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is the "cbs evening news." >> maurice: the flu goes viral. good evening. i'm maurice dubois. >> john: i'm john dickerson. the flu is doing what viruses do, especially this time of year: it's spreading. but we are beginning with this story tonight because it is spreading more rapidly than usual. >> maurice: this is shaping up as the worst flu season in more than 15 years, since the swine flu pandemic of 2009. take a look at the map. there are flu cases now in every state in the union. but the virus is most active in these 43, which have 97% of the u.s. population. >> john: those states with a high rate of flu include indiana, and janet shamlian is in south bend. janet? >> reporter: good evening. as we made our way around the middle of the country reporting this week, we heard from doctors and nurses who told us that this year's flu season is the hardest-hitting one since before the pandemic. and that was certainly true when we visited louisville.

in the emergency room of norton children's hospital, we found the staff treating a surge of pediatric flu patients. >> we have had more than 1800 kids test positive this week, and it is only wednesday. >> reporter: pediatric specialist dr. kris bryant told us last week there were 3,000 flu cases. how does this flu season compare to previous years? >> it's certainly worse. we are seeing extraordinarily high numbers of kids test positive for flu. it's worrisome. >> reporter: across the country, there have been more than 24 million flu cases this season. that's almost 10% more than this time last year. fewer are dying, but flu-related hospital visits are up almost 25%. in kentucky, teachers sanitize classrooms. schools in jefferson county went to remote learning, and schools in bullitt county, a half-hour south of louisville, have been closed since wednesday to try to stop the spread. the percentage of children getting the flu vaccine is the lowest in six years. the cdc reports this year fewer than half have been vaccinated.

do you think that vaccine hesitancy plays into some of these low rates? >> i suspect vaccine hesitancy does play a role, as well. >> reporter: we also met kasie hoover. she's a pediatric nurse and mom. when her daughter's symptoms turned serious, she grabbed for her phone. >> i called immediately that morning, made an appointment to get her tested because i knew that was important. >> reporter: how sick was emersyn? >> she was really sick. i would say the sickest that she has ever been in her entire life. >> reporter: emersyn is six years old. she contracted the virus despite getting a flu shot. >> i think she would have been a lot sicker had we not gotten that flu vaccine. >> reporter: emersyn is better but still home because her elementary school closed this week after more than 20% of its students came down with the flu. dr. bryant had a message for families: it's not too late for a flu shot. >> we tend to focus on flu as a respiratory viral illness, but some parents don't realize that it can cause seizures, even rarely an inflammation of the

brain, and pediatricians are reporting cases of that across the u.s. >> reporter: here in south bend, indiana, home of the fighting irish, medical staff here at the beacon health system that told us that 15% of the people hospitalized right now, children and adults, are fighting some type of respiratory infection. >> maurice: janet, as parents, we have all been there, in one way or another. what is the advice from doctors if you think your child has the flu? >> reporter: yeah, act sooner rather than later. call your pediatrician, get a flu test. getting your child on tamiflu sooner will shorten the duration of the recovery. and keep in mind, respiratory symptoms are not the only symptoms. the little girl in our story, she was breathing just fine. she had loss of appetite, stomach ache, lethargic, and sure enough, it was the flu. >> john: and janet, following up on what maurice is saying, those doctors, what do they say about the fact that emersyn was already vaccinated? >> reporter: yeah, so the flu is

-- the flu vaccine they say, is not 100% effective, and the flu virus mutates and changes from year-to-year, but they still suggest that you get it. they believe that it will lessen the severity if you do contract the flu. >> maurice: i bet they all feel flu season cannot end soon enough. janet, when is it officially, actually, really over? >> reporter: the unfortunate thing is there is no definitive end, but generally they consider may to be the end of the flu season. so there is still time to get that flu shot. >> maurice: okay, thanks so much, janet shamlian in south bend, indiana, tonight. >> john: most of the flu cases are being caused by two strains, but health officials are watching a third. >> maurice: it's a bird flu that has made millions of animals sick, but so far only 67 people. here in new york, lilia luciano reports the governor is taking preemptive action. lilia? >> reporter: that's right. the bird flu is widespread.

