kristen smith for the international hi representative to bosnia and herzegovina . thank you very much for talking to al jazeera. my pleasure. i'd like to start by asking you, sir about the current political situation in the country. it has been described by many senior officials, both in the international community, the united nations, as well as actually regional figures as the most dangerous or the deepest crisis that the country has witnessed since the war ended in 1995. what is your assessments of the situation in bosnia right now? yeah, thank you. in detail, situation, bosnia, herzegovina, them the ears and the bet shape of these days. i have reported this some head to the secret a channel of united nations until the united nations security council, in my re port where i referred especially to him about the increase of his functionality and the state and inflammatory rhetoric, which it probably could go beyond a chest rhetoric, and that is the concern i have that, that reports that you mentioned earlier, mr. schmidt, which was presented to the united nations s

lady gaga, nicole kidman, kristen stewart, will smith, denzel washington, all nominated for acting awardsty good snapshot of which films and actors might get oscar nominations. those will be announced february 8th right here on abc. very excited. aren't you? >>> also this morning, former brooklyn nets star iman shumpert has officially gone from pro baller to pro ballroom dancer. we remember that incredible moment of him winning "dancing with the stars" and now his partner from the show, he's so good, they have a special announcement just for us. >> what's up, everybody? i'm daniella karagach, the reigning champion of "dancing with the stars." i'm going on tour. >> wait, you going on tour without me? >> no. i'm bringing you with me. >> okay, we're going on tour. check us out in a city near you, guys. ♪ it's you who i want ♪ >> i'm going on tour. i'm taking the bus. >> i guess he loved the he's so awesome. the nba free agent joining america's favorite dancers for the 2022 tour. they're joining kaitlyn bristow and amanda kloots will be there, jimmie allen will be there. the "dancing with the

high proflie actors up for a statuette include will smith, for his portayal of richard williams, the father of the tennis greats venus and serena. kristenbut with the usual host broadcaster nbc not televising the ceremony this year — it's not yet clear if anyone will actually turn up to take home a prize — or even if the studios and stars will be a part of it. the person whose job it is to organise the awards accepts that they might be a little less celebrity—driven than before — but insists they have made progress. for eight months, we have worked tirelessly as an organisation to be better. we changed our rules, bylaws, added a new code of conduct and restructured our governance. we also have 21 new members, the largest and most diverse in our 79—year—old history. not only have they brought in a fresh perspective, but ideas that will help us continue to evolve. so — the golden globes say they've changed. but have they done enough? here's toronto—based culture writer amil niazee. the big story today isjust how quiet hollywood is in regards to these _ quiet hollywood is in regards to these nominations. usually a huge deal, huge star powe

high—proflie actors up for a statuette include will smith, for his portayal of richard williams, the father of the tennis greats venus and serena. kristenrunning. but with the usual host broadcaster nbc not televising the ceremony this year, will anyone will actually turn up to take home a prize? here's toronto—based culture writer amil niazi. the big story today is just how quiet hollywood is in regards to this nomination. usually huge star power to get ahead of these types of nominations and these types of nominations and the fact that it is that air on outlets like twitter right now says a lot about the relevance of the golden globes from just evenif of the golden globes from just even if this february when the blockbuster piece came out about there were no black members in hf pa. i can imagine seeing the same star power on the red carpet. definitely a lot of people will not show up and it is too early to see any outright rejection of but i think you will not see the type of star power associating themselves with the golden gloves as they normally would make celebrating these nominations. these are usually a precursor to the oscars t

i'm kristen welker with peter alexander and our friends savannah and hoda and craig are enjoying time off. i look forward to that harry smithse. >> yeah. we have a lot of numbers to put back there. >> i never won a thing in high school sports in my entire life. good for her. >> we're looking forward to that one. it is a busy morning. let's get right to your news at 8:00. the u.s. passed a grim new milestone in the fight against the coronavirus with total cases now topping 53 million. it comes at a time when the virus is spreading at a record pace. and nbc's shaquille brewster joins us with the latest on all of it. shaq, good morning to you. >> good morning. the guidance and data around covid-19 continues to change, one thing is increasingly clear, more americans are contracting the virus than ever before. overnight, the u.s. breaking through average of daily new cases. now exceeding more than a quarter million cases each day. while the omicron variant is the dominant strain around the country, the cdc updating the guidance saying that didn't happen until more recently in that omicron is responsible for now 59% of all new ca