okay, gabriel, alexander, they're bringing as a lie from new york. gabe, thank you. in the w 8. joe says the number of new corona virus cases worldwide last week, hit 15000000. that's the highest since the pandemic began ahead of the world. health organization says the oma kron very, and so of course, 19 is dangerous, especially for the unvaccinated. let's be clear. while only con, cause less severe, this is done. delta. it remains a dangerous bias, particularly for those who are unvaccinated, almost $50000.00, so weak is $50000.00 does too many. well across europe, amr kron or is fueling corona virus surges, austria of france, germany, italy, and norway are among the countries which have posted their highest ever daily numbers of your infections in the past 24 hours. while the w h. o is a warning that half the european population is on tracks to can to contract the variance. in the next 2 months, the u. s. hospitalizations have increased by up to 33 percent deaths by about 40 percent in the past week. health officials expect the cases driven by the oma con variance to peak in t

but he said it sent a message that know who's fighting through the pandemic. gabrielle alexander was in times square for the show. we saw a lot of what we've seen every year with the typical new year's eve celebration year in time square. the pol, dropping down the count down the confetti when the clock struck 2022 people hugging and kissing each other. those were the scenes that we saw that we are accustomed to over the years. and we saw this evening as well. what was different though? not as many people were here, and that's because of the spread of the corona virus search. here in new york, they were expected to have 60 to 70000 people. here. they scaled it back to only 15000. everyone had to show proof of vaccination mostly where a mask as well. and this was all because of the spread of corona virus here in new york city. new york has become the u. s. epicenter of the pandemic once again. and just in the last 24 hours, 43000 people in new york city alone have tested positive for corona virus. it's spreading like wildfire here. the positivity rate is 22 percent. one in for new yor

more than $120000.00 homes without power and more outages are expected. gabriel alexander reports from new york. it was by far the biggest snow storm of the winter in new jersey in pennsylvania. the snow hit hard and fast, and local officials urged people to stay home and be ready for anything more prepared. we've got plenty of food and we'll just hunker in. in boston. the storm was being compared to a historic blizzard 44 years ago. that left the city buried in 60 centimeters of snow. this storm seemingly packed close to the same punch. it wasn't quite as bad in new york, but the city didn't escape unscathed. the snow left every one and their dogs shivering. what is your name, little guy? this is basil basil you're shaking. are you cold? oh my gosh. call you for the tourist in times square. who brave the minus 10 degrees celsius conditions? it was something to behold. i've never knew where the snow so it's really well like american dream. winter. well, i think it's awful, but it's nice. while the snow is beautiful and it can be fun to play in, it also can cause problems and be quite d

joe biden de schedule to deliver a speech they on repairing americans aging infrastructure. gabriel alexander has the details. a snow covered bridge buckles and collapses on friday morning and pittsburgh, several cars and buses were on the bridge at the time. 10 people suffered minor injuries in an ironic twist. just hours later president joe biden comes to see it 1st hand. he's on his way to deliver a speech nearby, remarkably about america's crumbling infrastructure. eye witnesses say the bridge collapse? could have been a lot worse if this had happened 15 to 20 minutes later, you would have had spoken parts of the workers. so the timing of this in terms of happening when it was very fortuitous. the bridge was built nearly a half century ago, like dozens across the city of pittsburgh. the federal government rated it in poor condition back in 2011. and more than 3 years ago, this twitter user highlighted its corroded steel beams. it's unclear if it had ever been fixed, but it's not just in pittsburgh all over america. infrastructure is in disrepair and that's why last year congress passed an

the prince has consistently denied the claims and zeros. gabriel alexander is in new york with a lawsuit against against prince. andrew is on the way what appears that this is going to a trial, and the trial will be towards the end of this year, assuming, and this is a big assumption here. the prince, andrew and his lawyers decide not to settle out of court. that could very be a very real possibility at this point. but assuming that does not happen, it's very much now going down a legal process to a trial at the end of this year here in federal court in new york. so a couple of questions. you ask yourself, does prince andrew have diplomatic immunity? the answer to that by most legal analysts is no, only the queen, queen and her immediate household have diplomatic immunity. he does not fall under that category, but will he be present at the trial in new york? the answer to that is also know that highly unlikely, and that's because this is a civil case right now and not a criminal case. and in civil cases the, the courts can not ask for the u. k to extradite someone to the u. s. for a civi

now the pandemic has curtail plans in the big apple was gabriel alexander reports, it's hurting local businesses, trying to bounce back on a recent day, a jasmine's caribbean restaurant. the staff were busy getting ready for what they hoped would be a bustling dinner crowd. the restaurant which opened a year ago is in the heart of times square and christmas and new years are usually one of the busiest times of the year. but with new york now the u. s. epicenter of the coven outbreak owner jasmine gerard says there is a problem for all business. i mean, we are suffering at this time right now. i mean, for me, thank the lord. i was able to open up in the pandemic and i had an opportunity to do so. but everyone is really struggling, and we definitely need people to come back to new york city. last month, the by did ministration reopened us borders to vaccinated tours for non essential travel. visitors have trickled back in to new york city, particularly times square, but not nearly to the pre pandemic levels. according to local officials, about $270000.00 people walk through times square

a warning that is flash photography in this report. gabriel alexander reports from new york on another bloody weekend in new york city to police officers shot while responding to a call of a domestic dispute. 22 year old rookie officer jason rivera, died at the hospital. his partner, police officer wilbert mora remains in critical condition. officials say he's fighting for his life. i am struggling to find the words to express the tragedy we are enduring. and the violence in new york this year has reached other victims as well. a 19 year old woman shot and killed during a burglary at a fast food restaurant in the bronx. and 11 month old baby grazed by a stray bullet by a gun wielding man, running through the streets. and a 40 year old woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the times square station by a man police described as homeless and mentally disturbed. on monday may or eric adams, a former new york city police officer, rushed out his public safety plan offices or doing heroic work, getting guns off the streets. but traffickers keep the guns come in. that must in.

