jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> what a year.nd andy cohen for a cnn new year's eve live. the party starts at 8:00 right here on cnn. >> and finally, this holiday weekend, pope francis delivered his annual christmas message at vatican city today. here's cnn senior vatican analyst merry christmas, john. >> it was a subdued and yet still hopeful pope francis when celebrated christmas today in the vatican under a gray, rainy, roman sky. the pope delivered his annual message that's to the city and the world and clearly against the backdrop of a new surge in the coronavirus pandemic. the pope not only repeated his frequent calls for global jus justice and access to vaccines and expressed concern for the social cost of the pandemic, women who are more exposed to violence and abuse because they're trapped at home, children, elderly people who feel isolated, abandoned and afraid. the pope called for a culture of dialogue and encounter that is reaching out to people liss edge to what's on their hearts and minds and trying to be present to

doocy and i want to give him a glass of lemonade because he's so polite and well-prepared where jim acostad all he did was try to get himself airtime so he could write a book, it was gross in this administration is not dealing with any about. >> i could lose two fingers and still count on one hand the number of press people that have done a fairly decent job covering this administration. what we have been subjected to by the white house press corps is an abomination, straight up propaganda. the first press conference they had, with trump she would ask her to initially hostile questions of no import so she could grandstand about her personal far left political views. president biden, her first question was something like don't you think for problem is because you are so nice everybody wants to come here? i am not exaggerating, that's what she asked. that's what we get day after day and they were a little harsh on biden for afghanistan because press corps loves war and continue wars. that's not holding anyone accountable and they haven't done anything at all even though the country's spirali

i'm jim acosta in washington.ng man hunt, the parents of an alleged teenage gunman are in custody following tuesday's deadly rampage. this is cnn exclusive video of james and jennifer crumbly being arrested. they are charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. a judge setting bond at a half million dollars each after they tried to run, turned off their phones and withdrew $4,000 from an atm. their son, ethan, is accused of killing four students and injuring seven others an while parents in the u.s. are rarely charged for shootings carried out by their kids, prosecutors said they cbought the gun on black friday. even with confronted with the drawing their son made, blood everywhere and the thoughts won't stop, help me. athena, take us through how they were captured. this was some dramatic stuff overnight. and this arraignment that just happened earlier today.

i'm jim acosta. thanks very much for watching.starts right now. >>> "outfront" next the new record high for covid and we may be a month from the peak as staffing shortages are already pushing more cities across the country to the brink. plus, breaking news. we're learning new details about president biden's phone call with vladimir putin today and the warning that biden gave the russian president and will the supreme court take up trump's case against the january 6th committee? new filings tonight from the committee and the biden administrati

i'm jim acosta in washington. in just a few hours from brond, brand-new covid testing requirements will go into effect for anyone coming into the united states. it's part of the effort to curb the new and possibly more transmissible omicron variant. these new rules mean that starting at midnight tonight, all in-bound international travelers to be u.s. must have a negative covid-19 test within one day of travel regardless of nationality or vaccination status. non-u.s. citizens must also be vaccinated. let's get right to cnn's nadia romero in atlanta. nadia, what else do we know about these new travel restrictions? i'm guessing some travelers might be confused, but they better get with the program. >> they need to get with the program if they want to come into the u.s. successfully. so let's break it down, jim. travel restrictions versus travel bans. you mentioned the travel restrictions that will begin tomorrow. we've seen them off and on with various countries throughout this pandemic. so just last month, we had a

i am jim acosta. thanks very much for watching.right now. >>> good eke, i'm poppy harlow in for erin burnett. out front ton tonight, breaking news. a new record high number of covid cases. seven-day average now topping 256,000. that is the highest that number has ever been in the nearly two year long pandemic. the previous high, nearly 252,000 in january. so far, hospitalizations and deaths have not seen a similar increase in pace, but there are concerning signs

i'm jim acosta in washington. it's not just another covid wave, it's a tsunami.nt continues to fuel new cases and hospitalizations. and the omicron variant spreads as quickly as any virus since the measles. we are already seeing the impact as long lines for covid tests are forming across new york city, these people lining up to be tested

