In on the frenzy. But for now, fans can get their fill of ana and christian on stage. Felicia taylor, cnn, new york. Ill be back here in 30 minutes. Sanjay gupta md is next. Hello, and thanks for joining us today. Im going to bust one of the biggest myths about the flu. And hopefully teach you how to protect your family from this epidemic. Also, the legendary surgeon who has worked on more top athletes than just about anyone. He just operated on the redskins quarterback, rg3. And a fitness dilemma. Why you dont want to watch your weight too closely. Well explain. Lets get started. By now youve heard, its the worst flu season in years. Emergency rooms in many places are overflowing. At least 20 children have died. Among them, a young man named max from texas. Take a look at his picture. His mom said he went from being a healthy, 17yearold to dying. In just a matter of days. It is a fastmoving story. So heres what you need to know. The flu strikes fast. And symptoms much more severe than
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
Im deborah feyerick. Have a good night and a great have a good night and a great week. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com big new developments in the health of Hillary Clinton. She is back to work today. The case against accused a rare ra movie sheeter james holmes. We are just hours away from prosecutors unveiling their evidence in court. The biggest scandal to hit washington since washington. Call it knee gate. Seriously. What is one of the brightest stars doing in the game with a bum knee only to injure it again, maybe even worse . I cannot tell you how we have been discussing this this morning. Its a story. There is outrage. There is consternation in washington right after the fiscal cliff. Can they get no reprieve after all the problems theyve had . Oh, my goodness. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Nice to have you back. Im Zoraida Sambolin. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. The president preparing for another bruising battle with republicans over his choice to head up the defen
Dreamliner or anything else weve talked about . Got any responses to matt tee tie ebeor maybe washingtons intransigence has got you angry . Finds me on facebook. Tweet meet my handle is ali velshi. Hanks for joining the conversation this week on your money. Were hear every saturday 1 00 p. M. Eastern and weekdays at 3 30. 3 30. Have a great weekend. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com its 2 00 p. M. In the east coast, 11 00 a. M. In the west. Thank you very much for joining us. I Martin Savidge in for fredricka whitfield. Here are the top stories in the cnn newsroom. How about good news . Weve got some. Well start with that regarding the flu. Despite warnings we are facing an em ep dymmek, the situation may be starting to improve. The cdc is releasing new numbers that show high numbers at least declining in parts of the country. But it is still it, under line this still a very dangerous situation with widespread activity now reported in 48 states. The cdcs latest count shows 20 children
December 2007. The best gauge for fear in the motorcycles, the cbo volatility index plummeted last week. If you look this morning to see where things stand, youll see u. S. Equity futures are indicated just slightly lower. Right now, dow futures down about 35 points. Same story in europe. If you look at the early trading there, youll see a slight pullback across most of these markets. The cac is off. 3. 5 . Major asian markets overnight, things barely budged with the hang seng and shanghai was slightly higher and the nikkei was down by about. 8 . Andrew. And werings season officially begins after the bell tomorrow. Thats when alcoa will be posting First Quarter results. Earnings are expected to rise. Lets get a quick check on the weeks economic calendar. A quiet start today. Tomorrow, well be getting the Nfib Small Business sentiment survey. Were going to get the Consumer Credit and on thursday, weekly jobless claims and wholesale trade and finally on friday, International Trade and im