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with firefighters bracing for a new round of dangerous winds in southern california. those winds are expected to pick up again later today, and last over the next few days. the national weather service warns it could lead to, quote, explosive fire growth. at least 24 people have been killed in these fires. the victims include great grandparents, a father who stayed behind with his son who had disabilities and could not evacuate, and people trying to protect the home they had lived in for decades. >> firefighters made progress containing the devastating palisades and eaton fires but the los angeles fire chief is telling the los angeles community to stay on alert. >> we're not in the clear. i want to make sure of that. we are not in the clear as of yet, and we must not let our guard down. >> the los angeles lakers and clippers are both expected to play at home tonight after postponing games last week because of these fires. the oscar nominations, which were scheduled to be announced this friday have been pushed to next week. joining us now, nbc news

correspondent dana griffin who is in los angeles, and nbc news meteorologist bill karins here with us in studio. dana, what are firefighters doing right now to prepare for this new round of high wind? >> zinhle, we are in the palisades, and exactly what you see behind me is part of that effort to prevent hot spots from flaring up, once those winds kick back up, firefighters are spraying homes that are flaring up again so they won't be carried to homes that have not burned down. fire officials are combing through the area, trying to ut off the gas lines in certain communities because some of those lines have been opened. we have seen over several days, the efforts where the fire has started. they are reminding people they won't be able to come into the areas because it's just not safe yet. >> thank you. bill, let me go over to you. you were telling us off camera, it's not like the wind gusts are going to be everywhere. but they are definitely going to

peak in the middle of the night. walk us through. >> this is not a repeat of last week. 80, 100 mile per hour winds, right through downtown l.a. that was an extremely unusual high wind event. this is a more typical santa ana wind event. we have red flag warnings for a lot of areas, not l.a. by the way, it's extremely dry, hasn't rained, and it's going to get very windy this afternoon through this evening, and right through tomorrow morning. this hashed area is the area that we have what we call a particularly dangerous situation. this is the area that if a fire does start, it could show rapid fire growth, and if the winds are too high for the aircraft to try to get out ahead of it as it gains steam, nothing would be able to stop it, similar to what we dealt with last week. instead of 80 to 100, winds are expected to be 50 to 70. it's a tiny bit less extreme. here's the current wind gusts. i mean, look, 67 mile per hour

winds in some spots. it's already very windy in the higher elevations. downtown l.a., there's no wind. palisades fire, the wind is 8. winds tend to be lower where we have the big fires, palisades and the east. any new fires, the areas with tomorrow morning, 66, 58, 57, 64, that's the whole thing. will new fires form x if they do, will they go and will new communities have to evacuate. fingers crossed, we're hoping we don't have any fires that will form, and that will be okay. that's the bottom line with this. then tomorrow afternoon and evening, we get a break. the winds come down a little bit, and then we expect them to rise back up tuesday night into wednesday morning. by the time we get to thursday, everything kind of quiets down. this is a map for today. this is the extreme risk area, and all the areas i just showed you, the winds are going high, santa clarita, thousand oaks near glendora, not in l.a., and then tomorrow, it's almost the

exact same spot. this is an interesting event, re typical. i associate with covering a tornado. if a tornado happens, you know, in the farmers field, then we're fine. if it hits a town, it's a horrible event. >> there has been so much devastation, meteorologist bill karins, thank you so much. joining us now is debra duarto, los angeles county superintendent of schools. really happy to have you with us. thank you for being with us at a really really busy time. i know most schools around los angeles did reopen today. some schools in heavily impacted areas, i understand, are still closed. can you take us inside the decision to reopen today, and how are teachers and staff trying to help these kids understand what's happening? >> yeah, so, you know, it's been devastating and, you know, many, we had 25 out of our 80 school districts that closed down due to the fires, whether it was immediately because they were in impacted areas or the poor air-conditions. you know, the numberone priority when we're talking about opening schools are just making sure that it's safe.

