yesterday. omicron cases have now surged past the peak we saw from delta cases in early september. the january high point for this pandemic is a ways off, but we re getting closer by the day. there is one piece of good news. average hospitalizations are still flat over the past week. the bad news is, the u.s. saw more than 3500 deaths on thursday. that s the highest we ve seen in some time. as we said, all of this is throw wrench into holiday plans. if you re flying, you probably want to check with the airline before heading to the airport. united cancelled more than 160 flights scheduled for today. that s about 10% of their total flights. they just don t have enough crews to fly. they re not alone, more than 400 u.s. flights and 1900 global flights have been cancelled, including flights on delta, jetblue, and allegiant. if you had your heart coming to new york city for new year s eve, those plans are changing, too.
records to the archives soon, that s going to totally reframe their work schedule for the next few months. very quickly, the new york state attorney general wants to depose trump in a civil suit, e l.l ir. this is going to happen. if it will, it s a ways off. donald trump is going to fight this. donald trump can end this if he takes the fifth. will he? he know how donald trump feels about the fifth, but this is what the fifth amendment is for. we know he s being criminally investigated. now the scivil side says, we wat to depose you under oath. i don t know he s going to do it. he ll fight it in court, for sure. i woke up to this news this morning. first of all, you re on the same schedule i am, because when when you wake up to something, it s hard, because we get up so damned early. benjamin netanyahu called joe biden to congratulate him on his election victory, but later than a lot of other world leaders did. it was after all of the networks noted that joe biden has won the