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>> reporter: the variants threatening to bring on a deadly spike in cases across the country this spring. a new forecast projecting another 200,000 americans could die in the next three months if safety protocols are not followed. the vaccine rollout gaining speed. but tonight, only 7.8% of the u.s. population have gotten the vaccine. in arizona, gwen and mike elbert, together for 53 years, got the virus over christmas. they died eight days apart, saying good-bye over zoom. >> if we had that vac...

The roads. it is only going to get worse. >> reporter: in new york city, more than a foot of snow blizzard-like conditions in times square white out condition leaving many stranded >> let me say this unequivocally, this is a big one. it is going to be with us at this point we think until tomorrow night >> here in new jersey as the snow began piling up, the switch over to ice only made matters work as crew struggles to stay ahead of the storm >> reporter: a rescue after this truck slid off the ro...

All right, back outside now and finally the big snow storm here in the northeast was just the diversion that many of us needed in these difficult days >> reporter: did someone say snow day the pandas at the national zoo got the message, sliding away. sliding is the order of the day. kids breaking free from covid clamp down for fresh air snow man popping up all over the place. at the cincinnati zoo, fiona, the hippo just eats this stuff >> reporter: in indiana, the kids took on the local cops in ...

Park and somebody nearly 20 inches snow. today visitors entered on the west side of the park and opening today is the pinnacle national park. it received more than 5 inches of rainmaking it unsafe but open! >> see you again soon. tonight the historic winter storm paralyzing the northeast as we come on the air. the biggest storm in years states of emergency declared uns in 18 states up to three feet of snow new york city already seeing more than a foot dangerous driving and white out conditions...

Canceled and schools were closed, but its the battle against covid 19 thats seen the biggest impact. vaccination sites were shut down from washington, d.c. to new york. >> its not safe out there today, so vaccinations are canceled today. >> reporter: but they still played ball at bostons fenway park, the citys largest vaccination site. they opened an hour early to get ahead of the storm. we were there when an ambulance came to the rescue of this medical transport van stuck carrying a dialysis pa...

You need to get vaccinated when it becomes available, as quickly and as expeditiously as possible throughout the country. and the reason for that is that there is a fact that permeates virology, and that is that viruses cannot mutate if they dont replicate. >> todays massive snowstorm in the northeast stalled vaccination efforts across the region today with the notable exception of a mass vaccination site at fenway park up in boston where the state started vaccinating seniors 75 and over. despit...

Democrats make their argument that donald trump incited the riot that ultimately led to all of this year, to the death of a police officer, and the loss of additional lives, andrea. >> and capitol hill police officer brian sicknick who died from injuries sustained in the attack will be lying in honor in the capitol rotunda tonight, his body will be brought in later tonight and hell be buried in arlington. the ceremonies for him, he was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher. >> reporter: thats...

And that that would give some republicans pause about being so sure about how they would vote. but i was wrong again. i mean, it shows that there is no bottom with the republican party, and you are never safe making a prediction that they might be something less than fact immune. but the facts that have come out are this. "the new york times" reported that there are extremist ties between half a dozen republican members and right-wing militias, groups that we have been warned about. there are co...

Tonight, it is a note to our faithful, loyal viewers. if you live somewhere other than the northeast, let me just go ahead and apologize for the entire news media. because the major networks are head headquartered in new york, the simple truth is when it snows here in the northeast, they act like its a national story. sure, and let me clue you into a trick here, we justify all the attention, we give to it by saying things like, 60 million americans are in the path of this storm, but the truth is...

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