anne-marie? >> bradley blackburn in new york. thank you very much. >>> congress passed a spending bill to avert a government shutdown. the senate voted 69-28 last night to pass the stopgap bill. the legislation extends funding through mid-february after party leaders reached a deal to overcome a republican standoff over vaccine mandates. the measure now goes to president biden's desk. >>> and charges could be filed today against the parents of the teenager accused of killing four students at a high school in michigan. prosecutors suggest that the gun used in the shooting was freely available to the 15-year-old suspect. as nancy chen reports, survivors are speaking out. >>> we hear something that sounds like someone being punched against a locker. and we heard at least six more gunshots followed by screaming. >> drop your backpacks -- >> reporter: as the attack unfolded, this senior credits her math teacher for springing into action. >> the shooter was right outside our classroom. he was able to shut the door immediately and get u

i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend. anne-mari. have a great weekend.

anne-marie? >> so the high school building is safe. just driving through mayfield, is it all like this? what we're seeing behind you? >> reporter: you know, driving through some of the neighborhoods there were downed power lines that we would have to go under or swerve around. there is no power throughout the entire town of 10,000. it's just pitch black. and you can see these trees bent over and -- it just is incredible devastation, anne-marie, everywhere. but what is the cruel nature of tornadoes -- they are haphazard and random. while one home across the state may be perfectly intact, their neighbor just a few feet away is homeless now. >> yeah. that's so true. laura podesta in mayfield, kentucky. thank you so much. >>> well, search efforts at that amazon facility that laura told us about are expected to take several days. as we reported, at least six people were killed in that illinois building. authorities say that they don't expect to find any more survivors. at this point it's unclear how m

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the worsening covid situation here in the u.s. health officials are painting a bleak picture for our winter season with concerns the number of new cases could eventually hit one million per day. the omicron variant is now in all but four states. dr. anthony fauci predicts it will overtake delta as the dominant variant in the country. meantime, senators cory booker and elizabeth warren have tested positive for covid. both democrats are fully vaccinated and received a booster shot. they say they are experiencing mild symptoms. courtney kealy is in new york with more on all of this for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. with covid cases surging, there are hours' long lines here in new york city for testing. the omicron variant is spreading, and covid-19 cases are rising. the situation is likely to get worse in the days and weeks ahead. >> it is just, you know, raging through the world really. >> reporter: federal health officials don't know if the new

i'm anne marie green. with about one week before christmas, the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the holiday season once again. as cases rise fueled by the delta and omicron variants. president biden said americans face a winter of illness and death. he met with his covid task force yesterday and urged americans to get vaccinated. he said omicron variant is going to spread much more rapidly the next few weeks. it is in dozens of states, including florida, where lines for covid testing stretched for miles. the mayor of miami is asking families to eat outdoors during the holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the variant. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne marie. the cdc said new york and new jersey have the highest spread of the omicron variant in the company. it has been detected in 13 samples here, four times the national average. the omicron variant of covid-19 is quickly spreading across the u.s. >> we're looking over our shoulder at omicron, which will assume a dominant role i woul

i'm anne-marie green. president biden will address the nation today on his administration's plan to take on covid and the omicron variant this winter. sources tell cbs news he's expected to extend the requirement for travelers to wear masks on airplanes and mass transit through mid-march. and this comes after the first case of the omicron variant was reported in the u.s. a fully vaccinated person in northern california tested positive and is experiencing mild symptoms. laura podesta is in new york with the latest details on this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the united states joins about two dozen other countries with a confirmed case of the omicron variant. health officials had said it was only a matter of time before it got here, and as you mentioned, now the white house is announcing new plans to fight the virus as the winter surge approaches. dr. charles chiu is not surprised that the omicron variant made its way into the u.s. >> i'm almost certain that this finding is on

anne-marie? >> courtney kealy in new york. thank you so much. >>> so one of the first lawsuits could be filed in connection with the deadly tornadoes in kentucky. the "courier journal" reports three employees plan to sue the candle company that was destroyed in friday night's storm. many workers have come forward saying that they were not allowed to leave before the tornado hit. a company spokesperson denied those claims. eight of the 110 employees at the factory were killed. >>> and a panel of cdc advisers is reportedly meeting today to discuss possible limits on johnson & johnson's covid vaccine. according to "the washington post," there's concern about more blood clot issues linked to the vaccine. the paper says the panel will be presented with new data appearing to show the rate of clots in people who got the single-dose shot has increased since april. the panel is expected to vote on whether to update its recommendations for the vaccine's use. >>> meantime, there's a new sense of urgency to vaccinate americans or convince

