because he s just so precious. i know you ve been through a lot. he s been through so much. you re still at the hospital. you ve said you wouldn t wish this on your worst enemy. walk us through what his covid battle has been like. so at the beginning it was pretty basic, a little cough, a little mild, you know, not even a fever. he did really well and then all of a sudden just one night he all of a sudden was having more issues to breathe and i knew it was time to talk to our pediatrician and then things just very vastly progressed until we ended up having to be transferred down for a possible backup of something where he might need be to be on a heart and lung machine so omaha had a bed for us. we were able to come down here and they truly have saved our son s life. i can t believe he was on a ventilator, somebody so tiny having to experience that for nearly a money is my understanding, and i know you
would mean a green light for his agenda the power is literally in your hands. reporter: now the pressure is on from democrats for him to deliver. and after the speech, some of those activists told me they liked what they heard today, but they wanted to hear the president call out the holdouts in his own party lester. blayne and peter, thank you. the nation s top officials in the covid battle faced some pretty harsh criticism today over what senators call their confusing and often conflicting guidelines as the country deals with the most aggressive surge yet here s miguel almaguer reporter: on the very day covid cases tallied a staggering record high, 1.3 million new infections reported in 24 hours, key members of the white house covid task force are blasted over their handling of the pandemic i m not questioning the science, but i m questioning your communication strategies it s no wonder that the american people are confused reporter: testifying on capitol hill as new ho
welcome back. there s actually been some welcome news on covid recently. the 7-day average of cases has dropped about a third the welcome back. there s actually been some welcome news on covid recently. the 7-day average of cases has dropped about a third the past two weeks with every single state showing a decrease. but they are a lagging indicator. the government has been on the front lines of this covid battle, and that battle means they ve been at the front lines of our many political divisions. 77% of americans said our differences were likely to grow, other than just 27% who agree that while we have differences, we always seem to come together. joining me now, asa hutchinson of arkansas, governor phil murphy of new jersey. you are here for the national governors association which used to be a powerful entity here. governor hutchen, let me start with you. governor hutchins, let me start
we re going to turn now to this dangerous one-two punch hammering the country. snow, ice, flooding, and then bitter cold and tornado alerts. tonight, 100 million americans in the path of this from california all the way to the east. let s get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking this again for us tonight. hi, ginger. reporter: hi, david. we just got a brand new tornado watch from jackson, mississippi, up to huntsville, alabama, that s until midnight central time. i want to go ahead and take you through the map, though, because it s not just what s happening now, but the next storm that s dropping into southern california tonight, bringing more than a half foot of snow to some of the mountain areas. it will move over the southern rockies, and then, places like jonesboro, arkansas, where they had severe storms do damage today, are in a winter storm warning, where you get that freezing rain, back to north texas, into western tennessee, and then eventually the frozen precipit
and rebecca jarvis on gas prices and the affects already. also tonight here at home, the guilty verdict in the federal hate crimes trial, the three men in the ahmaud arbery case found guilty of violating arbery s civil rights. tonight, you will hear from arbery s family right here. and the attorney general appearing emotional responding to the verdict. the dangerous driving, as we track back-to-back storms in this country. more than 30 states tonight from california all the way to the northeast. snow, ice, flooding, and bitter cold. ginger zee standing by to time this out. the images tonight showing two black hawk helicopters crashing during a training exercise in utah. news coming in tonight, queen elizabeth s covid battle. the move that is causing some concern tonight. and the pandemic here at home. what authorities here in the u.s. are now seeing with this omicron sub-variant. what you should know. the u.s. women s national soccer team celebrating a landmark victory toni