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Go to Economist.com and get your first month free. Happening now breaking news. Authorities say the parents of the Michigan

school shooting suspect are considered fugitives after failing to show for

their arraignment.

I'll speak live with the prosecutor who charged them with involuntary manslaughter.

Also breaking a lawyer who crafted a plan for former Vice President Pence to overturn the election is joining other

Trump allies in defying a subpoena by the January 6th Select Committee.

A key committee member, Congressman Adam Schiff, standing by live, he'll join us to discuss the

situation. And as the omicron variant spreads to Moore states, the

CDC director now warns it may repeat may become the dominant strain here in the United States

where COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are on the rise. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States

and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. This is

this is CNN breaking news. We begin with truly stunning developments in the deadly Michigan school shooting.

Federal and local authorities launching a search right now for the suspect's parents,

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