under the "times" standard by "the new york times," i mean "the new york times" versus sullivan standard, that case palin should lose this case, but the law may change and she may wind up winning. >> you think about "times" versus palin it's two americas. you have this mainstream institution versus kind of this anti-media figure. this is why it's going to be a doozy of a case. i'm sure it will be heavily covered by fox news but there could be a backfire effect, right? outlets like fox do rely on "times" v. sullivan. >> and they are relying on "times" v. sullivan in very big money cases right now. dominion voting systems, mart m smartmatic, the election machine companies that were repeatedly lied about on fox news after the election, repeatedly lied about over and over and they have sued fox for billions of lawyers. foxes lawyers understandably have said "new york times" versus sullivan protects us, we're supposed to cover robust debate. we will see whether -- i mean, i'm sure their lawyers will keep citing "new york times" against sullivan until it's overturned, but just depends -- >> an

schools here in new york city oh. you could call this one of his first big tests and one of his most pressing challenges. this is the -- the nation's largest school system. he argues there are so many drawbacks to children having to do remote learning. there are missed meals, children being exposed to an environment of crime. there are children who are housing insecure or in poorer communities who don't do nearly as well and are falling behind when it comes to remote learning and the mayor is also stressing that the transmission rate in schools last year was 1%, so they do have a plan. part that have plan is over the weekend and over the last few days they sent 1.5 million tests to every single school across the city. they are also going to have an incident command center that allows them to keep a real time tab on staffing issues. they say the school and mayor are prepared to deal with potential absent teeism due to covid, due to this omicron variant, and so they have a pool of substitute teachers waiting to stand by

to address the problem of gun violence in the city of new york. however, it's also going to take the participation of the public and bringing together ideas just as it's happening right now at this roundtable. mark morales was with us reporting on the shooting that took place in harlem. one police officer killed, another who continues to fight for his life. so, mark, pick up your thought on where the investigation goes. all this as the new mayor is also trying to address the problem of gun violence in the city. >> reporter: right, and that's a very big deal right now, because gun violence has been an issue, across the country, definitely in new york city. and right now it's about figuring out why this happened, how did the weapon get into this person's hands. federal authorities, along with local authorities, everyone is working together to trace this gun to go back to where it was originally purchased. now, the gun traces back to baltimore, somewhere in baltimore, sold in 2017. atf officials are going back, trying to do interviews and trying to f

to start a new life in new york. >> she didn't tell anybody anything. nobody knew. >> marlyn walked out as a declaration of independence. >> she wanted control of her own destiny. >> she was saying i don't want just this anymore. i have so much more to offer the world, and i'm going to show them. ♪ >> by deciding to break her contract and go to new york, marlyn was announcing she belonged with the serious artists, that she belonged where real art was being made. >> she wanted more control over her career. she wanted to be able to choose her own projects, her own directors, and just play different roles. >> weeks after fleeing hollywood, a small crowd is invited to an upper eastside to meet the new marilyn monroe. >> everybody was having a good time, drinks. over hors d'oeuvres. a lot of press was there. >> they're all waiting on hooks to find out what marlyn is going to say and announce and if indeed, this is some new marlyn. >> she wore high heels and the white dress and then the white coat. the bulbs were going like crazy. snappy, snappy, snappy. sn

will new york city do the same? >> that is something i'm speaking with my health care professionals to do an evaluation to determine if that is what we do. let's be clear. in this country we do vaccinate for smallpox, measles and other things. we need to educate and use the time before the fall to educate our parents to show the importance of it and we're going to sit down and determine if we'll roll that out as well. you announced last night you'll support a law passed last month, allowing roughly 800,000 legal non-citizens to vote in local elections provided that they've lived in new york for at least 30 days. you previously expressed concern about giving a right to vote to non-citizens who have only been here for a short amount of time. a lot of americans watching might share your concerns and also have more broadly questions about the idea of people who have not taken a citizenship test, prepared for that test by learning about the u.s., who haven't sworn an oath to the country, getting to vote. why did you chan

