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cling to how sackler family members transferred 10400000000 dollars from the privately held stanford, connecticut based company over the decade before the bankruptcy, or to holding sac with family members accountable for the opiate crisis. instead, us district judge colleen mcmann focused on whether the bankruptcy law even allows for the kind of deal during the new york based lawsuit. mcmann said the great unsettled question in this case is whether the bankruptcy court or any court is statutory lead, authorized to grant such releases. this issue has put the federal circuits for decades. purdue pharma says it will appeal the ruling either way. the deal which was rejected would not have help protect sackler family members from criminal charges, which some activists are calling for. for boom bust, i'm alex moore. hi love it. it's out for a quick break, but when we come back, the string of hacks that infected 2021 could flare up again with the holidays upon it. on the other side, we'll discuss what kind of threats we could see in the coming weeks is gonna break here. the numbers at the close. ah mm.

nbc's antonia hilton is at a vaccination site in stanford, connecticut where cases are up 60% up statewide. ohio, indiana, pennsylvania, new york, illinois, michigan cases rising, accounting for half of hospitalizations of the country right now. you're in connecticut as i mentioned. also seeing a major spike of cases, hundreds of hospitalizations. but mostly people that are not fully vaccinated. what are you hearing from folks on the ground? >> that's all right. and they have 575 people who are currently hospitalized. that represents more than three times what the state was seeing a couple weeks ago. to put this in context. and officials here are saying they believe this is connected to time people spent traveling, or indoors with relatives and friends around thanksgiving. and they know that they're only going to see more of this as we get closer to christmas and to new year's. right now they're making a major push on vaccination at sites like this one. the community health department and the officials here earlier i spoke with the mayor. their message is focussed on two groups. unvaccinat