head coach dabo with a bath.

. >> reporter: good morning, mona. you know, we can expect holiday travel to get hit hard this new year's and not just the airlines. the cdc now warning people to completely avoid going on a cruise no matter your vaccination status raising the health notice to the highest level. this morning, urgent concerns on new year's eve as the u.s. breaks records once again averaging 316,000 new covid-19 cases a day, up nearly fourfold from a month ago. daily covid-related deaths averaging 1,100. hospitalizations climbing as well with 90,000 americans admitted with covid each day double from last month. top health officials advising against large holiday gatherings. >> that would be a risky situation that i would recommend against. >> reporter: pediatric cases are soaring with 380 children landing in the hospital a day, a 66% increase from about a week ago. >> you have an undervaccinated or relatively unvaccinated population of children with a highly contagious virus, and this virus is seeking out the susceptible, and that is chi

mona because of abdi, new york.a: in sfo, we are still hearing of major flight cancellations nationwide, all because of staffing problems on airlines caused by the covid surge and disruptive winter weather across the u.s. 35 flights have already been canceled at sfo today, must operated by united and united express. nine flights have been canceled at san jose report. jetblue airways has taken the unprecedented move of canceling more than 1200 flights through mid-january. the new york-based carrier says it expects covid staffing problems to worsen, going into the new year. and alaska airlines is asking flyers to delay their travel into after the new year. the seattle-based carrier is been hit especially hard because of heavy snow and its main hub in seattle-tacoma. these are the backlogs of unclaimed bags at seatac airport. all over the place. this is because of extensive delays and cancellations. one in four alaska flights there have already been canceled today. oakland airport -- this is a more positive story -- wi

andrew, mona? >> andrea, thank you. >>> a major decision is expected today following that deadly high school shooting in michigan. a prosecutor says she'll announce whether the parents of the 15-year-old suspect will face charges. she's already called their actions far beyond negligent. the boy's father purchased the gun just days before the teen allegedly killed four students at oxford high school. the suspect was called to the office before the shooting but he says no discipline was warranted. >> this high school is a wreck right now. maybe the best way to describe it is, it's like a war zone. our students did exactly as they had trained. and i couldn't be more proud. >> dozens of schools in that area have canceled classes due to copy cat threats. >>> a jet made an emergency landing after six people were overcome by fumes. they were treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. >>> let's take a look now at your friday forecast. >>> a wildfire has caused ex- extensive damage in denton, montana.

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i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm ike ejiochi. andrew is off. we begin with mixed news about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. >> first the good news. dr. anthony fauci now says that the omicron variant is almost certainly less severe than the delta variant, but omicron appears to spread faster and could be more successful at evading the pfizer vaccine. >> still experts say vaccinated people are likely to be well protected. meanwhile, covid deaths across the country are surging. >> abc's 'em nguyen is here now with the very latest. em, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the world health organization is almost certain omicron is not more severe than the delta variant. but studies are still ongoing to figure out vaccine effectiveness. this morning, covid-19 cases surging. about 1,100 people dying every day. that's up 57% in just the last week. and children are getting sick too. more than 1,400 american children hospitalized. 37% more than a week ago. >> you are going to see increases in cases. we still have substantial numbers of peopl

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mona, ike? >> kristine, thanks. >>> prince harry is getting some attention for comments about jobs and mental health. in an interview with fast company, harry said quitting a job that doesn't bring you joy can be good for your mental health. harry also said he realizes some people's struggles which are just now being talked about have been brewing for quite some time. some people online praised him for his outlook. harry quit being a working member of britain's royal family in 2020. >> just to confirm, this job brings us joy. we're here. we're not leaving. >> lots of joy. >>> coming up, the supply chain shortage affecting the breakfast table. we're talking about the morning schmear of cream cheese. and that is not all. you're watching "world news now." ♪ tragedy ♪ i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com the fair and honest bidding site. this kitchenaid mixer sold for less than $26. this i-pad sold for less than $43. and this playstation 5 sold for less than a dollar. i won these blue

. >> what you talkin' about, mona? we also have "different strokes." more. >> in the past, live before a studio audience tackled difficult social issues with scripts from classic sitcoms, but after our two-year pandemic pause producers this time said the goal was just to have fun. mission accomplished. >> what you talkin' about, willis? >> everyone's talking about the return of "live in front of a studio audience", and boy, was it live. >> when something is over, you used the word so i will, it's [ bleep ] over. >> never before in the history of american television has a 99-year-old person used the f-word. >> norman lear, teaming up with jimmy kimmel once again, this time to bring back "different strokes." >> come here. >> kevin hart as arnold and john lithgow as mr. drummond. the all-star cast redoing the privacy episode that aired in season one of "different strokes." >> all right. now you two be nice to each other. >> we will, mr. drummond. >> okay. >> ah! >> peppering in some surprise appearances, too. >> hey, this is my room, too, willis. i want t

ah, his grandson spoke and thanked mona's for helping his family through a difficult time. we've been reassured by the outpouring of love and prayers and support that aboard in from around the world. that he will not be out of mind just because he's out of sight. we miss you. we love you. we thank you. as to to his coffin was carried out, members of the public sang songs and celebration of his life and legacy. oh, born under apartheid he dreamed of a different south africa. and through his ministry he helped bring that nation into being as the world readies itself to welcome the new year. the conning big bens bongs were tested ahead of celebrations in london. the clock tower of the houses of parliament had been under restoration for 3 and a half years, but the scaffolding was removed just in time for the world famous bell to perform its most important duty. london's traditional new year's fireworks and concert have been cancelled due to coven 19 restrictions, but there is no holding back. vague benz bomb are wanting to w news line from berlin and nicole really for more head