you new york ♪ ♪ new york, new york new york ♪ ♪ i want to wake up in a city that never sleeps ♪ ♪ and find that i'm a-number one ♪ ♪ top of the list ♪ ♪ king of the hill ♪ ♪ a-number one ♪ ♪ these little town blues ♪ ♪ are melting a way ♪ ♪ i'm going to make a brand-new start of it in old new york ♪ ♪ and if i can make it there ♪ ♪ i'm going to make it anywhere ♪ ♪ it's up to you new york ♪ ♪ new york, new york ♪ >> happy new year's, james. >> hey, jonathan, happy new year. you know, it has been an amazing night. >> i could not agree more. >> all of the amazing performances. >> yes, and all of the great people. >> yes. and what about that waterford crystal ball. >> oh, the ball, yeah. it is unbelievable. >> it was ball i ever dreamed of. >> yeah, it was pretty incredi-ball. >> yes. >> >> who are those guys? >> i don't know. >> all right. happy new year, everybody. 2022, don't you feel cleansed? cheers. we will do this little mini shot. >> a dance. >> let me tell you something. >> oh, please. tell us something, andy. just watching mayor de blas

you can see the trend lines in states such as new york and new jersey have all started to drop, but they or still higher than the delta peak which helps explain why so many hospitals still report being overwhelmed. there is a slight drop in the midwest as well. in southern and western states, as you can see here, though, hospitalizations still on the rise. they were later to see the omicron outbreak. dr. anthony fauci predicts they'll hit their peak by mid february arpd and we can enter a new normal. >> what we would hope is as we get into the next weeks to month or so, we'll see throughout the entire country the level of infection get to below what i call that air gentleman of con control. there's a big bracket of control. control means you're not eliminating it, not eradicating it. but it gets down to such a low level that it's essentially integrated into the general respiratory infections that we have learned to live with. >> there are a few areas that have been more important to watch as we try desperately to return to that sense of what a new normal may look like, right, jim? that's

take a look at some of the pictures out of suffolk county, new york. this is a live picture from philadelphia. the near hurricane-force winds, we're talking up to 70-mile-per-hour gusts in some areas, you couple that with the massive amounts of snow that are expected to bring blizzard conditions here and this is what you are looking at. visibility obviously very cloudy, let's say. right now there is a travel ban in place across all of rhode island. and in other states officials are warning people to stay home and keep off the roads. >> if you didn't prepare, the time is past now. we already have 3 inches on the ground. the wind is starting to pick up. so a lot of roads are still very snow covered and slippery. >> it is really almost a minor hurricane with snow. the big issue that i see is us getting streets back opened up again. no question that we'll lose control for a period of time. there is no way that plows can operate when they can't see in front of their face. >> so let's start with meteorologist tyler mauldin. talk to us about how things have p

we're joined by the new mayor of new york city. congratulations on becoming the mayor of new york city. you say new york city is open and alive, your words. how do you make sure to keep it that way, even as it's suffering right now through this current surge. well, first, we have to be smart. as we look at how do we continue to encourage and motivate, make it accessible for people to get the vaccination, booster shots, as well as testing. we're going to double down on testing, to get as many people tested as possible, and then ensure we have a safe place for our children, like we're doing now. it's about smart decisions, and pivoting. covid is a formidable opponent. we must pivot and adjust how we move, but new york is state of at the same time. today you want new york city is a city of resilience, but you also said, all the city did before you became mayor was wallow in covid. dowel the city, in your words, was walloed in covid? >> we were engulfed by what covid did to us. it was imperative not only did we have the turmoil and dra

last hour we got an update from the new york city fire commissioner and the mayor of new york. they told reporters the cause of this fire appears to be a malfunctioning space heater. >> our message is clear today. during a tragedy, we are going to be here for each other. there is more to be discovered. the fdny is doing an investigation. christopher nydall will update us on the latest, but this appears this stemmed from a space heater. the martials are here. they will give us a thorough investigation to determine exactly what took place and what we can do better not to have this repeated. >> cnn's polo sandoval is live in the bronx for us. polo, just heartbreaking to hear from the mayor and other top officials there in new york city -- i mean, the year 2022, a space heater. something as simple as a malfunctioning space heater can cause so much destruction, so many deaths. it's a reminder to people if you have a space heater in your home, please, please be careful. they can cause tragedies like this. that's why they warn folks to be careful with their space heaters. polo, what's

here in new york. thanks so much for getting an "early start" with us. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. we have reports from australia, from the bronx, geneva, atlanta, washington and the border of kazakhstan. we begin with friends, family, fans mourning the loss of america's dad. comedian and actor bob saget has died at the age of 65. best known as of course the family patriarch on the '90s sitcom "full house" he was found unresponsive at a hotel room on sunday. he was in florida as part of a series of stops on his comedy tour. >> hi, honey, i'm home. hi, girls. >> hi, dad. >> saget was known on stage for his raunchy humor. he starred as the widowed father of three girls, danny tanner. >> okay. i have everyone's sandwich just the way they want them. turkey all white meat. turkey and swiss. turkey and swiss dark meat. turkey extra turkey. half dark meat half white meat and peanut butter and banana hold the turkey. >> saget told cnn chance played a big role in landing that role. >> i was doing audience warmup for "boosom buddies" when i lived i

