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around the temple of athena, where a great sacrifice would take place each year. goodness intends to open up this gate house so that all 5 of its doorways can be used. but some archaeologists say rebuilding the staircase crosses a line from restoration to reconstruction. or you gonna get these from there though? i don't say that we should necessarily preserve the zigzag ramp, but this is not a decision of one person. there needs to be a wider discussion. it's a huge intervention. even if we had all the original material that we don't have the right to do it on such a scale, then in and it gets us get plenty of new marble, has been inserted into the buildings of the acropolis as part of a 40 year restoration project. including in the gate house whose restoration done no less oversaw. it's a compromise between 2 schools of thought. conservationists believe in preserving the historical record interventionists would rebuild the temple of athena to its classical glory. and it is that high classical period that tourists come to mark and celebrate to day. so it would app

the experience athenians enjoyed 25 centuries ago when they came to worship their patron goddess athena. a grand staircase, 25 meters wide, envisioned as part of the gateway to the acropolis and reimagined by artists. for centuries, the peloponnesian war between athens and sputter interrupted its completion. but the man in charge of restoration on the acropolis as rebuilding, it would be a celebration of the democracy that conceived it with the establishment of democracy. the number of citizens was 10000, and all of them had to participate to the fester that it was a duty for thee and since citizens, their participation and tear, therefore they had seriously and substantially to widen, to increase they weight of their amp. and finally, to create the staircase once dictated the width of the staircase, was the width of the entrance to the acropolis behind me. built 25 centuries ago. it was designed to allow at least $10000.00 athenians and dozens of sacrificial oxen on to the open space. around the temple of athena, where a great sacrifice would take place each year. goddess intends to op

athena, the point that christi raises is important. their defense attorneys argued they were not evading prosecution and yet we heard from law enforcement they had gone missing and there's nothing to indicate what they were doing last night was taking steps to turn themselves in. >> certainly not, boris. you heard the oakland county prosecutor argue that exact thing. one point she made is that this couple, jennifer and james crumbley, took out $4,000 from an atm near where they were supposed to be arraigned yesterday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. as you know, they were found overnight in an industrial building, a warehouse. they were in detroit, 40 miles away from where they were going to be arraigned. it doesn't appear they were about to turn themselves in. their lawyers arguing they were never intending to flee and that there wasn't enough communication between the prosecutors and their attorneys. clearly the court didn't buy that. that's why they set bond for each of them at 500,000, plus they're both going to have gps monitors, ordered to

cnn's athena jones is in pontiac, michigan for us.ndependent investigation requested by the school district? >> hi, fred. well, of course, from the very day of the shooting and from the very beginning, a lot of questions were being asked about how the school handled ethan crumbbley and the meeting with his patients and now you have the superintendent of the school district requesting an independent third-party investigation. one thing that they brought up in what the superintendent called the school's version of events is that they walked through the two complaints and the concerns that teachers raised the day before and the day of the shooting, the day before when ethan crumbbley was searching for ammunition and talked to by counsellors. he and his mother had gone to a shooting range, that shooting sports is part of what the family does together. that's something that the school officials weren't able to confirm until they finally reached the parents on tuesday. when it comes to tuesday and the very disturbing drawing that a teacher

and athena just laid out there the early data. omicron variant, sanjay. it appears the covid vaccine doesn't protect people from getting infected with omicron but it does indicate the first cases have been mild. what does that tell you? >> well, if this data holds up, it's sort of -- a lot of this makes sense in the sense that the idea of the vaccine is to really prevent people from developing serious illness. if you look specifically at the idea of infection, how well that works, the numbers that athena just talked about. 43 cases that have been confirmed, this data coming from the cdc. 34 of them were fully vaccinated. 14 did have this additional booster. six previously infected as well. so i think there's two things to keep in mind. the vaccines may be doing the bulk of their work in terms of preventing people from getting sick. that's why the majority have mild illness. also we still have the same problem that i think you and i have been talking about for two years now. there's not enough testing happening. we don't know the t

