. >>> "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> the most critical zoom call of the pandemic era so far. "the lead" starts right now. president biden today virtually staring down vladimir putin as russia licks its chops, gazing at ukraine across the border. can president biden help find an off ramp for russia invasion? >>> is omicron as dangerous as delta? there's some promising news in early data on the variant. >>> plus, clamming up to cover up. trump's former chief of staff mark meadows now says he will not cooperate with the committee investigating january 6th. he is of course, willing to sell

i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with the health lead and the sweeping new vaccine requirement for nearly everyone who works in new york city. today mayor bill de blasio announced all private sector employers will be required to implement a vaccine mandate by the end of this month. just as covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are at their highest levels nationwide in six weeks. so far 17 states have identified cases of the omicron variant and while more cases are expected, delta remains the dominant strain by far in the u.s. as jason carroll reports, dr. anthony fauci says there are encouraging signs that omicron may not be as severe as first feared. >> reporter: new york city's mayor has made it official. anyone working in the city will be subject to a vaccine mandate. the mayor announcing all private sector employees must be vaccinated by december 27th. public city employees have been under a vaccine mandate since october. >> we've got to up the ante here. we've got to encourage people even more. get t

year, but saw my bringing up my history of bad blood between chris wallace and seeing an anchor. jake tapper wallace, reportedly one's called an interview that tapper did with the trump official fake news tapper as reportedly called out, wallace over an interview and did with trump. why not imagine working at a media outlet and on air, talent not getting along. never heard of it. i mean, i have these prima donnas ever who talk about this ever worked in the station. but let me say that, think about cnn. we were one of the now keep an eye on it because between warner media and between discovery channel as, as lab and all these people. and zachary, getting the boat and between the cuomo or whatever this is going to be, this is going to look like room in the old italian government, every 5 minutes with another. it was chick gallieni was in and out. i me watch this . you are gonna see a remnant a they are just an aspect of what cnn used to be. so the idea again that chris wallace is levy going there when everybody, including the discovery, had to say, i'm gonna, i'm gonna get rid of this. now, wa

i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. we begin with breaking news, former minnesota police officer kim potter found guilty of manslaughter after roughly 27 hours of jury deliberations. potter shot and killed 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop last april. she mistook her firearm for a taser. it was all caught on body cam video. >> taser taser taser! i shot him! oh, my god! oh, my god! >> so chilling to see those images. potter's sentencing is scheduled for february. since she has no criminal history the state of minnesota's guidelines recommend a sentence between six to eight and a half years in prison and/or a $30,000 fine. she is unlikely to face a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. cnn's omar jimenez is following the case since earlier this year and joins us live from minneapolis. omar, i wonder how did kim potter respond to hearing this verdict? >> reporter: well, jim, kim potter, when this verdict was read, was very calm, did not show much emotion as this jury or the judge went through these verdicts.

i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. breaking news in our health lead. president joe biden just moments ago rolled out a new battle plan against covid and a warning as omicron becomes the dominant variant in the u.s. >> if you're not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned. you are at a high risk of getting sick. and if you get sick, you're likely to spread it other tos, including friends and family. >> biden is making 500 million, half a billion, rapid tests free and available by request by you and me. he's deploying 1,000 more members of the military to help at overburdened hospitals. biden is also adding some 20,000 testing locations nationwide, as well as, this is important, 10,000 new vaccine pop-up clinics staffed with help to speed up appointments. all this to slow two concerning trends. first, the skyrocketing number of covid infections up 16% in one week and, second, severe cases in hospitals. often, most often among the unvaccinated. up 35% in the last month. cnn's jeff zeleny starts us off at th