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the largest district in the nation, new york started the new year in person. so far just one single classroom in partial quarantine. >> i think at this point there is no good explanation for having remote schools. >> still disruption ripple throughout the country. some in greensboro, north carolina are without bus drivers made worse by rising covid-19 cases. and a more dire situation for hospitals. nearly one in four nationwide now reporting critical staffing shortages, federal data shows while covid hospitalizations numbers near the pandemic all-time high. >> among unvaccinated people and unboosted high risk people, it is putting a big strain on given how much infection is, our hospitals are the at brink. >> for children, the numbers are above any pandemic peak we've seen before. more than 800 children are being hospitalized daily. children who can't be vaccinated or aren't vaccinated make up a majority of the cases according to dr. rochelle walensky. >> they are most likely to get sick with covid if family members aren't vaccinated. >> reporter: some testing

and like i said, this snow continues to just fall in new york city. the outer boroughs actually having a tougher time. they're making sure those power lines are intact, because of the wind that really hits you in the face, guys. getting the roads cleared so cars can move about, even though officials have said stay home on this saturday morning. >> brynn gingras, thank you so much. stay safe. >> she's right, new york tough. it is real. >>> you know who else is tough? brian todd, oh, he's been out in atlantic city in some really horrific conditions this morning. brian, how are you holding up? >> reporter: well, we're holding up pretty well, guys. i did hear someone on the official, one of the officials talking about whiteout conditions. i can show you. take a look at south carolina avenue, you can't see nearly a block away. we're told that the conditions are nearly impossible as the whiteout conditions continue to intensify. i'm looking down this way, i can barely see a gentleman who just walked past us down this way. now, over here, there's a snowdrift

new york city, you're included in a winter storm warning. that means the national weather service started to come down to the final conclusions where the heavier bands of snow and stronger winds will set up in the next 36 hours or so as this powerful, powerful nor'easter impacts the major metro poly tans of the east coast. some of the most populated areas of the east coast. boston included. there it is along the coast line of new jersey and into the delmarva peninsula also included within blizzard warnings. in order to reach the criteria you have to have visibility reduced below 3/4 of a mile for over 3 hours and winds gusting over 35 miles per hour. we will certainly meet that criteria going forward. national weather service, they're talking about snowfall rates 26 to 4 inches per hour at the height of the storm midday saturday. you add on hurricane force gusts and you have a recipe for disaster that could be potentially debilitating for many of the east coast cities. you can see the bomb mow again know -- bomogenesis. it's a meteorological

in new york, thank you. let's go live to chicago right now for more than on cancellation of classes in the city public schools. omar is there for us. will kids in chicago be going to school tomorrow? >> reporter: we got an update from chicago public school not too long ago but only to say they haven't reached a decision yet and negotiations remain ong ongoing. with our current protocols, in person is safe. another point of contention is to take learning virtual. the union wants it at a district wide threshold from the school district want it on a school by school basis. when you gou to the schools tlrs still a disagreement. the may yor is being relentless stupid. we're trying to find a way to get people back to school. as you can imagine, the mayor would disagree with that. the mayor said teachers have abandoned their posts and their students. another major point of contention is testing. the union wants more of it. the school district said they haven't had enough supply to give every one or people who would

centers. >> marilyn is embracing her new life in new york city. >> it's the people. i like the streets. the atmosphere, i just like it. >> guiding her and friend and photographer sam shaw. >> our first time we met marilyn, i must have been about 16 years old. we had this wonderful day. she was say enthusiastic to learn about art and literature. in new york, she could be herself a little more. >> yeah, it gave her more p freedom and that was something she required being a free spirit. >> marilyn discovers the music of the era. >> jazz at the end of the war was the music of young african american soldiers coming back demanding their freedom. it was a breakout music. it was a liberating music. >> my very favorite person and i love her as a person as well as a singer, i think she's the greatest and that's ella fitzgerald. ♪ ♪ >> ella fitzgerald had a voice like an angel and marilyn played her records all the time. >> there's a lovely picture of them sitting together where they look both kind of rough and you can tell that their really tight friends. there's a famous

