joining me is nbc news' dasha burns. not correctly forecasting here. are these manufacturers ramping up supply? >> well johnson & johnson say they're trying to ramp up supplies really quickly. we hear stories, everything from toilet paper, remember, at the beginning of the pandemic, and baby formula more recently. experts are saying this is more like the toilet paper shortage, remember, everyone was running out. >> panic buying. >> exactly. exactly. what we do have is this confluence of rsv in children that we've been talking about on the air, the flu and covid all coming all at once. and kids who have been not really exposed to the outdoors. a lot of other kids to big crowds in a long time. immune systems are low. this rise in demand just happens so sharply because all three of these diseases, the tripledemic as they're calling it, they're happening right now. so, if you are a parent with a sick kid. there are things you can do if you go to the pharmacy and you see the shelves are empty. first, look at the generic alter

transportation is pledging to hold that company accountable, following it all we have nbc news correspondent dasha burns live for us in neighboring, new jersey. dasha, the holiday rush isn't quite over yet. people are traveling for new year's eve, new year's. how busy is it where you are? >> reporter: it is not a crazy day here at newark, but we are looking ahead to january 2nd, which is going to be one of the busier travel days we have seen over the last several months. this is not over just like you said and a lot of people are still reeling from what has happened over the last week or so. people still missing their bags, people still needing reimbursements, a lot of people have spent thousands of dollars to buy hotel rooms wherever they were stranded or to find alternate travel plans. and that is going to be the next big step for southwest airlines. they have had a big turn around today, just about 43 flights canceled, compared to more than 2300 yesterday, according to flight aware. but, they're going to have to get bags reunited with people. bags are being sent for free. they're using all the possib

like right down the middle angie, thank you so much >>> joining us now, nbc news correspondent dasha burns in new york city. you know what we've been talking about, the big blue down the middle, red on the right hand side of the country and blue on the left side and this is not about college football but when you look at the cold at the moment, it is cold in new york city and the death count has gone up in the last day, about 20, if we're counting in new york city. >> yes. >> excuse me, in new york state specifically what are we seeing right now in terms of how this all happen, and how folks were passing, and as we know some of the stories have been really donuting. >> reporter: yes, it is really devastating, richard, especially when you think about what this past weekend was supposed to be for many families, a time of celebration and togetherness and instead some of the families are getting the devastating news that sochbl their loved ones did not make it through this storm it just hit so hard in new york state, especially in erie county, the area surrounding buffalo. we know that the dea

let's begin with nbc news correspondent dasha burns here in new york.usands without power in the northeast. talk to us about the recovery effort. >> reporter: we've just learned within the last hour new york's governor nor kathy hochul spoke to president biden about the situation here. she tweeted out a photo of her on the phone with the president saying he promises to swiftly approve a request for federal emergency disaster declaration. any and every bit of aid is going to be so important here as this region, buffalo, new york, was just so incredibly devastated by this storm. at least 18 dead in buffalo alone. you can imagine what that community is dealing with now just after a holiday weekend that was supposed to be spent celebrating with family. instead, people were trapped in their homes and people are now learning that some of their loved ones have perished because of the storm. as you mentioned earlier, rescue crews are still very much in that effort to clear the roads. there are abandoned cars, downed power lines. there is a lot they're dealing w

. >> nbc news correspondent dasha burns joins us live from new york city, and shaquille brew ter is at chicago's o'hare airport. dasha, we'll start with you first and in terms of fatalities and how folks have passed in the streets, in cars, tell us more about what we know about this snowstorm and how it is affecting new york and other states >> richard, well a lot of families are still reeling from a holiday weekend that turned dangerous, deadly, and incredibly devastating for some families, as you just heard there. especially here in new york state. where folks are still digging out from the storm some are still trapped in their homes and rescue efforts are ongoing. even difficult at this point, richard, because of the many abandoned cars that officials say are still on the roads, downed power lines, and many in their homes still without power. the temperature still freezing up in the buffalo area, where so many of these fatalities occurred richard, 18 deaths in buffalo alone. you can imagine how unbelievable that is, for a community, especially during this holiday time, where folks a

. >> and joining us now is nbc news correspondent dasha burns. what can you tell us about the flights there and the situation overall? >> reporter: well, look, right now, it's a pretty quiet day at the airport. most people we talked to say their travels are going smoothly so far. and now, normally, that would not be headline news, but today, it is, because of what we have seen over the course of the last week. a big turn-around for southwest airlines in particular, yesterday, that they had canceled more than 2300 flights. and today, so far, according to flight aware, only 43 flights canceled. so big change, but the fallout is far from over. you mentioned the chaos, the baggage that people are still waiting on, a lot of people still need their bags, and southwest says that they're taking every possible approach to get people reunited with their lost items, they say they're using trucks, fedex, u.p.s., they're putting bags on their own airplanes to try to get them where the customers need to get them. but you know what, this has been pretty unprece