"the lead with jake tapper" starts now. >>> jim sciutto here again today. a newly-approved pill a day could keep severe covid away. "the lead" starts right now. the covid task force just finished meeting as cases surge and omicron takes over. but this afternoon, a possible game changer gets the okay from the fda. possibly positive omicron clues from the country where the variant was first found, cases already dropping in south africa. why is that? we'll speak live with an expert there. plus as democratic senator joe manchin faces criticism from his own party, there is a new, very public push by the country's top republican lawmaker for manchin to switch sides. >>> and welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our health lead. moments ago the white house covid response team wrapped up its meeting highlighting today's big news from the fda. authorization of the first antiviral pill for covid patients. it could not come at a better time. look at the timeline. it took the delta variant about two months to become t

i'm jake tapper. we begin with the health lead and the first real signs that existing vaccines might protect against the new omicron variant of coronavirus. pfizer today revealing new lab research that finds three doses of its vaccine will provide even better protection. a 25-field increase in antibody levels compared to just two doses. president biden calling the announcement encouraging. >> the lab report, there's more studies going on but that's very, very encouraging. >> right now about 72% of the adult u.s. population is vaccinated. only about a quarter, however, have received a booster shot. and as alexandra field reports for us now, that number will surely have to tick up as omicron spreads into 21 states. >> to be protected of omicron, you really need three-dose series of vaccination. >> reporter: promising news from pfizer on the efficacy of its vaccine against the omicron variant based on early data. >> three doses against omicron are almost equiv lent to the two-doses effectiveness we had a

i'm jake tapper. we begin with the health lead. it is official. 15 and 16-year-olds can now get pfizer's covid vaccine booster late this afternoon. the cdc director gave the final thumbs up insisting the minors not only can but should get a third shot. this is a significant move as more data reveals how effective boosters are against the virus and the new omicron variant. out of the 200 million americans fully vaccinated only about 49 million have gotten the booster shot about one-quarter of those eligible. president biden is right now meeting with his coronavirus team discussing the threat from the omicron variant and discussing how to get more americans boosted as cases, hospitalizations, and deaths nationwide are tragically going back up. >> after the winter you are either vaccinated, recovering from covid, or dead. >> those words said first about germany now playing out in the united states with covid cases again surging across the country and hitting the unvaccinated the hardest. >> right now we

i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start with the health lead and covid cases spiking across the u.s. we're now averaging 130,000 every day. that's up 10% in a week. hospitalizations are also up about 35% in the last month. with about 1 in 5 of all icu beds in this country taken up by a covid patient. health officials warn the highly contagious omicron variant will soon be responsible for most cases. but for now, it's that other superspreader, the delta variant, driving this december surge. athena jones reports drugmaker moderna has encouraging news about its boosters and the fight against omicron. >> it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> reporter: america, bracing for a tough winter that's beginning to look a lot like last winter. already in the midst of a delta surge, the new omicron variant accounting for just under 3% of cases. but spreading fast. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from 2 to 3 days. it's going to take over. >> reporter:

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> or "the lead" with pamela brown in for jake tapper. last time this happened, "thrill convert was a brand-new hit. the pandemic era price hike squeezing your budget. what the key economic number at a level not seen in almost four decades. but there may be some relief in sight. >>> plus, the supreme court doesn't block texas' restrictive abortion law but it will allow legal challenges to proceed. and now president biden is reacting. and rising hypocrisy. a look at the republican lawmakers blocking efforts to fix flooding problems as the sea swallows parts of their districts. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper today. we start with our money lead and an economic record the united states did not want to hit. data out today shows a key measure of inflation climbed to a 39-year high last month. simply purt, americans are payig a lot more for everyday goods than they were at this time last year. gasoline prices up 58.1%. energy costs 33.3% higher. and groceries an increase of 6.4%. president biden this afternoon say

i'm jake tapper. the national lead today, the heartbreaking, unimaginable loss of life and destruction from tornadoes that tore through eight states friday night. officials fear the death toll may reach triple digits but cannot say for sure right now because the damage is just that bad and rescue efforts difficult. and ongoing. the governor of kentucky today got emotional as he confirmed 65 lives lost so far in the bluegrass state alone. >> 18 are still identified. of the ones that we know, the age -- the age range is 5 months to 86 years. and six are younger than 18. >> any moment now we expect to hear from governor andy beshear of kentucky who also told me this may be the worst tornado in ken condition's history. the national weather service is surveying the damage of tornadoes in kentucky, missouri, mississippi, indiana. one tornado may have cut a path of destruction more than 120 miles long with most of that route through kentucky. we're going to start with brynn gingras in mayfield, kentucky. how