it has been found among wild birds in almost every state, and in 16 states, it has been found in cows, including a recent outbreak that happened in nevada, and while the cdc says that the health risk to the public is low, here in new york city, it is having an impact. this live poultry market in queens, new york, is one of about 80 that were ordered temporarily shut down by governor kathy hochul today, sending some customers scrambling for alternatives. >> rastafarians, we come and get our duck or our chicken. this is going to impact us a lot. >> reporter: hochul says she took this action out of an abundance of caution after the state department of agriculture detected seven cases of avian flu during routine inspections at live bird markets in new york city. no human cases of avian influenza have been diagnosed in new york state. >> these are just simply measured, common sense steps that will curb the spread of bird flu. >> reporter: the markets will be closed for at least five days. during that time, no poultry can be delivered, and all unaffected markets must sell the remaining inventory, clean, disinfect the

premises, and undergo a state inspection before they can reopen. >> we have been vigilant and will remain vigilant so new yorkers can go about their lives with peace of mind. >> reporter: now that you have heard that there are these cases -- >> i am so -- >> reporter: you are worried? besides complying with the order, for some shop owners and employees the governor's abundance of caution also means doing their own damage control. [speaking spanish] no? this is a similar reaction we have gotten from several places, whether we have called or shown up. they don't want to talk about it and they don't want to give the impression that it is their business that is impacted. in this case, this is not one of the places that has been shut down. when sandy brito arrived at this poultry store in the bronx, it was already closed. >> it surprised me a little bit because i come here all the time, to buy chicken, which is good, but now i am surprised, seeing how i have to go back home, no chicken. >> john: lilia, it turns out there are more live chicken markets than you'd expect.

>> reporter: i was so surprised at that, john. i had never covered a story about bird flu, and when i went to these shops, i just kept meeting people who say, look, either for religious reasons or because of freshness, they would prefer to buy live chickens. it is not like they buy the live chicken and they take it away. for people not familiar with this, of course they kill the chicken and cut the chicken, and then you take it home. >> maurice: lilia, it sure looked like people were stocking up at those markets instead of running away from them. how did that strike you? >> reporter: that was the most surprising thing that i encountered today. i called so many businesses, i talked to owners and employees, and i said is your shop empty? are people scared? and they said, no, there is actual panic buying happening today because people want to make sure they have their fresh chickens throughout next week. >> john: lilia luciano out on the chicken beat for us. thank you, lilia. >> maurice: now some of the top

stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup. the family of sonya massey has reached a $10 million settlement with sangamon county, illinois. massey was shot to death by a sheriff's deputy who had responded to her 911 call reporting a possible prowler. as jericka duncan reported this week, a cbs news investigation uncovered dozens of cases of alleged misconduct by sangamon county law enforcement. the sheriff's department has denied wrongdoing. >> john: on last night's broadcast, you heard from an fbi agent who investigated the january 6th capitol riot and feared retaliation from the trump justice department. we protected the agent's identity. today, we learned the acting fbi director on orders from the doj turned over the names, not just the i.d. numbers of agents, but the names of more than 5,000 fbi employees who looked into january 6th. >> maurice: and the writing was on the wall. signs outside usaid headquarters

in washington were covered up and then removed today. as if the president dismantles the agency overseas. the trump administration is trying to shut down the agency the agency overseas. the trump administration is trying to shut the president die agency overseas. the trump administration is trying to shut the president di agency overseas. the trump administration is trying to shut down the agency that provides humanitarian aid overseas, saying it is targeting waste and abuse. a federal judge is now blocking, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at the agency. >> john: but margaret brennan in washington. margaret, the impact of those cuts, despite what the judge is doing, the impact does have ripple effects, yes? >> reporter: absolutely, john. and in the meantime, that judge has only bought time for those 2,000 or so workers to figure out if they have a job or health care. they are arguing in court the president does not unilaterally have the authority to shutter an agency enshrined in law by congress, but so far very few lawmakers are voicing objections, john, but the real world impact that you are referencing, you need only look at the half a million metric tons of food aid and some drugs that are already sitting on ships and ports, unable to be delivered or unloaded, because there are no workers to deliver.

