Tonight, the final hours of 2020. America celebrating the new year in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. An unprecedented new years eve tonight, the final hours of 2020. America celebrating the new year in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. An unprecedented new years eve across the u. S. New yorks times square, normally packed with 1 Million People, will be mostly empty when the ball drops at midnight. Police officials telling everyone, dont even attempt to come down here. Authorities in cities across the country cracking down on large parties, asking people to stay home this year. And news tonight about a new years eve celebration in las vegas that was expected to draw thousands. Were also tracking the frustration growing over the slow Covid Vaccine rollout. Thousands of people waiting hours in their cars for vaccinations in tennessee. Traffic backed up for four miles. States trying to speed up the
process. And late today, police arresting a pharmacist in wisconsin, accusing
the impact. this extremely dangerous hurricane is now a category 2 storm and expected to intensify. one of the greatest threats is a storm surge. perhaps it s 15 feet high in florida s big bend region. officials there say it could be a once in a lifetime event. florida s governor warning that now is the time to get out. mandatory evacuations are under way in county after county. thousands of national guard members have been activated. we are monitoring it all. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. hurricane idalia is intensifying very rapidly tonight, now packing winds of 105 miles per hour. the eye of the hurricane is now 155 miles or so southwest of tampa and moving north. it is expected to slam into florida as a category 3 storm by early tomorrow. governor ron desantis is warning
and just moments ago, the park police saying there s no active threat to the public, but they re still looking for that suspect, including a 20006 blue honda accord with virginia plates, the tag number 871-8be. david. david: a terrifying afternoon near the white house. faith, thank you. now, to the major storm threat tonight. chicago, st. louis, kansas city, and then this heads right toward the already hard-hit northeast. new york and vermont. 50 million americans already on alert at this hour. tonight, vermont s governor warning of the potential of seven more days of rain with this next system. where they are already inundated. two months of rain there in just two days. causing catastrophic damage with these new storms now coming. senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking the storms from the midwest all the way to the northeast, but first, janai norman again in vermont where they are bracing for this all over again. reporter: tonight, vermont s
reporter: hundreds of thousands in the dark across the south. our alex presha south of little rock, arkansas, with crews restoring power and facing multiple challenges. the slick roads and the terrain and ice, you know, tree limbs falling out of trees. reporter: as the system pushes east, it s pulling down the coldest air of the season so far. boston declaring a cold emergency, closing schools, and opening warming centers. by sunset tomorrow, it is down into the single digits, and the wind is going to be howling. reporter: that wind will make it feel like more than 50 below in spots. new hampshire s governor warning families need to take this seriously. at negative 30 degrees, him therm ya can set in in just ten minutes. and we know it s going to be even colder than that across the entire state. the governor there in new hampshire, of course, authorities in boston warning of this, as well. rob with us tonight on this very serious cold moving in. hey, rob. reporter: hi,