cnn's shimon prokupecz joins us from pontiac, michigan. good evening to you, shimon.a vigil at the high school that resulted in scenes of panic. what happened there? >> reporter: yeah, don, this is really tough to watch. there was a vigil, family members, people from the high school, everyone gathered for the first time able to be together, and someone passed out. and everyone panicked because they started calling for help and people just started running, thinking the worst. take a look at some of the scenes and what was going on there just a short time ago. >> what is it? >> someone passed out. >> stay calm. stay calm! stay calm! stay calm! stay calm, everyone! it's all right! it's okay! >> relax. relax! >> more people will be hurt by running. somebody just went down. relax. slow down. >> it's okay, everyone. please go back to your places. everyone's okay. everyone is okay! >> relax, please. >> and don, really, this really shows the fear, right, that just still exists in this community and probably will exist for a long time. you hear the sheriff telling people to re

shimon prokupecz, page pate, anthony bargsdale, thank you. >> just remarkable. if they stay together as couples sometimes do they'll be much easier to capture. sometimes they split up and it makes it much more complicated. starting right now this has gotten tougher for law enforcement, and it didn't have to be this way. >> shimon has talked about the pain and frustration of the parents after what they learned what the school nuknew, after ty saw the drawings, the search, and there was no contact of law enforcement, and now the parents are missing or running. we don't know. page made a good point. maybe they are now looking for a new attorney, but there is now a federal search for these parents. >> and they're not at their home. we know that because the fbi and u.s. marshals are now involved. >>> we'll continue to follow the breaking news, of course, we are also following the number of omicron cases across this country growing, the threat from the delta variant still present as well. some doctors are saying president biden's plan to combat the virus is not bold e

we go now to shimon prokupecz, who was there for all of that. shimon, i mean i actually wasn't expecting that curveball that he said that, in fact, someone helped get them into that building and that they could now be facing charges. >> reporter: yeah. so that was kind of surprising because there was some question that i certainly had. okay, why did they wind up here in detroit? so now we know that the police are working an angle where someone told them to come here, that someone perhaps may have helped them get inside this building. they didn't break into the building. i want to show you something, paula, you may not be able to see. the car is kind of behind -- well, this guy here is standing so you can't see. but the car is parked in a parking spot. so they just came in, drove through this parking lot, parked the car, and it's just sitting there in a parking spot like nothing. so someone saw the car. it's really -- it's really striking. the car is just there, like just taking a space. so they clearly knew to come here, and we know that. we did

and shimon prokupecz joins us in times square. pete, let me start with you. 400-plus flights canceled so far? >> reporter: i just checked the latest numbers, poppy. 468 in the united states. airlines say as these omicron cases went up, their staffing levels went down a little which is why they're cancelling flights now. 170 consolations at united airlines, about 140 at delta air lines. last night we obtained a memo from united airlines to its staff saying this is impacting its flight crews and also those who run the operation. we have received a statement from united airlines which says we unfortunately had to cancel some flights and are notifying impacted customers in advance of coming to the airport. you nighted says we're sorry for the disruption and are working hard to rebook as many people as possible and get them on their way for the holidays. this is coming as we've seen long lines at airports across the country. the tsa, 2.19 million people at airports nationwide yesterday. that is the highest number we've seen at the holi

shimon prokupecz is live fouls at the school. shimon?ave died here in this shooting. really just a sad situation. there are other people in the hospital as well. there is also a 14-year-old girl in the hospital that officials here are very worried about who is fighting for her life. as you said, the 15-year-old suspected gunman, the alleged shooter, he is in custody in a juvenile facility, saying they hope that the prosecutor will charge him as an adult. they're going to present some of the preliminary findings to the prosecutor and that we could see charges filed as early as today. the sheriff also expected to hold a 3:00 p.m. presser today to update us with any new information, john. >> anything, shimon, at all on motive? >> reporter: that's the big thing. they have wriktstings from the alleged shooter. they're looking at those and his phone. they said he fired indiscriminately. the sheriff saw all the video, and from what he can see, this is just cold-blooded murder, that the alleged shooter walked around through the hallways of the s

