darien. all right. so dr. darien, it is still flu season. >> dr. flu deaths actually surpassing covid-19 deaths for the first time since the pandemic started? >> dr. darien: for the first time since the pandemic started and the numbers are exceptionally high. we're talking about some of the highest numbers we've seen in 15 years. and as i was saying during the break, if you'd come to emergency room with me, you'd very much see it. many of my patients suffering from the symptoms of flu a, and test positivity is also high. 25% of tests returning back positive this year compared to 18% last year, and that contributes to that 33 million illnesses and close to a half a million hospitalizations. >> whit: i'm remembering my grandpa telling me, you're going to catch a cold if you go outside when it's freezing out, right? we've seen these, like, fluctuations in temperatures, of the cold and now the warmup, but does the weather really play any difference in making people sick? >> dr. darien: i think that's a great question, and my answer is yes, but not all

here in this area, this is the darien gap. the dangerous space between colombia and panama.e gone through there at the height of the border crisis during the biden administration. thousands come through. many from places like venezuela, south america, but also known terrorists. do you suspect that part of the trump administration's intent of sending rubio the panama on the first trip may also involve some of tapping -- tamping down that gateway of the global migrant flow that comes through that dangerous darien gap? >> absolutely. the biden administration if built infrastructure to facilitate migrant flows through the darien gap. especially the san vicente camp in panama at the north end of the gap. by the way, the trump administration is no longer going to fund that and, more important, we've got to remember that war correspondent michael ya who's now in panama if has been reporting that the chinese are starting a road through the darien gap. the darien gap prevents a lot of migrants from coming to china because it's almost impassable. but with the chinese, they are going t

they're going to close that darien gap. there's going to be u.s.nama for anybody coming through that darien gap and that's terrorists and tren de aragua and all sorts of national security -- maria: a lot of chinese nationals too. that's right. about 60,000, i know, chinese nationals also came through the darien gap. i want to mention your op-ed in the new york post, you write this, kristi noem stops taxpayer money from funding illegal migrant flood. this is what we're talking about this morning. how is she stopping taxpayer money from doing that? >> i mean, again, just monumental. these ngos, there's 230 of them down there working with 15 u.n. agencies for five years to spend billions of dollars, 6, $7 billion down there, handing out cash, you know, credit cards, debit cards and everything to all of these migrants coming through to make sure that they can ease their way, grease the skids into the u.s., all of a sudden nome is saying no more money. this is u.s. taxpayer money, saying we shut the fire hose off. i think that they need to next turn the

ayer un grupo fue trasladado a la inhÓspita selva del darien mientras trump define su futuro.ecibiÓ a los inmigrantes expulsados de donald trump, y el presente dijo que lo hizo a costa de que estados unidos no le impusiera aranceles a costa rica y que el amor con el amor se paga. luis: por segunda vez en una semana, agentes de ice realizan una redada de inmigraciÓn una panaderÍa en texas, en el operativo despidieron a trabajadores y clientes, todos inmigrantes, los agentes dicen que las detenciones son para cumplir la ley es el lugar de trabajo, mientras la comunidad afirma sentir temor por los constantes operativos. venezolanos beneficiario del estatus temporal o que que p.s., demandaron a la administraciÓn trump por revocarles esta protecciÓn . jaime garcÍa nos cuenta mÁs. reportero: cuando cecilia gonzÁlez emigrÓ a los estados unidos, pensÓ que habÍan quedado atrÁs la persecuciÓn y el miedo que viviÓ en su natal venezuela. >> mi familia y yo llegamos a la florida hace ocho aÑos, debido a la grave persecuciÓn polÍtica que mis padres y yo enfrentamos. reportero: cuando el nue

darien sutton. dr.s great to see you. >> good morning. >> whit: break down the numbers and what it tells us about the current outbreak. >> to understand this, whit, we're talking about the most contagious infection that currently exists and in texas this is the biggest outbreak they've seen in close to 30 years. one reason why, we've seen a steady decline in the rate of vinnie hin hin i can't kof i can't regular routine vaccinations. the goal of vaccination or herd immunity is get at least 95% of people in the community to get vaccinated against measles to protect against outbreaks but since the pandemic we've seen a steady decline and have pocket communities significantly undervaccinated, particularly gains county in texas which is where we're seeing this current outbreak. >> whit: you have other viruses and chicken pox, other skin conditions. so how do you know if it's the measles symptoms that you're starting to see, and how long does it take for these symptoms to develop? >> i treated measles during

