Virginia, rest easy knowing your streets are safe. There is one place where there is the labralion, and that is the ridiculous list. Early start begins now. A flu epidemic sweeping through dozens of states. Hospitals are crowded from new england to the dakotas. Vice President Biden and the nra, their muchhyped gun control sitdown, hours away. And hollywoods best waiting with anticipation. We are counting down to the Academy Award nominations. I cant wait. Are you excited . I love the movies. Sure. So do i. I think argo is the only one i want to see that got a lot of nominations. Welcome to early start. Im zoraida sambolin. Im john berman. We will start with the flu. It is spreading with a vengeance across the u. S. Not only did the flu season get off to a really early start, cases are proving to be more severe than last year. The latest flu advisory says 41 states are dealing with widespread activity, more than 2,200 people are hospitalized. The hardesthit states, pennsylvania and sout
Can you feel the excitement . Were just an hour and a half away from the Oscar Nominations, so whos in, who got snubbed . Were going to bring it to you all live. The action is right here coming up. Among our guests this morning, connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal will be joining us, new york congressman joseph crowley, dr. Sanjay gupta is with us, the dog whisperer, cesar milan and comedian jay thomas joins us as well. Its thursday, january 10th. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the majority of the United States now dealing with a severe and deadly bout of the flu. The cdc reporting that influenza cases are widespread across 41 states. More than 2200 people reported hospitalized. Here are the hardesthit states. Pennsylvania, south carolina. Each reporting 22 flurelated deaths. Massachusetts declaring a medical emergency. 700 confirmed cases in boston since october. Rates ten times higher than what they saw last year
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