>> athena jones, thank you very much. >>> and joining me now, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky. dr. walensky, nice to see you. president biden said americans do not have to cancel their holiday plans. he says it's safe to gather, as long as all eligible people are vaccinated. but -- but really, how safe? i mean, given the rise in infections, does the science suggest you can but maybe you shouldn't? >> good evening, john. it's good to be back with you. so maybe, let's just step back and talk about where we are right now in the last 24 hours. cdc announced that we have now 73% of our cases are projected to be the omicron variant. the rise in the omicron variant is, as we have seen in other countries, it's mirrored what has happened in other countries, so we have expected this and we have been prepared for it. um, the president today announced um major efforts to tackle the omicron variant and the surge that we have right now. and that, of course, includes support to hospitals. um, increased access to testing and increased capacity for vaccination. and we have the tools right now.

athena jones live at newark national apart.leave to come to the united states. >> reporter: hi, john. that's right. this is all part of trying to make international travel as safe as possible. it's stepped up surveillance for covid and of course for the omicron variant specifically. this is the sort of thing that dr. rochelle walensky telegraphed to reporters on tuesday. here's what she had to say. >> the cdc is trying to make travel as safe as possible. considerations around additional post-arrival testing and soft quarantine. >> reporter: and so to that end, top government officials have been discussing several measures under consideration including requiring everyone who enters the united states to be tested for covid-19 a day before their flight and having all travelers, permanent residents to be tested again after returning home regardless of their vaccination status. now, no final decision has been made so we don't know what the new regulations will bement these are the things under consideration. currently they are requi

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cnn's athena jones is outside the oakland county sheriff's office. athena what more did we learn about what potentially to be effects for this couple? >> reporter: hi, fred. a few interesting things happened at the arraignment of jennifer and james crumbley. both kept at the oakland county jail not far from here. the same jail where their son ethan crumbley is being held. one thing we heard from the lawyers representing the crumbley, the parents, is that they argue they were not on the run. they were going to turn themselves in. at one point one lawyer apologized to the court. this is what she said. take a listen. >> i had no? there was a 4:00 arraignment the media had so many reports of random times quite frankly we didn't believe -- >> counsel, we're not getting into -- >> i just want to apologize to the court because we weren't error. >> reporter: there you hear the judge saying we're not getting into that. these parents withdrew $4,000 from an atm. very near the place they were supposed to be arraigned yesterday. they certainly didn't act as thou

cnn's athena jones is in pontiac, michigan. bring us up to date. >> reporter: as you mentioned, james and jennifer crumbley were found overnight and were arraigned this morning on those four counts of involuntary manslaughter. why were these charges brought? the prosecutor says that even crumbley's parents had some responsibility for the fact that they allowed their son to have this gun. the 15-year-old was not legally allowed to have this gun, and so listen to some of the warnings that she says that the crumbleys ignored. this is the most important one, and that is from the morning of the shooting. take a listen. >> on november 30th, the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbley's teacher came upon a note on ethan's desk which alarmed her to the point that she took a picture of it on her cell phone. the note contained the following. a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words, quote, the thoughts won't stop, help me, end quote. in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the followi

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. >> cnn's athena jones is in pontiac, michigan, outside the oakland county sheriff's office. athena, the arraignment ended a short time ago. take us through the events. >> reporter: hi, fred. as you said, jennifer and james crumbley are now facing $500,000 bond each. if they're able to make that to get out of prison and get out of jail, they have to have a gps monitor because of their apparent attempt to flee last night. you heard at the arraignment lawyers saying they weren't going to flee, they were getting their finances in order. they were fully intending to bring them in today to be arraigned. in the end, the judge gave the prosecutor that high, very high bail of a half million each. these two parents are facing four counts each of involuntary manslaughter because the prosecutor as you heard argues that they are criminally negligent. if they had acted, the four teenagers would not have been killed. seven other people at oxford high school would not have been injured, heard her spell out they bought the gun for their son. there are more details she touched on in the inter

