million americans tested positive for covid last week along. now, that s more covid in seven days than canada has reported in two years. by a lot. the staggering numbers come as states report holiday backlogs and test results from over the weekend. millions of students return from winter break to school systems under enormous strain, also they are doing a lot of tests. there is so much strain that more than 2,100 schools are expected to have to close amid record positivity rates and chronic staffing short annals according to our latest reporting at nbc news. turning to an ongoing dangerous story in the d.c. area that in some ways arguably has a tiny covid connection because you don t have enough staffing anywhere these days to deal with problems and that is thousands of people have been stuck in traffic on i-95 for more than 20 hours. drivers have been stranded since last night after yesterday s winter storm caused several accidents. it shut down a 40-mile stretch in both directions an
Gold fell Tuesday as Russia s absurd war in Ukraine continued but commodity prices fell as bond yields jumped followed an anti-inflation vow from Fed chief Powell
Gold and silver prices spiked down only to rally straight back Friday after new US jobs data badly missed analyst forecasts but real interest rates held at multi-month highs following the Fed s move to tighten policy faster as inflation jumps
pushed back from the weekend. in los angeles, the rams hosting the seattle seahawks after a week of covid chaos with no full practices. but l.a. held on to the strong connection between cooper cupp, he s so good. and matthew stafford. they hooked up with a wear of touchdowns. kupp sent the resurgent rams into a tie with the cardinals. and the eagles entered last night s game with 13 players on the covid list and another 15 on injured reserve. who showed up, jalen hurts playing his first game since an ankle injury. and ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw another. philadelphia wins 27-17. the update i know way too early viewers have been waiting