live comedy and the fox stars you know and love. the party started hours ago, rip roaring we ve got reporters fanned out across the country. on the east coast, and more importantly, right here in god s country. that s right! with that raymond arroyo, we ve got, you know, everybody. new york city, lawrence, jones, i m telling you i m so glad we are not in new york city and we are right here! we have john rich, who will be giving us a live musical performance in just a minute. several other music acts will be taking the stage tonight right here in nashville, tennessee. so why are we in nashville, tennessee? why are we here? this show tonight, honestly, is about you. this is about america. every other show tonight will be somewhere along the coastline, they will be wearing a mask. they will be what we think out of touch with you, out of touch with america. our goal tonight is to be with you, to be with america and do it right here from nashville, tennessee. how out of
live comedy and the fox stars you know and love. the party started hours ago, rip roaring we ve got reporters fanned out across the country. on the east coast, and more importantly, right here in god s country. that s right! with that raymond arroyo, we ve got, you know, everybody. new york city, lawrence, jones, i m telling you i m so glad we are not in new york city and we are right here! we have john rich, who will be giving us a live musical performance in just a minute. several other music acts will be taking the stage tonight right here in nashville, tennessee. so why are we in nashville, tennessee? why are we here? this show tonight, honestly, is about you. this is about america. every other show tonight will be somewhere along the coastline, they will be wearing a mask. they will be what we think out of touch with you, out of touch with america. our goal tonight is to be with you, to be with america and do it right here from nashville, tennessee. how out of
elsewhere some spells of sunshine. it stays windy and extraordinarily mild. and for sunday still unsettled with stronger spells of rain. a shift in the wind direction, coming in from the west and still very mild but not quite as mild as it is right now. a bigger change as we get deeper into next week. low pressure still close by so it will still be quite unsettled as the slow moves eastwards as we get into tuesday, it opens the door to this northerly wind with single digit temperatures. these temperatures stay low through the week and it stays unsettled. when we get there, happy new year s eve. 0urtop when we get there, happy new year s eve. our top story this lunchtime, the number of nhs staff off work in england because of covid went up by a0% during christmas week. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much every
colorado. flames, fanned by hurricane-force winds. we ll take you to the scene in weather center for detail. and president biden s phone call with vladimir putin. the warnings they gave heech ot each other and how they re responding. cities right around the globe are preparing to welcome in the new year, but for many the celebrations are set aside as an explosion of new covid infections takes hold on several continents. now, the u.s. has set a third straight record with average daily cases now topping 355,000. john hopkins reports, meantime that 650,000 cases were reported in the united states on thursday alone. we should point out, of course, that number could be inflated because of reporting over the holidays. this map gives a sense how fast it s spreading. most states showing a 50% increase or more in cases in the past week compared to the previous week. all but two now reporting some type of an increase. now, more children, meantime in a worrying development, are spen
new year to the first part of the world to begin 2022. we begin with a glimmer of hope on the horizon when it comes to fighting covid in kids. right now more children have been admitted to the hospital than any other time in the entire pandemic, many of them unvaccinated or unable to get vaccinated right now. cnn has confirmed the fda is expected to broaden the eligibility of pfizer s shot to children in the coming days. i think some parents were holding off, waiting to see how things went. there was a recent report out today from the cdc talking about the experience so far with children who have had the vaccine, ages 5-11, reinforcing this has been a safe and effective vaccine. so if you re a parent on the fence, i would say talk to your pediatrician, look to reputable sources for information, because i think the time is now. we want to make sure your kids stay healthy and safe. it s always important to keep kids healthy and safe, but particularly as millions head back