i'm jim acosta.ou're in "the situation room." >>> and we begin with the breaking news on the cdc's new recommendations on how long covid patients should itis isolate themselves. tom, this is huge news. tell us more. >> jim, we've been expecting a change like this for several days now. like omicron itself, it's been moving very, very swiftly and now we know a little bit more. big news from the center for disease control. shortening the recommended time from ten days to five days if asymptomatic followed by five days of wearing a mask. the announcement came just hours after president biden admitted to the nation's governors covid testing has not kept pace with the omicron threat. >> it's not enough. clearly not enough. we know we would have gone harder, quicker if we could have. >> with covid cases soaring, more than 2,000 flights were grounded and nearly 3,000 delayed in the u.s. just today. that's on top of thousands over the weekend. and flight crews keep calling in sick even as holiday travelers ke

jim acosta, cnn, washington. >> thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm john vause.back with another hour of "cnn newsroom" after a short break. i think that you're gonna like. when you switch to mint now, you'll get three months of premium wireless free, on any plan, even unlimited. yes, you can't resist savings. one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. unlike regular turmeric supplements qunol's superior absorption helps me get the full benefits of turmeric. the brand i trust is qunol. >>> coming up on "cnn newsroom," the world prepares to ring in the new year much like it did the last. sky high covid infections, celebrations scaled back or canceled and health officials are wanting a quiet night at home. >>> vladamir putin and joe biden hold serious talks over ukraine. but is the russian president trying to deescalate this tricis or ratchet up tensions with the u.s.? >>> and it's not exactly cold outside with record breaking heat, what happens whe

jim acosta, cnn, washington. >> 2021. what can we say? other than, bring on 2022.ew orleans. and also these guys. anderson cooper and andy cohen. they'll be here in new york. so join all of us for a very festive cnn new year's eve. it's going to start friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. i will also see you tomorrow. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> a new warning from children's hospitals. "the lead" starts right now. in one pediatric hospital they are seeing a 1,000% increase in the number of kids testing positive for covid compared with the delta surge. but does that necessarily mean serious illness for those kids? does it mean hospitalization or worse? a pediarician from that hospital is here to explain. >>> and if you are confused by the new cdc isolation guidance, you are hardly alone. some health experts bashing the cdc and the biden administration about what they say is reall

i'm jim acosta in washington. brand-new covid testing requirements for anyone coming into the united states goes into effect just a few hours from now. it's part of an effort to curb the spread of the new and possibly more transmissible omicron variant. these new rules mean that starting at midnight tonight, anyone boarding an international flight to the u.s. must've received a negative covid test no longer one day before takeoff. this applies to everyone 2 years of age and older, both u.s. citizens and those who are fully vaccinated. let's get right to cnn's nadia romero in atlanta. what else do we need to know about these new travel restrictions? >> we have to realize that this is all very fluid, meaning that these travel restrictions could change. we could see more restrictions or fewer restrictions in the coming days or weeks. and we're hearing that from dr. anthony fauci and from dr. rochelle walensky over cdc. they say that we just don't have enough data to really know all we need to know about omicron and i

three years ago president trump's white house yanked jim acosta's e credentials following an outrageousident in which the cnn reporter refused to give up the mic after asking trump several load ared questions. cnn filed suit, and fox news president jay wallace -- while not condoning the antagonisticking tone -- said we do support open exchanges for the american people. and fox announced it would file a friend of the court brief in the case in which cnn won. i have been extremely critical of acosta, but i said the white house shouldn't revoke his pass. fox has been under fire this week over january 6th texts from three of its hosts, and here's what don lemon had to say about this network. >> why does jen psaki even continue to call on fox in the briefing room? your network is promoting bs and lies about what is actually happening in the country and helping to inspire and incite an since protection, why should they be able to take part? howard: i'm sorry, but this is a really low blow. if he wants to score cheap points by pretending fox doesn't have a news division, by ignoring the fact t

i'm jim acosta in washington.. it's part of the effort to curb the new and possibly more transmissible omicron variant. these new rules mean that starting at midnight tonight, all in-bound international travelers to be u.s. must have a negative covid-19 test within one day of travel regardless of nationality or vaccination status. non-u.s. citizens must also be vaccinated. let's get right to cnn's nadia romero in atlanta. nadia, what else do we know about these new travel restrictions? i'm guessing some travelers might be confused, but they better get with the program. >> they need to get with the program if

