Surprise. Renc the middle of it all. Reporter this what bring al what to expect. The late Spring Storm even catching visitors offguard. Nobody back home is going to believe this. Reporter visiting from north carolina, she was not asked acting snow during her trip. The late Spring Sierra Storm even catching locals offguard. They heard about the Winter Storm Advisory but it is we dont have big jackets or anything. We went up to Virginia City for two nights, went to reno for one Night And Everybody is looking better head back down the hill before it snows and we were like its not going to snow. Reporter the usual taste of winter with a strong cold front ringing rain, wind and snow, some heading back to storage bring back their coats and boots. Im going to put them back after. Does two days later. Keep them on standby. It is bizarre. Reporter this is what people can expect to the rest of the evening, these periods of snow and then it stopping. Reporting in truckee, renc santos, kpix5. It i
i m alison morris in for craig melvin. we prepare to ring in the new year, and the number of covid cases raging across the country. for the second day in a row the u.s. is shattering its own record with more than 584,000 cases on thursday. plus in colorado fast-moving wildfires have destroyed nearly 600 homes. look at that. and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. the governor declaring a state of emergency and president biden warning russian president vladimir putin to deescalate tensions with ukraine during a phone call on thursday, saying if moscow takes military action yrks the u.s. and its allies will respond decisively. we begin this hour with the coronavirus. the number of cases skyrocketing. over 54 million covid cases in the u.s. since the pandemic started. that s according to the latest nbc news tally. the faa is warning of more airline delays today because of the omicron variant and the weather. saying that an increased number of faa employees have tes
the cdc is out with new guidelines shortening the recommending isolation of quarantine time for those who tested positive or expose todd the virus. this comes as the fast omicron variant puts pressure on airlines and other businesses. nbc news. reporter: testing for the virus reaches by a crisis point. by 5:00, the lines in south florida already forming with the prospect of free covid testing kits. what are you seeing in shelves? they re all in stock and fine, i guess they all disappeared in a matter of three days like they were not there. reporter: at this library at miami-dade county, you are looking at two different lines. this is for free testing kits. this is for testing on-site. both of them snake around the building in both directions with no end in sight. a national crisis, chaos in lines from new york and miami and dallas. we have more work to do and quadruple number of pharmacies offering free test and they are now more than 20,000 places where you can get
program from places like o hare, the airport and the city is housing illegal migrants inside abandoned schools and stores. ashley: marianne has details from los angeles. marianne: good morning, ashley and todd. mayor lori lightfoot getting hit from all sides just a week before chicago picks a mayor. lightfoot is accused of denying benefits to officers. joaquin mendoza. not in my wildest dreams, did i imagine his case would be denied. you can imagine my shock, disbelief and frankly disgust when my brother s claim for duty disability benefits was denied. marianne: lightfoot clapping back calling the accusations lies. what little i know about her, she cares deeply about her family, but making up accusations and suggesting somehow i acted inappropriately, she is not entitled to her own facts. it is not lost on me this is a press conference from city hall a week before the election, draw your own conclusion as to why that is happening. marianne: lightfoot is taking
launches his 2024 g.o.p. campaign. we are going to need to rediscover the national identity that we all share ashbury university is planning to end its 24/7 religious revival. over 50,000 people have traveled to the area to participate. when some people gather with this much love in their heart, it s amazing. i glorious glorious got a chance to start again i was confident, confident. ainsley: it is glorious there. is that not a beautiful shot? the sun coming up there in maine this morning. and that is a nice scene to wake up to. what beautiful colors the oranges and the blues together and the sand there. we are actually live in kentucky. which is another beautiful place where everyone here is so nice. we have been treated with such southerns wh hospitality down he and great place ashbury university. brian: unlike new york. people are actually nice. ashley: a lot different. slower drivers but nicer people here. ashbury university will more, kentucky. this i