back into rehab. when billy and his mom were able to reconnect, she told us weeks later billy seemed to be doing better at the detox center. at least he appeared to be staying longer than previous stints to help kick his habit. his mom, and sister were at his bedside. his family is in our thoughts tonight. the government runs a confidential help line, the number is 1-800-662-help, the government says that last year the number of calls they received was 27% more than the year before the coronavirus pandemic began. the news continues right now, i m going to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. appreciate it. welcome to prime time. we are following events in minnesota tonight. it is a police of protest again after another police shooting leaves a black man dead. you re looking live at the situation in brooklyn center, minnesota. now, here is the situation. there is a curfew in effect, and the police have been in a standoff. they are out now, and the question is how do
what to do to curb it. if you look at this they ve been doing this poll-driven drive against corporate america saying it s greed that is increasing the numbers when i actually think it is a lot deeper than that and inflation pressures are coming from all the money thrown at covid and other things in the last couple of years. bill: the thing is you can go to georgia and talk about voting rights but this cannot hide. talk about gas prices and food prices and everybody feels it and now it is playing out in a way that unfortunately the economists predicted. we haven t seen numbers like this since the early 1980s, dana. dana: we ll talk about it a lot this morning and have good he personal for you as well. numbers on inflation are colliding with supply chain issues and staff shortages. pictures of empty store shelves across the nation are going viral. honestly i looked for march 2020 when everybody was stockpiling and the shelves were bare. pretty much all produce is gone. t
least 40 states in addition to washington, d.c., and puerto rico. president biden s chief medical adviser dr. anthony fauci saying earlier today now is the time to get boosted because without that additional shot, you likely won t have enough protection. in addition to the omicron variant, we know delta is still the dominant strain in this country, from what we know may also be more severe than omicron. it is filling up hospitals. the majority of those folks hospitalized for covid-19 unvaccinated. a reminder, it s the pandemic of the unvaccinated. the u.s. averaging right now nearly 1,300 covid-related deaths being reported each day. in new york city, you see lines like this around the block. this is for covid testing. those lines aren t just happening here in the city either. plenty of other places around the country, let s take you though to the streets of new york city. cnn s shimon prokupecz is outside one of those testing sites. i ve driven by lines like this for the las
sierra leone s vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of a hundred people killed on friday when a fuel tanker exploded in the capital, freetown. the city s hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of people injured. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until four o clock. the last set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to get a total headcount. just outside here are anxious relatives who have been asked to come a
sierra leone s vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of a hundred people killed on friday when a fuel tanker exploded in the capital, freetown. the city s hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of people injured. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy traffic jam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until 4:00. the last set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to get a total headcount. anxious relatives. just outside here are anxious relatives who have been ask