i'm anne-marie green.his morning more states are reporting confirmed cases of the omicron variant. it is now in at least 17 states, but most of the symptoms have been mild in vaccinated people. health officials say that there's not enough evidence to know what to expect from the variant. laura podesta is in new york with the latest on this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. a big question is how transmissible is this new variant, how quickly or easily can others catch it. with that and other unknowns surrounding omicron, the u.s. is taking new steps to stop the spread. as of this morning, all travelers coming from the u.s. must undergo a covid-19 test within 24 hours of their departure. previously they had to be tested within three days of their flight. >> definitely another challenge that's coming up in the way for travelers. >> reporter: the tightened restrictions come as the omicron variant continues to spread. at least 17 states have reported omicron-related infections, many o

anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you very much. >>> turning to the covid pandemic now. the omicron variant continues spread across the world. it's been reported in at least 20 countries but not yet in the u.s. president biden is expected to lay out a strategy tomorrow to address the variant. his administration will reportedly toughen testing requirements for vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers coming to the u.s. one possibility is mandating a covid test within one day before their flight. errol barnett has more. >> reporter: even before omicron cases are confirmed in the u.s., researchers are preparing for its arrival. racing to analyze the strength of the arsenal to fight it. moderna's ceo told "the financial times" there is no world where his company's vaccine has the same level of effectiveness against omicron as it does with the delta variant. and regeneron, makers of an antibody treatment that can reduce risk of hospitalization and death by 70% in high-risk patients, says ea

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the fast-spreading omicron variant. it's now in 49 states, and the cdc is predicting a record high number of new covid infections as early as next month. the agency reported nearly 290,000 cases on monday. that's the second highest since the pandemic started. yesterday president biden laid out a plan to tackle the latest surge. he said his administration will buy 500 million at-home covid tests allowing americans to order them on line for free starting in january. meantime, the fda could approve covid treatment pills from pfizer and merck as soon as today. they would be taken at the early onset of symptoms to help prevent hospitalizations. courtney kealy is in new york with more on all of this for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this covid surge is threatening to up-end american americans' holiday plans and federal and local officials are setting up more testing centers and ordering more at-home testing kits. the federal government is ramping up

i'm anne-marie green. president biden will address the administration today on his administration's efforts now fuelled by the covid variant. there were 253,000 covid cases yesterday. the most since last january. president biden will be tested tomorrow after coming into contact with a staffer who later tested positive. >> the staffer was around the president for about 30 minutes on air force one. he has tested negative twice since sunday. meanwhile, the first omicron-elated death reported in harris county. he was unvaccinated and had underlying health condition. >> this virus is spiking cases across the country and here in new york as well with long lines for people to get tested. >> the omicron variant, less than a month to become the predominant strain. the cdc said it was responsible for 73% of the country's new cases. in some areas,he number can be higher. >> that is steeper than anything we've seen previously. >> washington d.c. with an indoor mask mandate. los angeles canceled in person new year's ev

i'm anne-marie green. well, we begin with the nation passing a milestone in the battle against covid-19. more than 200 million americans are now fully vaccinated against the virus. that's just over 60% of the u.s. population. the head of the cdc is urging eligible people to get a booster shot, especially as more cases of the omicron variant are reported. she called the symptoms mild in almost all of the omicron cases, but there's still concern about the delta variant as it fuels hospitalizations. laura podesta is in new york with the latest on covid. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're looking at several hot spots, particularly in the midwest where a surge of infections is filling icu beds. more than 200 million or just over 60% of americans are now fully vaccinated against covid-19. >> it feels good to be safer. >> reporter: many are getting their booster shot, a key defense against the omicron >> at first i was skeptical about do we need it or not. once there were other variant, there's

