Good evening. As we begin this thursday night, the nations top doctors are sounding an alarm about something theyre seeing coast to coast. And here is the map that says it all. Every region marked in red is facing an outbreak of the flu. And there is no flu season that has started this hard, this early in a decade. So, why is this year so bad and what about the flu shot . Abcs chief medical editor dr. Richard besser starts us off. Reporter its an early outbreak. In arizona, this time last year, there were 18 cases of flu. Today, 790. In new york, 84 last year. Today, 3,975. Massachusetts, 126 last year. Today, 3,736. We are seeing an average of over 600 cases a week of infew when influenzalike illness. The volume is certainly unusual for this time of year. Reporter from kentucky to North Carolina to texas. Horrible sore throat and ears. Just makes you feel bad for five, seven days. Its nasty. Reporter hospitals now seeing the influx. We are having an early influenza season and its a se
Thats a look at your morning commute. Megan over to you. It was not too long ago t term fiscal cliff. Now the term is sequestration and get used to it because we will hear a lot of it until march 1st. Abc2 news linda so is live with what it means for you. And people want to know what it means to them . How will it affect them. Reporter well if it happens, its going to affect people in many ways. Drastic cuts can affect themilitary and how long you wait in line to get to the security. Its part of the fiscal cliffdeal. At the Time Congress agreed to postpone across the board spending cuts by two months. Now that deadline or whats referred to as the sequester is almost here. Its less than two weeks away. And if congress cannot reach adeal by march 1st massive cuts aimed at reducing the deficit by 1. 2 trillion dollars will go into effect. Federal agencies face 85 billion dollars in cuts that could lead to furloughs for 2 million people. The pentagon fears it will have a drastic effect on
Live looks on the convention floor. Candidates traditionally walk through the hall ahead of their speech closing out the convention. That may happen. We bring it to you live. Instead of the focus being squarely on trumps prime time address, its on cruz, greeted mostly as a hero by the texas delegation doubling down the refusal to endorse donald trump. Katy tur has been covering this angle closely. Katy, youve been talking with sources inside the Trump Campaign. What are they telling you . Theres frustration within the Trump Campaign over ted cruz. They thought his speech would be more positive towards donald trump. They even hoped at the last minute they could get an endorsement out of him. Theres reporting that jeff roe got a call from jason miller from the Trump Campaign saying we would really like ted cruz to endorse donald trump tonight. That didnt happen. But that didnt expect a report later on. There was no endorsement within that remarks. The cruz team never said they would give
Discourse. His personality and erratic behavior should be of concern to anyone who has dedicate the themselves to the preservation of our democracy and our national security. In discussions among friends and family and debates on social media people are questioning the president s fitness. I really question his ability to his fitness to be in this office. I think theres an issue with the president s capability. Theres actually a growing mountain of evidence that the president has been very erratic, has shown a mental instability. Greg, so if trump is crazy whats that make hilary . She lost to a crazy person. Its interesting. Everybody there mentions the generic terms, growing mountain of evidence. His behavior but they dont mention actual specific facts because there arent any. I understand this, trump is a hefty lift for people. He was a heavy lift for me during the elections the nomination the campaign. Hes rude, hes brass, hes silly, hes childish but hes also very funny. If you obse
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