c. kimberly. thank you. the i desperately needed aid will soon be sent to afghan histone after the united nations security council voted to allow a sanctions exemption. it means governments and agencies can send money and goods to the country for the 1st time since the taliban took over. international aid made up about 75 percent of the previous government's budget, but that was suspended in august, leaving the economy on the brink of collapse. the central banks overseas assets of nearly $10000000000.00 were also frozen. meaning that state employees haven't been paid in months and cash has been hard to come by. according to the world food program, more than half of the countries 30000000 people are now facing acute hunger. while 3800000 children under 5 or malnourished. 7 out of 10 families have resorted to borrowing money for food, which is pushing them deeper into poverty. chris salumi is the united nations. she says that many donors had been reluctant to send aid to have chemist on because of sanctions ag

kimberly, how could jose be now all washington d. c. white house correspondent, kimberly certainly a more upbeat president when it comes to commenting on that to our mammoth conversation. positive in all respect. yeah, these are the 1st comments we've heard directly from you as president joe biden. about that meeting previously it was all through his either white house press secretary or his national security adviser, but you heard there from joe biden that he thought that the discussions went well. he felt that it was very straightforward. and as we know, he did issue a warning that was expected to vladimir putin. that should he invade ukraine, there would be harsh consequences. and what did those look like? we know that isn't the form a very strict financial sanctions that would isolate russia from the global financial system. but what he also made clear is that in terms of additional us support, particularly military, there would be that support for ukraine. but what he stopped short of saying is that there would be us boots on the gr

kimberly, because last week, washington d. c. well, the hotspot for code cases and now we're hearing that there are multiple places that are considered hot spots. yeah, we are really seeing numbers that we've not seen since the early days of the pandemic in a number of key states. new york, delaware, hawaii, massachusetts, puerto rico, and also new jersey, all exceeding the 7 day averages in terms of records that we had in place in the last 7 days. and this is particularly concerning to public health officials because of the strain that it puts on hospitals and the already fatigued medical workers who hurt now into their 3rd year of dealing with the coven pandemic. but we've also seen other instances where this is playing out in a negative way and that has to do with the busy holiday travel season. as you mentioned, flight cancellations have been a huge problem by the thousands because there simply aren't enough employees, particularly those at the ticket counter to check people in. and so what we're hearing from a number of trav

al, jazeera, ors of young, eastern ukraine, a white house corresponding kimberly how it is also standing by for us in washington d. c. when we have these meetings, kimberly we love that phrase that we, we'd love to be a fly on the wall in that room right now. do you have any indication of the murmurings coming out from that direction? well, what we know is that the phone call, the u. s. president will have with the president of ukraine. zelinski is only one of a number of conversations he's having over the issue of ukraine that is taking place on thursday. he is also going to be speaking with the leaders from countries known as the bucharest 9. that is the countries that make up the eastern flag of the nato alliance. and what the message is that is going to be delivered by joe biden, is that the united states is committed to transatlantic security. now, having said that, what the united states will also be conveying is that the united states is prepared to support militarily the efforts to defend itself with respect to ukraine and to that region. but what the u. s. president was also very clear about is that the uni

kimberly alcott reports from washington, d. c. m. a crohn has gripped the united states. 73 percent of new cases are now attributed to that highly contagious, very it testing site to cross the u. s. are packed in cleveland. this new dr. up testing site with act capacity just hours after opening while cobra has been a tough adversary. we've shown that we're tougher to combat the arm across sergio as president joe biden, on tuesday announced a half 1000000000 home rapid tests will be distributed to americans starting in january until now u. s. rapid tests have been expensive and hard to find. we're take even more steps to make it easier to get tested and get tested for free violence. also utilizing the defense production act to ramp up test manufacturing for clinical use. he's deploying 1000 troops to support overwhelmed doctors and nurses, and he's tapping into american national stock. pile of ventilators to ensure hospitals are well equipped. still biden says the best way to prevent severe disease and death is vaccination. all these