30 metric tons sit in the port of houston alone. this seems, john, the opposite of increasing efficiency. >> maurice: and then, margaret, if the u.s. is no longer able to lead the world in giving out foreign aid, what are the long-term implications we would be looking at? >> reporter: well, maurice, when president kennedy created usaid as a national security tool in 1961, he said it was to send american development workers to places instead of sending troops. that's the idea, winning hearts and minds and influence, and right now, the u.n. and aid workers are lobbying on capitol hill to tell lawmakers, if you don't feed pople today, you might fight them tomorrow. that's a gesture towards like the terrorist groups that withhold food as leverage to gain power, and also the great power competition with china, where the u.s. is fighting for influence. we know secretary of state marco rubio has said the u.s. will restart some kind of aid, but we don't know what, when, or how. >> john: all right, margaret brennan in washington, thank you so much. >> maurice: and a reminder that margaret will be along on sunday with "face the nation." >> john: still ahead right here on the "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn is tracking the storms of winter, including tornadoes. >> maurice: and we will have

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the ability to get a latte, so they shouldn't complain too much. >> john: are you missing the lattes? and if not a latte, what are you looking forward to when you get back? >> my husband makes a good latte, so i'm looking forward to his latte. i am also looking forward to seeing the rest of my family and my dogs and jumping in the ocean. >> reporter: last week, president trump said you and butch wilmore, who is your starliner crewmate, had been virtually abandoned. do you feel abandoned up there, commander? >> no, i don't think those words are quite accurate. you know, we are part of something bigger than ourselves. we are part of the international space station. so, no, we don't feel abandoned. we feel like we are part of the team, and that is a huge honor. >> john: so, to think of you as being stuck up there or abandoned, does that basically misunderstand the role of an astronaut? >> i would say that is absolutely true. you know, i don't think i'm abandoned. i don't think we are stuck up here. we've got food. we've got clothes. we have a ride home in case

anything really bad does happen to the international space station. >> john: during williams' spacewalk last week, we noticed a message on her space suit, the word "believe," the mantra of th tv series "ted lasso." >> one, two, three! >> john: what does it mean for you? >> well, there is a lot to that, right? you know, that show is just a lot of good anecdotes about leadership and teamwork, and our team is awesome. and you've just got to believe. >> john: what is the coolest thing that you just thought, wow, in the time that you have been up there? >> we have had some of the most amazing aurora while we have been up here, and to understand that there is things in the universe that are so much more powerful than we can even imagine on earth, i think that is what blows my mind, and it reminds me that, you know, we are lucky to be here. >> john: commander suni williams, thank you so much. it has been an honor talking to you. >> thank you, john. have a great night. >> maurice: i mean, that is just so cool, right?

when she is up there setting the record for spacewalks, eight months, does any of that ever just sort of become ho-hum? >> john: well, you can hear the quivering in her voice when she thinks about the wonder of what she has seen. no, it doesn't become ho-hum. she's in touch with wonder. she talked about when she comes right at the end of her fingertips. back from a spacewalk, she hugs her space suit because she knows how precious it is, and the risk, and also the glory of what she does. >> maurice: "believe," i love that. thanks, john. now to some dangerous weather back here on earth. two tornadoes touched down yesterday in eastern tennessee. two people, a mother and a daughter, were killed. >> john: lonnie quinn is tracking these storms. lonnie? >> well, what i'm tracking, guys, is a much more stable atmosphere for your day tomorrow. let's visit what was happening in the atmosphere yesterday that brought about those tornadoes. tornadoes are caused by instability in the atmosphere, clashing air masses. you've got very cold air clashing with very mild air, right there where they come together, right in tennessee, that hot air wants to rise, cold air wants to sink.

when they are doing it right next to each other, that is volatility. now on top of all of that you got the jet stream up and around 30,000, 35,000 feet, blowing it maybe 100 miles per hour, like a vacuum cleaner, literally pulling that air and twisting it, if you will, creating the twist, and it is accelerating the air mass and drops down to the surface. that brings about the tornado, and it also begs the question, are those elements in place again tomorrow? and i told you i am more optimistic, and the reason is there is still a big clash in temperatures, going to be 88 degrees tomorrow in austin, texas, meanwhile only 9 in fargo, and when those two come together there is volatility, tomorrow with the jet stream doing its thing, mild air aloft. that is the big difference. mild air aloft, warm air can't break through. we are looking at snow developing. it moves through michigan tomorrow morning and makes his way to the northeast by the evening hours into the overnight, may be 4-8 inches for folks. >> maurice: so lonnie, what does all of this mean for super bowl plans? >> super bowl, all right, so that's later in the day on sunday.

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