jim acosta in for anderson.vid infections keep climbing. to give you an idea of how quickly, when we left you last night, there seven-day average was approaching 300,000, just four hours, it's close to

i am jim acosta, thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. breaking news. the cdc says quarantine times for covid should be reduced from ten days to five. this as president biden owns up for the failure of covid testing in the united states. >>> plus, a teenager killed in a store dressing room. the fatal shot believed to have come from a police officer's gun. police are releasing body camera video at any moment. what will it show? >>> and a truck driver who killed four people in a tragic crash sentenced to prison for 110 years. the district attorney says that's too much time behind bars, but what do the survivors think? let's go out front. good evening. so good you are with me. i'm poppy harlow in for erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news. the cdc shortening its recommended kwarn teenage time for all americans who test foifbz for covid now saying people should isolate for five days instead of ten, as long as they don't have symptoms and also wear a mask around others for a

jim acosta here in for anderson.ing more than a quarter million a day. that's a record. the number of kids hospitalized with covid is approaching the peak levels reached in september. there is late word from the fda that those home antigen tests which have been in such hot demand lately might not be as sensitive to the new omicron variant as they are to holder strains. this as hospitals, schools, transportation network, and other institutions are scrambling to cope with all of it. a lot to talk about tonight. cnn's tom foreman starts us off. >> reporter: nationwide, hospitalizations of children with covid are up. on average, nearly 50% in just one week. new york city has seen pediatric admissions jump to five times what they were. in washington, d.c., half the kids

. >> joining us now, cnn anchor and chief domestic correspondent jim acosta. and, you know, this confirms, i think, what we knew about the timeline, but what we're learning here that is so i think significant is just the stunning disregard for life, that the former president and those around him had for so many people, these gold star military families, white house staff, potentially exposed, at least knowingly, potentially exposing them and perhaps the next president of the united states who because of his age category was vulnerable. >> not to mention people in the press covering the white house every -- not that we should worry about that. but this just goes to how totally reckless donald trump and his white house was about covid. they were just totally reckless the entire time, i've been talking to my sources this morning and one of my sources who was in the administration at the time said you have to remember, not only were they keeping this close to the vest, but they were keeping trump's covid battle close to the vest. remember how sick trump was with c

i'm jim acosta in washington. the case for covid-19 boosters has never been stronger.nvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from covid-19 than people who have been boosted. that's according to brand-new cdc data. yet, only 60 million people in the u.s. or less than 20% have those odds in their favor as we head into what will likely be a brutal winter surge between the delta variant fueling hospitalizations in cases of omicron, doubling every two to three days, covid threatens to derail any sense of normalcy during the holidays. long lines for covid tests are now stretching across new york city. >> we really need to flood the system with testing. we need to have tests available for anyone who wants them, particularly when we're in a situation right now where people are going to be gathering even though they are vaccinated and boosted, it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> already the impact is hard to ignore. just moments ago senator elizabeth warren announced she has tested positive for covid and is experiencing

i'm jim acosta in washington. it's not just another covid wave, it's a tsunami. that is how one expert describes the threat heading for the u.s. as the delta variant continues to fuel new cases and hospitalizations. and the omicron variant spreads as quickly as any virus since the measles. we are already seeing the impact as long lines for covid tests are forming across new york city, these people lining up to be tested at a mobile testing van all before the van even arrived. >> we really need to flood the system with testing. we need to have tests available for anyone who wants them, particularly when we're in a situation right now where people are going to be gathering even though they are vaccinated and boosted, it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. >> millions were set to celebrate the holidays without major covid concerns, but now it's beginning to look a lot like 2020. the nba has just announced postponement to five games because of positive covid tests. businesses are delaying back to the office plans, and now stan

