many drivers. now the virginia department of transportation says some vehicles have been stuck since monday morning after a major snowstorm hit the area. and virginia senator tim kaine is among those trapped on the interstate. just moments ago, he tweeted this photo behind a tractor trailer saying he started his normally two-hour drive to d.c. yesterday at 1:00 p.m. and 19 hours later, he is still not near the capitol. pete muntean has more on this, and, pete, as we hear from the senator and countless others who are calling in, and just maddening that they have been there for so many hours, do these drivers know how much longer they re going to be stuck there? the situation is getting pretty desperate. 48 mile shutdown. we know people have been there in some cases for 15 hours. this stretches throughout three counties in northern virginia, stafford, prince william and caroline county. some drivers have been there so long, they have run out of gas. now, virginia s department
a. today it s another week, potentially another shift in cdc guidance which could leave many americans scratching their heads wondering exactly how to approach the latest coronavirus wave. just a week ago the isolation period for people infected with covid was shortened from ten days to five, so what could potentially be changing now? here s secretary-general dr. mur thy this morning at cnn. guidance on shortening the isolation period was one that the cdc issued last week. they have certainly received feedback and questions about the role of testing in shortening that quarantine period and they are actually working right now on issuing a clarification on that. i would expect that any day now. so stand by for some sort of clarification potentially involving testing. meantime, where do we stand as a country? omicron now accounts for 95% of enough cases in the u.s. in the last week, and while those infections do appear in most cases to be milder, we know the nation s hospita
here s what jerome adams had to say just a few minutes ago. rapid tests are very good on telling you if you are in cutely affected. get a rapid test if you can. the problem is, the administration is not delivered a rapid test. they don t want to put out a policy telling you to do something which then reflects blame back on them. dana: the cover of the near post, omnicrush. we have team fox coverage. must pick a good morning. with his take on casts in short supply, many americans are waiting in long lines where the covert positivity rate exceeds . the surgeon general is questioning the value of testing individuals who are asymptomatic or low risk for competition. we are going to be working to unwind the testing psychology that our federal leadership has managed to unfortunately that most of the country end. other health experts argue it s important to track asymptomatic cases because they can still be passed on to high risk individuals. that is renewing nationwide deba
that said, cases are still up big time, particularly in the southeast where states like florida, louisiana and georgia have all seen their numbers go up more than 500% in the last two weeks. across the nation more than 3,000 schools have opted to shut down, but thousands more are using some combination of testing and masking protocols to keep their kids in-person, in school. the reaction from parents across this country, frustration, confusion, anxiety and fear. in other words, it feels like 2020 all over again. that is what president biden will be confronting when he updates the public on the fight against covid later today. meanwhile, a combination of covid sick-outs and bad weather is still causing huge travel issues at airports around the country. more than 1,000 u.s. flights have already been canceled just this morning and more than 18,000 since christmas eve. speaking of bad weather, willie just mentioned it, you have got to look at this. this is i-95 in the state of
an unprecedented rate. we ll have a report from one of the busiest airports in the world. plus, i ll discuss with my guests how hong kong is handling their zero covid strategy. as the political crisis grows, the prime minister resigns and we re live in the region with the latest. a post holiday surge in covid infections is gripping the u.s. right now. the u.s. is now averaging about 400,000 new cases a day and experts warn it s likely to get worse in the days ahead. well, that surge fueled mostly by the omicron variant is also crushing hospitals which are overwhelmed mostly by unvaccinated americans. also today at least 5 metro atlanta school districts have joined others nationwide in moving to remote learning after the holiday break. one of the largest teachers unions in new york is urging the mayor to let public schools move online. this as the former head of the fda warns the new omicron variant can be more dangerous for young kids. does appear based on a lot of ex