i'm jake tapper. any moment we expect president biden to address the nation from one of the towns hardest hit by the string of deadly tornadoes that ravaged several states and the u.s. last weekend. the president started his visit in mayfield, part of graves county, kentucky, where 21 kentuckians are confirmed dead so far. biden promised local leaders that not only is the biden administration on the ground to help now. they are committed to helping rebuild as long as it takes, he said. mr. biden also saying he's in awe of how these communities have come together in the wake of such destruction. >> just came out of nowhere to help as a community. and that's what we're supposed to be doing. that's what america is supposed to be. there's no red tornadoes or blue tornadoes. there's no red states or blue states when this stuff starts to happen. >> cnn's kaitlan collins is traveling with president biden in dawson springs, kentucky. what's been the message on the ground there today, not just from the preside

i'm jake tapper.e country facing the challenge of how to control soaring covid-19 cases in their states. here to discuss republican governor chris sununu of the great state of new hampshire. thanks so much for joining us. i want to put up a chart of hospitalizations in your state, you're familiar with it already, a record high almost 500 hospitalizations, worse than last winter. given the skyrocketing numbers, how worried are you and what are you considering to do to protect the people in your state, mask mandates, vaccine mandates? what are you thinking of? >> so unfortunately we've kind of known this winter surge will be around for some time. july, august, september we were planning for new variants and planning for what might come because as governor you have to plan for the worst and hope for the best. we were traveling to other states while they saw their surges last summer, learned from their hospitals, brought ceos of our hospitals across the country to learn how they're managing internal surge

i'm jake tapper. we begin in our health lead.t the moderna vaccine or the pfizer vaccine because they say those two are safer than j&j's vaccine. this hour president biden is set to meet with his covid team to discuss the fast spreading omicron variant as cases are

i'm jake tapper. our health lead and new questions about the cdc's reduced isolation period guidelines as the u.s. nears an all-time record for daily cases of covid. the centers for disease control and prevention suggesting people with covid should isolate for five days, that's down from ten, as long as they have no symptoms. the cdc insisting the change is motivated by the science purely. the science which shows you're most contagious in the first few days of your illness if you have covid but dr. anthony fauci admitting the new rules were aimed at least in part at getting people back to work more quickly. the flight attendants union now questioning how much these changes were influenced by pressure from corporate america and in addition, the president of the nation's largest nursing union predicting the cdc's change will only increase the spread of the virus. cnn's tom foreman starts us off with a closer look at what all this might mean for you and your family as we head into a new year. >> reporter

i'm jake tapper. this is where we are with the republican party right now. this bigoted jab she took at congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. >> i looked to my left and there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be fine. >> mccarthy standing by boebert, even as she doubles down on her hateful comments. here to respond is democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. congresswoman, thanks for being here. i want to start with those comments, boebert comparing you to a terrorist suicide bomber. what is it like to hear that kind of blatant bigotry, coming from a fellow member of the house of representatives? >> it's shocking and unacceptable. it's very unbecoming of a congresswoman to use that kind of derogatory, dangerous, inciting language against a colleague. many of us thought post 9/11 that we were on the mend. when i first won, i remember getting phone calls from across the world from heads of states and prime ministers and foreign ministers congratulating me because they thought america was past its sort of post 9/

i'm jake tapper.start with our health lead and encouraging news when it comes to protecting children against covid the u.s. food and drug administration expected to announce kids 12 to 15 will be eligible for pfizer booster shots in the coming days. a source confirms to cnn studies have already shown a third pfizer dose significantly increases protection against covid and, specifically, the omicron variant. in addition, brand new cdc data released this afternoon shows that the pfizer vaccine is 92% effective at preventing any covid at all in children 12 to 17. those shots may be needed more than ever as the number of kids hospitalized with covid just reached record levels and as cnn's tom foreman reports doctors say almost all of the children being admitted are unvaccinated. >> with the pandemic clocking unprecedented numbers of infections, the fda is expected to okay booster shots of the pfizer vaccine soon for 12 to 15-year-olds. >> in this, the most contagious part so far of the pandemic, it's esse

