The article when he tweeted he was gr as the Holiday Season continues, the u. S. Is also entering peak flu season. According to the centers for disease control, up to 650,000 people worldwide could die from complications of the flu. More now from dr. Jon lapook. Reporter earlier this month. 3yearold, had a flareup of ads asthma. He didnt improve with treatment. He had a minor cough. Thought it was as ma. Wasnt anything that was shouting out this is the flu for him. The diagnose was flu. The virus was attacking his lungs. He spent a week in intensive careun his throat. He had a tube in his nose. He had three or four ivs. This flu season could be a nasty one. Texas is one of 23 states already seeing widespread flu activity. Nearly double the number from the week before. Dr. Mary healy is Infectious Disease expert at texas childrens hospital. We had more positive tests over the last couple of weeks. So it looks like maybe we are really starting to get into the season, in earnest. And that
Hahny. He shows us how he goes from a shy alabama boy to an international superstar. But we begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The weather outside is frightful. This is really bad. Better bundle up. This bitter blast is here to stay. Millions of americans face plunging temperatures. This as some areas in the midwest and northeast continue digging out. Crews have been out 24 7. A packed jet makes a uturn midair returning to l. A. X. It all had to do with an unauthorized passenger. President trump took to twitter to slam the fbi. He called that infamous russian dossier a pile of garbage. The Trump Administration says it is sanctioning two north korean officials linked to kim jonguns missile program. Three cities are suing the department of defense for failing to report Service Members disqualified from gun ownership. The department of defense and its Service Branches have failed miserably. The biggest wildfire in california history is now all but tame. There is littl
Theyd won the lottery until they were told about the error that meant they might not get paid. And a new view of what the office of the future might look like with a keyboard and some goggles you interact with holograms. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im craig melvin in for lester. In late december its supposed to be cold, but tonight its downright ridiculous. Now the swath of subzero temperatures stretching across much of this country could even affect your new years eve plans. In many areas, though, the story continues to be the relentless snow. In erie, pennsylvania, nearly 5 1 2 feet has fallen in just four days. Its so bad there the airport was shut down, the National Guard called up and the mail even stopped. Thats where we start tonight with nbcs ron allen. Reporter more snow fell on erie, pennsylvania, again all hands on deck at the Emergency Center struggling to clear roads and keep residents safe. Ever seen anything like this . Not really. Reporter c
Year in the mid 40s. Yes, we get into the 20s, but normally for a couple of days. Not for numerous days in a row. We have a lot more coming. Frigid weather continues. Tracking the storm for thursday, continuing to get more information and just got another computer model that just came in. Were going to talk about that in just a second. And coldest air yet moves in. One thing for sure about this system, its the cold air, the coldest by far, we will be well, well below 0 by the time you go to sleep thursday night and wake up friday morning. All right. Doug, thanks for the warning. Well, you bundled up your kids so tightly for the bus stop you could hardly see their faces. And as students get back into the swing of school this week, some are poking fun at that bone chilling weather out there. The richer Montgomery High School is tweeting 500 below 0. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald live in Fairfax County where it is so cold, some of the buses wont work. Reporter wendy, thats exactly right. Up to
That artic air is blasting much of the country. So far the severe cold is being blamed for nine deaths in the us. Even the south hasnt been spared with some states dealing with freez ing conditions. Lets get right to sue palka with how its affecting our region. Were going to be dealing with this a little bit longer and the next batch of artic air that a comes in it looks like its going to be colder. Look at all these purples and dark blues. Its 17 in apple ril oh, it is 39 in new orleans, even tampa. As we get in closer to our area were also not he scaimg it. The lack of wind has meant that temperatures locally have gotten really cold, d. C. Is down to 20. Did he striet is one, cincinnati 14 and boston 17. A closer look at our temperatures and weve dropped to four degrees in manassas, seven in culpeper and 14 for qu prepare for a very cold start our wednesday morning and then maybe an interesting finish. I have to tell you that while we expect a sunny and very cold start tomorrow morni