. >> let's go to cnn's shimon, live in pontiac, michigan.himon and his team have been up all night following this story. you were there as law enforcement held a press conference at 3:00 a.m. shimon, it seems the crumbleys had no intentions of turning themselves in, despite what their attorney said. authorities went in with all different kinds of law enforcement, and they were equipped for anything. >> reporter: yeah, they weren't taking chances. these were fugitives, and so the fugitive task force, the u.s. marshals, were out searching for them. this exclusive video that we obta obtained captures the moment after they were taken into custody. you see them inside this building that they fled into. police saying someone let them in. they know who let them in, and that person could potentially face charges. so it was a 911 call, a tip from someone in the neighborhood who saw a woman, perhaps matching the description of who police were looking for, but more importantly, it was a vehicle. they saw the car. someone saw the car that police had put

shimon prokupecz. thanks very much. again, tonight's new cdc quarantine recommendations could take some strain of the airlines and others. cnn learned the nba just shortened its quarantine time for players and coaches to six days as long as test showings they are not infectious. that is a day longer than the cdc guidelines, which specify five days regardless of vaccination status. except for people who have also been boosted. they don't need to isolate at all, unless they are showing symptoms. and joining us now, cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen. she is a former baltimore health commissioner and the current author of "lifelines, a doctor's journey in the fight for public health." also, with us, dr. desi, pediatric emergency room physician at columbia university medical center, as well as a member of columbia's medical faculty. ladies, thanks so much for being with us. my goodness, if bwe could just get this past this thing. it's just wishful thinking i suppose. i want to ask you though dr. wen about the cdc updating gu

visual artist shimone attie's floating electronic canvas is as much about engaging people in the currents as it is about getting them to reflect on it. >> the common theme in my work is usually to give voice to under-told underrepresented histories, marginalized communities, those who have been dispossessed, those who have been persecuted. >> reporter: from projecting images of displaced shops in what once was berlin's jewish quarter before world war ii... >> in the case of that particular installation, first, let me say that hebrew bookstore was located precisely there. that was 1930, that photograph that i projected. >> reporter: ...to lightboxes highlighting the ongoing tensions between and uprooting of palestinians and israelis in the israeli occupied west bank. >> the cityscape overall in the distance, or the, or the natural landscape in the distance, is part of the canvas as well. >> reporter: visual artist shimone attie relies on a variety of media and public art to draw attention to displaced and marginalized cultures. >> my hope is to perhaps give the audience an opportunity to

thanks, shimon. appreciate it.here is growing fear this morning that america's health care system could buckle under a new wave. some hospitals are already at crisis levels. jason carroll is live in dearborn, michigan, where a federal strike team is stationed to help with the influx of patients. how dad is it there right now? >> reporter: you said it best, kate. when you use the word "crisis," that's what they're experiencing here. looking at beaumont hospital where we are, we've talked to the doctors and the nurses here. there's no question they are overworked and understaffed. a number of covid patients keep coming in. when you look at the state, they've seen a steady increase in the number of hospitalizations here in michigan since august. the governor has reached out and said, look, we need help, and the federal government has answered, sending that special task force from the department of defense, members of the army coming here to help out, to plug in where help is needed. they have not only been here, but t

let's bring in now cnn's shimon prokupecz and cnn's national security analyst juliette kayyem. you listened to what we heard from the sheriff there. what stood out to you? >> what stood out to me is a student who has never seems to have been disciplined or complained about bullying, doesn't seem to have been anyone's focus, his father buys a gun over thanksgiving weekend. by monday, the kid has some incident that brings him to a principal or some guidance counselor. tuesday there's a second incident and now the kid's parents are in there and he has the gun on campus. that's how truncated this is at this stage. a five-day period over thanksgiving with no hints or clues. so the only variable is, he had access to a gun because it doesn't seem like this was a long-term thing. at least what we know now. that stood out to me that this is just a -- an odd situation in terms of -- >> juliette, sorry to interrupt and shimon, stand by. the arraignment of this suspect is beginning. >> if you could state your full name and spell it for our court reporter. >> lieutenant tim willis. willis,

let's get straight live to shimon prokupecz.bout these meetings that the teachers, two separate steechers, one the day before the shooting and one the morning of the shooting, separate teachers raising issues over some of what the alleged shooter was doing, some of the things he was saying, and behavior concern. here's the sheriff talking about that this morning. >> on the day prior to the tragedy, a teacher in the classroom where he was a student saw and heard something that she felt was disturbing in terms of his behavior. the day of the shooting, a different teacher in a different classroom saw some behavior that they felt was concerning. and they brought the child down to an officings had a meeting with school officials, called in the parents, and ultimately it was determined that he could go back into class. >> reporter: and, john, this is raising a lot of questions certainly for people living in this community, wondering why law enforcement was never brought in to this concern, perhaps raising the idea that the school knew