it's safe for our students, it's safe for our teachers and staff that we have things in place, such as masks available for our students, that we can keep them indoors, and not exposed to any outdoor activities so that they're not breathing in that poor air quality. checking all the school facilities to make sure there isn't any debris, downed power line, trees or something that could be dangerous, if students or staff were to, you know, step on something. we know that students need to be in school. we have learned that from the pandemic. we want students back. we want to minimize lots of instruction, but we also want to make sure that we're tang care of their mental health and well being. many students have been evacuated. many have lost their homes or have family members who have. so we have been providing information on trauma to all of

our teachers, helping them to prepare on how to answer questions, and speak to children who have experienced the fire directly or simply from hearing it all over the news. >> right. it's a traumatic event for the community, especially for young people, and you mentioned concerns around air quality, which of course have been a larger concern around these fires. what steps are you taking in the schools to make sure kids and staff are safe and healthy in the classroom? >> yeah, as i mentioned, making sure that they're staying indoors, that they have n95 quality masks, that our air filtration systems are functioning, districts are changing their filters, making sure that clean air is moving through the classrooms, and just making sure that we're taking time to connect with our children and teachers and letting them know that we care about them and we're here for them, and we're going to get through this together. >> yeah, i know several schools in the district have been

damaged or destroyed. what's the plan for those families in those schools? >> so in l.a. unified, i beliee they had three schools where they needed to relocate students, and they have already informed those parents and that community where those students will be temporarily housed. in pasadena, where they have been heavily impacted, i believe they have five schools that are going to be close for a longer term in pasadena, they're right in the process of figuring out a short-term and long-term plan, but the districts will communicate with parents directly. we'll be looking at facilitating possible transportation as well. we just want to make sure everybody can get back to some sense of normalcy as soon as possible. >> yeah, los angeles county superintendent of schools, debra duardo, wishing you all the best. that you think for being with us. the senate is bracing for a train wreck of a week.

>> the schedule is packed for confirmation hearings for president-elect trump's cabinet pickings. the senate will hold a dozen hearings and some could have a tougher time getting through than others. >> joining us now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. a marathon week, it begins with pete hegseth, president trump's pick for secretary of defense. what are we expecting there, and overall for the next few days. >> yeah, zinhle, the top members of the senate armed services committee have gotten the chance to review pete hegseth's fbi background check. that could inform questions he gets at his hearing tomorrow, which is the marquee hearing of the entire week, he is by far the most embattled of the nominees, and coming out of the gate, he could set the tone for the rest of the week which will continue to be very busy long after he's out of the hot seat. the other events i'm watching are pam bondi and kristi noem up for attorney general, and dhs secretary. their hearings are both on

wednesday, and are interesting because it's just such a big job they're each trying to pursue. donald trump wants see them confirmed by day one, so too marco rubio, who may have the opposite experience of pete hegseth. his confirmation hearing is being described as a love fest for many years. well known for senators and well liked. he's someone i think could sail through confirmation, with 80, 90 plus votes, by the time we get to inauguration day. >> garrett haake with the latest from capitol hill, good luck this week. time for today's cnbc money minute, the biden administration announces a major action on artificial intelligence. >> and amazon is getting rid of the clothing styling service. bertha coombs joins us now. yes, the biden administration is proposing a new framework on exporting chips used to develop artificial intelligence. the framework would limit the number of ai chips that can be exported to most countries while

allowing about allies including taiwan and south korea unlimited access. the proposal is part of an effort to keep china from advancing chips while maintaining u.s. global dominance in ai. amazon is shutting down its prime try before you buy program. it's allowed members to try on clothes before paying for them. the company said the service, which was widely seen as a competitor to stitch fix only work for some items and customers were relying more on amazon's ai features to decide what to buy. the service will shut down at the end of ththis month. >> i did use it, actually. >> really, did you? >> one time. >> and it was good. i bought a couple of sizes, sent one back. >> i usually just do that naturally. >> i guess, right, you can do it on your own. >> bertha coombs, thanks. coming up, an endangered baby gorilla rescued from a

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today i can report to the american people our alliances are stronger than they have been in decades. nato is more capable than it's ever been. and many more of our allies are paying their fair share. >> nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor joins us now. yamiche, the president has decades of foreign policy experience, and this is his first of two final addresses he's expected to give. what did today's remarks tell us about what he ultimately wants his foreign policy legacy to be. >> well, today was clear that president biden really wanted his foreign policy legacy to be one that is seen as having achieved a lot. he talked at length about america's economy. he talked about the fact that he believes we're in a better position now in the country, especially when it comes to china and the competition there. he'll talk about american alliances, saying he was able to strengthen those alliances.

