david samadi, professor of urology at lennox hill and chief of robotic surgery. good to see you, doctors. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> it is, but it could be sadly maybe a sick one for people. that's because of the flu. the flu virus is at one of the worst points ever. it's now become an epidemic, according to the centers for disease control. they say the virus has caused the deaths of at least 60 people. it spread to 36 states. how can you prevent getting the flu? does the flu shot work? what can we do to protect our family? this scares me. the one year i didn't get the shot, man, oh, man, i was out of it with the influenza. it's bad. >> this is a particularly severe, nasty strain this year. the predominant strain in 90% of cases is something called an h3n2. that's the proteins on the surface of the flu. the flu molecule, the virus itself is a little package of rna, genetic material. it hops cell to cell and this flu can get you very sick. the last two times this strain predominated, we had twice as much hospitalization as we had othe

david samadi, professor of urology at lennox hill and chief of robotic surgery.ou, doctors. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> it is, but it could be sadly maybe a sick one for people. that's because of the flu. the flu virus is at one of the worst points ever. it's now become an epidemic, according to the centers for disease control. they say the virus has caused

. >> and professor of urology at lennox hill and chief of robotic surgery. >> happy new year. >> happyt it could be sadly maybe a sick one for people. that's because of the flu. the flu virus is at one of the worst points ever. it's now become an epidemic, according to the centers for disease control. they say the virus has caused the deaths of at least 60 people. it spread to 36 states. how can you prevent getting the flu? does the flu shot work? what can we do to protect our family? this scares me. the one year i didn't get the shot , man, oh man i was out of it with the influenza. it's bad. >> this is a particularly severe nasty strain this year. the predominant strain in 90% of cases is something called an h3n2. that's the protein s on the surface of the flu. the flu molecule, the virus itself is a little package of rna, genetic material. it hops cell to cell and this flu can get you very sick. the last two times this strain depredominated we had twice as much hospitalization as we had otherwise. the very young and the very old are sus september able to this. the flu is an enabler.

we took a cab to lennox hill. the cops stopped us out of the blue. when they opened the door, they wanted to prove i was in labor, even though my stomach was out to here. my husband said, please don't touch her. the guy said, get the f out the car. and basically i had to fall on my knees, on my stomach, and beg them to stop. without telling them, you know who i am? i'm a writer. they didn't care. they were white cops. they have their badges covered. and the license plate to their vehicle was turned over, turned down. and i was, you know, really young. so i really wasn't thinking about, okay, what next? i was thinking about now. so finally they took my bag, my overnight bag, and searched it for drugs and just threw it at my husband at the time and said, "have a nice night." when i got to the hospital i almost lost her, because of the stress. that is what we live in day in and day out. and it doesn't matter what the hell you do. it the don't matter if i was in "12 years a slave." doesn't matter. that is what i think people are getting fed up with. i th

this is at the lennox park apartment complex in the silver hill metro station.somebody left food on the stove. nobody was hurt. >>> it is 6:20 now. today the man who took 48 days to capture for allegedly killing a pennsylvania police officer is in court today. eric frein may face the death penalty for the ambush killing of corporal byron dixon. was found by i say marbles weeks after that shooting. authorities say he confessed. a second trooper was also injured in the shooting. . >>> right now prince george's county police are looking for teenagers. the teens were on their way to an event at the mishkan torah synagogue. a fight broke out and someone started shooting. the 16-year-old and 19-year-old walking by were shot. >> mario cuomo's wake and funeral. visitation is today at a funeral home on madison avenue. cuomo's funeral is set for 11:00 a.m. tomorrow on park avenue st. ignatius church. he was 82 years old. >> today you get a chance to weigh in on what should be done with your tax money. four other forums scheduled for spring and the last one in bethesda. ik