weapons coming in, guns coming in from outside of new york city but the issue for new york city right now is that there are just too many guns in the city already. it's not what's going to come, it's what's here now and that's something that the police department and the mayor need to address is how to get the guns that are the thousands and thousands of guns that are in this city already, how do you get them out of here? and how do you take them off the street? some are illegal guns that have been stolen. guns that people passed along through gang members and other ways. that should not be on the street and so that is going to be the big task for the maw yor and certainly, the police department, to get these illegal dw guns off the street. >> much more focus on this this week with the funeral for officer riviera coming up. >>> dr. anthony fauci said the omicron wave headed in the right direction but a warning there could be more pain ahead. that's next. i answered questions about my goals and the foods i love. i like that the ww personalpoints plan is built just for me. join today fo

the largest district in the nation, new york city schools, started the new year in person. so far just one single classroom in partial quarantine. >> i think at this point there's really no good explanation for having remote schools. >> and a more dire situation for hospitals. nearly 1 in 4 nationwide now reporting critical staffing shortages, federal data shows, while covid hospitalization numbers near the pandemic's all-time high. >> among unvaccinated people and among unboosted high-risk people, it is putting a big strain. and given how much infection there is, our hospitals really are at the brink right now. >> reporter: for children, average daily hospitalizations are well above any pandemic peak we've seen before. >> for those children not eligible for vaccination, we do know that they are most likely to get sick with covid if their family members aren't vaccinated. >> reporter: amid a shortage of covid tests nationwide, some testing labs report they're already overburdened. universities from washington state to north carolina prioritizing who gets tested. >> if you l

i hear the mayor of new york this weekend say, look, new york is open for business. we want meetings and we want our schools open which is all great and that's all our goal but we have to acknowledge that we live in the real world and the real world now is there are a million -- over a million cases a day in the united states if you look at the cases from home tests that are detected by home tests and so we can't have life that is normal now. we will get through this, and i do expect that probably over the next few days we'll start to see some hints of cases dropping in places like d.c. i think we already see the beginning of that, but it's going to take hunkering down for the next month for us all to get through this. let's have our leaders level with the country and tell them that we have to do some difficult things for the next several weeks. >> dr. reiner, as always, sober thoughts but as always i'm grateful for your expertise and insights. thank you, sir. just talking about angst in the american workplace. both chambers of congress returned to work this week. tw

new york will see 5 inches of snow when it's all said and done. isa? >> i'm glad you corrected me, it will come in quickly and leave swiftly as well. derek van dam for us. >>> new york marking one year si since the violent attack. a candle light vigil was held on the capitol steps mostly attended by democratic members of congress. on january 6 of last year, trump supporters stormed the building hoping to stop certification, of course, of joe biden's victory, all of it based on false claims from trump that the election was stolen. president biden condemned his predecessor, but predicted better days ahead. have a listen. >> i know how difficult democracy is. i'm crystal clear about the threats america faces. but i also know that our darkest days can lead to light and hope, so now let's step up, write the next chapter in american history. where january 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play. >> despite those words, experts warn the threats posed by domestic extremism is as high as ever. cnn's brian to

new york city coping with a shortage of first responders. medical services not transporting most stable patients. headaches for air travelers intensifying. staffing shortages and weather cancelling 2,100 flights today. >> all right. thank you for that. i want to bring in doctor mccain. a medical director at baylor college. and george washington university hospital. good evening to you. glad to have you both on. doctor, i'll start with you. unprecedented surge in cases. hospitalizations are the highest they have been since september. tell us what you are seeing at your hospital, please. >> we are feeling it. here in houston. we are not immune to the surge. beds are full. hospital beds are full. emergency department beds are full. patients are boarding in the emergency department for a prolonged period of time. definitely seeing unvaccinated patients that are getting very sick from omicron. >> you say any infectious symptoms. runny nose, sneeze. is covid until proven otherwise. >> i have seen talk about people trying to differential common col

patrick's cathedral in new york. let's listen to his comments now. >> for a few months, october 9th, 2021, it was clear the love was present as she walked inside the hospital and i saw just the collapse of emotion of losing her husband to senseless violence. and to her parents