i'm jake tapper. democrats are scrambling to get president biden's build back better passed.. one democrat is still the big ba humbug. declining to commit to supporting it. joining to us discuss amy klobuchar of minnesota. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, jake. >> chuck schumer says it is 13 days away. yes or no, is this going to pass by christmas? >> we have to get this done, jake, and senator manchin is still at the negotiating table. there is no doubt about that. the reason we have to get it done is we're paying the highest prices for drugs, for prescription drugs of any country in the world yet our taxpayers have funded all this research. this is the first time we take on pharma. we're willing to do it. the republicans or not. secondly, we know we have a workforce shortage, part of what's going on with the supply chain. you have to make sure people have child care so they can get back to work, help take care of aging parents and apprenticeships. there are a bunch of people out there who are not yet back into the workforce and we need to make sure they go i

i'm jake tapper. we begin in our health lead. moments ago cdc vaccine advisers unanimously voted to recommend americans should get the moderna vaccine or the pfizer vaccine because they say those two are safer than j&j's vaccine. this hour president biden is set to meet with his covid team to discuss the fast spreading omicron variant as cases are surging across the united states and disruptions to every day life are once again becoming reality. in the past week at least four colleges and universities in the northeastern united states have either shut down, shifted classes from in person to virtual or moved final exams online. multiple broadway shows have canceled performances in the nfl, nba, and nhl. all had to postpone games or sideline players. this comes as dr. anthony fauci issues two serious warnings. one, the winter surge is here, and as cnn's nick watt reports, fauci says it is only a matter of time until omicron becomes the dominant variant in the u.s. >> tina among broadway shows canceling

i'm jake tapper. we start with breaking news. at any moment the house of representatives will begin debating whether or not they should hold mark meadows in criminal contempt of congress. later tonight that vote is expected to pass, largely along party lines, leaving trump's former white house chief of staff in a former congressman himself facing the very real possibility of jailtime for refusing to testify in front of the committee investigating the deadly capitol riot. this debate and vote comes just hours after committee leaders revealed new text messages sent to meadows by republican lawmakers and fox hosts and even a member of the trump family. as that maga mob descended upon the capitol. all of these trump allies plead with meadows to get then-president trump to tell his rioting supporters to stand down. >> donald trump jr. texted, again and again, urging action by the president. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. >> those messages come from records that me

i'm jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our world lead. one of the most consequential moments of the biden presidency to date, today president biden holding a video call with russia's vladimir putin. as u.s. intelligence leaders grow more concerned russia is planning yet another military invasion of ukraine. imminently. moments ago, biden's national security adviser jake sullivan detailed the call saying president biden was direct and straightforward with putin and warned putin any invasion would lead to strong economic measures against russia. sullivan also said that if russia does invade ukraine again, the u.s. could send more american forces and military equipment into allied countries in that region. we're going to cover every angle of this story today. cnn's matthew chance is on the ground in ukraine but we're going to kick it off with cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. does president biden now have a clearer idea of putin's true intentions after this phone call? >> it doesn't seem to be, jake, because the white house has said

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> or "the lead" with pamela brown in for jake tapper.. what the key economic number at a level not seen in almost four decades. but there may be some relief in sight. >>> plus, the supreme court doesn't block texas' restrictive abortion law but it will allow legal challenges to proceed. and now president biden is reacting. and rising hypocrisy.

