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Bi-valent booster seems to have some protection, so if you have not gotten that booster, this is the most important message over this holiday week is get that booster. it's now, now is the time to get it if you have not gotten it yet. >> dr. hotez, any correlation with the flu and covid, and one going down and one going up and are they normally linked or not? how should we understand this? >> in the past, they've both accelerated during january and february so if you remember, in 2021, in the winter, we had the terrible alpha wave and then the following year, the ba.1 only con wave those were ...

Southwest airlines canceling the majority of its flights for today. we have team reporting. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, elwyn lopez in atlanta. the nationwide virus threat. covid-19 on the rise. with the holidays under way, the new warning tonight that all those gatherings and travel could send cases soaring, while flu activity remains high. t strike inside russia. for the second time this month, an air base 300 miles from the border hit. putin's forces claiming they shot down a ukrainian drone. ukraine signaling hope for negotiations. are peace talks possible? britt clennett from kyiv ton...

To come down over the last four weeks, it has come down steadily and it could bounce back up as we head into 2023, but i'm hoping not it is still, you should still get your influenza vaccine, if you haven't gotten it, the level of flu activity is still pretty high but it is coming down. the not so good news is that there is a commensurate rise in the covid-19 cases and it is not just the rise in cases but hospitalizations are going up as you point out and we have some new variants in place, so i call them the scrabble variants, because they use high value scrabble letters like x, v, and q, so ...

We're hearing over and over again, from folks, is that this is unlike anything they've ever seen, and boy, you know buffalo, new york city, they know snow, they know, you know buffalo, unusual, they know snow and tough winters and from folks, we hear this is a once in a lifetime kind of a storm. >> dasha burns, on this frigid storm that has come through over the holiday weekend, thank you. covid infections are gaining steam again as americans gather for the holidays covid hospitalizations are up 7% and covid deaths are up 15%. this as flu hospitalizations are falling at least for now let's c...

Intelligence, the failure to act upon it, we set out in our conclusion left that capitol unprepared for the violence that ensued. >> reporter: the committee's criminal referrals carry no legal weight. the decision to prosecute the former president will be up to the new special counsel jack smith. >> ryan, thank you. the new flu numbers are just out from the cdc, and while flu activity remains high across the country, there are some encouraging signs tonight, but as sam brock reports, health officials worry the holidays could mean another spike. the country's bitter battle with the flu, the w...