. >> the new york governor said the state is not in a good place. are hospitalizations for covid up, or is it a symptom of people in the hospital for something else and they end up testing positive for covid? >> i think it's important to answer that question to give people at home a bit of context. so we have been testing children who come to the hospital for any reason for a long time now. so, children before they have routine surgeries and procedures, as well as children who present to emergency rooms and the rate of positive cases coming about back, positive tests coming back is definitely higher, anderson. so that percentage of tests that is coming back positive is higher now than it has been in at any other point. there's without a doubt, more children with covid-19 right now in new york city than ever before. now, did those children show up because they had a broken leg or broken arm and then happened to test positive for covid? versus did they come in for trouble breathing because of covid-19. those still need to be teased out and we know, pe

i hear new york is like two weeks late at the port. in l.a., i was talking to my nephew that gets stuff out of long beach, at the port he says it's four weeks. i went to get some vegetable oil to today, our stu leonard jug of olive oil, we were out of them, we had to get wesson in a smaller container. we have to bob and weave every day to try to figure out how to get the product. luckily we've been able to keep our shelves full because we're a smaller company. >> and grocery store workers have been through a lot during this pandemic. how has your staff fared with omicron being as transmissible as it is right now? have you had labor shortages? >> well, we have. and, you know, we've had to raise our starting rate up a couple of bucks an hour to get people. we have a buffer of people we have now just because every day you may get a call that you have to quarantine some people because they don't feel well. we did have at one point 209 people out on quarantine here. and that's down to a little over 60 right now. so just like the country, we

new york city. she's going out to eat at a wonderful little boutique italian restaurant. >> dare i say that many don't agree with michele bachmann. and the judge made it clear he will not automatically be excluded unvaccinated jurors. then it hit me, despite the fact that "the new york times" reported a falsehood for which she suing she knows she'll probably lose the upcoming trial. palin is playing long ball here. her real goal is to get the case before the supreme court of the united states. banking on the potential reception that she'll receive from justices who currently divide 6-3 in her favor on ideological lines. and two of those justices recently tipped their hand on wlv the precedent that will guide palin's trial needs another look. that case is called "the new york times" versus sullivan. it restricts the ability to sue for defamation because of the first amendment. during neil gorsuch's confirmation hearings in march 2017, sullivan was actually one of the few cases he agreed was federal l

after infection, and under what circumstance, and so what is new york doing? >> new york says they are going to be making changes to the self-isolation and quarantine, jim, and they put a note out there, that it is going to being to be very clear is contact tracing. when someone has covid tracing, the department of health calls them up, and says who have you seen, and they get a phone call, and say, you will have to quarantine, but they say that we are not going to do it anymore. if we heard what dr. fauci said, omicron is going to find people, it does not make sense to do the rigorous contract tracing, because people are finding out at home that they have the covid, so no way that the about them, a contract tracing really has not been done in a meticulous way for months now. we did in florida, because they were only they were contract tracing of hundreds of upon thousands of millions of cases. looking at new york with the outbreak, and highest of 382,000 cases of 382 team. and climbing, climbing, climbing, and this photograph is showing this that they are sta

a new york state judge struck down new york state's mask mandate saying it is unenforceable, ruling that the governor and the new york state department of health, they didn't have the authority to do this. that any mask mandate had to have the signoff of the state legislature. nassau county supreme court judge gave the basis for his decision that new york was no longer under that state of emergency at the time the mask mandate was announced. so the governor did not have the authority to order it. so it's really procedurally based. the governor kathy hochul is saying she will immediately try to reverse it saying, quote, my responsibility as governor is to protect new yorkers throughout this public health crisis and these measures help prevent the spread of covid-19 and save lives. but the judge said his decision was only about whether the mandate was properly enacted. to be clear, he says, this court does not intend the decision in any way to question or otherwise opine on the efficacy, need or requirement of masks as a means or tool in dealing with the covid-19 virus. the court decides o

do you anticipate having the same problems in new york with the union? >> the difference, i believe, on what is happening in chicago and new york is something that's played out behind the scenes. i did something that people don't do often. i communicated. i communicated with the uft, with my other administrators and leaders and we talked about how do we get through this together. we delivered, anderson, 1.5 million test kits to our schools that were there and ready to be utilized on monday. we coordinated and talked, and that is how we came together. and so i think we should really applaud the uft, the teachers, the administrators, my team here to say this is how we are going to get stuff done in new york. that's one of the complaints of teachers in chicago or the teachers union is lack of access to testing. earlier today i think nearly 30 new york city and state lawmakers wrote an open letter urging you to provide a remote option for all schools for two weeks to slow the spread of covid. does that make sense to you? >> no, it does not. and i understand