let me show you a cool picture before we go to "the lead" with jake tapper.ut we don't have time. thank you all. oh, okay. we'll do this great story. we wanted some fun stories at the end of the hour. there you go. meghan and harry's sweet girl lilibet, the first picture we are seeing of her. very happy holiday to their family, to all of you, wishing you good health in the new year. thank you so much for joining me today. and to this great team through all of the breaking news i'll see you back here tomorrow. "the lead" with jake tapper is next. >>> guilty on both counts. "the lead" starts right now. a jury finds former police officer kim potter guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the killing of daunte wright. prison time she is now facing. >>> plus, omicron may be spoiling some holiday gatherings but there is a lot of good news. a new covid fighting pill as well as positive signs about the threat from omicron. president trump takes his case once again to the highest court in the land. a look at the push to have the supreme court keep his white hous

i'm jake tapper. our health lead. for the first time since taking office, president joe biden joined his covid team's regular call with the nation's governors telling state leaders, tell us what you need. this all comes as omicron cases surge nationwide. topping delta's peak. and the white house continues to struggle to address the testing supply shortage during the holidays. from miami to new york, kentucky to colorado, americans waiting, sometimes for hours, to find out if they test positive for covid. right now the u.s. is averaging close to 200,000 new covid cases every day. that's the highest number of cases on a daily rate since january 19th, 2021, before vaccinations, before boosters were widely available. perhaps some good news in all of this. hospitalizations, as of right now, are not rising as much as cases, but as cnn's tom foreman reports, dr. fauci says that could be next. particularly for the unvaccinated. >> you're highly protected. >> reporter: omicron is a cause for concern but not for panic. that was

i'm jake tapper. we start with our health lead and the biden administration's top doctor is on the defensive somewhat today amid a growing chorus of concern and complaints about the cdc's shortened recommended isolation period for some people who catch covid. on cnn this morning, the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky said several areas of science backed their decision but admitted the changes were partially driven by americans being fed up and refusing to follow the longer ten-day guideline already in place. in just moments, dr. anthony fauci will join us live to discuss all of this and much more. but we're going to start with tom foreman who takes a closer look at how hospitals are preparing for a possible surge of patients as omicron cases explode. >> the white house expects to sign a contract for a half billion at-home covid texts next week to help americans through the pandemic blizzard sweeping the land. but another storm is engulfing the centers for disease control facing sharp questioning over

so, you hear reporting from jamie gangel and our jake tapper.ut what you say. but i need to ask, do you believe rick perry was the author of that text message? >> we know who the author was. i am not in a position to -- to give that at this point. but i think it is more important to understand the white house chief of staff was entertaining text messages, you know, like these about overturning the elections. um, but for the time being, to protect our investigative work, we aren't going to divulge who that text message came from. >> one of the remarkable things about this text message is that it came the day after the election. i mean, this wasn't on, you know, a month later, two months later. that it sounds like this was already something that had been discussed. this -- this was not the -- i mean, just from the -- the wording of the message, it sounds like this was an ongoing discussion among some people about how to overturn the election results, which, by the way, votes were still being counted at that time. >> yeah. and i think it's importan

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i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news this hour. in fact, we're breaking it for you right now. we are learning more about that text message that former president trump's then chief of staff mark meadows, one that outlined a way to deliver the election to trump before the votes had even finished being counted. three sources tell me and my colleague jamie gangel that members of the bipartisan house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection believe that former energy secretary and texas governor republican rick perry texted mark meadows november 4th. that's the day after the election. now multiple sources who have perry's phone number and separately databases of phone numbers confirm that the number from which that text was sent, which cnn obtained from a source, that number belongs to rick perry. that unsettling text message sent while votes were still being counted in several states. it said, quote, here's an aggressive strategy. why can't georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania and other republican-controlled state h

sources telling our jamie gangel and jake tapper that panel members think former trump energy secretaryter the election. jamie gangel join mess now. jamie, good evening to you. incredible reporting, once again. remind us of this text and why it is so important please. >> so don, let's just put it in perspective. it is as you say the day after election day. votes are still being counted. the election has not been called. but trump loyalists apparently don't think he is going to win. so according to our sources, member of the january 6th committee believe that rick perry sends this text to meadows. quote, here is an aggressive strategy. why can't the states of georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania, and other r-controlled statehouses declare this is bs where conflicts and election not called that night and just send their own electors to vote and it have it go to scotus. so, don, for the record, a spokesman for rick perry says the former governor denies sending the text but when my partner jake tapper asked how come it came from perry's phone? the spokesman had no explanation. for the reco

n wallace have issues with being an anchor. jake tapper at his new home, we'll discuss it all with our media panel. why are some stories covered by the media and some not so much, for instance, the smashing graph, flash robberies we are seeing at the high end stores. it's something we all know about. what do you know about a multimillion dollar settlement and bobby walgreens and underpaid employees will fill you in and look up in the sky.

