Tornadoes touch down in louisiana, water levels keep rising and more rain on the way. A packed show for you this morning. Talk to cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta, dr. Anthony fauci, from the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Former new mexico give nor Bill Richardson, illinois congresswoman january, and tboz will be joining us. Starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point is kind of gross. The flu. A nasty strain running rampant across the country. Thousands hospitalized and dozens of people have died. In just a few hours, the cdc will release new numbers on how widespread the flu is. Cnns medical unit got an early look and one expert says were at epidemic levels. Dr. Sanjay gupta is in atlanta. What are you expecting to hear . Elizabeth cohen has been working through the night on getting these numbers. One number, which is important and what we expected. Widespread outbreak of the flu. 47 states, up from 41 states with a
Bottom of the hour now. Welcome back, everyone. Im randi kaye. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Five stories you should know. Number one, Lance Armstrong, the usa today Sports Reporter Brent Schrotenboer says Lance Armstrong is ready to admit his doping scandal. The paper saying hell come clean with Oprah Winfrey monday. In the past, he has strongly denied using any performanceenhancing drugs. But overwhelming evidence from antidrug agencies has cost him millions of dollars in endorsements. Hes also been stripped of his seven Tour De France titles. Chavez missed his own inauguration on thursday, though the Supreme Court said he could be sworn into his third term at a later time. The 58yearold hasnt been heard from since he went to havana a month ago for cancer surgery. Government officials said he suffered a severe lung infection after the operation. There was no Firm Evidence that chavez is even conscious. Number three, the deadly flu outbreak. The cdc is now reporting that t
Is boeings new during my are turning into a nightmare . More problems for the plane just as an inaugural flight is scheduled today at a san jose mineta. Were waking up to cold temperatures were talking freezing temperatures are around the bay. Will begin with our Team Coverage of the weather freeze warnings are and the fact. Will tran is out there shivering you saw me an hour ago it was 32 degrees on the board and at and is now 31 degrees. It has gotten colder which means if it rains right now it is not coming down as rain. It will be snow because we are below the freezing mark. I have to tell you if it feels much colder than that. It cuts to the bone. Its freezing but you still have a nice note. I tried but i just cant do it. This is terrible for the mornings. My heating bill is probably quadruple the next week. And that was yoli aceves asking all those hard hitting reading questions. I can tell you what his bill is not the only one thats going up after this one. And it is cold james
Over 9,000 women weighing in on everything they look for in a man. And there he is. This man met every, single requirement. We will meet him ahead. Perfection camera. Were going to get to that. Right now, lets get to that deadly and escalating flu epidemic, causing so much misery in so much of the country right now. Abcs linsey davis is in one of the hardesthit cities, boston. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, george. Masks like these and also hand sanitizers are the front defense about fighting the flu here in boston and around the country. Its not just the flu. Theres also a nasty stomach bug called the norovirus thats also on the rise. The fight against this particularly nasty strain of flu is quickly becoming an uphill battle. I dont remember seeing anything like this here in 20 years. Reporter this morning, hospitals and doctors offices are running low on flu shots and tests. This is a True National shortage. Reporter more than 128 million vaccine doses have been distri
Including ambien. Bien, why doctors are now telling women, in particular, to cut their doses in half. Doctors ari well explain that, savannah. Ngr all right. And then a family in ohio, dealing with a rather bizarre s . All right. Then a family in problem. Ohio dealing with a rather bizarre pr take a look at what happens when fire gets near the faucet. The water fire gets near the faucet. The water literally explodes into flames. Flt turns and, as it turns out, this is n not an isolated problem. Well tell you whats behind it but we will begin this morning l with the winter storm taking aim at people here on the west coas taking aim at people from here to the great lakes. West coast e al has the forecast details. Als got the forecast details. Al good morning to you. ,ng to you all right, good morning, savannah. Weve got a big storm system. Storm system. E video, show you what people have been dealing with out west from utah on into show you what people have been dealing with out west fro