new york's new mayor says schools are the safest place for children. he shot down a request. here's what he had to say. >> children that are in school aren't staying in their rooms, they're out in the street, not wearing the mask, not getting food they need. dealing with socialization and other crises that come from isolation and not being in the school building. this is the most important thing we can do, keep our schools open and allow our children to receive the support they deserve. >> the u.s. food and drug administration is authorizing pfizer boosters for children age 12 to 15. everyone 12 or over can get a shot five months after their initial shot. not enough children are getting vaccinated and that is leading to record hospitalizations. here's the largest pediatric hospital in houston, texas. >> reporter: 4 month old grayson perry, tiny belly rapidly contracting and expanding. one of many children with covid-19 struggling to breathe. are you afraid they're going to have to intubate him? >> yeah, a little bit. it's just really scary. so i just hope that, you know, he's

the worst apartment fire in new york in decades. we have the very latest for you. >>> drama in the courts. novak djokovic wins his visa battle and can now remain in australia. now the ball is in the australian government's court. will they challenge it or back down? >>> and trying talks. the u.s. and moscow meet this hour in a bid to de-escalate tensions as russian troops build up on ukraine's border. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, january 10th. we are following the aftermath of a deadly apartment fire in new york city's bronx neighborhood. now at least 19 people are dead, and that includes 9 children. the fire commissioner says 32 people were also sent to hospitals with life threatening conditions. residents describe the horrifying experience. have a listen. >> usually we always hear the fire alarm going off so it's -- it's something that we're used to. so when you don't know that it's a fire, like you know how was he supposed to know it's a f

new york city mayor eric adams is ahead. >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to get into side vladimir putin's head. tensions with russia over what could be an imminent invasion of ukraine are escalating. overnight the united kingdom released a rare statement releasing intelligence the brits say they gathered saying the russians are working to install a pro kremlin leader in ukraine as russia considers whether to invade its neighbors. sources say the u.s. has the same information. the news comes as russia has more than 100,000 troops stationed on the ukrainian border and is poised to invade at any moment. friday, the first u.s. shipment of lethal aid arrived in ukraine as secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made another attempt at diplomacy. president biden spent saturday at camp david meeting with his national security team on this issue as the white house warns again in a statement of, quote, swift and severe consequences if russia further innovates uk

york must wear a mask in the prevention of covid-19, new york was not under the state of emergency. and because of that, the proper way to do it would have been to go to the legislature, elected by the people, and they would make the decision, and because that wasn't done, it can't be enforced. it is true that it was in november that the new york state health commissioner actually created the regulation that everyone had to wear these masks. the judge said, the new york supreme court in nassau county, he says, to be clear in his ruling, the court does not intend this decision in any way to question or others with opine on the efficacy, need or requirement of masks as a means or tool in dealing with the covid-19 virus. the court decides only the issues of whether the subject rule was properly enacted, and if so, whether the same can be enforced. now, we did learn that the new york state department of education says they're aware of this, that they understand that the department of health is going to go to court immediately today to appeal this ruling, and therefore to get conceivably

god bless new york. god bless the new york city police department. god bless america. >> maejor eric adams there eulogizing jason rivera. 22 years old. praising him for putting his life at risk in the line of duty to protect his fellow officers and others and also notably, biana, speaking to the many officers there attending the funeral and saying, we're going to be giving you resources. in other words, saying the city is going to back the police to prevent something like this from happening again. >> a powerful speech there from mayor adams and what you saw was not a novice politician but a veteran police officer speaking from the heart, not only to fellow nypd but also to jason's family and his brother. his older brother saying you may have lost a brother but gained one in me. and again, jim, reiterating his support for the community, right, in what police really do mean to the city of new york. cnn's shimon prokupecz is outside of st. patrick's cathedral. a touching tribute there from the mayor. you can tell that came from the heart. this was emot

the nypd, new york city, all of us, as i stand here in harlem hospital tonight a new york city police officer has lost his life, murdered, and another one is fighting for his life to survive. the pain their families are experiencing is not something anyone can put into words. >> reporter: now, about three weeks into his administration for mayor eric adams, you can bet this this latest incident will certainly increase pressure on him to make good on his promise to improve public safety in certain pockets of the city, those parts that have seen an increase in street violence, mainly gun violence. in fact, these images coming from the mayor's office just a short while ago as he made his way to harlem's 32nd precinct. he says he wants to show solidarity with those men and women in uniform who work at that precinct, showing solidarity and supporting those officers now grieving the loss of one of their officers and praying for a good outcome for a recovery for that second officer who is currently fighting for his life, from he had. >> yeah, all the pairs go his way. polo sandoval, thank you