he talked about ukraine and the aid, he oversaw millions of dollars going to ukraine, as it continues to fight off the russian invasion. he said he also believes that history is going to judge the way he withdrew from afghanistan as being the right decision, and that was controversial. at the time there was a lot of backlash, 13 service members lost their lives. president biden today was saying he believes the way he conducted foreign policy put america in a better position than it was four years ago. what's going to be interesting of course is the fact that he also talked a lot about how the next administration has very different views, and he even talked about what he hoped american standards would be. he said in the future, iran should not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. assad falling and resigning from syria, that should not lead to resurgence in isis, and america should continue to have alliances. this is president biden taking a victory lap of sorts, acknowledging that someone he didn't want to be in office is coming into office.

>> what should we expect to hear from president biden when he ultimately delivers his final farewell address from the oval office on wednesday. >> that address is going to be more of a bigger umbrella. he's going to be talking about america's place in the world. he's going to be talking about domestic policy, and what he believes he can achieve and did achieve as president over the last four years. he's going to be talking about the future of american democracy. there are a lot of americans who did not vote for president trump, and it's my understanding that he's going to give a little bit of comfort to those people, those americans who were worried about the future and also focusing on his legacy. >> yamiche alcindor from washington. thank you. one week fr told, president-elect donald trump will be sworn into office for a second time. but his slate of inaugural events will begin this weekend and today, we learned more about how the city of washington, d.c. plans to manage any security threats ahead of the swearing in ceremony. joining us now is nbc news

justice and intelligence correspondence, ken dilanian. i know ahead of inauguration day, they planned a maga victory rally on sunday, and there's also anti-trump demonstrations planned for saturday for this weekend. what are law enforcement officials saying today about whether the weekend's events could make security more challenging heading into inauguration day? >> hey, kate, they have declared this a national special security event which is the highest level of security that the federal government can bring to bear on any particular event, and they are deploying really almost unprecedented security measures here. 30 miles of nonscaleable fencing, the most they have ever put out in washington, d.c. almost 8,000 national guard troops on stand by. 4,000 police officers from around the country. maritime and air restrictions, the secret service flying drones. the fbi is saying there are no credible threats but obviously there are concerns anytime you have tens of thousands of people gathering and the political climate we're in.

they're marshaling as many resources as they can bring to bear. >> the secret service, i wonder if they might be ramping up or changing security protocols on inauguration day, especially because of the two attempts on his life. >> they have been amping up ever since that happened, flying drones at a level they have never before. the secret service on their toes for this event. kate. >> ken dilanian for us, ken, thank you. and still ahead, failure to launch. why blue origin scrapped a rocket launch just minutes before liftoff. you're watching "nbc news daily." >> we are always streaming free 24/7 on nbc news now. you can watch us wherever you stream live. that includes everything you see on your screen there. including you tube and roku. the news will contin right ue you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid, but may be missing benefits they could really use. extra

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23,000 acres across the pacific palisades into malibu. containment has ticked up to 14%, but it still threatens the communities of brentwood, encino and westwood. the eaton fire, er to the east in altadena has burned more than 14,000 acres after gaining no acreage yesterday. containment up now at 33%. over 12,000 structures there, though, have been damaged or destroyed, and investigators say 16 of the 24 people confirmed dead are from the eaton fire. authorities are investigating whether the southern california edison company and its equipment played a role in sparking the first fire. the socal power company revealed friday a downed conductor was discovered in the vicinity of the fire, but it does not know whether the damage occurred before or after the flames broke out so far. that fire burned nearly 800 acres in sylmar, containment 95%. people throughout the bay area are helping those down south who have lost everything they own.

