ice is also a concern too across pennsylvania. but we could see 12 to up to 18 inches of snow, again, mostly the higher elevations in that i-95 corridor. just rain and the whole thing gone as we go into saturday. all right, dylan, thanks very much. an urgent push by the white house for americans to get flu and covid vaccines as cases of both viruses surge just before the holidays. while we re getting encouraging news about rsv, peter alexander with the latest. reporter: tonight as americans head into the holidays, fears that the flu is hitting harder and earlier than any time in the past decade. at rhode island hospital, e.r. beds now 100% full. flu hospitalizations there doubling in the last two weeks. what does the trajectory look like right now as it relates to the flu in your community and across the country? we are seeing it about a month earlier so it is very frightening at this point in time. reporter: the most recent cdc data shows 44 states reporting high or very hig
in our health lead, the cdc says cases of the flu are showing signs of slowing down in some parts of the united states. while the number of people hospitalized with the flu has declined slightly from last week, the overall rate at this point in the season is sadly higher than it s been in decades. joining us to discuss, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, is the flu season close to peaking, or might it get even worse? reporter: i don t think we can say right now. there s been this significant frame shifting of cases of flu ear earlier. we re seeing them much earlier and sort of lots of cases. we are seeing a decline now, but keep in mind the biggest week, the highest week in terms of flu activity, was the week right after thanksgiving. people likely got together, you know, and that s probably where a lot of the flu was exchanged, and that s when the numbers went up. we ll see what happens after these holidays. it s early to tell.
face with jensen january 6, spoke at the sentencing hearing, saying without goodman heroically luring the mob away nsen ion 930 defendantshed. charged so far with hundreds more arrests expected. another capitol rioter has just been charged with a new crime. the tennessee man is accused of targeting the f.b.i. agents who handled his investigation. and the f.b knoxville as well. nancy. cordes: scott macfarlane, thank you. the c.d.c. said today the u.s. got slammed earlier and harder by the flu this season than in previous years. all but five states are considered to have high or very high flu activity. so far, at least 15 million americans have fallen ill. for the first time this season, though, flu hospitalizations have actually fallen week over week. the white house insists it is prepared to handle an influx of
activity is still high, but some areas are seeing declines. so far this season, the flu has caused 15 million infections, 150,000 hospitalizations, and 9,300 deaths. the flu is part of the triple threat according to federal health officials. rsv also raging, and covid may be on the verge of a winter comeback. right now 14% of the u.s. is in high transmission, an area there for coronavirus, and that s higher than last week. cnn medical analyst, dr. jonathan reiner is here. good to see you. let s start with the question i think most people are wondering. it s christmastime, hanukkah coming, and people will be getting together for family gatherings, crowded parties, going to airports. should we be wearing masks again at these places? repo oh, yes. maybe not so much at your holiday party if you are
locations as well as oregon and the seattle area is, hey, when you re inside, at a public place, wear a mask. this is guidance as you said, kate. this is not a mandate. this is guidance. and let s take a look at one zbraf that kind of explains why they re doing this. it is about hospital capacity, hospitals are overrun with this tripledemic of flew and covid and rsv and to the white is the capacity currently. it is over 80% of beds in use. that is higher than at other points during the pandemic. i was sort of surprised by that and things were so horrible during the pandemic. plow now it is even worse. let s look at some other maps that explain why they re making these suggestions. when you look at this map of the u.s., you see it is almost all red and purple. that means almost the entire country has a high or very high level of flu activity. there is a lot of flu or flu-like illness around and that is putting people in the hospital. when you take a look at community transmission, you