this is i-95 in the state of virginia where a crash closed the road leaving some drivers stuck for over 15 hours. traffic there is still backed up this morning with a lot of drivers out of gas and in the cold. nbc's tom costello covering all the travel issues from d.c., dasha burns outside university hospital in newark, new jersey and dr. peter hotez co-director for vaccine development at texas children's hospital, one of the biggest pediatric facilities in the country. dasha, you know i always start with jersey. it is one of the best states when it comes to vaccinations, but it still has hospitalizations breaking records. what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, stephanie, new jersey's governor, phil murphy, has called this wave of covid the omicron tsunami. there are now more people hospitalized in this state at this point than at any point in the last year. in fact, the most since may of 2020. over here at university hospital the ceo tells us that their