ginger faith is a local realtor from livermore, and after hearing her friend lost her home to the fire inltadena, the eaton fire, she decided to host a donations drive. she posted about it on social media, expecting she might be able to fill up one u-haul truck with donations. turns out she needed two trucks. ginger says the overwhelming response has given her friend hope for the future. i truly know that this has been such an outpouring of love and support that there's absolutely nothing we won't be able to rebuild. she's absolutely confident that everything is going to be better than ever. the trucks filled with furniture, clothes, water, pet food and other supplies left for pasadena this morning. winds are picking up around the bay area. here's meteorologist kari hall with more. the sunshine continues around the bay area, but will also be windy as we take a look at this wind advisory in effect for the north bay. and these areas shaded in brown will be included in that wind advisory for elevations above 1000ft until 10:00

tomorrow morning. so watch out for that possibility of downed trees and impacts to power. elsewhere, it's going to be a breezy day and slightly above normal temperatures. once again in hayward. look for a high of 64 degrees about the same in san jose down to gilroy, and for the north bay, upper 50s to low 60s once again for tomorrow. just a touch warmer in a few spots, but overall pretty nice. as the wind calms down, we'll take a look at our 7-day forecast coming up in the next 30 minutes. thanks, kari. new details are coming to light about a crash in san francisco involving a police chase that ended with a suspect drove into a liquor store. here's nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab. now, we don't know what led up to this car pursuit overnight, but we do know that the department's policy says a pursuit can happen if officers have a reasonable suspicion that a felony or a violent misdemeanor has, is, or is about to happen. now, that car pursuit ended here on the corner of san bruno and paul

avenue in san francisco's portola neighborhood. you can see the damage to the storefront that is now covered by this white tarp here. this building is on sale or for sale, i should say. the owners have been re all morning but have asked not to be on camera. they have. they are understandably distraught about the situation and how it may impact the sale of this property. now, the front of this building used to be a liquor store for about 30 years. fortunately, no one was in this building when the crash happened. let's give you a look at what the scene looked like around four this morning. you can see the san francisco pd patrol car and where it crashed, along with a white car that the suspect was driving. two officers and the suspect suffered minor injuries and were transported to the hospital. also, damage that you can see on the street further down on paul avenue is a speed limit sign, a no stopping sign, a control box, and a street lamp that were all damaged because of this crash.

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bottom of the hour now, here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> a surprise in cargo, a baby gorilla was rescued from a plane's cargo hold last money month and is recovering at an istanbul zoo. the 5-month-old gorilla olive was found hidden in a box on a turkish airlines flight. showing signs of recovery, wildlife officers are considering returning that young gorilla to its natural habitat. a failure to launch for blue origin, the company's debut rocket called new glenn was supposed to take off in the middle of the night last night. but the launch was called off with just minutes to spare. blue origin claims a technical problem with the rocket but the company is not being any more specific. a new launch date is yet to be announced. a study finds the risk of dementia could be much huer than thought. 14% of men and 23% of women would develop dementia in their

women but the journal nature medicine predicts the risk is twice as high, around 42% of men and women will develop dementia in their lifetime. according to the study, the increase in risk and the increase in people living with dementia is largely associated with people living longer lives. at this hour, we continue to track the impact of those deadly wildfires in southern california. >> many families who were forced to evacuate are still anxiously awaiting to return home. nbc news correspondent ellison barber is in altadena, and joins us now. we know you have been speaking with those families over the last few days. talk to us about some of the stories you have been hearing. >> hey, guys, yeah, and i'm looking overhead right now. we are hearing some air support moving. i'm seeing at least four different fire fighting apparatuses flying in the air. this has been critical in the lst last few days of air support, more containment on the fires as the santa ana winds are expected

to pick up. let me show you where we are really quickly. this is where teams have been coming back from searching and recovering the remains of people who have lost their lives in this fire. they have a demand center that is set up here inside of the santa fe springs fire rescue apparatus. we're going to not go in that direction, just out of respect of the task they have ahead of them. this is some of the work going on here. day three of a grid search in altadena, where they're searching for people that are missing. today when fire officials and police officials were holding a press conference talking about the frustration of residents not being allowed to come in, this is an example of why they cannot allow it, in addition to safety concerns. we have teams literally searching for your neighbors right now, and we need you to be patient with us as we go through this process. on top of that, there are flare ups, hot spots, downed power lines, as well as active fires. all of it making unsafe for residents to come back into the area.

this a reminder of what people are dealing with here. this is one example of stretch of street of altadena, of businesses that are no longer standing. you asked what we have been hearing from residents this weekend, over at e palisades fire there have been temporarily an effort by law enforcement to allow residents to go back up into some mandatory evacuated areas with police escorts to retrieve basic things like clothes, medicine, and even pets, but as of today, they say they have halted that entirely because it is unsafe and because they have these ongoing search and recovery efforts at both the eaton fire and the palisades fire. we met one woman who was desperate, waiting hours trying to get to her home. this is a little bit of what she had to say. >> we're just hopeful to get a couple of minutes to grab some things, and then get out of town. >> have you spoken to law enforcement here, what are they telling you? >> yeah, they said they don't have any answers and that the fire department has said that there's nobody allowed up.