mona, thank you. us will be toasting without alcohol. more and more people are saying good-bye to booze as part of a healthier lifestyle. take a look. move over, champagne and say hello to alcohol-free bubbly as people raise their glasses to usher in the new year, sprit-free drinks are taking over. it's all part of the growing sober curious movement where people are ditching the decisional cocktails and opting for booze-free beverages. >> the pandemic shifted people in one of two directions. some people started drinking a lot more alcohol and some people started re-examining their habits and perhaps trying to drink less. >> reporter: "business insider" reports sales for nonalcoholic beverages increased 33% from last year. owner doug waters of spirited away, the first booze-free bottle store to open up in new york city decided to cash in on being alcohol-free. opening his store during the pandemic in 2020. >> there's been an increased enthusiasm for nonalcoholic alternatives. i was drinking a lot of th

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es buenas noticias para las personas que deben este dinero es que hay una moratoria, la nota mona esicia miles de presos y se prorroga harÍa hasta despuÉs de operar esta emergencia sanitaria. dulce castellanos nos tiene mÁs de esta medida y sus repercusiones. dulce: los miles de recursos que fueron puestos en arresto domiciliario para mitigarla propagaciÓn del coronavirus las presiones de estados unidos por ahora no tendrÁn que volver a las cÁrceles, luego que el fiscal general extenderÁ la reclusiÓn domiciliaria. >> las familias, mÁs que todo lo que sufren porque las familia no tienen acceso especialmente durante la pandemia del 2020, muchas familias se daban cuenta que ya sus seres habÍa muerto despuÉs. es una poblaciÓn donde no hay mucho interÉs del pÚblico, dice son prisioneros, pero todos tienen familias. dulce: el burÓ federal de prisiones mantiene a casi 7800 reos en arresto domiciliario, de un total de 36,088 que fueron trasladados a sus casas, incluyendo los que cumplieron su sentencia desde que se declarÓ estado de emergencia por la pandemia en marzo 2020. >> es un estrÉs e

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mona, andrea? >> thank you, kristine. >>> cybersecurity experts say possibly the biggest hack in computing history could be under way. the first signs were seen in the online game mine craft. they are accessing systems without a password. so what can anyone do to protect themselves? >> check in with the companies you are using to do your banking, your important tasks. check in with them to find out whether or not they've discovered a breach and what they've done about it. this isn't the sort of thing that's going to affect your regular, standard desktop computer. these are affecting servers running websites that we're all using. >> the fallout may not be known for several days. >>> coming up, how a popular fitness brand found itself in the middle of a "sex and the city" controversy. and the hilarious way it is responding. >>> and later, gingerbread madness. extreme decorations at the office. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ >>> back now with the highly-anticipated premiere of "and just like th

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. >> i'm rhiannon ally in for mona. we want to begin with the new guidelines from the cdc on the amount of time covid patients need to isolate. >> they're being shortened amid growing concern about virus-related staffing shortages at hospitals as the omicron variant spreads. there's a concern about a spike in pediatric covid cases, raising questios about returning to class. >>> meanwhile wait times for a covid test are more than four hours in some places. president biden said we have to do better. >> we begin or coverage from washington. >> reporter: we're seeing the new wave of covid-19 disrupt different sectors. apple is closing 20 stores nationwide, about half in new york. in sports the nfl has more players infected this month alone than all of last season. cases of the omicron variant surging across the nation casting concerns over fast approaching new year celebrations. the u.s. now averaging more than 206,000 new covid-19 cases each day. a number that has more than doubled since thanksgiving. the cdc updating its

. >> and i'm in for mona. we want to begin this morning p variant which is now disrupting even more aspects of american life. >> even though it seems to cause only mild illness in vaccinated people, omicron is threatening to overwhelm hospitals across the country. it is now confirmed in 46 states along with washington, d.c. two u.s. senators have now tested positive. dr. anthony fauci says it's so contagious that cases are doubling every two to three days. >> president biden will speak tomorrow about new measures that will be taken, but officials are not talking about lockdowns. abc's ike ejiochi begins our coverage. >> reporter: this morning, america enters christmas week with a rapidly spreading variant. senators cory booker and elizabeth warren now have tested positive, both with mild symptom. >> this is getting really scary. i know we are all tired of this. i am tired of this. >> reporter: across the country, cases are up 90% since october. at least five states have called in the national guard to fight th

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. >> and i'm rhiannon ally in for mona. we want to begin this morning with some encouraging news in the fight against the omicron variant. >> the first country to discover the omicron variant is now seeing a surprise drop in cases but here at home many hospitals are on the brink right now with people waiting hours for a bed. president biden during our exclusive interview insisted no one saw omicron coming, even though scientists have warned for months about new variants emerging. >> the first at home pill to treat covid is offering some new hope, but it will not be widely available right away. the white house expects to get 265,000 doses next month. >> so more on the pill and our exclusive interview with the president in a moment, but firs latest wave of coronavirus cases in the u.s. could dramatically fall once it peaks. new data shows infections in south africa where the omicron variant was first discovered just one month ago are now rapidly dropping. the current drop is clearly steeper on this graph when compared to the

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