athena, thank you very much. athena jones in new york. let's bring in our pandemic experts.ning us now, dr. paul offit, the author of the book "you bet your life, from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation." and dr. megan ranee, emergency room physician. let met ge your reaction to this news, the cdc now reporting that omicron represents 73, yes, 73% of all new covid cases in the united states. what is your reaction? >> i think it's a combination of two things. one, it is a highly transmissible virus with a doubles time of two days. the second thing is even if you had two kdoses of mrna or one dose of johnson & johnson, you're still likely to develop mild illness with the omicron variant. you're likely protected against serious illness, but that's what we're seeing.doses of mrna prov protection against serious illness. so it's a value to get the third dose, but don't disspare. if you haven't gotten any doses yet, you can still get two doses and be highly protected before omicron comes to your neighborhood. >> doctor, omicron

. >> kn's athena jones joining us from newark's international airport.airports being factored in to the nation's surveillance strategy. >> reporter: the biden administration is considering the stricter testing requirements, all of this in an effort to increase surveillance, looking out for the omicron variant of the coronavirus, but also for more dominant strain like the delta here in america. this is the sort of thing that dr. rochelle walensky, the cdc director telegraphed to reporters on tuesday. take a listen to what he said. >> cdc is evaluating how to make international travel as safe as possible including pre departure testing closer to the time of flight and considerations around additional post arrival testing and self-quarantine. >> reporter: so under consideration a number of measures including requiring everyone traveling to the u.s. to be tested for covid-19 the day before their flight. currently they have to be tested three days before their flight. another thing being considered is requiring all travelers including u.s. citizens and perman

cnn's athena jones is outside of the sheriff's office. athena, what are they saying this morning?> reporter: good morning, boris and christi. we know that james and jennifer crum crumb ley are said to be arraigned this morning. now that they've made this escape, it's very unlikely they'll have a low bail, because they are clearly people trying to escape. we know that they withdrew $4,000 from an atm over the course of yesterday, over the course of friday. we know it took several hours for law enforcement, not just detroit police, but also fbi, u.s. marshals to track these people down. they did so with the tip of a business owner in the community. listen to what the detroit police chief had to say about tracking that couple down last night. >> see something, say something. again, our community has been amazing. thank you, community. thank you for working with us, partnering with this police agency. there have been a number of cases repeatedly that we could not have gotten where we are without our community. tonight, again, our community came through for us so thank you very much. >

athena jones is live in oxford, michigan this morning.ous what the school is saying in the wake of this tragedy. >> reporter: good morning. well, since the very day of the shooting, there have been a lot of questions raised about the school's handles of ethan crumbley and now we're hearing more of the school's version of the events and how they responded on monday and tuesday when two separate teachers raised concerns about the behavior of ethan crumbley. monday it was because they saw him viewing images of ammunition on his cellphone and tuesday it was because they saw a disturbing drawing that crumbley had that depicting a semi automatic gun, a body that appeared to be bleeding and words like blood everywhere. and also the superintendent says in the letter that school counselors and school staff decided that based on ethan's answers and demeanor and the answers they crumbley's parents, they concluded that he was not likely to inflict harm or on others. and they said that he had to get counseling within 48 hours. and they told crumbleys

athena jones, thank you very much. as athena mentioned, there were too many regular flags in the days before the shooting at oxford high school. tom foreman takes us through it. >> reporter: before the gunfire that terrified students, police, and balances, there were warnings. >> there was absolute reason to believe the individual was dangerous and disturbed. >> reporter: authorities suggest the immediate trouble starts november 26th when james crumbley takes his 15-year-old son ethan to buy a pistol at a local gun shop. although the dad fills out the paperwork, the son posts a picture on social media. >> along with the caption, just got my new beauty today. >> no, legally, that's not his. >> reporter: the sheriff says by law, the gun can't actually belong to the boy, raising key questions. >> was it given to him? allowed to be picked up freely at his discretion or was it stolen? >> reporter: november 27th, the mother post mom and son day testing out his new christmas present. november 29th. a teacher reports the boy i