nbc news correspondent dasha burns joining us now. allegations in this "new york times" article. >> yeah, aaron, this is a pretty shocking story. "the new york times" report came out on monday, and we have been watching the fallout all week long here. and look, george santos actually made history as the first openly gay nonincumbent republican to be elected to congress, but in this "new york times" report, they questioned, basically, every part of his biography that he had been campaigning on. when it comes to where he was educated, the college that he claims to have attended, "the new york times" says they have no record of his attendance there. when it comes to where he claimed he's worked, he says he has a lot of experience on wall street, naming firms like goldman-sachs and citi group. "the new york times" says they too say they have no record of his employment there. his family firm, real estate holdings, also questions there and more and more eyebrows raised as we follow the story here, aaron. >> i mean, just incredible reportin

i want to bring in dasha burns at newark airport and you saw people who had to rejiggy and it is not easy when you have kids. what is the latest you have? >> christmas spirit is in full swing. we just saw a will farrell style efl up stairs trying to cheer up the kids waiting for their flights right now. and this storm is moving into this area. it is really nasty outside, already, we are expecting that to last through tomorrow. only get worse. we will see wind gusts here, we're going to see flood watches here. all as the travel levels are up to the pre-pandemic. and the delays are stacking up on the board. last hour, i was looking at that departure board, it was about a third of the flights or so, with some kind of delay. and now it is looking about half. so the later in the day that it get, the worse it seems to be getting. so we have been talking to people who tried to move their flights up a little bit earlier, but a lot of people who have connecting flights are especially worried, especially those flights that are going to be going into the storm. we talked to families flying to s

. >> dasha burns, thank you very much. >>> the health of former pope benedict getting worse today accordingstatement pointing to the age of the 95-year-old pope emeritus saying he's being monitored constantly by doctors. i'll bring in nbc news raf sanchez and vatican analyst debra lubov. >> this is significant. ha the vatican would say anything at all about the former pope's health is not a good sign. >> it's not. it's been about ten hours since the last official statement from the vatican. i guess you can argue in a situation like this no news is good news. the tone from the vatican is very solemn. the suggestion here is that we may be heading for the final days here of the life of pope emeritus, pope benedict xvi who is 95 years old. we first learned of the decline in his health from his successor pope francis who made an off-the-script comment at the vatican earlier today asking the public to pray for pope benedict. immediately after that audience, pope francis went to see benedict at the monastery where he's been living since he retired in 2013. the first pope, of course, in 600 years t

. >> joining me now, we have dasha burns. let's talk about the worst of the southwest chaos.it behind us? how are wayward passengers feeling about where they stand right now in their travels? >> reporter: normally, a quiet airport and smooth travel would not be news. but it is news today because of what we have seen over the last week. things are very quiet here. i was here about a week ago at the start of the meltdown watching the boards stack up with delays and cancellations. today, very little of that. when you look at southwest, yesterday they had more than 2,300 canceled flights. today, just under 50 cancellations. a good day today. still a lot of passengers who don't have their bags, even more passengers who had to spend unexpected dollars to change flights, to book hotel rooms, to book rental cars, to do all sorts of crazy things to get where they are going to or figure out accommodations wherever they were stranded. over the course of this unprecedented disruption to travel, what's happened is a lot of trust has been roded between passengers and airlines. now they are

joining me from newark international airport is nbc's dasha burns. tside of philadelphia, traveling along the i-95 is marissa para. >> dasha, how are things looking so far today? >> the crowds here are building up. and the delays on the departures board are stacking up. as this storm moves over in this area, in the form of heavy rain. that's just building up right now. we're going to see more of it tonight. and into tomorrow. we're going to see flood watches. we're going to see heavy winds. we're going to see friday into saturday, that huge drop in temperatures that you talked about. and meanwhile, the level of travel here is reaching 2019 levels, pre-pandemic levels, in fact, here at newark airport, authorities are expecting a slight increase from what they saw in 019, just as we're seeing here, and we've been talking to families throughout the day, and people have changed their flights, tried to avoid some of that chaos, and people are already seeing the delays, they're seeing their connections slip away, with the hope of making those connections, w

dasha thank you, our specialists stanislav burn white is now working in the kalinin hospital, which washelled by the afu the day before. residents of sevastopol , yevgeny petrushin, were sentenced to 12 years in prison for high treason in favor of ukraine, according to the fsb public relations center. in 2020 the russian collected and transmitted information about the activities of the black sea fleet, which could be used against the security of the russian federation in the fsb noted that petrushin's espionage activities were promptly stopped by military counterintelligence officers in the magadan region investigating the circumstances of the emergency landing of the mi-8 helicopter, it rolled over and completely burned out on this was reported in the eastern interregional investigation department for transport, there were three people on board and the crew was carrying food to one of the villages in the region. everybody managed to leave the car before it caught fire, a criminal case was initiated. during the landing, the helicopter collided with a ground object rolled over and caught