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shimon prokupecz is live in michigan with more on this.ter: we just actually spoke to the sheriff this morning and we got a chance to ask him more questions. like you said, he's not holding back words about the alleged shooter calling him cold-blooded. what's interesting, kate, he tells us it does not at this point appear he was targeting specific people, that he was firing indiscriminately. there's been a lot made about the fact that this alleged shooter was using this handgun and aiming it in a precise way. he says they don't think it's because of any kind of training. because it's easier to fire a handgun, that perhaps that's what's going on here. they don't believe he was targeting anyone specifically. the sheriff telling us they'll have a press conference later this afternoon around 3:00 or so where we can learn more details. one o of the things he tells us is he would like to see the alleged shooter charged today. he would like him to be charged as an adult. he expects to present some evidence to the prosecutor today so that can happ

shimon, we've talked with you this week and see the lines. is anything easing up a little bit, particularly as centers like that one you're at get set up? >> reporter: i'm going to show you, jim, where we are in times square. this is a city-run site. i would's really not. some of these people have been in line for about two hours, over two hours in some cases, and it's cold here today. so, you can imagine they're getting creative with hand and feet warmers. the line stretches north to about -- this is 48th street, and then it wraps around the corner. like i said, people have been standing here for well over two hours. it's been open since about 9:00 a.m. so the lines are still going. as you said, the state is seeing a high level, a staggering number of cases, 29,000, half of those, more than half of those here in new york city. so what the city is doing obviously is they're opening more sites. the other thing they're doing is at-home test kits. they are available. i walked into this test site and they handled me this at-home test kit. it give

now, that person is potentially facing charges. >> yeah, shimon, we could see the car.nd actually, that is troubling, right they just basically drove right in. parked this car, as if they were parking up to a mall or something and got into this building. which is why the chief said, look, there could be other charges pending here. we're getting a much better look at the car. as you said, it was there. they weren't even making an attempt to kind of hide it. and they were in the building right next to where that car was parked. shimon, i also want to point out and this is no small thing, they did say that they basically were distressed, they surrendered to police. but they were not armed. i have to say when police approached them they couldn't have known that. these are people that bought guns and knew how to handle guns? >> reporter: right, they couldn't have known that when you see the team, s.w.a.t. team that came in here, there's video of them going into the building. they knew, they had a lot of information. they were able to prepare, suit up and go that in and look

shimon, it seems like, you know, it's just deja vu.e were learning there were big red flags ahead of this shooting. >> reporter: yeah. certainly that new information, the red flags, those behavioral concerns all being revealed by investigators about 24 hours after the shooting, investigators not being specific about what that information is. prosecutors saying she is concerned about trying to case and making sure the victims here get justice. the 15-year-old accused of killing four and injuring others at oxford high school is now charged as an adult. >> i will enter a plea of not guilty on his behalf. >> reporter: both the suspect and his parents appearing in court virtually. he faces two dozen charges, including terrorism causing death and four counts of first-degree murder. >> in terms of the premeditation required for first-degree murder charge, this just wasn't even a close call, unfortunately. this was deliberate. this was planned. well in advance. and disturbingly so. >> investigators say they discovered troubling videos on the s

cnn's shimon prokupecz is live in new york city with more on this. what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: we're at this location where it's almost like a bazaar of covid tests, three different labs, three different companies that have set up shop on 42nd street just outside of bryant park. this is kind of what we're seeing all across the city, these pop-up sites, private labs that are opening and servicing people and con opportunitying pcr tests and rapid tests. other places, some of the other private owned businesses have shut their doors today to help deal with the staffing. the mayor saying they're opening up over 100 sites, mobile sites, new sites where people can come for testing because the demand is so high. over 14,000 people have tested positive in the latest numbers, down a little bit from 15,000. but nonetheless, because the demand is so high, they need to open more sites. the mayor saying they're going to go ahead and do that. despite all that, the mayor with a positive tone today, sighing people really need to stay safe, but they

. >> shimon, let's go back to what prosecutors said today because the prosecutor laid out quite the case against the parents. >> she did. and, you know, a lot of this information had been out there. they had been alluding to some of this. the new information they ob obtained, text messages, the exchange between the alleged shooter and his mother on one of the days, on monday, when one of the teachers raised issues with his behavior, something that was concerning this teacher, the mother was about -- searching on his cell phone, searching for ammunition. the mother, they reported this to the parents. and the mother texted the son saying, lol, you know, just don't get caught. i'm not mad at you but just try not to get caught. more disturbing is what happens the next day. the prosecutor finally revealing what concern the school so much. drawings of blood, of blood everywhere, of the idea that he wanted to do harm and the fact that the school just reported this to the patirents and did n report any of it to the police is certainly very concerning and has angered many in this community and al

. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz is following all of the developments for us. shimon, you could just here how angry and frustrated that prosecutor was with the parents' behavior. >> well that anger that she felt and has been speaking -- spoke about finally spoke about, think about this for days, i've been on the ground here and i've been asking questions about this information, they had refused to confirm, they have refused to make it public. and she -- that anger that she speaks about is the anger that many of the people in this community feel against the school. and the sheriff's deputies who ran into that school to save people's lives and saw the dead bodies, that is the anger they feel as well because they know and they believe that the school could have done more. so today obviously it was a lot about the parents. and the prosecutor working through the week here saying they have information and they were working on this information about potentially bringing charges against the parents and so finally they did that. we have the four counts of involuntary ma

cnn's shimon prokupecz is live in times square. shimon, good morning. >> reporter: yeah.ood morning, erica. we are live outside a testing site here in times square which has been seeing a large number of people show up. a lot going on across the city today as at-home test kits are the focus of several officials. across the city they will hand out the test kits. it will be a cold day. we will see how the cold and weather plays into the lines that we have been seeing for the last several days across the city. the thing is what we are seeing in the city is truly staggering numbers. the governors's releasing the latest data showing 29,000 people have tested positive for covid. more than half of those here in new york city in the five boroughs of new york city. certainly there is a lot of concern here as the demand for testing ramps up and continues to go up, more people showing up at lines. so the city is trying to get the at home test kits into people's arms so they can do the tests in their homes. as you said, hospitalization, erica, that is the key thing. and the man who r

cnn's shimon prokupecz is live from oxford, michigan. shimon, i have to expect that parents there must be up in arms to see that there were warnings before and yet the suspect was still allowed back in that school. >> reporter: certainly, jim. and new information, more specific information from the sheriff this morning to cnn telling cnn that two teachers now, two teachers, a teacher on monday, which is the day before the shooting, saw something weird, and then on tuesday, also, another teacher, a different teacher also said that there was something just off, there were behavioral issues, brought the parents in. the sheriff detailing more of that information this morning. take listen. >> on the day prior to the tragedy, a teacher in a classroom where he was a student saw and heard something that she felt was disturbing in terms of his behavior, and they had a counseling session about it with school officials. and a phone call was left with the parents. the day of the shooting, a different teacher in a different classroom saw some behavio

and you look good over there in new york as well, shimon.istorians and conspiracy theorists are looking for any new information, but veresearchs say the cache probably doesn't contain anything that would change the official finding that lee harvey oswald acted alone when he shot the president in dallas back in 1963. even after the release more than 10,000 documents, by the way, are still either partially redacted or classified. we will see when they are released, if they have any new information. we are watching that story as well. >>> and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. you can always tweet the show @cnn sit room. and the situation room, by the way, is also available as a podcast. look for us on cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. trump's big lie decimated. shocking new numbers revealing just how many potential cases of voter fr

a lot of big questions, shimon.ou for being there this morning as that line for testing is only getting longer. >>> meanwhile, airports are bracing for another kind of surge of passengers. the tsa is expecting almost as many travelers this christmas and new year's as over thanksgiving when pandemic travel records were set. and at least one airline is adding flights to meet the demand. cnn's pete muntean is live at reagan national airport this morning. pete, i'll be flying into there later today. so what are you seeing? >> reporter: kaitlan, things are getting busier by the moment. united airlines predicts the busy period starts today and lasts until next thursday. it projects its numbers will be 20% higher than what it saw during the thanksgiving travel period when we set pandemic era records. the tsa projects between 20 and 21 million people will pass through security at america's airports between december 23rd and january 3rd. just look back to where we were a year ago. the numbers on average, we were lucky to see

shimon prokupecz is in oxford, michigan. the prosecutor said she was considering charges for the parents of the suspect. any movement on that today? >> reporter: no. so far, no movement on that, victor. we are waiting to hear from officials on that. they seem to indicate that they are going to move forward, at least yesterday, they did with charging the parents. we have not seen the parents. we have been by the house. so it's really no movement on that. of course, the big question, why the prosecutors are raising this idea that they're going to charge the parents is because of the gun. the gun was purchased four days before this shooting, and it's questions about whether or not the parents did enough to keep the gun out of the alleged shooter's hands, and that is what something that investigators here and prosecutors are now focused on. >> shimon, what about the -- his cell phone? were there videos recorded on his cell phone? >> reporter: yeah. there were -- that was revealed yesterday as well. some of it at his arraignment,

. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz is live from oxford, michigan. this is shocking, shimon. it seems there were quite explicit warning signs, more than one, prior to the shooting. and yet the student was allowed back into school and somehow managed to get a weapon from his father. how did this happen? >> reporter: and this new information, jim, is hugely significant, certainly for investigators. the fact that there were meetings, the morning of, the parents were here, we're told there were concerns about this individual and the fact that he was allowed back into school, back into class, hugely significant. prosecutors tell us, they said yesterday, they have all sorts of information. when you look at the timeline here, right, that monday, monday there was concern over behavior and things that a teacher was seeing. then tuesday morning, hours before the shooting, there are concerns from a teacher. the parents are brought into school. something happens. the parents are told something. and then it seems nothing was done. and then, of course, the horrific attack happens, occurs a

shimon prokupecz is outfront. >> we have an active shooter incident.nfirmed injuries. >> reporter: new details, including some of the emergency dispatch calls from tuesday's school shooting in oxford, michigan. >> i've got one with a neck wound, one with a head wound. >> reporter: police saying today they are confident that the suspect acted alone. >> we have seen no evidence that there was anyone else involved in this situation with him or anything to follow on. >> reporter: the investigation now focuses on events leading up to the moment when 15-year-old ethan crumbley allegedly started shooting that day. >> on the day prior to the tragedy, a teacher in a classroom where he was a student saw and heard something that she felt was disturbing in terms of his behavior. >> reporter: in fact two separate teachers had reported disturbing behavior before the deadly shootings began. >> they had a counseling session about it with school officials. and a phone call was left with the parents. >> reporter: just hours before the shootings, the second teacher broug

let's go to our colleague, shimon prokupecz, he joins us in new york. shimon, across from our home every day the lines around the block, around the full block, and it gets longer by the day. >> reporter: it does, and what's going on really across the city now, poppy, as you have been going out, you see these independent kind of privately owned labs setting up shop, just tents, that they have set up and they are really the ones that are doing, at least it would seem, a lot of the testing across the city. certainly in parts of manhattan, which are seeing a surge, surge, surge in cases, and so people lining up at sites like this where they're testing, walking up. these are set up for tourists, people coming to the country overseas to get back on a flight. what has happened is a lot of locals are using them for their tests because other places are just inundated and can't take the capacity. a stunning number, i want to share something from the governor in new york state. close to 30,000 new cases, 28,900 across the state. a majority of them here in new york

cnn's shimon prokupecz is outside one of those testing sites. i've driven by lines like this for the last couple of days. they've really been doubling, shimon. >> reporter: yeah, they have, and people standing for hours, right? kind of reminds us of when we were out on the streets in the beginning of this and through the months and really the year of this pandemic, and now to see lines like this again, it just shows you the anxiety that people are having because of the numbers. the increase in the number of positive cases, and also people back in offices, back out living their lives are now being exposed yet again to people who are testing positive. so all of this concern is now bringing people to places like this where they're waiting, standing in line for hours to get tested. so let's look at some of those numbers. when you look at the numbers here in new york city, it's alarming for the city officials. they're saying that in just the last few days, in just three days they saw a doubling of numbers. they went from 3.9% to now over 7%, and then

shimon, where does the search stand now for the crumbley parents? >> reporter: it's still very much active. in fact, in some ways, getting more aggressive with the u.s. marshals really now taking a huge role in this search. they just released a statement saying that they are -- they are involved. they are the best of the best. so, certainly, this manhunt still underway. we talked to the sheriff's office. they have not heard anything. there was a lot of talk about lure lawyers reaching out. they have not heard from anyone since around this afternoon. so that manhunt still continues. of course, kate, this all happening as for the first time prosecutors laid out what happened and finally were able to give this community some answers. a dramatic manhunt today for james and jennifer crumbley. the parents of the suspected school shooter. >> as soon as we knew charges had been issued, and that they weren't any longer cooperating with the attorney that had pledged to bring them in, we began to activate our fugitive team. >> reporter: cthe couple was charged

