Against the variants right now. The more contagious variant first found in south africa is here. It almost certainly means theres other cases out there. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 29th, its 6 00 here in new york. So why is this man smiling . No, not the guy on the left who lost an election by 7 million votes and presided over the deaths of 400,000 americans from coronavirus. The guy on the right, the republican leader on the right. Why is he smiling . Because hes been working on some bipartisan deal to get vaccines to millions of people . Is he smiling because hes been fighting for Economic Relief for millions of people out of work . Is he smiling because hes taken a new public stand against lies, hate, and bigotry . No, no, and no. Hes smiling because he got a political pat on the head, the tender embrace of the man who told a mob to march on the cap
the gop senator pushing the immigration compromise says he does frustrated with his fellow republicans intentionally putting out false information. the lead starts right now. that feeling of frustration from senator james langford the conservative oklahoma republican pushing the border deal. mike johnson is just one of many in the gop quick to trash the compromise that at least will try to do something to slow the number of migrants coming into the u.s. we will hear from the house republican and piling on calling the proposed plan capitulation plus senator langford will be here in just minutes. historic rainfall flooding parts of southern california. some cities getting a months worth of rain in one single day. cnn is on the ground and one of the hardest hit areas. the surprising news from buckingham palace this afternoon announcing king charles has cancer. what does the diagnosis mean for the monarchy and how is his prognosis? welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. in
watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. these images coming to us just moments ago. germany s chancellor welcoming ukraine s president zelenskyy after they get another multi-billion dollar aid package from berlin. they aren t seeing the migrant numbers feared. talks break the debt ceiling stalemate, the latest effort to keep america from defaulting. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin meeting with german officials. these are live images coming to us from berlin and these meetings come on the heels of the biggest batch of military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, zelenskyy is indicating ukraine will soon start taking first important steps for its expected co counteroffensive soon. inside ukraine russian artillery is pummelling targets across the country. this is video of a drone strike across the western part o
and somewhat confusing u.s. economy. new data shows the economy shrank 0.6% in the second quarter, said another way that shrinking slightly less than first thought. the u.s. also is seeing a decrease in the number of people filing for new unemployment benefits, said another way, the labor market is still strong. this comes as americans try to understand what president biden s student loan debt plan what it means for them and their families, even as some members of his own party say it misses the mark. republicans are unified in saying they don t think it is fair, and some economists say that it could fuel inflation. there is a lot to get to. let s begin with cnn s matt egan on this new economic data. what do you see in all this, matt? the economy s spring slump wasn t as bad as feared. second quarter gdp was just revised up by the government, in part because americans spent more money than originally reported. the bad news is that despite this upgrade, the economy still shr
u.s. have now been fully vaccinated against covid-19 than those confirmed infected with the virus. it s a huge development. health experts warn americans to keep their guards up in the coming months. the cdc has released new guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated. some things they don t some think they don t go far enough. what can you do? what can t you do? a lot of news to get to. let s begin with omar jimenez in minneapolis as jury selection in derek chauvin s trial get sets to begin. this is a long time coming, as you know, omar. you were there in the immediate aftermath of this. a lot of anticipation for this trial. that s right, jim and poppy. a long time coming, plus a day. because, of course, we were supposed to be beginning jury selection yesterday. we went through that delay. and now this morning, in about an hour, we re expecting jury selection to officially move forward. lawyers for derek chauvin and for the state are filing into court right now t