rattles the u.s. charles kicked us off with the very latest from atlanta. merry christmas. good morning. good morning and merry christmas, griff. taking time off to spend this holiday with their family. the omicron is certainly hard at work. u.s. daily covid cases up with more than 260,000 americans testing positive. according to john s hopkins university 3354 deaths were reported. more than a 50% increase in a single day. hard to find at home test kits is surely complicating matters. cvs and walgreens announced their limiting the number of tests folks can purchase due to a significant increase in demand long lines form at testing sites around the country while demand swells at unimaginable proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor bill d
Griff: amazing and gorgeous car. we re celebrating, i have my sweet 89-year-old mother, sylvia jenkins with my two daughters ma contendings sy and madeleine. my mom and i took a total toe in front of the white house. she thought would not travel again. my daughter flu down to florida to get her back. she will have a great time here. covid, we have to keep ourselves together. we re all together. that is what matters. family so very important this christmas. anita? anita: gorgeous family, thanks for sharing that, griff. that is all for us this hour. we have a little more time. we ll wrap it up, fox news live continues with mike emanuel. don t want to miss that. thanks for sharing two hours with me, griff. i m anita vogel. griff: merry christmas, anita. merry christmas to mike emanuel
Resources locally, show them those resources, anyone can donate to our organization and i will say we have been thankful to our donors because during the pandemic, we have not had to turn one woman and her child away because of the financial assistance. helping keep their children that and keeping the lights on and helping them get gas in their cars, we are still engaged in the fight, we are still here for you and you are not alone. griff: we have a number on the bottom of our screen. 24/7 call center for homeless veterans. thank you very much, thank you for your service. i ll give you the last few seconds if you have a message you wish to share with the
The victim was found. fortunately no one else was hurt. authorities didn t release details on the extent of the victim s injuries but the harbor patrol director said the bite in the victim was consistent with that of a great white shark. director said when the harbor patrol reached the bogey border, fled the scene identified as a 31-year-old man though authorities have not released his name yet. people were order to stay out of the water 24 hours following the attack. harbor patrol director saying although the great white shark population has rebounded the past 25 years, fatal shark attacks are extremely rare for the area. the last time there was one, in 2003. anita: that is an awful story but thank you. griff: this holiday season we are remembering those who served our country. we will talk with final salute inc. to help women veterans find themselves on the streets with
Services they ve encountered in their time. griff: it s important their service, your motto because she served, too. why are you doing this? why found this organization? i was also homeless during my service and i was a single mother and that gave me the opportunity to see the services and gaps in services and i was a soldier 17 years. i am honoring that commitment as a veteran so it s not just because i experienced it but i have the responsibility to continue my battle outside of my uniform. griff: you ve created a couple of programs, home program and safe program from explain. our home program is a housing program we have, transitional