i'm anne marie green. we begin with the search for survivors and the death toll from the tornado that tore through six states. at least 88 people are dead, most of those in kentucky. the youngest, a two-month-old little girl. laura is in mayfield, kentucky. good morning. >> reporter: donations are pouring in. volunteers are arriving. the search for survivors continues. you can see in the home behind me, search and rescue crews have spray painted in orange the date and that they found no one inside. they are going structure to structure making sure no one is left behind. search and rescue crews are working around the clock in kentucky with dozens of people still missing after last week's deadly tornadoes. >> to the people of western kentucky, we are not going anywhere. we'll be with you today, tomorrow and to rebuild. >> more than 1,000 homes across 18 counties were reduced to rubble. >> i hope whoever is missing, they are still holding on. >> she fought her way out of this flattened candle factory are wher

in fiji, anne marie is known locally as the pacific's greta.n i think of the climate crisis, i'm panicking my family and i are really panicking on... you know, when i look at my three—year—old sister, eunice, i question what will be her future look like if you're not if faith and i don't do something now, raising awareness, sounding the emergency alarm and a question like, is our actions really worth it today? are there enough women voices that you look around in the pacific islands that are speaking up about climate change? the prime minister of samoa gives young girls my age and older women, you know, their chance to be leaders. and it gives us that, you know, that platform that speaks for us to be in decision making platforms to raise our concerns and to, you know, inspire the upcoming generations as a teen climate activist and as a girl, a young lady, i also get criticized and, you know, discriminated by men because they want to listen from boys and men. the climate crisis hits anyone. it doesn't hit a specific gender. it hits everyone. you

it was a sense of bride for every filipino mary anne castilla remembers how excited and relieved every one was by this medical breakthrough. 2 of her children had already had dingey and all awful. not in sending boxer there while anna monthly let them up on a do ollie. what mary anne didn't know was that concerns about the world 1st. vaccine had been raised before it was launched. a leading dingey expert warned that children who hadn't been infected with dingey could be at risk of a more severe form of the disease after receiving the vaccination. but the secretary of health decided to press ahead. after speaking to experts from sanofi and the world health organization, she says they reassured her, the vaccine was safe for those over 9 years old. so i came back to the philippines, confident that they have the experts behind me because i cannot just say cancel the program where in fact i'm not an infectious disease specialist. lou milan upon an ass sucks, unending. basha sent to you 1st by many picture now. ah, will most 900000 children in public schools in rural communities received the

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. >>> good morning, i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. with just to days before christmas, there's alarming new data about the omicron variant and its rapid spread across the u.s. it's now in all 50 states including washington, d.c., and puerto rico. researchers at the university of washington believe there will be 140 million new infections between january and march. they predict it will peak in late january at nearly three million daily cases. there's some hope amid this latest covid surge. two british studies support earlier research the omicron variant is not as we're as the variant is not as severe as the delta variant, though hospital could still be overwhelmed with patients. courtney kealy is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, wendy. there have been over one million cases in just the last week according to johns hopkins, and at least 9,000 deaths in the last seven days. the hottest item this christmas isn't a toy, it's a covid test. >> i'm going to be with my mom for the holidays, so i want to make sure

anne-marie green off. this morning many people across the nation are struggling to get back home from holiday trips. yesterday alone, more than 7,000 flights were canceled or delayed in the u.s. partly because of staffing shortages caused by the surge in covid cases due to the omicron variant. the cdc says average daily cases have surged to more than 176,000. that means new infections are at their highest levels in nearly a year. courtney kealy has the latest from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. the covid pandemic is disrupting the holiday season for the second straight year with the omicron variant surging, infecting thousands daily, straining hospitals and causing chaos. just a day after christmas, holiday travelers were left stranded amid a surge in covid cases among airline crews. >> it's stressful. absolutely stressful. but we're just trying to take it as it comes, and that's all you can do. >> reporter: more than 3,000 flights were canceled between friday and sunday. a trend t