jake tapper reportedly pressured the network to pull cuomo off air, released by the new york attorney general's office. one exchange with andrew cuomo's top aid reveals chris reached out to his sources to check potential allegations and suggested rebuttal for some allegations and interview document reveals chris forwarding a democratic strategists regarding charlotte bennett and her time in college. bennett saying, quote, the network need not investigate his behavior. the investigation is over and we received answers. anything short of fire and chris cuomo was lacking morals. chris made a full throated defense of his big brother on his radio show just hours before cnn pulled him a fear. >> i did not want him to resign because i believed him, leave the women alone and let due process take care of the situation. there wasn't going to be due process and his party was against him and obviously he had no choice because he couldn't do the work of state anymore. >> this is less than four months after his brother resigned following a report finding he harassed 11 women. >> now to a fox news a

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the move comes after top talent including jake tapper pressured the network to push cuomo off the are after scathing exhibits were released by the new york attorney general's office. one exchange with andrew cuomo's top aid reveals chris reached out to his sources to check on potential allegations was another message shows chris suggesting rebuttals for some of those allegations. and interview document reveals chris forwarding a democratic strategists information about accuser charlotte bennett and her time in college, bennett, former new york state employee saying the network need not investigate his behavior. the investigation is over and yesterday she received answers. anything short of firing cuomo blocking morals and backbone. chris made a full throated defense of his big brother on his sirius xm radio show hours before cnn pulled him off the air. >> the game has will. one of the general principles is you can fight against the other party and you can fight against the media but only if you have your party too. the republicans hating him, he had the media never really liked him. t

performing rick sound, former senior producer for jake tapper's the lead is being investigated by the china exportation squat of the major crimes bureau. this programs on the heels of the arrest of former cnn producer john griffin who is facing federal sex crime charges involving minors. the father of the san francisco 6-year-old whose son was shot and killed while playing outside says the da's progressive policies of crushed his family's hopes for justice, jason young saying his son at 17-year-old killer will likely only get a few years in jail since the da tried him as a juvenile. >> guilty verdict, what are you going to do? maybe five years. because of the politics and policies of the district attorney. there is no accountability especially the district attorney. >> young services proof that this is out of touch, he's calling for him to be recalled. >> state lawmakers pushing to reduce penalties for drive-by shootings the name of racial equity. washington state congressional candidate wanting to make crime illegal. i think i am probably like most people doesn't seem to make sense t

jake tapper, another host on cnn, both talk about the issue of whether they should be a confederate monumentrepeats it and nobody corrects him, nobody says a word. it advances their agenda. the agenda is that america is systemically racist and we don't care what the facts are. >> laura: here's an interview with bob wallace that took place just two days after the event. watch. >> it sounds like you're still fairly convinced that what was in that garage stall wasn't a rope pull, but it was a noose. >> it was a rope pull for the garage door, it was attached. it was definitely in the shape of a noose. it wasn't a functioning news. i talked to the fbi, but it was in fact a noose. >> laura: larry, what? still can't believe that. >> one of the biggest fake hate crimes in modern history of course was pushed by al sharpton. he also claimed her teenager was raped by a white guy. one of our colleagues turned against him in public and set al sharpton it was a lie. he didn't care. >> laura: we lost poor larry, i don't know what just happened there. he was making a great point. but his overall message is