kennedy: if you have a couple of blowhards at cnn fighting for that spot including brian and jim acostay word on what will happen? >> i don't think cnn knows. it's obviously taken a hit in the ratings this year and o'clock eastern, a crucial spot but i think we are in the game of this will be good, how about this one? some even suggest perhaps a woman might get the job. kennedy: a woman you say? women don't belong in primetime cable news, howard. you know that. >> i couldn't agree more. [laughter] that's why i am tossing that out to you thank you so much. >> great to see you. kennedy: coming up, alec baldwin could still be charged for his movie shooting death even after claiming he didn't pull the trigger. gun malfunctioned. our next guest is calling bs. filmmaker and dukes of hazard star joins me in moment. ♪♪ alec baldwin is not off the hook yet. santa fe district attorney says he could still be criminally charged for the killing of his cinematographer on the set of the movie rest. even though he was acting blameless in an interview at abc news, remember this? >> i take the gun and st

. >> cnn has criticized the governor including once when reporter jim acosta suggested naming a new covidtrain the desantis variant after he claims desantis refused to promote mask mandates. todd: americans ditching crime cities and moving to florida and texas were residents are praising the leadership. that includes our next guest who moved to the south china sea, paul miller, who joins us now. welcome to florida. what was the final straw for you? why did you decide to move? >> ultimately it came down to not wanting to spend my future eating cat food because cat food is getting pretty expensive. the taxes were telling me in illinois. my taxes went up, my property taxes went up $1,000 in one year. we were fighting them every time there was a tax increase, this time we couldn't fight it and the trend was going to go up, they were talking about raising property taxes even higher and i needed to leave illinois. that is where i was born and raised in chicago on the north side and i raised my kids there and they are still in illinois. my brothers, it was a tough decision. todd: you are not alo

. >> perspective now from margaret talev and also cnn anchor jim acosta. >> jim, you heard the pennsylvania attorney general. how does what is happening in pennsylvania reflect what is going on around the country? >> anderson, what we are seeing not only in pennsylvania but around the country is a fraudulent effort to find voter fraud. is the way this is -- is shaping up. and i think it -- it goes back to, you know, we are talking about old texts and -- and so on. i went back through some old reporting of mine just right after the november election in 2020. when we reported at the time that trump and some of his allies and associates were having conversations just in the weeks after the november election about whether electors could go rogue in various battleground states. and for weeks after that, anderson, there were discussions going on behind the scenes not only involving trump but mark meadows but lawmakers up on capitol hill, republican operatives, people like rudy giuliani, about whether or not alternate slates of electors could be sent to vice president mike pence to be counted on j

she still haunts jim acosta's dreams and nightmares, former white house press secretary, cohost of "outnumberedmcenany! she's like a $100 bill. valuable, but covered in cocaine. fox news contributor, kat timpf! and his 10-gallon hat actually holds 40 gallons. my massive sidekick and the nwa world television champion, tyrus! you know, we were talking before, you live here. is that one reason not to move here? every time i go to nashville, you try to make me shoot guns. >> that's right, you are here all we come if you have a couple hours off we should go shoot guns because we actually have an amendment. so yeah, you want to go shoot some guns, you want to go fish, listen to some country music, write a four wheeler, eat a bunch of barbecue. >> greg: that's my wednesday. >> i don't see how anybody still lives in new york and doesn't move somewhere else, just to your point. >> greg: if you come to new york -- there's got to be something redeeming there. >> listen, i used to love going to new york. i was actually at ground zero yesterday playing a concert for tunnels to tout -- tunnels for towers. th

wolf blitzer is off today, i'm jim acosta, and you're in salesforce. "the situation room." . >>> the verdicts in the sex trafficking trial of jason carroll is working the story for us. jason, maxwell has been found guilty on five of six counts of sex trafficking of a minor for jeffrey epstein. this is a huge case there in new york. >> what this case really boils down to, jim, is whether or not ghislaine maxwell knew about the abuse that had been going on for all of these years, and whether or not she was a part of it. that's really the foundation of this. a jury came back and found that she was guilty of both. the jury made up of six men, six women, deliberated for six days, and found that she was guilty of five of six federal counts the minor, a victim named carolyn, victim iced during the years of 2004. and also three related counts of conspiracy. the jury found her not guilty on counts 2, which was enticement of an individual until the age of 17 to travel with intent to engage in illegal activity. again, over the course of this trial, the prosecutio