. >> athena jones is live in oxford, michigan, this morning.athena, what is the school saying now and what are you hearing about the possibility of school officials facing some responsibility here? >> reporter: good morning, jim. what's unclear is if school officials will be facing charges, clearly something that oakland county prosecutor karen mcdonald has not concluded or announced yet. we know the school superintendent, the school district requested an independent third party investigation into the events leading up to tuesday's shooting and also sharing their version of events. the upshot at no point did counselors or staff feel crumbley would be of harm to himself or others. we heard how they responded monday a teacher saw him searching for ammunition on his cell phone. ethan saying shooting sports were a family hobby. tuesday another teacher saw a concerning drawing that ethan crumbley made that depicted among other things a semiautomatic gun and a bullet, a body with bullet holes in it appeared to be bleeding, ethan told the school that

let's start with cnn's athena jones on where we are right now. >> we've really not seen anything likefore. >> hospitalizations are up 35% over a month ago. the u.s. now averages nearly 140,000 new covid cases a day and more than 1200 people are dying each day on average. even as early indications suggest omicron may cause milder illness than the delta variant the sheer number of covid cases could overwhelm already stretched hospitals. >> one of the things we're very concerned about is in health care systems are already over stretched. literally breaking. now imagine taking 20% or 30% of the health care workers out because they, too, are infected. >> reporter: doctors stressing people not vaccinated are most at risk for the vaccinated getting boosted reduces your risk further. while just over 61% of the country is fully vaccinated less than 20% has gotten a booster shot. even as a new england journal of medicine study says people vaccinated more than six months ago were more than three times more likely to have a breakthrough case of covid than those inoculated more recently. in new yo

so let's start with what athena just said there. the spike in cases, we're seeing it not just in new york but in many places across the country. we're back to levels we saw around the summer surge. but nowhere near where we were last winter before the vaccine. generally as we know, hospitalizations lag about three weeks behind cases but given the fact that so many people have either been infected or had a vaccination at this point or both, how should we be viewing this spike in cases? >> yep, so pamela, thank you for having me back. that's the key question. we've got to do a mental shift. for the entire two years of this pandemic, infections always preceded hospitalizations which preceded deaths. i think we'll finally break that link. now let's be clear. we're still going to see hospitalizations and deaths but largely among people who are unvaccinated or people inadequately vaccinated, who have not gotten the booster, who are elderly and high risk. for others who are older but have two shots plus a booster, you see a lot of infectio

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a small village in the southern indian, a state of dominance in her little shop, bought of athena garage is suggesting some home remedies to a young mother. she has been, was leading a grassroots movement for the last 20 years, conserving the biodiversity of the region to a revival of tradition, herbs and medicinal plans. almost 65 percent of india's population depends upon traditional medicines for health care. the world health organization estimates, however, climate change and over harvesting has led to a massive destruction of these plans. about $300.00 species in india are currently under threat of extinction. the can really bio region with bar with diverse is said to still be home over $800.00 indigenous species of plums for what he learned about native herbs as a child. also growing up to be the 1st woman graduate in holland, one of the lab on the bottom, but up i'm brianna. malia leave it on the pass it on that we belong to a family of traditional her bill dinner. everyone and my religious use to come to my house for medication at this juncture, i was diagnosed with the skin dise

we begin this hour with athena jones in new york and phil mattingly at the white house. >> i know you're>> reporter: joe biden seeking to reassure an exhausted nation, as it braces for what may be the largest covid wave yet. >> this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we're prepared. we know more. >> reporter: but the remarks marked a complex effort to straddle the line between a dire message to the unvaccinated -- >> if you're unvaccinated, you're at a higher risk of getting severely ill from covid-19 and even dying. >> reporter: and hopeful resolve with those with the vaccine and booster. >> you have a high degree of protection against the illness. >> reporter: and the omicron variant makes up 73% of new u.s. cases, biden urging americans to get vaccinated and boosted and making a point of thanking former president donald trump for doing just that. >> it may be one of the few things we agree on. >> reporter: while lambasting media outlets that push vaccine conspiracy theorys. >> all these companies that are pedaling lies that can kill their own supporters. >>