c. and white house correspondent, kimberly how kit joins us live. now, what did these impending measures suggest about the expected strain on mc wrong could personally us health system? well, we're already experiencing it. what we know is that $48.00 out of the 50 us states now have cases of armor crime variant in their borders. and we also know that there are counting for about 75 percent of the new infections. and just the last 6 days. what does this mean? it means that the hospitals in the united states are once again seeing what many americans thought was behind us. and that was overwhelmed hospital's exhausted staff, and many people feel particularly anxious about the future. so we're watching very carefully to see what the u. s. president will say he's supposed to speak at the bottom of this, our suspect might be running a little bit behind schedule. but the president is expected to update his autocrat strategy. and this is really something he referred to initially as the winter strategy, but now it has been amended due to this highly contagio

russian capital, moscow defenseless cross over to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins, who joins me from washington, d. c. and of course that meeting did go on for some time. kimberly, we knew it would, but we do. we have any details about what was said not yet, but we are expecting that we will get some details from the national security advisor jake sullivan. he will be at 900 g m t participating in the white house daily press briefing along with the white house press secretary jen saki at. it's then that we expect that we'll, we'll get an update. those getting an update as we speak are the partners and allies of the united states that joe biden with consulted with prior to his call with the russian liter vladimir putin. those are the leaders of germany, france, italy, and the u. k. we understand that you as president speaking with them at this hour, updating them on what the reactions were to their joint message that was sent to of latter repute, namely that there would be punishing financial sanctions if the unite, if rather russia were to invade ukraine. so what we know is that this was a call that

let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker joining us from washington d. c. so, detention facilities rose, subject of a lot of controversy when the president took office. what's behind this particular move? kimberly well, this is an effort to keep a campaign promise and you're right, those detention facilities under the microscope. not just at the start of the bike administration, but under the trumpet ministration, where democrats accused the republican president donald trump, of in humane practices with respect to these detention facilities. and so the pledge was by joe biden that he would make changes if he became president. this is an example of that. what we're seeing now in the previous administration also accused of separating families, is that not only were families held in detention centers together, but now they are not going to be in those facilities at all. in fact, they've been released. now here's the statement on these changes coming from the immigration and customs enforcement agency. they say isis committed to ensuring that all those that are

kimberly alcott reports from washington, d. c. i'm a crohn has gripped the united states. 73 percent of new.

c, with local businessman, with the military, the kimberly's army as well. and by fortune, these alliances, they have been able to persist for these years. and we've seen the previous military operations have been quite ineffective in targeting area. they managed to recapture a camps that they previously lost to f. d. c, the comedies army. but what we've also seen is that they always retaliate against the con, the least population after military operations. so we've seen an uptick in human rights violations right after the release authority stepped up military operations against a lawyer. so no, definitely a group to be reckoned with. i'm so, well that's the fairly pessimist, strictly you across the board from from all 3 of you. so if i were to ask if this military operation is likely to work, i guess david's also the answer would be no. so why do you think the, the governments of uganda has decided to go when, if this is essentially going to be a futile exercise? first of all, you know, if you're willing to that you got to box and then you've got to use it.

kimberly elk, it has more for washington d. c. the u. s. president consulted with european allies, the leader of germany, the leader of france, as well as britain and italy. and what we're told is that they really try to get on the same page in terms of what they want to see from russia. and that is respect for ukraine's territorial, as well as it's a sovereignty. so this is something that is being conveyed by the u. s. president. there is also going to be a request for a di escalation attentions and an attempt to return to diplomacy. the u. k. has implemented new travel restrictions as a result of the new cove. at 19 variants. people traveling there will now need to show a negative test result within 48 hours of their flight. at least 4 people have been killed by an explosion in iraq, southern city of basra. the blast happened near a hospital. several other people were injured. the saudi coalition in yemen says its launch several last rites against military targets, and the capital sinner becomes after forcibly intercepted and destroyed

our white house correspondent kimberly hallett has more from washington d. c. foreseeing records being broken for 7 day highs in new york, delaware, hawaii, massachusetts, puerto rico, new jersey. i and other states as well, and this is of great concern to public health officials because what this means is there's a strain on hospitals. and what we're seeing in some states is a record number of hospitalizations for children, particularly the age group of under 5 who are not eligible for vaccinations in the united states. and so the concern is where this is headed, because we're in the midst of a holiday period. many people gathering to celebrate just celebrated christmas looking forward to the new year. and we're already seeing these spikes as a result of the american thanksgiving holiday in late november, so that the fear is that this will get worse before it gets better. we've already seen how this is wreaking havoc on the travel industry, particularly the airlines. they are so short of staff that travel groups are now asking the public health officials to c