that is jim acosta standing with a group of cnn employees who thankfully aren't sex traffickers.l unmasked, which is weird. you would think after the month they had, they would all be wearing masks to hide their embarrassed faces. but what is he holding? yes, a picture of the box christmas tree surrounded by pictures of fox tv personalities per that's kind of creepy. even for acosta, that guy makes dracula seamless dead inside. let's take a closer look at it, shall we? it is hard to parse what in the case does, but what could it mean? anything. he could be mocking the fact that the fox tree was torched in a disgusting act of arson. that would make the most sense. given that cnn has a pension for not only making light of crime, but making crime itself. >> crime is rising. >> it is so bad. defendant employees. if you watch a certain state tv and you listen to conservative media, he would think that the entire cities are just enthralled in fights and fires and whatever. we went out for a great dinner in new york city tonight. people actually walked up to us and said thank you -- i w

she is the reason jim acosta became a bed wetter. we will get to tyrus later.at time had by all, especially me. whoever sent the three little people strippers to my trailer for the show is appreciated. it's amazing what they can get up to when you stack them. like a sleeve of ritz crackers. but that's the thing about doing his live shows, people give me things, and not just cold sores. they give me stuff unicorns, home-baked brownies, a sketch of me half naked lying on a bearskin rug. and that came from pete hegseth. i remember posing for that sketch, he in the role of jack and me as rose in "titanic." i should stop. but my point is i get a lot of stuff handed to me and it's impossible to look at everything. usually i leave some things behind, except the ones i can smuggle onto the plane and gently remove in the bathroom. but saturday, a gentleman handed me an envelope stuffed with paper. it's something i would normally have some alleles open, the last thing i need is another marriage proposal from some stranger. you remember this guy? what happened to him? he

jim acosta is off today. we begin this hour with a race against time.ophic tornados ripped through eight states, leaving communities in shambles. more than 80 people including children are feared dead. most of them in kentucky where the governor of the commonwealth expects the death toll will surpas

jim acosta sent her his therapy bill.e house press secretary, and author of the new book "for such a time as this," kayleigh mcenany. he represented oklahoma better than a tornado lifting up a cow. former speaker of the house from oklahoma, t.w. shannon. he is the top comic in alaska, which explains why his career is on ice. comedian, writer, and doctor, jamie lissow out. and you can find her in manhattan's finest restaurants stealing waiter's tips. fox news contributor, kat timpf. gene congratulations on your new book. i do have a new question for -- i can tell pink is your favorite color. rights? >> it is. >> greg: it's like a baby shower. "for such a time as this." what does that mean? >> it is from the bible. you thought it was from a song i think during break, but it is from the bible. >> greg: tw and kayleigh are bible shaming me. i read the bible. but i was 7. >> this is the point where you tell your audience look under your chairs. >> greg: i am afraid of what they will find. anyway. so, kayleigh, are you surprise

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jim acosta here in for anderson.now averaging more than a quarter million a day. that's a record. the number of kids hospitalized with covid is approaching the peak levels reached in september. there is late word from the fda that those home antigen tests which have been in such hot demand lately might not be as sensitive to the new omicron

heerp is our very own jim acosta with a look back at the top political stories of the year. >>> the top more like a decade. starting at number ten. pandemic paralysis as medical experts addressed vaccines and boosters as the best way of battling covid-19, disinformation continued to spread as well, misleading millions of americans. >> i'm sure you've seen the pictures on the internet of people who have had these shots and now they're magnetized. they put a key on their forehead. it sticks. they can put spoons and forks on them and they stick. >> that's utter nonsense. get vaccinated. at number nine, the republican party at war with itself over its leader, disgraced ex-president donald trump and his big lie that he won the 2020 election. >> most corrupt election. >> the president is unfit and the president is unwell. >> if donald trump were the 2020 no, -- 2024 nominee, would you support him? >> i would not. >> send liz cheney back home. >> at number eight, democrats had their own issues. >> given the sifcircumstances, best way i can help now is if i step aside. >> facing multiple allega

