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In our health lead, the cdc says cases of the flu are showing signs of slowing down in some parts of the united states. while the number of people hospitalized with the flu has declined slightly from last week, the overall rate at this point in the season is sadly higher than it's been in decades. joining us to discuss, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, is the flu season close to peaking, or might it get even worse? >> reporter: i don't think we can say right now. there's been this significant frame shifting of cases of flu ear earlier. we're seeing them much earlier and sort of lots of cases. we are ...

Face with jensen january 6, spoke at the sentencing hearing, saying without goodman heroically luring the mob away nsen ion 930 defendantshed. charged so far with hundreds more arrests expected. another capitol rioter has just been charged with a new crime. the tennessee man is accused of targeting the f.b.i. agents who handled his investigation. and the f.b knoxville as well. nancy. >> cordes: scott macfarlane, thank you. the c.d.c. said today the u.s. got slammed earlier and harder by the flu this season than in previous years. all but five states are considered to have high or very high flu...

Activity is still high, but some areas are seeing declines. so far this season, the flu has caused 15 million infections, 150,000 hospitalizations, and 9,300 deaths. the flu is part of the triple threat according to federal health officials. rsv also raging, and covid may be on the verge of a winter comeback. right now 14% of the u.s. is in high transmission, an area there for coronavirus, and that's higher than last week. cnn medical analyst, dr. jonathan reiner is here. good to see you. let's start with the question i think most people are wondering. it's christmastime, hanukkah coming, and ...

Locations as well as oregon and the seattle area is, hey, when you're inside, at a public place, wear a mask. this is guidance as you said, kate. this is not a mandate. this is guidance. and let's take a look at one zbraf that kind of explains why they're doing this. it is about hospital capacity, hospitals are overrun with this tripledemic of flew and covid and rsv and to the white is the capacity currently. it is over 80% of beds in use. that is higher than at other points during the pandemic. i was sort of surprised by that and things were so horrible during the pandemic. plow now it is eve...

The number of confirmed cases nearly doubled in the latest weekly report.