our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit is in washington d. c. but 1st we'll bring in dominic cane from berlin because the new is just coming in in the past half hour or so. dominic, what more do we know about this lockdown? that's how been approved in germany for the unvaccinated effectively. what we know is that if you are on vaccination in this country, it is now going to be almost impossible for you to come and go as you please go to all sorts of different places, public places that is, of a van, the absolute essentials. so that might be pharmacies or to the doctors to supermarkets and that sort of thing. but for pretty much everything else, people will need to be able to prove that they've either recovered recently from the virus or that they have had a vaccine. that's something that's angular michael, the outgoing chance they won't be in the job for much longer. the next few days that she's very keen to address these measures to those people we're talking about and perhaps as many as 101112 1000000 adults in this country who despite the rea

kimberly hallett reports now from washington d. c. the images are unforgettable. supporters of former president donald trump last january attempting to overturn the results of the u. s. presidential election. it rattled a nation that prides itself on being a model for democracy. since then, many americans have come to believe democracy is under attack him the u. s. and elsewhere, it's no secret that there is democratic backsliding happening around the world. that's why you as president biden is holding a virtual summit this week to bring together more than a 100 countries to promote democratic ideals like voting and human rights. divide in administration points to threats to taiwan from china and ukraine from russia. as just some of the examples of how democratic governments are being tested, it hopes to rally global leadership to stand up even confront those authoritarian forces. but critics say the u. s. lacks the moral authority to hold such as summit . we directly arm and finance some of the most authoritarian and inch democratic

busy a winehouse corresponding kimberly elk, it has moved from washington d. c. there's no question that there is an enormous challenge here and given the fact that many of the countries participating have a agreed to sort of authoritarian tendencies. in some cases, the challenge to come up with consensus and some sort of joint statement out of this that can actually be actionable is what everyone is watching and wondering and, and the question really becomes to what can be accomplished by a virtual meeting. and this is something that he is committed to, and you heard him talking there about some of the challenges that are faced in particularly in the united states, where he says that democracy works best. when parties that oppose one another can sit down and work together. and there really are very few examples in the united states where that is actually achieved, if anything, the divisions only seem to be more pronounced with each us election. keeping in mind, the images of many republicans tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 us election on january 6th. s

kimberly, thanks very much and that's our white house correspondent, kimberly hall talking to us from washington d. c. let's go to bernard smith, who's joining us now live from moscow. burn it is true, isn't that the rush has been facing sanctions for many years. and in many ways has adapted to the fact that it is continually facing sanctions. is there a sense there that russia and moscow are feeling any sort of pressure from this not particularly from the threat of sanctions? no, i mean, what vladimir putin, one from this meeting is respects to be treated as an equal. and he wants nato to stop bit eastwood expansion by allowing ukraine to join. now of let me put in said the when ukraine declared independence, after the long after the collapse of the soviet union, that was a great common calamity. it's not how many ukrainians might see it. but an indication of the centuries old, historical links that have been between the 2 countries. and that's a lot of what to do is behind this. and russia has been increasingly agitated by what it sees is american and nato activity on its doorstep. naval exercise w

indication when normal schedules will resume our white house correspondent kimberly hawkins is joining us from washington. d. c, so what is the state of play when it comes to the on the cross variance across the us can really well, it's contributing to record high number of infections, of cases, really numbers we've not seen since the early days of the pandemic. in fact, we're seeing records being broken for 7 day highs in new york, delaware, hawaii, massachusetts, puerto rico, new jersey and other states as well. and this is of great concern to public health officials, because what this means is there's a strain on hospitals and what we're seeing in some states is a record number of hospitalizations for children, particularly in the age group of under 5 who are not eligible for vaccinations. in the united states, and so the concern is where this is headed because we're in the midst of a holiday period. many people gathering to celebrate just celebrated christmas looking forward to the new year. and we're already seeing the spikes as a result of the american thanksgiving holiday in late november. so the fear i