. >>> good morning, i'm elise preston in for anne-marie green. we begin with breaking developments on capitol hill. overnight the house voted to hold former white house chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress. the move comes after meadows defied a subpoena to testify before the house committee that's investigating the january 6th capitol riot. this is just the second time in nearly 200 years the house has voted to hold a former member in contempt. the matter now goes to the justice department which will decide whether to prosecute meadows. if convicted he faces up to one year in prison. natalie brand has more. >>> the resolution is adopted -- >> reporter: for the second time this year, the house voted to refer criminal contempt charges to the justice department in connection to the january 6th investigation. this time against former white house chief of staff mark meadows who also once served in congress. >> it must be our ability to compel people to testify. >> we see this as a negatively partisan enterprise. there's no pretense. >>

anne-marie green is off. this morning, ghislaine maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life behind bars after five full days of deliberations. a jury found the 60-year-old british socialite guilty of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for jeffrey epstein. maxwell sat still as the verdict was read yesterday. she showed no emotion as she was led out of the new york city courtroom. the defense is already planning to appeal. courtney kealy is tracking the latest developments from the courthouse. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. ghislaine maxwell was found guilty on all but one count, and guilty on the most serious count of trafficking. ghislaine maxwell sat silently as the judge read the verdict. the former girlfriend of accused sexual predator jeffrey epstein was found guilty of five of the six charges she faced including the most serious -- of grooming and trafficking of young girls for epstein's alleged sex abuse ring. she faces up to 65 years in a federal prison. >>

. >>> good morning, i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. for the second straight year, the covid pandemic is casting a dark shadow over christmas. this morning, air travelers are being impacted. united, delta, and jetblue already canceled more than 300 flights for today. united the most. a spokesperson blamed a staffing shortage because of the virus. more than 261,000 cases were reported yesterday according to johns hopkins university. as the number of cases pies up, the cdc is changing rules for health care workers who test positive. they can work after seven days instead of ten if they test negative and don't have symptoms the rules are designed to help hospitals that overwhelmed with covid patients. courtney kealy is in new york with this and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, wendy. aaa says if you're traveling, try to travel before 1:00 p.m. to avoid bad holiday traffic. of course, check those airlines. if you're flying, there have been cancelations. with omicron up ending holiday plans, health officials are urging people t

anne-marie green is off. >>> this morning, health experts are questioning the cdc's recommendation to shorten the isolation period for people infected with covid. it comes as the u.s. hit a seven-day average of more than 240,000 new daily cases. some fear hospitals could become overelme pies as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads. all of this as college football's holiday bowl was canceled just hours before kickoff when ucla pulled out due to covid issues. courtney kealy is tracking the latest developments from new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. now omicron and delta are spiking cases across the country, packing a one-two punch, while school administrations are trying to decide how to get classes open after the return after the holiday break. lines for covid-19 tests sometimes hours long continue to surge across the country leaving testing sites scrambling to keep up. >> we've staffed up and really moved vaccinators into testing today because that's the high demand. just knowing the neighborhood, at a certain pint the police department does have t

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well, there may be an opportunity today because uk international trade secretary anne—marie trevelyanss deepening trade ties. let's talk this through with a professor of law at city university. really nice to see you again. so what hopes have you again. so what hopes have you got for these talks? because so far, they are not bearing much fruit, are they between the us in the uk? it is an extraordinarily _ between the us in the uk? it 3 an extraordinarily difficult situation that the uk finds itself in, it has been told, even lectured to very clearly, very sternly by many sides of congress that everything to do with northern ireland, brexit, must be protected as far as possible and when allowed must enjoy an advantageous relationship with the european union and that is contingent to some degree, in some quarters as to the us steel and tariffs agreement, in recent times the uk has really been left out of the picture, so very clear statements in some context but it is also quite likely that some conciliation will take place, this is a very different form of administration, we've previous

a concern the bbc�*s chris morris put to international trade secretary anne—marie trevelyan.ector for those farmers, the sheep and beef markets we have some very careful safeguards in their partly because we do not want our markets, as they develop and we change our own rules, having coming out of the eu from the common agriculture act, we want our farmers to develop their business in new ways. so we have some really very clear tariff quotas in the first ten years and then another step from years 11 to 15. there are also overarching safeguard mechanisms across everything, not only farming goods, meaning that if there is any attempt to surge an import that we can bring down while we look at what the issue is. so we have created a really strong set of protections from any risk that some farmers have raised because we have made sure that is the case. the reality is that australia sends about 70% of its beef and sheep meat to the asia—pacific markets, they are closer for them and they get great prices. so i do not expect there to be any dramatic surge in markets. finally — could

