. sargent: tonight, winter whiteout. several states bombarded with snow, hurricane-force wind gusts and coastal flooding, temperatures bitterly cold, travel treacherous, and power outages adding up past. reporter: i m mola lenghi in boston, where the snow keeps piling up in what is becoming an historic storm. sargent: also tonight, seven-time super bowl champion tom brady to retire? the decision reportedly imminent after 22 extraordinary seasons. plus, covid crush: infections fall even as deaths rise. reporter: i m lilia luciano in los angeles, where confirmed cases of the stealth omicron variant are causing new concerns. sargent: to the north, hundreds of truckers protest border vaccine rules.
elizabeth, thank you. right. so she s 87, vaccinated and boosted, and not letting covid crush her joy any more. catherine este writes in the new york times, every day as i venture out, there is a drumbeat in my mind, a constant accompaniment, is this too risky for me. if the risk of getting sick with covid is holding me back, there is something even stronger drawing me out. the fear of not making the most of my remaining time. and catherine esty joins me now. i really appreciate you being with us. it is a really thoughtful op-ed you write and i should note you re a psychologist, so deep thinking is what you do here. but basically what you re saying is you re going to go live right now. you re sort of in a way done with covid. yeah. i think that s a good way to put it. i am, i m ready to resume my life again. and, you know, despite the recent surges here in massachusetts of cases, i m
announce a huge vaccine requirement for the nation s biggest city, according to the new york times requiring proof of vaccination for basically anything indoors, restaurants, gyms, et cetera. we expect that news conference to begin literally seconds from now and bring it to you when we have it. it all comes as this covid crush in the new phase of the pandemic hits florida topping its hospitalization record for the second day in a row. the governor just wrapped up speaking. we ll tell you what he said and it s also hitting louisiana, another epicenter seeing patients in numbers like never before, eyeing a new record of its own. arkansas is seeing the most admissions yet with one state s number showing children one of the hardest-hit groups and it s also hitting washington, with a scramble on capitol hill. more than half a dozen senators potentially exposed to the virus after senator lindsey graham tests positive. this hour the latest who could be affected, how they re doing and what i