outcomes. this is an unusual virus and one you want to avoid, but you need to be able to know that the vaccine is safe, safe, safe, before you get it. that's going to be the charge of everybody. >> the surgeon general says that he's more optimistic than ever that the end of the pandemic is in reach. do you share that optimism? >> i do. i think we right now have about 90% population immunity from immunization, natural immunity or both. i do think things will go down. then we have to define when we go from pandemic to endemic and when we can get back to our lives at normal. i think things are looking up. >> good to see you, sir. that major winter storm is becoming more dangerous by the minute. it's pushing heavy snow and ice and pelting winds across much of the country and now power outages are adding up. we have a live report on the weather, next.