it does not include new york and philadelphia. new york and philadelphia are both under a winter storm warning. in terms of totals on top of what we've already dealt with, we'll see an additional foot across much of eastern massachusetts and new hampshire and also maine. maine is really going to take it on the chin later on today. through sunday morning, i think in total from the storm system there are portions of eastern massachusetts that could see up to 3 feet of snow. that is why the main or extreme impacts will be felgt across r massachusetts and new hampshire. and that is where we'll deal with the harsh blizzard conditions. we could also see power outages and terrible travel in this part of the country. and then behind it, we have cold air coming in. >> oh, no. that is just icing on the cake so to speak. tyler, thank you so much. appreciate that. >>> new jersey one several in the region that is under this state of emergency. joining me right now by phone is new jersey governor phil murphy. everyone keeps referring to this as

york and northern new england. if you're on the northern east side philly, d.c., new york, you're just going to get rain. it's going to bea mess tomorrow, poppy. >> i want the snow tomorrow at least for my kids. thank you very much. i appreciate it, gene. we're watching and very closely following this breaking news situation in texas tonight where an armed man is holding several people hostage inside a synagogue. one hostage just in the last hour has been released. we'll have more details next. you're in the cnn newsroom. dove 0% is different. we left aluminum out and put 48 hour freshness and 1 quarter moisturizers in. dove 0% aluminum deodorant lasting protection that's kinder on skin. inner voice (kombucha brewer): as a new small business owner, i find it useful to dramatically stare out of the window... ...so that no one knows i'm secretly terrified inside. inner voice (sneaker shop owner): i'm using hand gestures and pointing... ...so no one can tell i'm unsure about my business finances. inner voice (furnitur

here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> we enter year two of the biden white house this morning with the president hoping for a reset and a bit of a clean-up mode here. first, on foreign policy, president biden predicted russian will, in his words, move into ukraine. biden went further causing an outcry in ukraine when he said this. >> russia will be held accountable if it invades he, and it depends on what it does. it depends if it's a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do, et cetera. but if t

but the bigger issue here is that our infrastructure in the city of new york and in the stay of new york is not at the standard that we need it to be. a lot of the buildings and a lot of the low-income housing buildings are places where we have not invested enough funding, and this is why many of us talk about how the federal government can play a role. in the long-term, planning after this, it's not only legislation, it's not only immediate funds, not only immediate mutual fund and relief, but it's making sure that we're meeting people where they're at, getting on the ground, boots on the ground and talking to the community and asking them, what are your immediate needs. what are the things that you're going to need, not only today, but next week and next month when a lot of people move on from this tragedy, because there are other tragedies, unfortunately, that are going to unfold. that's an immediate need for sure. >> state senator alessandra biagi, thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. for more information about how you can help the victims of the bronx fire, you can go

athena jones live in new york with more. a lot has happened in the last three days. >> reporter: mayor adams pledging never to lead by dividing. this as he tries to hit the ground running, jump starting new york city's economic recovery from the pandemic, and improving public safety. >> far too long policymakers have not understood the urgency of the moment. i do. >> reporter: new york city's eric adams beginning his third day as mayor and wasting no time getting started. >> the theme in my first 100 days is gsd, get stuff done. >> reporter: sworn in just after the ball dropped in times square new year's eve. >> the mayor of the city of new york. >> reporter: the new mayor has vowed large-scale reforms. from public safety, to government spending. and his message on covid is clear. >> we will not be controlled by crises. >> reporter: and covid is still a crisis in new york city. the mayor promised to keep the city and the economy open and thriving. >> if we close down our city, it is as dangerous as covid. >> our lives can't

i don't live in new york. i love new york. i've been visiting and been in it quite often in my years with cnn. this makes me think twice about whether i want to be in the city and certainly whether i want to bring my family there. joey who i have a lot of respect for and trust his legal opinion, i am not a lawyer, but he mentioned do we want to prosecute people waving guns, well one of the provisions of this is they are downgrading armed robberies if you don't hurt somebody. so you will have people waving guns who don't get prosecuted to the extent i'm sure the person being robbed or the store owner would like to see. i think this is a big political issue by the way, don, a continuation of liberal democrats' war on police. i think you'll see republicans use it, conservatives talk about this, and i think you'll see the mayor of new york city who by the way i have a lot of respect for because he is already standing up to the shutdown mafia and the teachers unions, will he stand up for the police he previously served with? this i

