they said stay outdoors as much as possible, people might listen to that. that s not like saying that in december. it s still really warm all over the country. that is a helpful hint. or if you re going to travel, be aware you re more likely to spread covid at an airport than on the plane. why? the planes have a hepa filter and fill administration. the department of defense studied this. the chance of spreading it on planes if you re masked is very low. those are practical suggestions. just don t travel. people are going to travel. that s my take on that. it s not going to work. martha: good point. what about the mask mandates increasing in states and in pennsylvania as we said? that here s my take on that. pennsylvania had about 3,000 new cases the last 24 hours. it s not high on the list. the delta variant is flattening. remember flatten the curve? it s flatting at about 100,000 hospitalizations. case rates are going down.
able to hit targets of western europe to alaska and countries began a dual track approach with negotiations and deploying its own missiles in western europe. and some cases right along the soviet border. talks started in 1981 until the treaty was finally signed in 1987. the treaty bound the united states and the soviet union to destroy not just their intermediate-range rockets but all launchers and training materials. but in recent years, russia has complained that the treaty putts it at an advantage to neighbors like china not bound by any such treaty and the united states began having concerns about russian compliance with the treaty as early as 2011 and it all seemed to have come to a head now with president trump saying this. russia has violated the agreement. they ve been vie latting it for many years. we have honored the agreement.
is it started fourth floor. because of the flatting they put on the building that is said to blame for taking off so quickly. abby: benjamin hall, thank you. so heart breaking. steve: put a new outside on the building for cosmetic purposes but didn t put any fire exits nor sprinklers in that. that is a big problem. abby: one place you are supposed to be at safe is at home. steve: you would hope. 25 minutes before the top of the hour on this wednesday. jillian joins us with news from the commonwealth of virginia. jillian: that s right. good morning to you at home. the race for calvar gillespie he will face ralph in november. one of them will replace governor terry mcauliff, a fierce hillary clinton supporter who is rumored to be gearing up for a presidential run in 2020. and it was one of president trump s signature campaign
number four, be careful driving today as a huge storm system dumps rain, snow and ice. in wichita kansas, the storm for fed into a blizzard. it made many roads impassable and frozen drivers right there in their tracts. and the brunt of the storm may have passed for many. but millions in the upper midwest and through to new england are in for a blast of winter weather today. areas of new york could be in for near record temperatures. meteorologist jennifer grey is here with the forecast. this is unbelievable a couple days before christmas. there s so many different components. we ve had the flatting, the severe weather, ice, snow. this has been a complex system. we re still dealing with snow and freezing rain, extreme northern sections of the country. we re looking at that line of showers and storms heading to the east coast. still seeing snow south of
been wiped out. so they re trying to figure out what to do about that community. same goes with lyons. every bridge in lyons, colorado, is gone. this is a town of about 2,000 people that we talked about quite a bit as the floodwaters were heading into that area. those folks also don t have much to return to. so, there are communities dotted all over northern colorado. and these waters are just now starting to arrive, and upset the areas of western nebraska. if you can believe it. man, every bridge in the town of lyons is gone. thank you very much. in fact, that flooding has caused a new problem for crews in colorado. at least two major oil spills. what you re looking at now is about 40 miles north of boulder. officials say the floodwaters damaged some tanks dumping more than 18,000 gallons of oil in the rivers. in both cases officials say they placed booms into the water to try to contain it but the floodwaters reportedly interpret the oil past the booms. in colorado the flatting for