presentadora: despuÉs de atravesar el darien y enfrentar todo tipo de peligro, una familia quiere regresarn pequeÑo pueblo del norte de wisconsin, viven en esta modesta casa mÓvil, las llegadas de donald trump trajo miedo y de inseguridad. >> miedo que es mÁs frecuentemente porque salimos al trabajo. >> el viaje lo hicieron 14 miembros de la misma familia, nueve adultos y cinco niÑos llegaron separados en los dos Últimos aÑos y todos consideran regresar. >> hemos hablado de lo mismo porque creo que todos estamos en la misma situaciÓn. sufrieron mucho para llegar y desafiaron los peligros en mÉxico para luego entrenarse en la frontera, lo que vivimos y todo el sufrimiento que pasamos no vale casi la pena porque ya estamos en esto de que mejor no regresamos, no podemos estar asÍ. nacÍ vive con su esposo y dos hijos, para ella el miedo mÁs grande es que lo detenga y separen a la familia. >> regresemos porque no quiero que mi hijo se quede aquÍ y otro por allÁ. >> todos tienen con citas de inmigraciÓn, seguro social y tampoco licencia de conducir y el miedo nos ha terreno quieren vivir encerra

forget about hong kong deal with china you are going to get rid of that darien gap.ere they are crossing. he is saying you better enforce that the thing is america has been wrong. we have been ignoring central and south america really since the reagan days. that was only because the sandinistas and the nicaragua and the communism in our hemisphere. we are going to pay attention to that now. that's what they are saying. hey. >> i went with china because you were ignoring me. i needed investment. you are weren't doing it. if you are going to invest with us. i'm in. hopefully brazil will say the same thing. although i'm not that optimistic and hopefully el salvador is all in, too. if you have problems getting rid of anybody from another country that won't take them. weasel take them. that's where marco rubio is going. this is -- it's hard to keep up with. but they have a plan. it's a plan. it's a comprehensive plan. they are not just -- >> ainsley: amazing. did you see the picture all over social media this weekend of ric grenell bringing home american hostages from ven

darien sutton joins us with what parents need to know about the symptoms and advice on protecting kidsasles. >> rachel: yeah. looking forward for those tips. >>> time now for the weather, and meteorologist brittany bell joins us from our new york station, wabc. what is it looking like? >> brittany: it's been so cold and so let's blame the groundhog and not me. >> whit: it's punxsutawney's fault. >> brittany: yes, it's his fault, but things will get better in a few days, but i want to start with lincoln, nebraska, you broke a report low temperatures thursday and friday getting down to 17 degrees below 0. even this morning, temperatures are down in the teens, 20s and the 30s across a large part of the country, nashville below freezing and detroit, 16 degrees. it doesn't seem like it when you look at these numbers, but they are actually 5 to 15 degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday. 25 to 30 in nebraska. this thaw will continue over the next couple of days looking at temperatures in chicago near 50 monday and tuesday, and look at austin, going from 41, a high today, into early ne

. >> her path to america was through the treacherous darien gap, a harrowing two month long journey that through seven countries. her final destination, new york's penn station. at eight months pregnant with their third child, anna stood out. within an hour, she and her family were ushered to public services from the city. and then, a little over two weeks later, we met up with anna after she gave birth to her son, a u.s. citizen. now that baby is a happy 11 month old. the family still relying on social services. while anna and her husband continue to wait for their work papers. if you could talk to president trump in this moment, what might you say to him? >> you say a loss, criminals a todos nosotros hemos entrado por la frontera. pero no debe senalados a todos en el mismo saco. porque nosotros aqui no venimos a robar. no nosotros venimos a obedecer la regla yo vengo para darle un futuro a mis hijos. >> anna is ready to put her stake in the american dream. but with the speed of president trump's actions on immigration, trump's actions on immigration, she is hoping, praying it's note cr

i am here to help you with one of your central problems immigration coming through the darien gap, he, and i think his team thought that would be the way to reach out the panama canal becoming an issue shocked them. when i was down there, the biggest question was we don't know what they want. like, this feels like a negotiating tactic. they want something. what is it that they want? it has not gotten any clearer. even in the wake of rubio going down there. and it actually got a little bit more complicated because after rubio departed, the state department announced that panama had agreed to end charges of u.s. naval vessels that transit through the canal. u.s. naval vessels get priority, but they pay the same rates as everybody else. what's fascinating about this, that's not mulino choice. there is an kind of a quasi private entity that runs the canal, that sets the rates, that goes through a very similar regulatory process that we have in the u.s. it's public. it takes time. there's comments, periods. so they couldn't actually do this even if they wanted to. my sense is, and what i'm

dariÉn jungle, and there's about 100 of them, including eight. >> children. >> who are now at that jungleveral. >> other. >> colleagues who have a broad. >> variety of. language skills and have been. >> able to speak. >> all of us have. >> been. >> able to. >> speak. >> to a group of these people who. >> have said that they. >> are being held. >> against their will. >> they came to. >> the. >> united states. >> to seek asylum, were swiftly deported by. >> the united. >> states. >> and wound. >> up in. >> panama, never. >> expecting. >> of course, to be there. >> and julie, do we know how many in total have been deported from the united states and into panama? >> 300 people. have been. >> deported from the us. >> to panama. 170 or so of them. >> have told the international. organization for migration. >> which is working with the. >> panamanian government, that they. >> are willing to go. >> back to their countries. >> and so the iom is working. >> with the panamanian government to facilitate that. >> and another 100 or so of them have said, no, we don't feel that it's safe to go back to o

