according to aaa. that could have political consequences for president biden, his larger agenda, and bianna, the oil markets seem to be pointing toward higher oil prices this year, too. some predictions that they could go up to $100. cnn s matt egan joins us from new york. matt, u.s. consumers, as we know, are already feeling anxious with high inflation. the biden administration had been pointing to lower gas prices over the past few weeks, so what are they saying now about this sudden increase? well, jim and bianna, alarm bells have got to be ringing inside the white house over energy prices. we actually saw gas prices start to tick lower at the end of last year, but that proved to be very short-lived. the national average at $3.31 a gallon. that s up about a penny from a week ago and more than a dollar from a year ago, and pump prices are likely to go higher in the coming weeks because gas follows the lead of oil. u.s. oil topped $85 a barrel this morning for the first time since
should be vaccinated if you ve got a younger person to protect. right now the positivity rate at that hospital, children s hospital l.a. went from 17.5% among the children being brought in, in december compared to right now to date in january, 45%. so that s more than double, quite a spike right now. jim? absolutely. all right, natasha chen, thank you very much for that. i m joined now by cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine in surgery at george washington university, dr. jonathan reiner. you know, it s hard to get your head around some of these numbers, dr. reiner. 1 million cases a day, a real possibility now according to dr. fauci. is there anything left the biden administration can do to get us out of this hole? or are we just going to have to ride this thing out? um, well, first of all, i think a million cases a day is going to be probably a big underestimate. remember, a lot of people are testing at home now, and very few of those tests are being
still practicing, like he will get to play in the australian open. new details are emerging about inconsistencies in his entry documents as well as his movements after he tested positive for covid-19. raising only more questions. so let s go to cnn s paula hancocks in melbourne. what has djokovic been saying about all of these new information that is coming out? reporter: well, bianna and jim, we had a lot of new developments. so let me go through them one by one. we heard from novak djokovic himself. he s given a statement on social media. he s talked about when he tested positive for covid-19, pointing out that on december 14th he was at a basketball match in the serbian capital of belgrade. he said many people tested positive after that. on december 16th, he decided to take a pcr test. december 17th he then took a rapid antigen test as well, which was negative. and he had a number of public events which we saw him at
cnn s meteorologist tom seder is also tracking this storm. tom, what are you seeing? wedge, you talked about over 200,000 without power. i would not be surprised that you could see 2 million or more, and this is the worst kind of loss of power. if it s due to ice you could be without power for a week or more. this storm came barreling out of canada, 8 to 12 inches of snow. 14 in des moines and snow in memphis to nashville and down to 9 inches in mississippi. and now it s an ice event but the good news is if you look at the major cities, boston you re not in it, but you don t have to go far to the west. philly, yes, there will be big concerns with heavy snow to areas of eastern ohio. we ll get there, up to say cleveland and pittsburgh, buffalo, but coastal emotion to the north. now, severe weather we ll touch on in a minute but it s been an icy mess eaves of nashville. takes a while for the colder temperatures and change the rain
this information just into cnn. the names of eight men allegedly connected to jeffrey epstein and his sex trafficking scandal could soon be made public. ghislaine maxwell, who s been found guilty of helping epstein traffic young girls, settled a lawsuit filed by virginia giuffre who claims epstein abused her when she was a minor. the names of the other men were sealed as part of the lawsuit s settlement. giuffre is asking the court to unseal the documents, and in a court filing this week, maxwell s lawyers dropped their objections to releasing the names. that means it s now up to the court to decide. movie star, blonde bombshell, cultural icon now see marilyn monroe through a more modern, feminist lens.