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Because if the supreme court rolls back marriage equality, 35 states, it will be illegal to have a same-sex marriage in. what the respect for marriage equality act does, is that it says that it has to, every state, whether or not it's legal to get married there if you're same-sex, they have to recognize marriage as legal. so there's a lot of work to be done. >> sara kate ellis, glaad president and ceo, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. still ahead on the show, we're talking about covid flu cases going up in time for the holidays. does it mean masks will make a comeback? ahead. and ...

Paramedics did everything to help him. now concerns over the triple-demic. covid and flu cases surging since thanksgiving. flu cases are up 14% since october. and more than 450,000 new covid cases in just the past week. a bunch of cities around the country they are noticing this, l.a., new york, seattle, all now strongly recommending that people wear masks inside in public. no mandate. stopping short of requiring it. but asking for it. and as you can see in the graphic on the screen there, rsv cases have started to go down lately, but the so-called triple-demic threat is still causing hospit...

Spiking across the united states at the same time. these respiratory illnesses are filling hospitals at a rate not seen since last winter's covid spike. about 80% of the country's hospital beds are in use right now. bri . >> the new york state department of health says this is a complex challenge as we talk about that triple threat of covid-19, rsv infections and the flu, which is really seeing the biggest surge. i want to point to some data they gave us within the last few weeks. the number of flu cases has nearly tripled in the past three weeks and flu hospitalizations have more than doubled...

Going up. so is rsv. but the biggest issue that this country is seeing the number of flu cases. i want to give you another statistic to swallow here. 100,000 people out of 100,000 people, 26 hospitalizations are for flu. that is a very big number. actually the biggest number that the cdc has seen in more than the last decade. again, it's these three viruses that are circulating across the country really surging. only seven states in this country are not at a high or very high alert right now. and so that's why you are seeing some cities like new york city, seattle, saying, hey, listen, let's m...

Day in iran, protests at several universities. inside tehran university, iran's president blamed the united states for what he described as riots. tehran's response has been predictably violent. 458 protesters have died. many more face the death penalty. >> it is the strongest instrument of creating fear. it's more than shooting people on the streets. >> reporter: death to the dictator, was chanted thursday night. melissa bell, cnn, perisic. flu cases are surging in the u.s. after the break, we will talk to