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shimon prokupecz is there with more. what can you tell us? >> reporter: police saying this shooting lasted five minutes. they say that it was the quick reaction by responding officers enforcing the alleged 15-year-old shooter to surrender, to put his gun down that saved lives. a 15-year-old boy is in police custody this morning suspected of shooting and killing three students and injuring eight others at oxford high school in michigan. . >> preliminary investigation revealed the weapon was purchased november 26th. four days ago by the boy's father. >> reporter: they received 100 911 calls about the incident. . >> the deputies took a suspect into custody within five minutes of the original 911 call. they recovered a handgun from the suspect. tate myre, hana st. juliana and mad sin baldwin. >> this touches us all personally and deeply and will for a long time. this wound will never go away. >> reporter: oxford high freshman took these videos in his sign language class. >> sheriff's office stphrfrplts you need to come out. . >> we're not willing

shimon, i also want to point out and this is no small thing. they did say they were basically in distress, that they surrendered to police. and they were not armed. and when police approached them, they couldn't have known that. these are people who bought guns and knew how to handle guns. >> reporter: right, but when you see the s.w.a.t. teams that came in here, heavily armed officers, they had to come in here and go into the building. there's video of them going into the building. they knew, they had a lot of information to prepare. suit up and go into the building. they found them. they found them in a particular area of the building so they don't know if they knew the owners of the space and the building, so that is something they're trying to figure out. but it is really interesting that someone let them in. that's an interesting angle once we learn who that person is. >> cnn's alexandra field has more on why the prosecutors say the couple should be held accountable for the deadly shooting. >> while the shooter was the one who entered the

shimon prokupecz live in michigan. they did uncover some writings from the alleged shooter. what do we know about what they found? >> reporter: so the sheriff just revealing that this morning on "new day." saying that they did find writings, while they were executing a search warrant at his home. and basically just describing it as something that contains the alleged shooter's thoughts. they're hoping that it takes them to a path where they can learn the motive. right now authorities are not speculating on motive, not giving anything as they're still trying to figure that out. the sheriff also revealing a lot of other new details, certainly that they have now evidence that some 30 shots were fired. they recovered 30 rounds, he said. also very chilling he described seeing video that shows the alleged shooter going through the building, describing it as at close range -- at close range, saying that he came out with intent to kill and calling it a cold-hearted murderous spree, essentially. so there is still a lot for authorities to learn. more and more details are starting to c

shimon prokupecz live in new york city.himon, we have seen lines there not long after this time of the morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it's early, john, plus it's raining. that could be playing into what's going o. some of the locations putting people on waiting lists trying to keep people out of lines, keep them out of being together. perhaps that's what's going to here. yesterday's numbers indicate the city is still seeing a large amount of positive cases. 14,000 people testing positive just in new york city, putting the positivity rate over 10%. now, that is lower than the day before of 15,000. but certainly indications that this is not slowing down here in new york city. testing has gone down to about 23%. the mayor yesterday saying despite all this, they still need more testing, more sites. and he wants the federal government to help. take a listen to what the mayor said. >> i want to see obviously that supply expand quickly, and i urge the president to use the defense production act to the absolute maximum.

." >> let's go out live to cnn's shimon in pontiac, michigan.e stayed up almost the entire night following this saga. the parents' attorney initially said they left town for safety reasons and they were planning to return. given some of the details from last night, it doesn't sound like they were about to turn themselves in. >> reporter: no. they were heading in the wrong direction completely if they were going to turn themselves in. >> right. >> reporter: they were in detroit, about 40 minutes away from here. it's really -- it was interesting to me. certainly, when we first got word this search was going on, i couldn't figure out what they would be doing in detroit. it is 40 minutes, but it's a busy place. so if they wanted to hide, probably would be a little difficult to hide. but that's where they were. the police realizing they got a call, got a tip that the car was seen at a location, and the police just swarmed in. we saw a heavily, heavily armed police officer s.w.a.t. team members all over the east side of detroit looking for them. we ob

thank you, shimon prokupecz. let's discuss now with former fbi special agent and lecturer at yale university and andrew mckay, former deputy director of the fbi. andrew, first your reaction to these charges against the parents, four counts each of involuntary manslaughter? >> well, ana, i was stunned when i heard that they were leaning in that direction because it's so exceedingly rare. in the few states that have laws that address this sort of thing, really no one ever gets prosecuted. listening to the details that came out in the press conference, just absolutely stunning. the prosecutor has a litly a mountain of evidence upon which to proceed with these very serious charges of essentially criminally reckless homicide. probably what we heard in the press conference is just a sample of what they have so far. who knows what will come out when witnesses start testifying at an upcoming trial, if there is one. it's incredible and it's absolutely called for, an i think it maybe is just the sort of thing we need to at

