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rampantly across the u.s. and across the globe. if you re going to be first of all, the cdc really is advising us to avoid gathering in small indoor large parties. it s just not prudent to do so. if people are, please wear a mask. make sure you re vaccinated and boosted. but wear a mask if you re in close contact with people. but really, the cdc is advising against that right now, yasmin, with the surge in cases. so doctor, we re talking about some of those indoor celebrations advising against that, as the cdc is doing so, as well. priscilla, let s go to you, standing by in times square for us ahead of the new year s celebrations. usually that place is packed with millions of people. if you are a new york, you avoid it like anything else. because you don t want to be caught amidst all of those millions of people. but it is an amazing place to watch the ball drop. the mayor saying, essentially,
your shot in the right place. but unfortunately, that may not always happen. and that s what makes this very sad and tragic. reporter: the deadly incident is currently under investigation by both the los angeles police and the california department of justice. in a determination of a homicide by the medical examiner does not mean that anyone is going to jail. this is still under investigation, but we do know that the family is going to be speaking alongside their attorney later today. this is the first time that we ll hear from them in the wake of this incident. yasmin? oh, priscilla, what a sad story. that poor girl. just wanting to celebrate her quinceanera, wanting to get a beautiful dress, i m sure, and that poor family of hers, left to grieve and mourn her loss. priscilla thompson, thank you for bringing that to us. we appreciate it. all right, everybody. coming up next, justin, the judge in the ghislaine maxwell
yasmin? all right. we ll continue to monitor this, as always. ron allen, thank you for now. all right. i want to get to the powerful palast of winter affecting the west coast and the midwest, as well. a huge winter storm has made travel treacherous in much of california and the pacific northwest, as roads are covered, by the way, in snow and ice, looking at some of these images there. miles of interstate highways have been shut down. the storm has dumped several feet of snow in california s sierra nevada mountains, with california setting a new record for the snowiest december yet. by the way, not over yet. nbc s steve patterson joins us now from big bear lake, california. how much more, steve, are they expected to get? how bad is it? you said it, yasmin, it s not over yet. thankfully, we ll get more snow in places where california needs it, the mountains. the sierra nevadas have already been getting dumped with snow this season, part of the reason why, as you mentioned, that
get vaccinated below the age of 5. that data should be forthcoming, the 2 to 5 age range. once pfizer releases that, the fda is able to look at that data package, pfizer has to submit an authorization, there s a process. but we re still hoping early january and february, so soon. so hold on tight. and are you optimistic about the omicron variant, considering the data we re seeing coming out of the uk so far, seeing that it s fairly mild in the cases? i am. i am. it doesn t mean that we re off the hook here, because it really does mean that we need to get people boosted. that s why, you know, we re changing it sounds like we re changing what we re saying, we re not. we just have more and more evidence that boosters matter. dr. kavita patel, thank you so much. we appreciate it. that wraps up the hour for me, everybody. i m yasmin vassoughian. stay right here, because kentucky s governor is set to give an update any minute after the deadly storms. jose diaz-balart picks up the c