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We're in a very different place than we were a year ago, ed. 200 million people are vaccinated. we have also just purchased the largest over-the-counter purchase of tests in history, 500 million tests. >> reporter: burt the details of that bulk purchase of tests won't be sorted out for a few more weeks, meaning it could be several more after that before americans get those tests as long lines for tests persist nationwide. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. tonight there's some good news after an epic travel nightmare on one of the busiest corridors in america after a dire 27 hours, vi...

Interstate 95. it is a parking lot. >> reporter: among them, virginia senator and former democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine, stranted for over 26 hours. >> the only thing i ate was one orange, and the only liquid i had was one 16-ounce dr. pepper. >> it's been 21 hours. >> reporter: stephanie rodriguez kept her six- and 11-year-olds warmed by covering them with clothes packed in their luggage. >> the handles of my car was all ice. it was really scary. >> reporter: officials blame heavy rain that fell ahead of the intense snow, preventing them from treating the highway. by 2:00 a....

Been canceled since monday, in part due to the storm. >> found a flight from american to get to chicago today, and then jumped back on united coming to d.c. so we can get a car and drive to richmond. but, apparently, the roads are shut down. >> reporter: now, tonight, virginia officials report all stranded passengers along i-95 have in fact been rescued. but a major portion of the freeway south of where i am in springfield remain closed so workers can scpract remove the more than dozen stranded and abandoned vehicles there. so, norah, it may just be a few more hours before the entire stretch o...

Vehicles. virginia interstate is back open. massive chunks of ice. look there falling from two high rises. closes several busy streets. police taking extra precautions after a woman was killed last week by a flying debris -- falling debris, excuse me. hundreds of people gathering outside the white house to light the national memorial on the first night of hanukkah ♪ ♪ jillian: celebration included music from the u.s. marine band marking the 40th anniversary of the national menorah. meantime up in space, a nasa astronaut celebrates by showing off her fessive socks from the international spa...

Saved my life. what we do here at dana-faber, changes lives everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. i'm dara brown with the hour's top stories. a 63-vehicle pile-up on a virginia interstate has left several with critical injuries. it happened after 8:00 a.m. this morning in york county.