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translator: there s no life for women in afghanistan anymore. since they closed all the routes to success for women the doors of schools and universities are closed for the women who are half the society. that means the process of human evolution and development is paralyzed. reporter: young women showing up to class in universities across the country are now being told to go back home. even worse, fears the ban could extend to elementary schools. the principals of three girl schools tell cnn the taliban have written to them telling them to shut down. students quickly showed their opposition to the new law. both men and women including at this university in the city of jalalibad. male welcome students walked out of final exams to support female classmates. we can t go to school? why? with he can not work?
travel. more pragmatic taliban sources tell cnn the bans come straight from the taliban supreme leader and his kitchen cabinet basehood in kandahar. they formed the core of the hard line religious leadership. the united nations says it is outraged and calling on taliban to reverse the decision. the united states says that they will further alienate the taliban from the international community and deny them the legitimacy and recognition they crave. in the last two decades, since the taliban was first driven out of afghanistan, many urban women were excelling in school and in the workforce, contributing to the country s economy, society, and culture. now that half the population is being erased from public view and public works, this country is falling ever faster, ever deeper into extreme poverty and hunger as another bleak winter takes hold.
flu is at very high or high levels. there are only five states where flu is not at a very high or a high level. so far this season there have been at least 150,000 hospitalizations with the flu. and at least 9300 deaths. not only has the flu season been severe, but it s been very early. the numbers were very, very high in november and continue to be high in december. and there may be some places, hospitals or pharmacy that s weren t quite ready to be seeing this kind of demand on medications this early in the season. back to you. elizabeth cohen, thanks. let s bring in jonathan reiner, a cnn medical analyst and pro fers professor of medicine and surgery at george washington university. was the u.s. adequately prepared for this flu season? probably not. we ve seen more flu this year than in almost a decade. if you look at the second week in december, for instance, that
merry christmas. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reid in washington. we begin this hour with that dangerous, extreme winter storm cau causing chaos on this christmas day. freeze warnings in infect in several states. blizzard conditions are pummelling states across the great lakes. the arctic blast now being blamed for at least 26 deaths since it began last week. conditions still poor in parts of upstate new york. roads impassable in erie county after days of snowfall. governor kathy hokel detailing the urgent situation unfolding this morning on cnn. we have people that have not had power since friday and we deploy usually 5,000 we have 7,000 utility crews ready to restore the power. but it has been impossible to get to many of the substations.