another exactly case count record, nearly everyone seems to know at least one person with this virus. right now more kids are in hospitals being treated for covid than ever before at a time when they should be enjoying the holidays. schools once again are grappling with how to balance education with health and safety. massachusetts denied a teacher s union request to close schools monday for covid testing. but in washington, d.c., students must produce a negative test result to return to school. meanwhile, holiday travel, headaches persist. the faa warns it may be forced to delay flights as crew members call in sick. that s on top of more than 11,000 flight cancellations since christmas eve. adding to travel implications, the cdc has increased its risk for cruise ship travel to the highest level. the federal agency says you should avoid cruises regardless of your vaccination status. cnn s polo sandoval joins me now from new york city. polo, times square looked pretty full wit
its seven-day average of new infections soaring to an average of more than 386,000 new cases a day. in only one state, maine, cases are down. iowa is holding steady, but the vast majority of the country seen in dark red here is struggling with a surge of 50% or more in new infections. hospitalizations and deaths are lower than their 2021 peaks, but the avalanche of new cases has the cdc predicting that more than 44,000 people could die of covid-19 in the next four weeks. and that underscoring the anxiety of millions of parents who will send their kids back to school as early as monday. some school districts facing a spike in child hospitalizations and they have already announced at least a partial transition to online learning. cnn s nadia romero is covering the pediatric surge, but first let s get with pal low sandoval on the airline cancellations. it is a real nightmares for travelers. reporter: it certainly is. airlines continue in their efforts to try to mitigate the ef
elections. i am edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is cavuto life and we are bringing in the new year with 2022, many of the same covid challenges as 2021, covid cases rising to the highest level since the pandemic started forcing businesses to change course and americans to sort through the change in guidance, business owners left to sort through mixed messages at all private employers are forced to impose vaccine mandates. it is a huge burden on his business is already hurting from covid cancellations. he joined me now. happy new year to you and let s hope 2022 is for the foodys a better year for you. the incoming mayor eric adams says he will keep the vaccine mandate in place and this is one of the most strict and far reaching in the nation. what do you think of that mandate and its effect on you? it is excellent in that health is the priority, to get ourselves through covid. saving keeping customers and personnel the priority. edward: are you seeing customers star
happy new year, kevin, how has it been so far? so far so good. like a lot of people i wanted to see what the celebration might be like and i took it in on television, how about you? exactly the same and we did the early version on the west coast. yes, as you take a look there, celebrations all over the globe from rio to london to auckland, to hong kong as the world brings in 2022. beautiful pictures there, look at those fireworks. yeah, really something. i watched, obviously, our coverage over in nashville, which was a tremendous time last night, but from vegas to seattle, new york city. for a lot of americans, this is the one time where hope springs eternal, truly when you think about what the new year might be. we want to leave 2021, a lot of us want to leave 2021 behind and never look back and let s all look into 2022 in a positive way and let s work to make it a better world. absolutely. and good hopes for a new start this year. i agree, kevin. absolutely,
warning for americans thinking of an international getaway. tiger attack aftermath. naples zoo reopens as prosecutors mull charges against the man who reached into the tiger s enclosure. and on the road. how a michigan dad s idea got the kids out of the house and on to the ice. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we leave 2021 with some echoes of 2020 rising covid cases and scaled-down new year s eve celebrations. there s one big difference, though vaccines have made a difference and reduced risk. it s already 2022 in some parts of the world, of course, and in a few hours, new york city will greet the new year with a traditional ball drop, but a smaller crowd than originally planned. we start tonight where we must with the death of an american tv icon, betty white. white died today at her home in los angeles