Well tell you what has hollywood buzzing tonight. Good evening. As we come on the air tonight, we are all anxious about every sneeze, every cough, every door handle as we confront an outbreak of flu coast to coast in this country. And its not just the flu. Another virus is on the move. I want to show you pictures that say everything. Patients wearing masks. And also doctors wearing masks. Abcs linsey davis spent the day at the hospital with the doctors on the front lines. Reporter all day long, dr. Ron wall is rushing down the hall. A squirt of hand sanitizer, and hes off to battle for flu. Its going to take you probably two or three weeks to feel really good again. Reporter dr. Wall is wearing a face mask because he cant afford to be sick. Not now, with this hospital like many in hospital overrun with flu cases. This patient has been battling the flew for t the flu for ten days now. Coughing a lot . What are you bringing one the cough . Reporter while we were there, the cases mounted.
Good friday morning, everybody. Im rob nelson. Im sunny hostin in for paula faris. We begin with the arctic blast, bringing snow instead of sunshine to Southern California. This morning, that powerful system is stretching all the way to michigan, with winter warnings and watches posted, now, in more than a dozen states. Abcs michael barr has the latest. Reporter the arctic blast is dumping snow on Southern California, shutting down interstate 5, north of los angeles. Roads in Higher Elevations quickly turned icy. Its very, very icy up there. Kind of dangerous roads. Making sure to chain up before i head up there. Reporter along with snow and ice, the storm is bringing 45mileperhour to 60mileperhour winds to the west. The blustery weather triggered mudslides near seattle. Its a cold front, sending a chill to the middle of the country. Would notice that chill after getting Severe Weather more common in summer. Our patio floor is actually over here in the neighbors yard. We got outside. A
Highly motivated members, the nra spent more than 1 million on Campaign Contributions last year, and more than 2 million on lobbying. 288 members of congress have an arating from the nra for opposing new gun laws. In fact, gun rights were expanded in president obamas first term, as carrying firearms was made legal in National Parks and on amtrak. And since the Connecticut School shooting, the nra has added 100,000 new members. In a written statement, the nra said it was disappointed with the biden meeting, adding, we will not allow lawabiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals. All the talk of new restrictions has sparked a run on gun sales. Karen travers, abc news, washington. Not a shocker there. The white house and nra do not see eye to eye on the issue. Now a battle is shaping up in congress. Keep in mind, when they passed the assault weapons ban in 1994, democrats controlled the house and it still passed by that mump. Now its a republican controlled house, so no mat
Chilling temperature cast. Thursday, january 24th, 2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. Lets get right to this story in washington, the decision to allow women in combat roles, a watershed moment being praised by a lot of people and others starting to wonder how it might impact the capability of other forces. We all know women have been putting their lives in dangerous war zones for many years. What does this change really mean for a practical matter . This straight ahead. Also, are you sitting in a room with your computer on right now. Take a look because some 1 could be spying on you at this moment, coming up how criminals can hack into your webcam and pull off an alarming invasion of privacy and some ways you can block them. A few details this morning on beyonces performance on the National Anthem at the inauguration. What the wall street journal uncovered and what big stars think about it. We will let you decide f
Farmers insurance open at torrey pines for the seventh time yesterday. Came back, won a big tournament, had a big final round monday. Its his 75th career title. Looks like now hes starting to come back post injury, post whatever you want to call it. Scandal. Well call it a scandal. And on the other hand in the music world, chris brown is back in the papers again, singer frank ocean, alleges that he was punched. Sent out a tweet saying he was punched by chris brown and a group of people outside a Recording Studio in west hollywood. So, tommy, recovering from flaws in your private life to go on to success in public. When it happened to tiger woods a lot of people said hes finished, hes done, he will never break Jack Nicklaus record. Weve seen it in the world of entertainment. Is there a point where youre so talented that it overcomes anything that youve done in dwrour private life . I think you get to a point sometimes where everything becomes so under a microscope and then, unfortunatel