s. c's as fighting covey. 19 not just within its borders, but around the world. kimberly, we know that joe biden is going to speak. we know some of the points have already put out that looks like the focus is going to be on testing ivank sizing rather than a lockdown. right? yeah, this is a major corner stone of the president's updated winter strategy due to the omicron variant. what we know is this is a big deal in the united states is that the president will be announcing at 930 g m t that he will be through a new website starting in january making up to $500000000.00 wrap and test available to consumers, and that is going to be free of charge. and the reason this is a big deal is because i'm like in the, you care in europe. it's really hard to find rapid tasks in the u. s. and if you do find, they can be pretty expensive. this is going to change all of that. they will be free of charge. the prisoner also expected to announce another round of initiatives including ramping up the testing production through the defense production act. so that hospitals have the stuff that

kimberly help it is on white house correspondent in australia. meanwhile, mandatory p. c. r test needed for interstate travel, putting further pressure on health systems, sa, concrete force, from the countries sunshine coast calls are backed up for kilometers at testing centers across sydney. some people are waiting up for 6 hours for tests with results taking days to be returned. some states require mandatory cover tests before the allow people to travel from other parts of australia that includes queens and south australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to the hospital, but of course at choose the p c r testing. and now i'm believably long, and the delays in getting test results are getting to point where they're unworkable. so if you've got people who are showing up who are unwell and people who are at high risk of serious illness, they're the ones you have to find early hospital pathology. you this in sydney, you sent out a premature text adv

c. let's take you live now to the u. s. capital, our white house correspondent. kimberly how could is that for us? let's stop them with this massive investment from the white house into organizations like the world health organization. well, what i can tell you specifically about the president's plan with regard to the actions being taken in the united states is that the u. s. president will be revamping what was known as his winter strategy or winter plan due to the micron. very it, what we know is that he is doing a number of things including preparing to deploy of to a 1000 troops. in order to deal with some of the influx that we've seen at hospitals, overwhelmed, were told largely due to unvaccinated patients and states like wisconsin, indiana, and michigan. these terms will have medical expertise. we also know the u. s. president is prepared to tap into the national stockpile. something he will outline in his upcoming speech at 1930 g m t. and as well with regard to that national stock pilot is ventilators that are so much in need, that are to be dispersed around the country. to some of the s

kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house in australia, a mandatory p c. r. test needed for interstate travel are putting more pressure on health systems. our conte begins our coverage from the country, sunshine coast called the backup for kilometer. the testing center is across sydney. some people are waiting for 6 hours for tess with results taking days to be returned. some states require mandatory cover tests before the allow people to travel from other parts of astrology that includes claims and south australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to hospital. but of course that cues that they see are testing. and now i'm believably long and the delays in getting test results. disappoint with unworkable. so if you've got people who are chewing up or unwell and people who are at high risk a serious, they're the ones you have to find early. hospital pathology unit in sydney sent out a premature text, advising nearly 500 people that w

you've gotten the has not always had the best interest of the kimberly's population in mind, nor that it really one to stabilize the eastern d or c. but what we see now is, but apparently president g security has given the green light to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous intervention by the ugandans in easton d r. c. the adf originated in uganda. in the 1990s for 3 decades is hayden, when the forest of eastern congos, profiting from timber and minerals wines 2 years ago, he pledged the legions to i so well that the extent of the connection isn't clear. in recent years, it's become notorious for massacring thousands of civilians in the villages around the city of any people of north keyvi province. a tired of the violence congress army said it would stop the killings. it introduced martial law in the region 6 months ago. but i haven't worked, that's why some people are now welcoming the ugandan armies arrival. others, a skeptical, the 1st thing that the relation is looking for is protection. they won't the mother to, to end. and that can be only possible if the prediction of civilian is th

presidential elections, health, uganda and kimberly's armies say they're making progress in their joint operation against the allied democratic forces in eastern d r. c. they say they've destroyed for camps belonging to the group captured 34 fighters and fried 31 congress hostages for people on the ground. there is hope, but also remaining on ease about this partnership is malcom web. over the last 10 days, the people of this small board of town in democratic republic of congo have seen thousands of camden troops crossing you can, as army says it in congo to hunt down an armed group called the allied democratic forces. atf, which is blamed for killing thousands of civilians in this area over the last 7 years. you got the army has been accused of meddling and looting minerals in congo several times since it 1st invaded 25 years ago. i mean, to be honest, we did not celebrate the arrival of began to troops crossing a border, but we hope they can help deal with the insecurity that we've been facing for a long time. the adf fight as a hiding out in forest to the guns and tanks and armored vehicles have struggled to advance on the muddy roads. so they bro

