kavita: it is time.has been going on for too long and the sec has never given clarity on why not. setting up a day, it is counting your days and walking in for approval and having an institutional buying into the space. i am very excited and have tweeted this because last year during this time everybody was texting me and asking me, are you doing ok? what do you need for new year's? this year, all i am hearing about is how to buy crypto for my boyfriend and my dad. i could this will be a little crazy new year, which may or may not be enjoyable for me. caroline: everyone gravitates to bitcoin, but is the crypto of choice at the moment the area people will be galvanized by such an etf or will it spill over? and what about some of the projects you have been analyzing? kavita: i think technology will continue to be the heart of this will industry. like old coins itself, technology coins actually from different labels and projects have also fueled up really high. one of the major projects i am a huge fan of,

kavita pa tell joins us with what we have to know to stay healthy this new year, kavita, happy early a lot of people are getting sick right now. what do they have? what's out there? >> yeah, yasmin, it's all out there, we're seeing all three viruses in intense activity all around the world, australia in their summer is also seeing peak levels of activity, and it's all covid, rsv and flu in the united states more specifically we're still seeing, i would say, like some steady, almost exponential rates rising, and where i'm watching all parts of the country, especially because of holiday travel, are going to experience these surges, and what i'm really kind of remarkable effect right now is the flu activity, yasmin, it's not quite at the levels that we're seeing, like the covid and rsv hospitalizations but you just watch, over the next couple of weeks, i think we're really going to feel some of the effects of the flu, and everyone can get the flu, including little babies and that also means people can get vaccinated. 42% vaccination for flu. i want to highlight, all three viruses are in

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doctor kavita patel, thank you very much.mportant day at the smithsonian national portrait gallery. -- oprah winfrey. we'll show you her amazing new portrait, that was just unveiled. when the 11th hour continues. the 11th hour continues >>> i could feel that there was something inside me. i could hear that still small voice. and i started to pay attention to it, and a very young age. and that still small voice had led me to this day. >> the last thing before we go, tonight, an icon, immortalized. the national portrait gallery unveiled oprah winfrey's official portrait this week. and the painting by chicago artist, sean michael warren, we see miss oprah wearing the color purple. she surrounded by oak trees and fittingly holds an olive branch. the symbol of peace in her left hand. the washington post writes, the age of oprah is over. but her vision is now framed in washington. quote, it's astonishing to think that america produced both oprah and trump. who arrived as a kind of anti oh, brought exploiting a litany of things that

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