we don't have any answers, and there's a lot of different information, which is why i'm posted up here. >> and we were up in that area reporting, and we were actually able with her permission to find her house and get some of the items that she needed. she lives with her 81-year-old soon-to-be mother-in-law who she had been helping take care of, along with her fiance, and they needed some basic medicine for her. she left behind a cane when she fled, the fires came in. we grabbed photos we saw and brought it down to them. we had a stroke of luck and for so many people, there's so much pain. they understand they can't go home. they don't know how they're going to pick up the pieces and temporarily live somewhere else, when everything they own was left behind in the panic and rush to get out of their homes alive. another thing she said that i think is important to remind people of is there's this concept that everybody that lives in some of these communities are wealthy. she said we bought this house, the mother did, 42 years ago,

and we were already struggling to finish our mortgage payments. they had a reverse mortgage on it, and are trying to figure out what to do next. >> a powerful story, one of so many. ellison barber, thank you. we are awaiting a major decision from the supreme court that could force a ban on trik . the united statates. >> the deadline is this sunday. if the justices rule against tiktok, bytedance would be forced to sell the u.s. operations or be banned. for the millions who use tiktok, the algorithm is everything. that's the system that kind of pushes you one video after another, all while learning what you like watching or what you don't like watching. if tiktok is sold, the algorithm would likely not be sold along with it. >> morng news now anchor, savannah sellers spoke with a tiktok team from china to better understand what that means. >> you have used an analogy for the team working on the algorithm, thinking about them

as chefs. >> chefs. >> can you tell me about that? >> imagine if you have a really good recipe. you need to know both the list of ingredients and most importantly how much of each ingredient to put into the mix. so if you look at say a comment rate or a finished rate, what are the proportions? like how much value should those things have within the algorithm themselves, and figuring out what those different proportions are, and how they surface the be content that you're most interested in, that's really key. >> if tiktok were to be sold without its algorithm, do you think it's worth much? >> i don't think it's worth much, honestly. i think the way i try to explain this to people is imagine formula one, you have the car, you have the driver, and you have the team. you could buy the car. even with the engine, but if you don't have the driver or the team, you probably won't race it well. i think it will be hard to sell tiktok, and to maintain tiktok atat its current level i think would be extremely difficult. tiktok is from china.

chinese people know how to run it. in the u.s., there's nothing like it. there's no one here, in my opinion, that knows how to run tiktok the way tiktok runs. what you're going to see in the long run is an evolution. it will evolve and change into something entirely new and probably won't ook like it does now. >> why would it be difficult to maintain and why would it be impossible to do here? >> tiktok is massive, and who would you sell it to, there's a couple of companies, facebook, microsoft, open ai or google. those companies are large. they can scale massive amounts of systems. obviously elon musk with x, he could also do this. if you're talking about a company that's not at that level, i think for them to just take on something like tiktok is quite large, and it would be a massive challenge and undertake. >> a few billionaires seem to think they can do it. what do you have to say to that? >> i think anything in the u.s. is possible. i think it's great to have that

idea. tiktok came to the u.s., and it basically beat all of the competition here, and now it's very difficult to beat tiktok. if you look at reels, if you look at snapchat spotlight, you tube shorts, those are the best companies in the world, and if they can't recreate tiktok, how is anyone else going to recreate tiktok? >> how quickly would it become defunct if you already had it on your phone. >> it would be a couple of months before people started to feel like it's deteriorating. what's going to happen is you can still use tiktok, if you downloaded it before the ban. after the ban you won't be able to download it. people will still probably create content but other content creators will start dropping off, and once they start dropping off more and more, the decay is going to decay really fast. >> our thanks to savannah sellers for that. let's bring in nbc news legal analyst, danny cevallos. we are awaiting this decision