cox and ed's sister mary ann.any gift, tricia received her china, the blue tree pattern by lennox. her silver, eloquence by luntd of greenfield, massachusetts. and her crystal, a waterford cut glass pattern. an inform shower was held may 26th. the first white house bride to be to have a shower given in her honor by the washington women's press corps. helen tomas, was hostess. other guests included members of mrs. nixon's staff and women reportersich one of tricia's gifts from a lady of the press appeared to be an expression of sympathy for trish and ed's desire for anonymity. to the amusement of all, tricia donned her disguise. on friday evening, june 4th, at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william p. rodgers, wife of the secretary of state, hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in honor of tricia and ed. dean of the diplomatic corps led the way through the receiving line. the secretary of state was unable to be there, as he was attending meetings in portugal and france. tricia graciously accepte

it is her first hot meal for a week and she is angry with her local mp, anne—marie trevelyan.re. she should be sitting down at a table, getting people to come in saying, how can i help you? what can i possibly do? it is not good enough. joining joanne is neighbour anne. she is also enduring life without power. i feel like we have just been left out and forgotten about. i am more worried about the emergency services because where we were there are no signals. how is someone going to need an ambulance? how are they going to get hold of it? you going to have dead people out in the villages. as far as i am aware, _ the government hasn't done anything. we have relied on what we have done locally. i obviously, we have had support from the fire i and rescue services, _ the police, the mountain rescue and volunteers and obviously- from northern power grid as well. many of these residents . are going to be going over a week without any power. we need more resources, - simply if it isjust to make contact with these residents. i don't think people appreciate how remote and rural these _

. >>> good morning, i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green.iant and its rapid spre a

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with wild weather in the central u.s.

i was interested in the answer anne-marie was given around the difficult tightrope the democrats havewalk here. if they do give any grounds to joe manchin, that takes them into hot water on the others of the party and this becomes a difficult line for democrats to walk to find some form of plan that can please both sides of the party. a lot of the issue is around child tax credits. you wonder whether you want to separate these policies out. there is tax credit on the one hand, what else in this is around infrastructure. kailey: because they are try to push this through reconciliation, it provides some limitation as to how they can think about packet -- passing these packages separately. we will discuss more of this through the coming hours. next, a senior portfolio manager on a day that we are seeing some dip buying coming in, futures up about .9%. a little selling pressure in the bond market. crude trying to stage a rebound after two days of losses. this is bloomberg. ♪ it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or

. £50,000 seemed like a life—saver for anne—marie and her printing firm.t the moment. you know, at the time, i guess, i had two choices. we either take on a loan and carry on and try to just ride through the storm, or we close the doors. but the storm isn't over? well, this is the thing. it'sjust about starting, i think. loans that kept hundreds of thousands of firms alive became a dead weight for others, and a cash cow for criminals. angus crawford, bbc news. the time is 13:15pm. our top story this lunchtime: there are promising signs that covid boosterjabs will protect people against the new omicron variant, with researchers finding that the pfizer and moderna vaccines give the best overall booster response. coming up: a home in the uk, finally, for one afghan family — although thousands more are still waiting. coming up on the bbc news channel: the new manchester united interim manager ralf rangnick says he won't rule out staying on in charge beyond his initial six months. rangnick was speaking at his first press conference at united. a week after storm

i'm anne-marie green. well, we begin with the nation passing a milestone in the battle against cid

mary ann fabro reports in l.a. >> reporter: for some, this safe space is the only space they have. living in a vehicle or tent is hard enough, but now rains have left a bad situation even worse. >> this is a state of emergency that people are living like dogs. >> reporter: dale osmer is trying to head off a crisis. the latest storms have turned one of the homeless encampments into a mud pit. it's made the city-provided port-a-potties nearly impossible to get to. >> i'm in a wheelchair. i can't even make it to the outhouses. my boyfriend sometimes carries me. >> others are stuck in the mud and they can't leave the encampment. he's been here six months and he said mud is seeping into his truck. getting to the bathroom is now a challenge. >> you go to the bathroom and your foot is this thick into the mud. it's very muddy. it's difficult to use the restroom and it's right there, but there's too much water and mud. >> reporter: the city owns the 40-acre site which is meant to serve as a buffer between the airport and the community in case of a plane crash. the faa has demanded the airpo