says other aging bridges and highways across the country, the massive investment. gabriel alexander has more a snow covered bridge buckles in collapses on friday morning and pittsburgh, several cars and buses were on the bridge at the time when people suffered minor injuries in an ironic twist. just hours later, president joe biden comes to see it 1st hand. he's on his way to deliver a speech nearby. remarkably about america's crumbling infrastructure. i've been saying for years, we have to do something about this. i've talked about it every time i've come to pittsburgh. and we finally got it done, a bi partisan infrastructure law, including a large investment and our nation is bridges sense the it says the eyes in our put together the interstate highway system. eye witnesses say the bridge collapse could have been a lot worse if this had happened 15 to 20 minutes later. you are the fat spoken parts of the workers. so the timing of this in terms of happening when it was very fortuitous. the bridge was built nearly a half century ago, like dozens across the city of pittsburgh. the federa

massachusetts, new jersey and new york states have all declared an emergency warning of power cups . gabriel alexander joined his life from new york. so gave this one is very big and potentially very dangerous. it is that what officials have been warning people all throughout the northeast of the united states is have some fun and it's no, but don't have too much fun because this is a big storm. it's the biggest of this winter. so far they're saying it could be a historic storm, as you can see behind me, we're in the heart of times square in new york city. and you can get a sense of how much snow is out here right now. and i'm actually going to pen around this way and you can see down the street here, how few cars there are looking down this avenue. and the visibility isn't great, it's actually gotten better, but it's only about 2 or 3 blocks. so you can see before. busy it's kind of white out to type of conditions are about 55000000 people in the northeast to the united states that are bearing the brunt of this storm right now. here in new york city, they're expecting as much as 30 centimeters of sno

along with the nasdaq and dow jones gabriel alexander has more from outside the stock exchange. the market opening very much in the green. that's not unexpected. it usually the 1st few days of trading of a new year here, the new york stock exchange usually have a tendency to be pretty good. so that's not unusual in terms of what we're looking ahead to after his store again, last year, inflation and some sectors up to a 40 year high here in the united states. traders will be looking at that closely over the coming days, weeks and months. supply chain issues continue to be a problem around the world, particularly here in the united states will be watching that closely to see how that could be affecting the markets as well in the coming days, weeks and months as well. certainly the supply chain issues seem to be continuing unabated in some parts of the world. and then of course, markets don't like uncertainty. and they were hoping to have no uncertainty going into 2022. but then someone knocked on the door and said, nope, we're going to change that. and that's ami kron variant. tha

thank you very much for that update. gabriel alexander live for us in new york still in the us and after hurricane force winds sparked destructive fives in the state of colorado. a winter storm has now heat just days later. scientists say climate change is to blame as laura, but a manly report child remnants from people's lives peak through a blanket of snow. a winter storm hit colorado's boat county days of the fire had engulfed entire neighborhoods. the fire began in northern denver, and within hours they destroyed a 1000 homes of the sweeping through superior town and the city of louis school. you know, these a quiet little box were his play hid this local resident and his dog were lucky not to lose their home. walking through that devastation yesterday was on one hand. heartbreaking because you know, there people lost. are there the other, their belongings there? memories that were in those homes, families that were raised there us present, joe biden has offered funds to help with the recovery. and the county sheriffs, as such, is continuing the victims. the scenes are still hot or s

his rivals tennis for costa cray. gabriel joined us and gave us his picks for me, the favorites on the men's side, i was tossing up between the new members and alexander's vera from even before all this could possible began. so i'm still obviously sticking with that. they are the, the next to highest seeds off the jock of which so they've been playing terrific tennis bed the day at the end of last year guided russia to the davis cup championship. he's won some outstanding titles like his grand slam maiden. grand slam with us opened september, beating chocolate very handily. 646464, and the final. and then an exam is very finishing off the year as well by taking up the a t p tour will follow to a final into room. so these guys have been playing some outstanding tennis austonia. cricket has wrapped up a foreign l ashes series when off the f. another batting collapse by england. things are looking good for england and have all off the 6 wickets. and mach would help us lift the adjuster 155 runs england, needed 271 to in and started well at 68 without law. so they then lost 10 wickets in the space of just 56 runs. so it's a prayer who in the 5th and final t

gabriel joined us earlier and gave us his pigs for me. the favorites. on the men's side, i was tossing up between the new members and alexander's vera from even before all this could possible began. so i'm still obviously sticking with that. they are the, the next to high seeds off the jock of it. so they've been playing terrific tennis bed the day at the end of last year guided russia to the davis cup championship. he's won some outstanding titles like his grand slam maiden. grand slam with us opened september, beating chocolate. it very handily. 646464 in the final. and then the exam is very finishing off the year as well by taking up the a t p tour will follow to a final into room. so these guys have been playing some outstanding tennis. that was a big shock at the africa cup of nations were defending champions. algeria were basin by equitorial guinea after leaving the opening game at tutorial guinea. we're looking to get off the mark here. and this is just that the band with the only goal . if the game algeria drew the opening match against the animal, now most likely have to be ivory coast in that final game. to avoid the exit. speaking of the orga