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joining us now, cnn chief domestic correspondent jim acosta, political analyst maggie haberman, the washingtonthe new york times" and michael scheer, "the new york times" white house correspondent. all three of now covered the former president as this was unfolding. jim, let me start with you. what do you make of these new revelations? >> well, i can tell you from talking to former senior white house officials, there are a number of them who were disgusted by this. that was the word used by one senior white house official i spoke with earlier today. but wolf, brian todd laid it out perfectly. i spoke with a trump adviser earlier this evening who confirmed what is in the guardian -- what's in mark meadows' book as reported by the guardian that initially trump tested positive but that they were hanging their hats on this negative test that came after the positive test. but, wolf, it just goes back to what we all saw, you know, in realtime throughout trump's handling of the coronavirus from when he was down playing testing to telling people that they can inject themselves with disinfectants to sa

now here is our very own jim acosta with a look back at the top political stories of the year. >> the a decade. starting at number ten. pandemic paralysis, as medical experts stress vaccines and bo boosters as the best way of preventing covid and disinformation and lies about the live saving shots mislead millions of americans. >> i'm sure you've seen the pictures all over the floint internet that are now magnetized. >> and that is utter nonsense to get vaccinated. >> at number nine -- republican party at war with itself. over its leader. the disgraced ex president donald trump and his big lie that he won the 2020 election. >> we're not for getting 2020. most corrupt election. >> the truth is the president cost us, the president is unfit, and the president is unwell. >> if donald trump were the 2024 nominee, would you support him in. >> i would not. >> you would send liz cheney home, back home to washington, d.c. >> at number eight, democrats have issues of their own. >> given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside. >> facing multiple allegations of sexual h

on that war room, representative bennie thompson, the chair of the committee, confirmed that to jim acostaay. what we know for sure is that that group in the war room came up with this plan to have the vice president throw the election to donald trump by throwing out certain electoral votes, thankfully the vice president was not on board with that. so many other questions, though, who brought this group together. whose idea was this, who financed these guys, did they have a plan b, the vice president didn't go along with it. and, of course, what was donald trump's contacts with this group? so far the committee has run into a brick wall, and trying to get into the war room. steve bannon was there. he, of course, defied committee, being prosecuted for could contempt. john eastman, bernie carrick was there, he said i'll cooperate, i'll give you what i want, it doesn't work that way. and that leaves rudy giuliani. will they pursue rudy giuliani, follow up with subpoenas? they need to get to the bottom of the war room. >> that's not the only crew of trump flunkies being investigated for possibl

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. ♪ >>> and we are live in the cnn newsroom, and i'm phil mattingly, and jim acosta is off today andastation. more than 70 people feared dead and many more missing as more than 30 tornadoes ripped through six states in the middle of the night. right now in the light of day, the destruction is horrific. this is what the kentucky governor calls ground zero. maie

jim acosta in for anderson. we begin with breaking news. the cdc is cutting its recommended quarantine time for people who have tested positive for covid in half from ten days to five as long as they are not showing symptoms. with the country now averaging more than 200,000 new cases a day, it comes in part to minimize disruption as people across health care, transportation, and public safety sectors, all start feeling ill. we will talk about that tonight. about the ongoing difficulty still of getting tested or even buying a home-test kit. we will look at the impact omicron is already having on our kids and what comes after the holiday break. we will also focus on the disruption at airports, and talk about one idea that sounds like common sense to many, but others say it's a step too far. i took that up earlier with dr. anthony fauci. >> we have been saying that vaccine mandates for domestic flights should be considered, should be seriously considered. is that something that president biden is seriously considering? is it something the admi

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jim acosta here in for anderson. new cases of covid are now averaging more than a quarter million a day. that's a record. the number of kids hospitalized with covid is approaching the peak levels reached in september. there is late word from the fda that those home antigen tests which have been in such hot demand lately might not be as sensitive to the new omicron variant as they are to holder strains. this as hospitals, schools, transportation network, and other institutions are scrambling to cope with all of it. a lot to talk about tonight. cnn's tom foreman starts us off. >> reporter: nationwide, hospitalizations of children with covid are up. on average, nearly 50% in just one week. new york city has seen pediatric admissions jump to five times what they were. in washington, d.c., half the kids coming to children's national hospital are testing positive. all told, an average of more than 300 children are being hospitalized each day. that's not because current variants are uniquely targeting them but because -- >>