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kate. >> athena, thank you so much. joining me now is dr.ectious diseases at university of alabama birmingham. j the government already requires travelers to test three days prior to departure for the united states. this would cut that down to one day. this is something the government is considering. what are the considerations, though, that you think they could be debating here? >> kate, it's a great question. we have been emphasizing since the beginning of all of this that more testing is better, more frequent testing gives you more assurance if you're negative and can mingle with people. if you're positive, you can intervenerly to isolate yourself and even get treatment if you need it. i think the spirit of testing closer to departure is a good idea. it would make sure you're clear to go on the plane. the challenge is you need to have these tests be accurate, they need to be available and they need to be affordable. that is a very high barrier to get organized 24 hours -- within 24 hours before your departure for another country. i hope i

tell us about today's arraignment, athena. >> reporter: hi, fred. well both crumbley, jennifer and james crumbley, arraigned this morning. bond set at $500,000 for each. if able to raise that money and bond out will have to wear gps mont'sers and submit to other restrictions. each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of the four teenagers. their son, eketh crumbley, is charged with killing. because the county prosecutors believes the parents should have known that their son was capable of and had the ability to commit a violent act, and that they are criminally negligent. they said that the day before the shooting, both parents were alerted about a teacher having witnessed even crumbley searching for ammunition online. they did not respond. the next day, they were brought in to the school after ethan crumbley made a disturbing drawing. listen to what oakland county prosecutor karen mcdonald had to say about that drawing and the meeting the parents had with ethan and school administrators. listen. >> on november 30, '21,

cnn's athena jones has the story. >> reporter: u.s. covid-19 cases on the rise again.ow averaging 125,000 new infections a day. up more than 50% over a month ago. case numbers increasing in 26 states. hospitals strained in hard-hit michigan, ohio and arizona. indiana now becoming the latest state to call in the national guard to help overwhelmed hospital workers. >> hospital bed monitors don't feel that -- i mean, we're tired. our people are incredibly tired. >> the surge is definitely upon us. >> reporter: and in new hampshire, the governor warning -- >> it's going to be a rough winter. there's no doubt about it. i don't think the numbers are going to finish peaking until early january. >> reporter: the nationwide surge by the delta variant -- >> we need to be on equal footing because we at war with an enemy killing 1200 americans a day. and i just don't see it. >> reporter: doctors say most of those hospitalized are unvaccinated but as the u.s. starts to mark one year since the first shot went into arms, the pace of vaccinations is up 40% over a month ago. with more

let's go straight to our athena jones in new york. top health officials say this could be a game changer as the omicron variant rips through the country right now. >> reporter: that is right. a potential game-changer in this new pill that is highly effective against hospitalization and death. the key thing here is that you have to take it within the first five days of having symptoms so ma means focusing on tests and getting tests back to people. in a season of setbacks, a glimmer of hope. >> the pfizer team has a v promising and now authorized tempe treatment for those at risk. >> reporter: the fda granting pfizer's new anti-viral pill paxlovid. >> folks who tax paxlovid early, within three days of symptom on set had a 90% reduction in hospitalization or death compared to those that took placebo. so this is very potent agent. >> reporter: one problem, the treatment has to be administered within the first five days of symptoms making it hard to come by tests all the more important. even as walgreens and cvs limit the number of tests c

cnn's athena jones reports, the omicron variant now accounts for nearly three-quarters of all new u.s>> we've really not seen anything like this before it. >> reporter: omicron accounts for 73% of new covid-19 infections. a stunning leap in prevalence less than three weeks after it was first detected in the u.s. according to cdc estimates. >> for the next three to eight weeks, i think we are going to be in a very, very difficult place. >> hospitalizations are up 35% over a month ago. the u.s. now averages nearly 140,000 new covid cases a day and more than 1200 people are dying each day on average. and even as early indications suggest omicron may cause milder illness than the delta variant, the sheer number of covid cases could overwhelm already stretched hospitals. >> what really is challenging is on top of that, we can expect 10% to 30% of health care workers to get infected during that time. >> reporter: doctors stressiing people who have not been vaccinated are most at risk. for the vaccinated, getting boosted reduces our risk further. while just over 61% of the country is fully v

