across the northern plains. we re now starting to see a little piece of that come into the northeast. temperatures during the morning hours will get down to the single digits across portions of the northeast and will struggle to get above zero up in portions of extreme new england. guys? the couch, the hot cocoa, perhaps bourbon as well. tyler mauleden, thank you so much. we know how boris handles the cold weather, apparently. hide. good morning. welcome to new day. i m boris sanchez. i m christi paul. we re glad to have you here. amid debates over testing in schools, the omicron variant is fueling a record number of hospitalizations, specifically in children. hospitals are, again, postponing procedures and warning that they are reaching yet another breaking point. high stakes talks begin tomorrow between the u.s. and
inches, with that kind of rain, that kind of storm surge, that kind of wind, this is just a very serious storm. it will be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since the 1850s. ironically it s set to make landfall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. and meteorologist tyler mauleden, tracking hurricane ida now. he joins me now to talk about it. what do you see in terms of where it s headed, when it s going to get there and how strong is it. we re seeing the eye popping up on radar. see that? you weren t seeing it in the late evening hours but now, boom, there you go. there s the ie on radar, so it is definitely gathering strength, getting ever so closer to louisiana and these outer bands are packing a punch. we had a severe thunderstorm warning in parts of the olympic channel of f panhandle.