chairman of the select committee bennie thompson is telling cnn jim acosta the so-called war room at5th and 6th is part of the investigation, key part. this means any possible calls by then president trump to the command center. i mean, what does that tell you where the investigation is heading right now? >> it's absolutely clear to me, laura, they are focussing on the krus crucial days, the final week or so leading up to the rally and looking at the nodes of the organization. when you want to understand what an enterprise is up to before an event, you have to look at leadership decisions. you have to see where these key people were gathering, who they were talking to, how they were spending money and how decisions and orders were being made. clearly, the war room is one of those nodes of leadership and organization and that's what the committee is focused in on. >> one year ago today then president trump tweeted this. see you in washington d.c. on january 6th. don't miss it. information to follow. a few days before he tweeted statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election b

>>> and we are live in the cnn newsroom, and i'm phil mattingly, and jim acosta is off today and we are beginning with the breaking news that we are following all day, unbelievable devastation. more than 70 people feared dead and many more missing as more than 30 tornadoes ripped through six states in the middle of the night. right now in the light of day, the destruction is horrific. this is what the kentucky governor calls ground zero. mayfield, kentucky. flattened, twisted, much of the town gone. a catastrophic tornado leveled a candle factory in mayfield while it was full of workers. now, rescuers in distraught, and the family members are searching for those trapped and one survivor who managed to escape shared the moment she began to broadcasting live on facebook desperate for help. >> we are trapped, please, y'all, get us some help. we are at the candle factory in mayfield. please, please. y'all! please send us some help. somebody, please send us some help. we are trapped. the wall is stuck on me. nobody can get to us. y'all. please, we can't move. andrea, calm down. woo. y'all. p

jim acosta is off today. we begin this hour with a race against time.escuers are digging through rubble with machines and by hand searching for signs of life after catastrophic tornados ripped through eight states, leaving communities in shambles. more than 80 people including children are feared dead. most of them in kentucky where the governor of the commonwealth expects the death toll will surpass 100. >> i think it's going to be the longest and deadliest tornado event in u.s. history. i've got towns that are gone, that are just -- i mean, gone. you think you'd go door to door to check on people and see if there are okay. there are no doors. the question is, is somebody in the rubble of thousands upon thousands of structures? i mean, it is devastating. >> words can hardly describe some of the pictures we've seen. at any moment we are expecting another update from the governor along with local, state, and federal officials. my colleague boris sanchez is on the ground in mayfield, kentucky, helping to cover this story from every angle. >> reporter: tha

jim acosta in for anderson. that's what lies in store in the coming days as covid infections keep climbing. to give you an idea of how quickly, when we left you last night, there seven-day average was approaching 300,000, just four hours, it's close to 350,000, and the line is going straight up. deaths are also climbing, jumping 18% this week. although children are far less likely than adults to become severely ill or die of covid, the avalanche of all of the new cases is pushing the number of kids being hospitalizes to new records. all this just as schools across the country get ready to welcome students back from the holidays. we'll be joined momentarily by education secretary eric cardona, and then by eric adams who will oversee the nation's biggest public school system. first, here's tom foreman. >> 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. the cdc has intensified its warning against cruise ship

. >> jim acosta is i would bet on, he has a weekend show, snarky and pious, it is the cnn brand fittingty the last several years, with regard to the russiagate business, exactly how much we made a 100% of it. inflation, they're coming out with this line, with that bad but you suck it up because it is trying to get better. you have the head of the fed, saying i was wrong. and and crediting the intensity of inflation, seems like the expectations are being reset, the american people, this is on you. your too greedy, you need to accept core inflation at a 30 year high at a 10 year high or home heating costs up 50% but even president biden's poll numbers, all those bills sink in and people feel this particularly lower middle-class. >> a great way to tick off the audience. if you want them to feel that you are part of the family if you are on tv, and don't worry about someone who is killing you. pious. >> they are telling people what they should think and what they should feel. >> dorsey was behind all this going on with twitter but cutting out this and that. it may be worse with his replacem