in the meantime governor andy bashear spoke with jake tapper this morning to see how the storm is impacting his community. here's what he had to say. >> this is the deadliest tornado event that we've ever had. i think it's going to be the longest and deadliest torch doe event in u.s. history. we know that one of these tornadoes was on the ground over 227 miles and, jake, 200 were in kentucky of i've got towns that are gone, that are just -- i mean gone. my dad's hometown. half of it isn't standing. it is hard to describe. i know people can see the visuals which goes on for 12 blocks or more in some of these places and it's going to take us time. you think you go door-to-door to see if they are okay. the question is there's no doors. the problem is there's thousands upon thousands of structures. it's devastating. the massive widespread damage makes rescue efforts a challenge. if we haven't found somebody by now it's -- it's of really great concern. the area that was hit the hardest, mayfield, i was there yesterday. we'll be back today, certainly a candle factory. it will be a miracle should

take a look at what else she told jake tapper today. >> i've had a conversation with this speaker and i'm very confident that she will take a decisive action next week. as you know, when i first got to congress, i was worried that, you know, i wasn't going to be allowed to be sworn in because there was a ban on the hijab. she promised me she'd take care of it, she fulfilled that promise. she's made another promise to me, that she will take care of this. >> reporter: now, it's unclear what action would actually look like, but they do have a few options at their finger tips. they could either center lauren bobert, strip her of committee seats or put a resolution on the floor that essentially condemns her and islamophobia but you were right saying it's difficult to keep track of the story, because there was not a lot of action by democrats and as i was told on the scene there was a lot of reluctance of democrats having to constantly police the behavior of republicans, they tend to, when going this route, make them into martyrs. defunded off the fact, for instance losing committee cities.

collusion story, that they really got going four years ago by putting out the dossier that was jake tapper i don't think he has repented of his role in the russia collusion lies. so many people at the network were pushing out stories day after day, week after week, month after month. they will haven't been held to account. the idea that cnn cares at all about journalistic integrity is just a joke. and it has been a joke ever since, you know, for years. but letting chris cuomo cover his brother while his brother was the subject of major news never should have been allowed. that's beyond what any sibling can do. and they had no problem with it so long as it was being used to advance democratic party objectives because that's basically all they do now. >> pete: ari, over under two days where if you took that time slot you would have higher ratings than chris cuomo. >> well, i'm not sure if that's a compliment or not. >> pete: if is, of course it is ari. >> you know, the problem with journalism today is it's become activism for a cause. that's particularly the case for cnn. that's what has led

"the daily beast" says cnn jeff zucker got beat like jake tapper and that cuomo had become unpopularetwork staffers and fellow hosts. cnn says cuomo suspension is for further evaluation but no word when that evaluation might happen, shannon. >> shannon: all right, thank you very much, trace. breaking tonight we learn new details about the shooting of a high school in michigan where three students died and several others remained in critical condition tonight. the suspected gunman a 15-year-old sophomore is in custody. the police had the gun used in the shooting was purchased by the suspect's father and the suspect posted pictures of the gun on social media before the attack. correspondent gary henry has the latest, garrett henry, good evening. because the three young people who lost their lives were 14, 16, 17 years old, two girls and a boy. eight other people were also shot including a teacher and are now treated at local hospitals. the police identified the shooter as a 15-year-old sophomore, who they say you semiautomatic handgun with multiple magazines to fire 15 to 20 shots at o

. >> reporter: along with my colleague jake tapper we've learned from three sources that believe thatxas rick perry sent the following text to then chief of staff mark meadows, november 4th, this was the day after the election, before the votes were counted and election called. let's take a look at the text. it says, quote, here's an aggressive strategy. why can't the states of georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania and other controlled state houses declare this is b.s. where con234rik9s in election not called that night and just send their own electors to vote and have it go to scotus. a spokesman for rick perry says the former governor denies sending the text. but when asked why it came from perry's phone, the spokesman had no explanation. for the record, jake and i confirmed with multiple people who know rick perry who have his number, that it is in fact his phone number. so, just imagine, it's the day after election day. here comes this text to meadows, don't wait, ignore the voters. big picture, this speaks to the fact that trump loyalists apparently believed he was going to lose.