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room. happening now, breaking news. influential democratic senator joe manchin reveals he s not seeking re-election. delivering a major blow potentially to his party s chances of keeping control of the u.s. senate next year. we re getting new reaction from a key senator to this bombshell announcement. also tonight, a break in israel s bombardment of gaza. the white house says israeli forces are moving forward with daily four-hour pauses in northern areas of the territory to allow palestinian civilians to get out and humanitarian aid to get in. and cnn has exclusive new details on the prosecutors strategy in the trump classified documents trial and a potential witness list that includes a mar-a-lago plumber, a maid, a chauffeur and a woodworker. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first tonight, the breaking news rocking capitol hill. west virgi ....
The far left wants genuine accountability, not government spending. joe is listening to west virginia and what he is saying in public and private. eric: republican senator ben sasse from the martland in nebraska. thank you for joining me with your reaction to me. thank you,. eric: arthel. arthel: eric, our other big story this morning cases of the omicron variant are surging across the country just days christmas. professional sports league, broadway, v shows reacting to the has people swarming testing sites. alexis adams has details. reporter: lines for covid testing sites in new york are insane. they re stretching down the blk, all across the city. people are in line waiting for hours. take a look at this, this is the lines we ve seen in the past few days, coming as covid-19 cases surge across the country. just over the weekend new york setting another record. two days in a row with more than 21,000 daily cases of covid-19. ....
Betrayed. though will want to make sure something else gets done. the other big x-factor not all of this, not only slim majority the democrats have now. the midterm elections will be here in less than a year. this is certainly going to play out what is going to be able to show to voters for democrats, what they have been able to accomplish. yes, infrastructure, certainly a big package, something had bipartisan support and voters over all wanted to see something happen but also voters look to the dysfunction coming from democrats on the hill where they re fighting with each other, they will say where do we go from here? republicans are also on the record praising manchin for going this route. statements from senator lindsey graham, ben sasse of nebraska. saying they are glad to see they will not have to spend next several months focusing on this. the big x-factor from senator schumer, what will the senate do after all of this. the white house statement coming out. we ll continue to say ....
But we re also hearing from moderates. i m getting texts on my phone from moderate lawmakers and from sources who are just as unhappy with manchin coming out today on fox news and saying that he is not going to support build back better. you also have reaction from republicans pouring in. lindsey graham, the ranking member on the budget committee, of course, he sits on with chairman bernie sanders. you can imagine their interactions on that committee. he put out a statement praising manchin for listening to the cbo report that graham himself ordered from the congressional budget office to show what the deficit would be of the build back better act if all provisions in there were made permanent. of course, hitting at the number one concern that manchin had all along. you have ben sasse, another republican senator, calling it a nail in the coffin, saying progressives need a reality check. that this is not the direction of the mainstream in the country, saying, of course, you have senator ....