cnn's shimon prokupecz live for us in times square.ow big will it be and what kind of restrictions will they take to keep it safe? >> reporter: certainly not as big as prior years. certainly bigger than last year where only front line workers were allowed to come here. the city is only allowing 15,000 people in each viewing area. normally they allow close to 60,000, about 58,000 or so people into these viewing areas. they're scaling that back because of the spread of the omicron virus. what they are doing is saying, okay, we're going to allow people to come here much later in the day, starting at 3:00 on new year's eve, and we're going to put about 15,000 people in each viewing area. you're also going to be required to wear a mask. and you're going to be required to be vaccinated. they're going to have police officers at checkpoints, checking everything, checking people in. so the party is going to go on. it's just going to be much smaller. this was going to be a big event for the city, for new york city. and the mayor wanted it to go

shimon, new york is a city where there is big demand for testing. that's good. people want to know if they're infected so they can get treated, not expose family members. what is the city doing because many of those testing facilities have been overwhelmed. >> reporter: overwhelmed. some of them shutting down. one of the most popular places people go to, city md, saying that several locates of their locations were closing to help deal with some of the staffing issues. and also to protect some of their staffers who have been overwhelmed by the demand and the need in testing. many people now going to locations like this, these are vans, privately owned companies, that are now doing testing, have been doing testing here in new york city for the past several months. certainly they have not been this busy. these are one of the privately owned companies doing it. today, the mayor is saying there are 112 sites now across the city that they have opened up for people to go and get tested. the mayor also saying a key point is that if you're fully vaccinated. they don't wa

let's begin with shimon prokupecz on the ground in new york city. this positivity rate in new york, this is remarkable. >> reporter: remarkable, doubling in just three days, jim. it is causing a lot of anxiety in the city. i'm at a testing site here on 57th street. the line is about 100 people deep or so. this is about a two-hour wait just to get tested. lines we haven't really seen in probably several months, maybe even a year or so. but all these people have been waiting here now, for a couple of hours, waiting to get tested, just to go inside. many of them, that i've talked to, said they were exposed, whether in the office or they were in meetings in offices, some are traveling, some want to get together with family. so they are getting tested. but testing is a premium right now all across the city with lines like this. and what is driving this is as you said, the doubling of these numbers. we went from 3.9%, the officials say, to 7.3 in just days. this is has city officials concerned. they're concerned because of the unvaccinated. they're seeing

cnn's shimon prokupecz is on the ground in oxford, michigan, with the latest on the investigation now. >> we have an active shooter incident. so far we do have confirmed injuries. >> reporter: new details, including some of the emergency dispatched calls from tuesday's school shooting in oxford, michigan. >> we have one with a head wound. >> reporter: police saying today they are confident the suspect acted alone. >> we have seen no evidence that there was anyone else involved in this situation with him, or anything to follow on. >> reporter: the investigation now focuses on events leading up to the moment when 15-year-old ethan crumbly allegedly started shooting that day. >> on the day prior to the tragedy, a teacher in the classroom where he was a student saw and heard something that she felt was disturbing in terms of his behavior. >> reporter: in fact, two separate teachers had reported disturbing behavior before the deadly shootings began. >> they had a counseling session about it with school officials and a phone call was left with the parents. >> reporter: just hours before the

shimon prokupecz joins us in times square. the governor just announced new guidance in terms of isolation for some workers. what do we know? >> essential workers, there's certainly a lot of concern that essential workers are going to get hit by the virus, and knocked out. some of the much needed work they do across the city and the state is going to be affected. what the governor has done is that she has changed the guidelines, and what she's saying is that after five days, you know, normally it's ten days, right, she's saying after five days if you show no symptoms, have not had any fevers for 72 hours, and you're asymptomatic, you can leave. you can leave isolation. that is significant because there's a lot of concern obviously for the transit workers, for the police officers, the firefighters, emt emts, those front line workers we have been talking about for well over a year, they're going to get knocked out by this, and services are going to be lacking. she's changing the guidelines of that. this, of course, as we know abo