darien sutton, and abc's alexis christoforous on how all this affects your food bills. dr.ien, let's start with you. there have been at least 68 confirmed cases of human bird flu, right? what should we know about this? >> just to bring everyone up to the same level because many don't understand the gravity of this. avian influenza is a cousin of the typical flu that we see every year. the flu that's crowding out hospitals right now. the difference is that it's infecting animals and right now it's very good at it. many health experts are calling this a global pandemic of animals. 100 different species of birds and a range of mammals including of course our food sources, including dairy cattle as well as millions of chickens that have been culled or euthanized, and we're seeing this rise in prices. a keynote here to our individual risk, there's been no sign of human to human transmission, no sign of this being contagious which is that factor that leads to outbreaks. that's something we're closely watching and that's why we don't have to be frightened, but we must be aware and

this is a president that he says because of his own crackdown on immigration through the darien gap, number of people crossing by 90% when you compare last year to this year. >> john: the belt and road initiative, the chinese initiative they are pulling out of. lilia luciano, thank you. >> maurice: thank you. well, there was some nasty weather on both sides of the country today. in northern california, dozens of cars and trucks got stuck on interstate 80 in a blizzard expected to dump several feet of snow on the sierra nevada. >> john: and a blast of snow ice, and rain moved from the midwest to the northeast. parts of new england got more than 4 inches of snow. lonnie quinn is tracking the winter weather. lonnie? >> okay, guys, two different storms. and on one side, this is bowdoin, maine, picked up a fresh 4 inches of snow. but on the other side of the screen, you are looking at tahoe. lake tahoe, heavy ski area going to pick up a foot maybe a foot and a half. two different storms but they are following the same path. you watch across the country. so it comes into the sierra right n

los migrantes inicialmente serán alojados temporalmente en un refugio en la región del darién antes deque actuar de la misma manera. eso lo dijeron trabajadores federales, quienes protestaron este viernes en washington, d.c. contra los recortes del departamento de eficiencia gubernamental encabezado por elon musk. musk ha impulsado la eliminación de agencias enteras como parte de su plan de reducción de personal. los manifestantes denunciaron que estos recortes afectan servicios esenciales y también acusaron directamente de beneficiarse a costa de los trabajadores del gobierno. bueno, hablemos de economía, pero también de san valentín. y es que este día de san valentín, los regalos de chocolates podrían salir más caros, ya que su principipal ingrediente, el cacao, está cada vez más escaso. sumémosle el huevo también. silvia henao, de nuestra cadena hermana cnbc, tiene los detalles. hola, qué tal, amigos? yo soy silvana henao y este es tu informe cnbc para telemundo. la compañía espacial blue origin de jeff bezos anunció que planea despedir al 10% de su fuerza laboral, afectando a unos

darien terrell is visiting from ohio. he's enjoying his first visit to san francisco. today it's just nice. it's walking around. it's. they cleaned it up pretty nicely. so it's unique city. i'm enjoying it so far. kendall evans and charles collins are both visiting from salt lake city for the weekend. they didn't know about all-star weekend until they got here. they had planned on just being regular tourists. it's a lot bigger than i expected, and so we're going to be walking around probably most of the day, and we'll see what we we're going to check out fisherman's wharf and go check out the golden gate bridge. so we just came out for the weekend to it's valentine's day, and we haven't traveled in almost a year. they haven't made any reservations for dinner yet, but a block away at john's grill, the restaurant is already booming and it's going to get busier. we're looking at a thousand reservations. lots of couples, lots of big parties, and his hope is to keep the momentum going through the weekend. john's grill will be hosting jazz micians and djs on the restaurant b

and the sheltering the dangerous darien jungle region on the border with columbia. some from countries that are refused to accept deportation slights from america. kind of us government has a great to take them in and organize the repub creation migration lawyer. se, sending them home could be dangerous to the guy on a small, from mexico city, of how the conversation has shifted in panama to the legality of what's going on. there's some 300 people who are now detained in this country where they have committed no crime. and there seems to be no legal roadmap to what comes next for them. which has, of course, prompted a civil organizations to point out the fact that this is in flagrant violation of several international and national laws in panama. the security minister of the country has said that these people aren't detained, that in fact, they're just being held in order to protect them from of potential human smugglers . that map may want to take advantage of them. and i think what we're seeing here right now is uh, the initial fallout of, uh, these agreements tha

so we saw millions of people come to the united states, going through venezuela, going through the darien gap, through panama, all the way through mexico, people being raped and murdered, and then if you made it to the border you had to swim, go across barbed wire, things like that to get into america. that put people at great risk. pres. trump: thank you very much. that's a lot of press. congratulations. you bring 'em out. today i'm delighted to welcome israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu back to the white house. it is a wonderful feeling in a wonderful event. we had fantastic talks. and thank you very much with your staff. he's the first foreign head of state to visit during our administration. bibi, i want to say it's an honor to have you with us. over the past four years the u.s. and the israeli alliance has been tested more than anytime in history. but the bonds of friendship and affection between the american and israeli people have endured for generations, and they are absolutely unbreakable. they are unbreakable. i am confident that under our leadership the cherished allianc