and as you're talking back, kimberly, as your point of view, as we're looking on the right side of the screen life pictures coming in from washington d. c. bow showing, some of the testing that's going on. and speaking of testing is going to be an issue that joe biden, we'll talk about later as a day, right. putting the focus on testing and vaccination rather than on restriction and locked out. it's a pillar of the president's winter strategy that he's updating as a result of the i'm a crime variant that is now counting for about 3 quarters of the cases in the united states. what the president will be doing is starting in january, there'll be a website that will allow americans to access about $500000000.00 rapid tests. and the reason this is a big deal is that this will essentially the white house hopes, curved, the spread, if people know that they're a positive for covet 19, they won't go out that will reduce the infections. but the other reason this is a big deal is the fact that this is something that americans haven't really had access to prior to this. as i wrap it at home, tasks are expensive, they're hard to find. and now that i

c. r test within 24 hours before their flight. meanwhile, the administration will also provide booster shots for nearly a 100000000 eligible americans. our white house correspondent, kimberly how good is following developments in washington dc. the president will be heading to the national institutes of health, where he will be discussing what he believes could try and mitigate the spread of coven 19, particularly as we are now seeing in the united states. with that 1st case of the alma kron variant that has been detected in california. now the headlines of this were released by the administration early this morning. so we have a sense of what the president is going to talk about, the travel restrictions. now getting a little tighter previously, regardless of your nationality vaccination status, you did need to come into the united states. you had to test negative within 72 hours. now that window much more narrow, 24 hours. we also know that because many people are not getting tested due to cost it's cost prohibitive, now those at home test will be free of charge, private insurance will have to pay. we also know that the mandate for masking, in other words, the federal man

c is having a one voice when it comes to the key regional issues. the trial of a former u. s. police officer who shot and killed a black man in april is underway in minneapolis. kimberly porter is facing to manslaughter charges for killing 20. all didn't want it right. what her says, she mistakenly used their hand gun instead of her pacer, when the man attempted to flee a traffic stop to avoid arrest. the court was shown images comparing the taser to a hand gun. this case is about an officer who knew not to get it dead wrong, but she failed to get around. his case is about the defendant kimberly pyre, the train her badge and betraying her oath, and betraying her position of public trust. and on april 11th of this year, she betrayed a 20 year old kid. they had have instagram is calling for a social media industry body to help keep young people safe on line. adam must sorry, has been testifying before us. senator is in the latest congressional hearing scrutinizing the apps impact on children. this follows the release of leaked internal documents from its parent company mehta, formerly facebook, which revealed its own research, showed instagram negatively affected teenag

c-span now today. "washington journal" continues. >>in on your screen this mornin kimberly robinson, supreme court reporter with bloomberg law.nv kimberly robinson, the president up a white house commission to investigate possible structural changes to the supreme court. remind our viewers what led to this commission. >> well, i think that really depends onio who you ask. but i do think that part of what was habehind appointing this commission was some of the rancor that we have seen surrounding supreme court confirmations in the past few years. in particular, in 2016, we saw majority leader mitch mcconnell holdld open the seat, saying th it was an election year, and the public should really be able to have a say in who's going to pick the next supreme court justice. but thenth fast forward to just last year, when ruth bader ginsburg passed and republicans filled the seat despite the fact that, you know, the election was just a monthci away. so i think there was a lot of angst from progressives surrounding those circumstances. and some push to make some changes to the supre

c-span now today. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen this morning, kimberlyupreme court reporter with bloomberg law. kimberly robinson, the president set up a white house commission to investigate possible structural changes to the supreme court. remind our viewers what led to this. guest: that depends on who you ask. i think part of what was behind appointing the commission was some of the rancors we have seen in the past few years in particular in 2016, we saw mitch mcconnell hold open the seat, there should be a say in who picks the next supreme court justice. fast forward to last year, republicans filled the seat despite the fact the election was just a month away. there was a lot of angst with progressives surrounding the circumstances and some push to make some changes to the supreme court and be more responsive to what they see as the american voters' desires to see who goes on the supreme court. that was fully pushing it. once we have this final report, it will be a way to kick the can down the road so president biden, who does not seem to favor a lot