Here with my dad. Love being here chicago fans were in the house as well. Here come the hawks the mighty blackhawks and they were loving this washington weather. This is like miami for us. No snow its great. This is almost tropical to us from the food to the fans. This game is a new years tradition that caps fans have passionately embraced. Caps, caps, caps caps its been a long day for a lot of people. Gates opened at 1 00 but there was a fanfest across the street that started much earlier today. So a lot of people came out making an entire day of it. Fortunately, the temperature got up into the mid 40s so it was a great day to be outside and obviously, a fantastic finish to washington, d. C. s first winter classic. Reporting live in Nationals Park suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. And the day is not over for those fans yet right, suzanne . Thank you very much. Prior to the game the big discussion was whether the glare off the ice would cause a problem. But once the puck dropped, it became
Glor scoots off tonight im jeff jeff glor. The flu is now widespread in 36 states. Wider spread than usual. At least 15 children tied so far. This week in minnesota, a Record Number of Lab Specimens were sent in for testing. Some hospitals in North Carolina and michigan are restricting visitors and volunteers under 18 from entering. Delaware is reporting nine times as many cases as this time last year. Another hardhit state is georgia and Mark Strassmann is there. What is the worst symptom youre having . A cough. . Reporter henry dunbars fever was 101 again today. Good job reporter his mother colleen was worried. I read that fever persists more than a couple of days, you should check to see if you have the flu. Reporter his flu test was bad news. The dark red line right by the a means influenza a. Reporter georgia is fighting the epidemic of influenza a scientists discover the most common strain of the virus mutated soon after this years flu vaccine was produced. The vaccine is effecti
Arms. Im not totally surprised that something happened over there. Its always loud. Theres always people fighting, you know. So the cops are over there a lot. Reporter neighbors say theres been trouble before at the house on concord drive, but police say there is no history of trouble between john and erica sherwood, no protective order, no prior Domestic Violence calls, just a short family argument that ended in murder. Im sorry for her, you know, and her family. Its terrible. Reporter Police Say John sherwood has no fixed address. He will likely go before a judge tomorrow. [ audio difficulties ] hes likely to go before a judge tomorrow, but for now theyll hold him in jail with no bond. New years day began with violence in Prince Georges County as well. 22yearold stefon powell was shot and killed in the Camden Apartments parking garage in college park. Police say powell and another man fired at each other. The gunman remains on the loose. Dozens of demonstrators today staged a diein a
Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who helped the president prepare for tuesdays debate, well, he just nobody was Wearing Masks in the room when we were prepping the president during that period of time and we were and the group was about five or six people in total. Keep in mind, the Contact Tracing on this is going to involve the highest levels of the u. S. Government. Were talking about cabinet members, congressional leaders potentially the president s new Supreme Court nominee who we know was at the white house as recently as yesterday before heading up for meetings on capitol hill. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin met with the president on wednesday and then went to meet with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Also in question, how will the west wing operate with the president in isolation . What about staffers who may need to be in quarantine . What is the implication for the 2020 race . Former Vice President joe biden shared the debate stage with trump earlier this week and bide
Economy. And subways in new york city just reopened after they were closed for the first time in history. Take a look at these images. Closed for a deep cleaning. New Research Says covid19 has been spreading since late last year, long before anyone was aware of it, but not nearly long enough to offer any widespread immunity. In the u. S. , though, we are looking at a death toll that is now reaching beyond a staggering 71,000 people. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Remember, though, it was just last week that the model used by the white house projected there would be around 74,000 deaths months from now. Well, that key model now forecasts the death toll will nearly double by august. And if you take a look at this graph, take a look here. The u. S. Is still adding roughly 25,000 new cases a day. An Infectious Disease expert tells cnn this is a longrunning pandemic. Were only in the second inning of a nineinning game. What weve seen so far is just the start. About 5 to 15 in