turning over documents as both seeds wait to see if the supreme court will weigh in on whether the former president can keep his records from seeing the light of day. and tributes continuing to pour in for betty white, the national treasure passing away just short of her 100th birthday. a look at her life and career ahead. we do, though, want to begin with the coronavirus pandemic, testing facilities nationwide swamped by crowds waiting for covid tests as omicron continues its rapid sweep across the united states with more than 360,000 cases reported on the final day of 2021. the situation has become particularly desperate in raleigh, north carolina, where facilities are struggling to keep up with the demand for tests. with me are liz mclaughlin in raleigh and dr. kavita patel. happy new year s day, everybody. thanks for joining us on this holiday weekend. we appreciate it. liz, let me start with you on this one and just kind of walk me through what s happening in north c
fashion in new york. the ball drop took place with a smaller crowd of 15,000 people who were asked to wear masks and show proof of vaccination. meanwhile, covid is still surging, the u.s. topping 275 million covid cases in one week. plus n colorado, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. nearly 1,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires devastating the state. officials say snow helped fire crews in exi think theishing the last of the flames. the governor says no deaths have been reported and issued a state of emergency. reporting on the latest developments, liz mclaughlin is in raleigh, north carolina. and mike memoli is with the president in delaware. liz, what s happening where you are? joe, good afternoon. you can see behind me a steady stream of cars rolling into this testing site. it s a scene that we have seen all week. in fact, sometimes dozens of cars in line this. testing site actually switching to appointments only after just a few days ago there was