athena jones, thanks so much. >>> dr. paul offutt is on the fda's vaccine advisory committee. earlier today i spoke to him about omicron. listen to this. he expressed a pretty encouraging view of the new variant. have a listen. >> between people who are naturally infected or people who have been vaccinated or both, you're seeing a blunting of serious infection caused by omicron. not so much mild infection. even if you've gotten two doses of an mrna-containing vaccine, for example, you're at higher risk of infection than if you have three doses. >> you're in the northeast, you're in one of the troubling hotspots as we've seen this omicron surge. i wonder if you agree with dr. offit that the data we're seeing so far, south africa, israel, and elsewhere, shows by and large omicron causes less severe illness in general. >> i don't know when i'm taking care of a patient in the emergency department whether they're infected with omicron, delta, or the original version of covid. all i know in the emergency department is i'm seeing a dramatic surge in both the number of patients who ar

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athena jones, thanks so much. let's speak to the public health physician in new jersey. so the data is increasingly positive. right? on the seriousness of the illness that omicron causes. it tends to in south africa, israel, the uk and what we've seen here early on not to cause as severe illness as previous variants. how should folks at home still planning to travel for the holidays take this? what should they do with this information? the president is saying keep your plans. what do you say as doctor and how should they protect themselves? >> hi, jim. thanks for that. what i tell people is you want to know whether or not you are going to be traveling with people who have vulnerabilities. are you traveling with people who are elderly or visiting people who are elderly? those with chronic health conditions? do people have any active symptoms that could be consistent with the coronavirus infection? that is going to change your risk profile differently. are you vaccinated and boosted? if you're vaccinated and boosted you are more likely to be able to travel without as many

cnn's athena jones has the latest on the investigation from michigan. >> reporter: hi there. oxford school district is now requesting an independent third-party investigation into the events leading up to tuesday's deadly shooting. in ray letter from the superintendent to the school's community, they are revealing more about the school's version of the events leading up to that day. we know on monday when ethan crumbly was discovered looking at images of ammunition on his cell phone, he told the school counselor and school staff member he and his mother had recently gone to a shooting range. and shooting sports were part of a family hobby. tuesday morning after a teacher alerted a school counselor about ethan crumbly's concerning drawings, ethan told the school counselor that the drawings which depicted a semiautomatic hand gun, a bullet, a body with bullet holes that appeared to be bleeding and words like, blood everywhere, and the thoughts don't stop, help me. crumbly said that drawing was part of a video game he was designing. the letter says at no time did counselors beli

cnn's athena jones has more on the latest covid developments. >> it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. sf >> reporter: america, bracing for a tough winter that is beginning to look a lot like last winter. in the midst of a delta surge, the new omicron variant accounting for 3% of cases but spreading fast. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. it is going to take over. >> reporter: and with just over 60% of the country fully vaccinated, the white house warning of a season of severe illness for the unvaccinated. the u.s. now averaging 1200 deaths aday. and 130,000 new covid cases a day, up 10% from a week ago. hospitalizations nationwide up 35% over last month. intensive care unit beds 80% full. cases rising much faster in parts of the midwest, the south and the northeast. ohio's governor deploying over a thousand national guard members to over stretched hospitals there. in miami, a royal caribbean cruise ship docking over the weekend with 48 people testing positive for covid. new york settin

athena jones, cnn, new york. >> the last hour i spoke with infectious disease expert dr.eter joebach. i asked about the difficulty americans were having finding a covid test and what could be done about it. here he is. >> we have to remember actually one of the real risks with omicron now in this very rapid rise is putting a strain on every part of our response. even here in the uk where we've done a nice job of making free rapid tests available to everyone. there have been shortages and stock outs pretty widely. we're starting to see as a risk around the world the supply chain is not keeping up and so we are starting to see shortages. and i think that will only get worse in the weeks and months to come. president biden has talked about the possibility of invoking the defense production act to force production of more tests. i think more efforts like that are needed. >> stay with cnn for complete coverage of the omicron variant by reporters and correspondents all over the world. coming up, cnn's scott mclean has more of a new report out of the uk that omicron might be les

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