There, jim, have also been told to stay home this year because of the pandemic, just like here as brynn was saying in times square. Its really beautiful. I love fireworks. Even from a distance, even from thousands of miles away they are still rousing. Meanwhile, here in the u. S. , the story is not as uplifting. We are again breaking records for coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations. 3,744 american deaths reported just yesterday. And the outlook for the start of this new year is very grim. The cdc now projects another 81,000 americans will die in just the next three weeks. More than 125,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus. Thats a new all time high. Health officials in Southern California have identified a new case of that highly contagious strain of coronavirus, confirming that the strain was found in a 30yearold man who has not recently traveled. California already dealing with a rushing number of coronavirus patients and the National Guard has been called in there to h