so i think things are in motion in new york and i just would like to see the change in new york and many other cities in the u.s. >> just wondering if there's any one particular strategy or tactic that you have seen that has worked particularly well to bring police together with community. is it really on some level just a matter of knowing this is who i can call, this is who i have spoken with? >> those relationships are really important. in many police departments you will have a community liaison, an officer that knows the sid citizens in a specific area where the citizens know if i have a problem i can pick up that phone and call officer whoever. so that is one of the things that really must be focused on if this division is to be fixed. also things like officers just walking in the community, walking on foot, talking to the kids, talking to the store owners, it all can be changed, it all can work, but you have to see the effort from the police department. >> anthony barksdale, always grateful to have your perspective. it is valuable to us. thank you so much. >> thank you, christi. >

nobody is going to jail for gun violence in new york city. if there are, there are too few of them considering the amount of violence they're having. >> and the number of guns they're turning up that they're getting off the street that they're finding. >> you mentioned the devil is in the details and we'll have to see. that's an interesting question. how soon until it should be able to show this plan should be able to show results, do you think? meaning at what point do you think you will know if it's working or not and need to course correct? >> the good news is over the last several weeks they've been actively improving the offices, the necessary screening, starting the screening. the key is the selection of the officers and the training. we had an effective unit in the '90s. 80 highly trained. they grew the unit too fast back then to 400. we had the diallo shooting right after that. he understands the training and selection. they're going to do an even better job of getting guns off the street but it's going to be up to the prosecutors to

in a court filing, new york attorney general letitia james uncovered significance evidence, those are her words, of misleading and fraudulent practices to obtain economic benefits. this is a big escalation in her language. and the first time she has gone this deeply into specifics. >> the case also turning up the heat on trump's children. james said have been closely involved with the transactions in question. investigators now taking legal action to compel ivanka and don jr. to supply with subpoenas and appear for sworn testimony about the company's financial dealings. kara scannell has the latest breaking details from new york. >> reporter: new details emerging overnight in the new york attorney general letitia james' effort to compel the testimony of donald trump, don jr. and ivanka. the attorney general alleging there is significant evidence of misstatements and omissions in these financial statements. the statements were provided to lenders and to insurers. as part of this, they say the statements have cove

cnn's athena jones is in new york. this is day three for the new new york city mayor eric adams. his message seems to be pretty clear. >> hi, jake. it is clear. exactly what you just said. school is the safest place for children. he's been pointing out the many draw backs of not having schools open. for instance, children being exposed for criminal environment. children who have trouble with remote learning which leaves behind a lot of kids, especially those in poorer communities, housing insecure. also the challenges parents face when they don't have child care and schools for meals. but this is also part of a larger idea we're hearing from him which is learning to live with covid while we modify our behavior. listen to some of what he thathad to say during a visit to a school in the bronx this morning. >> when a mayor has swagger, the city has swagger. we have allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in covid. that's all we did. and we no longer believe. this is a city of swagger. this is a city of resiliency. and all of these messages out there of what

in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i'm christine romans. >> christine, happy new year. >> to you, too. >> i'm laura jarrett. we begin this morning with america getting back to work and school, or at least trying to in the age of omicron. the super contagious variant is pushing case counts to all-time highs right now. you can expect even bigger numbers as states catch up on reporting back logs from the holidays. one of the latest reported cases, u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin said he was last at the pentagon on thursday but he hasn't seen president biden in almost two weeks. >> hospitalizations are really the thing to watch here. those numbers are climbing at a slower pace. that means vaccines are working despite the faster spread of omicron. and more data coming in from the u.k. in south africa shows omicron infection may not be as severe. >> that's a good thing, but the problem, of course, is more infections in more people gives more chances for the virus to mutate again. only 62% of americans are fully vaccin

it is not likely to school smoother as new york and l.a. to vaccine mandates for students in the fall. but a lot of the resistance breaks down simple logic. senator ted cruz tweets that covid mandates are wrong. schools have no right to get your 5-year-old vaccinated. he is for getting about mandates that have long existed for measles, mumps, polio and chickenpox. of course we politicized this pandemic to our detriment as a nation. and teachers unions are not immune. the same standards have got to apply if we're going to return our nation to something like sanity. so here's the deal. follow the data. get your kids vaccinated. and keep our schools open. and that's your "reality check." >> all right. john avlon, thank you so much for that. >>> all right. joining me now is director of policy lab at the children's hospital of philadelphia, which has issued a new set of guidelines on how to safely keep schools open. dr. ruben, the implication here, and i know you believe this, is basically schools, you think, should stay open. why is it importan