. >> what are we expecting from today's hearing, shimon?anded over 500 documents to his attorney. we expect the same today from prosecutors in this case to talk about the evidence and discovery that they handed over to they can begin the next steps in this case. we're waiting to see if they face any additional charges. they set off a chain of events after they didn't appear for their arraignment, they weren't able to be arrested when they fled and police had to set off and search for them, there was a manhunt and they were eventually found. we'll wait to see if there are additional charges in that case. interestingly enough, now they have no say in their son's defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, it's going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but als

shimon prokupecz, cnn, new york. >> dr.auci's thoughts on airline vaccine mandates appeared on another network and seemed to express a different opinion. here he is saying it might be a wise thing to do on u.s. flights. >> when you make vaccination a requirement, that's another incentive to get more people vaccinated. if you want to do that with domestic flights, i think that's something that seriously should be considered. >> meanwhile, the association of flight attendants is criticizing the cdc's new guidance to reduce isolation and quarantine times for people with asymptomatic cases. the great worry is that airlines are more concerned about keeping passengers happy than keeping employees safe. here's what the president had to say about the new guidance. >> we want to know that the airlines are then, and the rest of corporate america, is focused on public health and safety, and make sure that they have supportive policies that help workers understand that they have the right not to have to come back to work if the airline

shimon prokupecz is here.he claims in this lawsuit are explosive. >> it's a lot of based on what investigators have already learned in this investigation. the overall arching theme of this is that the police should have been called in to those meetings that the school had with the alleged shooter and his parents. that is what they're saying here, that the fact that they did not do that violated the constitutional rights, the rights to people for these students to be safe in this school and therefore they have filed this $100 million lawsuit. one piece of information that is sort of new, and we're still trying to run it down, is that they say that the shooter, the alleged shooter, posted a tweet the night before where he says, quote, see you tomorrow, oxford. they say that here's exactly what it says. it says that now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. see you tomorrow, oxford. there's some questions of whether or not that was actually his account. there was a lot of threats surrounding this school, re

cnn's shimon prokupecz joins us live from oxford, michigan. prosecutors believe that the shooting could have been prevented. does that mean the possibility of charges against the parents and for what exactly? >> reporter: right. and that we will know at noon today. the prosecutors saying that they will have a press conference to update the investigation. but also a decision will be made and announced at that point about whether or not they're going to charge the parents. that's a good question in terms of what charges could they face. investigator here believe at this point the parents likely purchased this weapon for their son, right, we heard the sheriff come out and say that the gun was purchased by the father, four days before the attack. so that is a key significant piece of evidence. there are instagram photos of the alleged shooter saying this is my gun. that investigators believe it is the gun that was used in this shooting, so they have a lot of information they're working on. that's why they believe perhaps that the father bought thi

. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz is in times square for more on this. you've been following the testing crisis in new york that we've been seeing here all week. what is the very latest today? >> so, we just got new numbers from the governor. across the state, 360,000 tests now across the state, and the number of people testing positive continues to climate really just kind of an incredible pace. 44,431 people now testing positive for the omicron for the coronavirus. certainly as these numbers continue to increase, of course the city is concerned, the state is concerned, but what they are looking at, and this is really important, kate, is the number of hospitalizations. they say the vaccines are working and that really what it tells them is because the hospitalizations are not increasing, that is a good sign, and that is why we are seeing the mayor and other city officials here say we're going to allow people into times square on new year's eve. we're going to allow less people, 15,000, into these viewing pens. normally they allow up to 60,000, but they

cnn's shimon prokupecz is standing by for this press conference to begin.osecutor is hinting at. she suggested so much last night when she spoke with anderson cooper. take a listen to what she said. >> the information that will be announced tomorrow will also disclose that it probably could have been prevented, and that is unconscionable. we're going to hold him accountable, but we're also going to make sure that the person or the individuals that gave him access to that weapon and did so, and not just a negligible way, far beyond negligence, are held accountable. i spoke to these parents the day after this happened. >> reporter: and, kate, one of the things we have learned, obviously, from the investigators here is that the weapon that was used by the alleged shooter was bought by his parents, that 9-millimeter weapon, something the sheriff revealed early on after the shooting occurred. and that is something that prosecutors have been focusing on, the fact that the family provided this weapon to this 15-year-old. the other thing, of course, is the school a

cnn's shimon prokupecz, he's at a pop-up testing site in new york. the good thing here is people want to know their status. they want to be able to protect themselves and the people around them. more people want those tests than there is availability. how is the city responding to that? >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people here in new york and new york city demanding -- the demand for testing is so high, so they're going to try to increase the number of city-run sites. it's sites like this all across manhattan and new york city where private businesses, private labs have opened up these kinds of pop-up locations where people can come and get tested, rapid tests and pcr tests. people have been lining up pretty steadily coming through. there's a good system here getting tested and leaving. the positivity rate certainly concerning for new york city. it's over 11%. the latest numbers show some 14,000 people just here in new york city have tested positive, slightly down from 15,000 the day before. despite all this, jim, the mayor today really soun