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Are so many people worried that the government is coming after their guns, the n.r.a. announced yesterday their paid membership has gone up 100,000 in the last 18 days. >>alisyn: well have more in the rest of the show. we want to get to the other top story. the flu. the c.d.c. will be releasing new numbers on the flu outbreak. 48 states are reporting a wide number of outbreaks. this comes with new concerns about vaccine shortages. >> people are scrambling all across the country, including here i...

Influenza this year are urged to get vaccinated. >> reporter: dr. walls for one is hoping people listen. he knows better than anyone the flu haant hit its peak yet. so far this season, this hospital has treated 280 confirmed flu cases. in all of last year, they only had 63. yet this is another hospital where doctors say theyre getting beyond the point of testing every patient. at this point, the focus is treating them. linsey davis, abc news, boston. >> to show you how serious this is getting, t...

I think one of the bigger questions when you look at the greater ceconomy, when you talk to people, especially in tennessee, the senate hasnt passed a budget in almost four years. the congress on the house side is having a hard time dealing with the debt ceiling. the uncertainty of whether theres going to be road program dollars, what the dollars are going to look like in education. nobody is planning outside of two months because they dont know what the debt ceiling is bowing to be, for the fed...

Ambulances being turned away in some parts of the country. what is it like in boston? >> reporter: all the hospitals here are experiencing a large amount of flu cases. were outside of boston medical center. they saw 85 people here just last week. and at mass general theyre under a lot of pressure shurmt take a listen. >> it is very crowded emergency department and significant flu season. were certainly on pace to have a flu season at least as bad we saw five years ago and maybe as bad as one abo...

>> fox news alert. a growing number of hospitals reporting theyre having to turn patients away as the number of flu cases in the country reaches near record levels. brand new hour here of "america live." welcome, everyone, im megyn kelly. playing out in virtually every city. with boston today declaring a public emergency. 41 states are affected and have a widespread outbreak on their hands. in arizona teachers are vigilant wiping down tables and chairs and making sure children wash their hands f...

One hospital that was called bypass. on monday, 11 different hospitals around the state were on bypass. what that means for non-emergency patients, drivers are directed to go to another hospital and a lot of that is attributed to flu cases particularly in the chicago area. it is not unusual to happen, but have a cluster 11 different hospitals on one day, that is unusual. >> shep: steve brown, thanks. the doctor is with us attending physician at winthrop here in new york. everybody says this one ...

This morning on "world news now," severe season as flu cases spread across the country, hospitals are overwhelmed and overflowing. >> and as the number of cases mounts, so do the suspected flu deaths. its wednesday, january 9th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, im sunny hostin in for paula faris. >> and im rob nelson. good morning, everybody. and from turning away patients to setting up emergency tents, hospitals are now scrambling as the flu outbreak is gripping the ...

>> fox news alert. a new video just coming in that points to the dramatic spread of flu cases in the united states. brand new hour hereof "america live." welcome everyone. im megyn kelly. we talked about this story yesterday, 18 children have died and 2000 people hospitalized this week in a massive flu outbreak that hit 41 states, rather badly. we got this video from pennsylvania about an hour ago. it shows one hospital setting up an emergency tent to handle the overflow of people suffering flu-...

Reason they put it up because they got inundated with flu cases. the number of cases a day from december until now have doubled and they were seeing hundreds and hundreds of people every single day and they simply did not have room. this is eastern pennsylvania. same goes in northern new jersey and the hospital says the tent will be up until they figure out when to take it down. it might be a week, they mbe ad now, c.d.c. says its shaping up to be one of the worst flu seasons in recent years and...

And welcome to a brand new hour. i am rick. >> and topping the news at this hour. brand new details about the pilot that the ta said was pulled from duty minutes before take off smelling of >> it may not be much but it could be a once in a childhood chance to go sledding. well tell you why . - where. phet out to school. we have tasteyest chocolate cereal. >> and that will not widen your waistline. and we begin with brand new information from the centers of disease control and prestrention. flu...