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supported donald trump's efforts on by trying to close migration by trying to close the entrance to the darien nowi want i essentially doing everything that mr tru yet now there is apparen7t77 7777 7 apparen7t claim apparent claim over this apparent claim over ownership and management of the this apparent claim over ownersi canal. management of the this apparent claim over ownersi canal. itanagement of the this apparent claim over ownersi canal. it feels, nent of the this apparent claim over ownersi canal. it feels, in nt of the panama canal. it feels, in essence, like one of those things that will get organised, things—that will—getrorganised. donald trump is that beheld tramp is ... . trying to that benald tramp is ... . trying to push essentially trying to push panama to the negotiating panamatee the negotiating far, been panamato the negotiating far, been pretty table. so far, he's been pretty successful in that regard, but they are still a long way from it. for more on this i spoke tojohn feeley, former us ambassador to panama. many people, i were surprised when the president brought up t

. >> harris: can we talk about the darien gap that's going to save a lot of lives of women and children in particular. that is some of the most harshest ground to traverse on the planet. and they are bringing little ones coming through. so to hear that secretary rubio is concentrating on that is a miracle, really. >> brian: there are so many balls in the air, harris. >> kayleigh: and the humanitarian aspect of immigration, lost their lives to your point, that image we see in los angeles, lap 8d was ready to engage and arrest spoke six naps this area. they were not able to do that. and spoke to the rank and file and they old crap. we are chasing these guys around for absolutely nothing. this is resisting donald trump. they are seeing it where you go over to chicago and really there are these groups where they see i.c.e. come in and these black suvs, they mobilize. and i see it was not able to make an arrest in chicago on that day because a community immobilized. but who are you mobilizing to support? the guy in boston who had a second-degree murder charge? the guy in san antonio who was

when it comes to immigration, the number of migrants that come through the darien gap between colombiand panama, something that marco rubio complimented in panama, something he said that panama has been an ally to the united states on very clearly when it comes to this issue of the canal, something that the trump administration has threatened military action on if they don't see the results of their pushing for a very clearly, despite the visit of the secretary of state over the weekend, a more diplomacy is needed. patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. >> u.s. president donald trump says he is ending aid to south africa over what he says is mistreatment of white farmers. it stems from a new south african law with guidelines for seizing land. it allows the government to seize land that's not being used for development, to generate income, or that is considered abandoned. before south africa ended apartheid, racist policies forcefully removed black and nonwhite south africans from land for white use. mr. trump says the new law is a massive human rights violation. still to come, more on u.s. pres

initiative, and panamanian officials as well, showed how their assistance on immigration closing down the darienap has led to a steep drop in the number of migrants coming north through panama and eventually to the united states. all the same, you heard from marco rubio, a message from the trump administration that they feel that there continues to be too much of a chinese presence and the panama canal and these unfounded accusations from donald trump that the chinese military has actually taken over the panama canal, that somehow these ports that are run by a hong kong company are actually kind of a front for chinese military outposts, something there's just not any proof to back up. but for panamanian officials, they are essentially under the gun. and certainly the visit went well. marco rubio visited the canal, something that shouldn't be possible, one would assume, if the chinese actually controlled the canal. so, panamanians, i've spoken with, within and outside of the government felt at least they were able to sit down and talk. but certainly it did not lead to any significant lessening of

rubio was in panama over the weekend, and he saw panama announce that they've effectively closed the darien gap., limiting. >> by over. >> 90% the amount of migrants coming from south america through panama to the united states in many cases. and as well announcing that they will no longer take part in the china's belt and road initiative. so a major win for the u.s. there. >> and then. >> this social media posting last night from the state department saying that u.s. navy ships. u.s. military ships would no longer have to pay to go through the panama canal, >> and policy of the united states under the president of the united states face on a false hood that is intolerable. >> simply and plainly intolerable and today, panama expresses through you and to the world my absolute rejection of continuing to explore the path of managing the bilateral relationship on the basis of lies and falsehoods. >> and the really remarkable thing about this board is that, according to the panama canal authority, which is an independent body, they set the the tolls, not not panama's government. the u.s. only pa

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