from the supreme court. they were hearing uments on friday. for the most part, the justices did not seem swayed by tiktok's arguments that free speech would be violated bit potential bans. what are potential rulings we could expect? >> there are a couple of justices like gorsuch who were receptive to tiktok's argument. it's not completely one sided, at least as far as oral arguments indicate, but oral arguments are a bad metric. you never know what a justice is actually thinking. what could they do a number of different things? they could in theory strike down eventually the statute itself. i don't think that's very likely. in all likelihood, it's tiktok that's going to lose. that would mean on the anointed day, this would go into effect, and tiktok would be required to divest. >> some tiktok users may be noticing that they're getting kind of appeals from other apps out there, trying to be like, hey, we're the new tiktok. can other apps like this one in

particular, lemon8 is getting some attention. own i by bytedance. >> your question changed at the end. lemonade is owned by bytedance, while it's not referenced in the language of the statute. if it's owned by bytedance it's going to run into the same problem. then it becomes a question of enforcement, this administration in the next few days, and the next administration in four days going to do if the statute goes into effect, to what degree will the administration enforce it. >> danny cevallos, thank you so much. let's turn to the middle east now, negotiations for a cease fire agreement between israel and hamas in gaza seem to be gaining momentum. secretary of state antony blinken told nbc's andrea mitchell that all sides are closer than we have ever been to a deal that would halt fighting and release the remaining hostages. joining us now, daniele hamamdjian in tel aviv.

these talks have been going on for more than a year now. what do we know about what's in this potential deal? and frankly, what's different this time around? >> reporter: there are a number of things that are different, hamas is increasingly isolated. israel struck a deal with hezbollah which means there's a cease fire there. iran is weakened. the assad regime has been toppled. and so hamafinds itself in a situation where it's looking at the deal on the table and thinking is it going to get better or worse under a trump administration. and it's likely thinking this is probably as good as it's going to get. and so that's why we're seeing this impetus in the sense of urgency now. all sides have indicated that there's been significant progress. we're not there yet. but there has been progress according to two u.s. officials who are very close to the negotiations, the first hostages could be released within 48 hours of a deal being announced.

this evening, there was a briefing by a senior israeli official to military correspondents, here in israel and what we now know is as part of the cease fire deal in the first stage, we would see 33 hostages released on humanitarian grounds. the childr, women, female soldiers, elderly and those who are severely ill, they are all considered to be alive. in return, we would see what's been described as a significant number of palestinian detainees released. it's worth noting that since october 7th, israel has arrested thousands and thousands of palestinians in the west bank. many of them without being charged. without being tried. some would say in preparation for a deal so they can say, look, we're going to release 3, 400, 500 palestinians, but they're going to keep the more high profile palestinian detainees in prison. those will be released. the more prominent ones are expected to have to live in

exile. so within 16 days of that first stage completed, we would see the remaining hostages released. they include the men, the male soldiers, and those who were killed either on october 7th or in captivity. >> daniele hamamdjian, with the very latest in tel aviv, thank you, danielle. up next, here in the u.s., we are right in the middle of cold and flu season. are you sick (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo,

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in today's daily health, we are in the middle of cold and flu season, and it may come as no surprise, flu cases are at a high level nation wilde. >> according to the centers for disease control and prevention, flu cases remain elevated and hospitalizations and deaths are up. joining us now, nbc news medical contributor, dr. natalie azar. dr. azar, somehow we are halfway through january. can we still, first off, get vaccinated for the flu or is it too late now? >> oh, it's definitely not too late. we know that people can still get sick, you know, during what we call the flu season easily through march. it takes about two weeks after you get vaccinated to build up your antibodies so there's still weeks and weeks of protection that you can get if you get vaccinated now. >> i just got vaccinated last week myself.

if you feel like you might be coming down with something, should you stay home, i assume, monitor your symptoms or head to the doctor or urgent care? >> so, you know, listen, more most of us who feel like we have a flu-like illness, achy, sore throat, a low grade fever, if you're interested in knowing what you have, yes, you can get tested. there are nine over-the-counter home flu tests right now that also combine with covid, so you can distinguish between the two which is obviously great because the treatment of both of those are different, right, tamiflu for flu, and paxlovid for covid. but if you're at higher risk for complications or you're having shortness of breath or chest pain or a high fever, 103 or above, you probably want to get seen by your health care provider, not only to get diagnosed, but a checkup anyway. >> we know in michigan flu cases

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