Good to be with you. Im terrell brown. Today, joe bidens task force on gun control hears from gun groups advocating gun rights including the National Rifle association. Biden is promising urgent action against gun violence in the country and says the president could go around congress by issuing an executive order. Susan mcginnis gets us starts in washington this morning. Susan, good morning to you. Good morning, terrell. Hes asking the vermonts commission for policy recommendations by the end of january, but hes sure to run into opposition from guns owners groups who want no changingno tightening of gun law. Customers at sharpshooters firing range outside of washington, d. C. , say, theyre keeping a close eye on gun control talks taking place inside the beltway. I dont think restricting, you know, peoples Second Amendment rights would be the solution here. Cbs news has learned the white house is looking at several new laws including reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired in
Good thursday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Experts in every state are scrambling to deal with a flood of flu patients. One city has declared a state of emergency. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the very latest. Reporter doctors are calling it one of the fiercest outbreaks in a decade. This flu strain that started in october, instead of january, has spread to 41 states, hitting at least 2,200 people. Im declaring a Public Health emergency in the city of boston. Reporter boston mass general is seeing unprecedented levels of patients. Many of whom have to wait 24 hours to be admitted. In pennsylvania, one hospital had to set up a tent outside the emergency room to deal with flu patients. The situation is not much better in chicago, where overwhelmed hospitals diverted patients to lesscrowded e. R. S. And in minnesota, theyre dealing with 1,000 confirmed flu cases. Please, we implore you to stay home when you are sick. Reporter at least 18 children have died from the flu this seas
Good thursday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Experts in every state are scrambling to deal with a flood of flu patients. One city has declared a state of emergency. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the very latest. Reporter doctors are calling it onef the fiercest outbreaks in a decade. This flu strain that started in october, instead of january, has spread to 41 states, hitting at least 2,200 people. Im declaring a Public Health emergency in the city of boston. Reporter boston mass general is seeing unprecedented levels of patients. Many of whom have to wait 24 hours to be admitted. In pennsylvania, one hospital had to set up a tent outside the emergency room to deal with flu patients. The situation is not much better in chicago, where overwhelmed hospitals diverted patients to lesscrowded e. R. S. And in minnesota, theyre dealing with 1,000 confirmed flu cases. Please, we implore you to stay home when you are sick. Reporter at least 18 children have died from the flu this season
Good morning, everybody. Im rob nelson. And im sunny hostin. The freezer door is still wideopen this morning, with millions of americans bracing for yet another day of teethchattering cold. It is rough out there. The arctic air mass is triggering windchill advisories in at least a dozen states, from north dakota to new england. It will feel like minus 45 in northern maine. And the actual temperature at international falls, minnesota, 33 below zero. Bundle up in minnesota. Most of us dont have to brave the cold for too much. But for many, its just part of the job. Those that have to spend their days outdoors have no choice but to bundle up against the very brutal elements. Basically, keep moving. You know, layers. I have on, like, three layers. And if i need to, ill take something off. Put something on, as need be. The frigid air was too much for one worker in maryland. He had to be rescued from a cell phone tower 200 feet up in the air. He called 911 after becoming hypothermic in 10deg
Good morning, everybody. Im rob nelson. And im sunny hostin. The freezer door is still wideopen this morning, with millions of americans bracing for yet another day of teethchattering cold. It is rough out there. The arctic air mass is triggering windchill advisories in at least a dozen states, from north dakota to new england. It will feel like minus 45 in northern maine. And the actual temperature at international falls, minnesota, 33 below zero. Bundle up in minnesota. Most of us dont have to brave the cold for too much. But for many, its just part of the job. Those that have to spend their days outdoors have no choice but to bundle up against the very brutal elements. Basically, keep moving. You know, layers. I have on, like, three layers. And if i need to, ill take something off. Put something on, as need be. The frigid air was too much for one worker in maryland. He had to be rescued from a cell phone tower 200 feet up in the air. He called 911 after becoming hypothermic in 10deg