and stephanie gosk has more. >> ladies and gentlemen, your 2022 u.s.skating team. >> a really cool opportunity to show the world, you know, what you love to do. >> reporter: they will jump, they will twist, and they will most certainly dazzle. >> when it comes to competition, it is like hey, just go for it, you know. ♪♪ >> reporter: nathan chen took flight to elton john's rocket man winning the national championship. a nearly flawless stretch of skating since pyeongchang. alysa liu had to pull out because of a positive covid test but still named to the team. >> it is a dream come true and i'm so happy. >> reporter: and winning nationals, mariah bell making her the oldest u.s. champion in 95 years. >> something that i've been working for for a really long time. and it is really amazing. >> reporter: covid has been tough on these athletes. at one point vincent zho uflt had to skate on a make shift ring i go on. >> it was like a bark with a barn with a sheets of ice. >> reporter: but now they are just happy to have their tickets punched. >> just time to s

stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> while the midwest and northeast are getting a break tonight after that brutal cold snap, there is more severe weather on the way as we move through the week and into the weekend. al roker is tracking it all for us. what are you looking at >> lester, here's what we know so far we're watching this system come out of canada snow from the plains to the midwest friday. it's going to drop anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of snow strong winds, blowing snow then it dives into the gulf, bringing more moisture wintery mix to the north, heavy storms to the south. here's what we're -- here's where we get a little confusion going on we do see icing, but then we're watching this system make its way up the coast the location of the rain snow line is going to determine where the heavy snow falls. right now we're calling it from interior new england, new york down to the span of the appalachians, but if it goes further east, lester, we could be looking at significant snow along the i-95 corridor >> we know you will be staying on it. al, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, new allegat

his partner, officer mora, is in an icu tonight fighting for his life lester >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> as part of that surge in violent crime, many american cities are seeing a dramatic rise in carjackings. gabe gutierrez has more on that >> reporter: this nypd body camera video from earlier this month shows a brazen carjacking in broad daylight in midtown manhattan. the suspect plowed into parked cars as police tried to stop him. in a separate incident, a 14-year-old suspec was just arrested for this carjacking weeks ago, a particular crime that in new york city surged 55% last year also, in 2021 philadelphia saw an 85% jump a congresswoman's car was recently swiped in broad daylight there so far this year, the city's already reported more than 100 carjackings. >> carjackers have been utilizing a bump-and-run technique where the perpetrators initiate the carjacking by tapping your vehicle with their vehicle. >> reporter: in washington, d.c. a council candidate was carjacked earlier this month. >> as soon as i came out, the vehicle was instantly in my face and guns were pointe

announcement in chicago abou schools tomorrow after they were closed today with little notice stephanie gosk has late details >> reporter: classes in chicago closed again tomorrow the city and the teachers union unable to reach an agreement. >> i will not allow them to take our children hostage >> reporter: late last night, chicago school boards abruptly slammed shut, upending the lives of hundreds of thousands of chicago families >> we had all winter break to have this planned out, and here we are the kids are kind of caught in th middle and parents like myself are really scrambling to get coverage. >> reporter: concerns about soaring covid cases and about limited testing, chicago's teacher's union voted to go remote. >> i have a 90-year-old grandmother with underlying health conditions and issues. and so i would appreciate being able to work in an environment where at least the students are all pcr tested weekly. >> reporter: city officials called the union's decision a work stoppage and canceled school altogether, a clearly frustrated mayor speaking out. >> we can't forget about how disru

stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> up next, china's extreme measures to control covid just before the olympics. >>> as this country struggles to contain the latest covid explosion, we take a look tonight at the extreme measures china is taking in some three weeks before the beijing olympics janis mackey frayer is there. >> reporter: tonight all 14 million people in tianjin being tested for the coronavirus. the city in partial lockdown after the first local cases of the omicron variant were found here. 75,000 people quarantined. the worry is that it will get worse. >> because of the transmissibility of it so, yeah, i do think people are alarmed and anxious, all hoping for that negative test result. >> reporter: the cluster in tianjin is small compared to most cities in the world, but it's only 70 miles from beijing, which is now on high alert with less than a month before the winter olympics with covid concerns running high here, olympic venues and all areas around them have been completely sealed off. it is china's biggest covid crisis since the first outbreak in wuhan. in the city of tianjin,

stephanie gosk has more for us. ephanie, what do we know >> reporter: the fbi says it discovered a notebook alongside brian laundrie's remains. and in it he said he was responsible for gabby petito's death miami to florida petito's parents first reported her missing on september 11th, 10 days after her fiancÉ brian laundrie returned from their cross country road trip without her petito's body was found weeks later in wyoming with officials confirming she died of strangulation. laundrie had been on the run for more than a month after his body was found in a nature preserve in florida. a search of that area also turned up a backpack and a revolver linked to laundrie. tonight the fbi has officially closed the case >> thank you. >>> believe it or not it was two years ago today the cdc identified the first case of coronavirus in the united states. 70 million cases later, new evidence from the cdc this evening that booster shots are highly protective against hospitalization from omicron. meantime, infections in the east ar

joining me now is nbc news correspondent, stephanie gosk, in new york city. and dr.alez, an internal and emergency medicine physician. thank you for being with me. doctor, what's your reaction to this move from the fda. is it long overdue? is it something that we've been waiting for? >> this is definitely something we've been waiting for. and i applaud this move. it is the right move at the right time. jose, we have now data, strong data from the cdc showing that after 8 million doses of the pfizer vaccine in kids between 5 and 11, it's incredibly safe and efficacious. so we needed to do this now. >> all right. so the fda says it's approved that. what's the process for -- from this decision to the shots being available to kids that age? >> we don't know for a fact, jose. but historically, and when i mean historically, within the last year, we know that when the fda sets an approval for booster shots, they become available in two to three weeks. so this is what we're expecting right now. >> and meanwhile, stephanie, this comes as positivity rates in some neighborhoods

stephanie gosk, nbc news new york. >>> with me now is dr. susanna hill, a pediatric airway surgeon at columbia university. you are unique because not only are you a pediatric airway surgeon, but your husband is a teacher at new york city public school. tell me how you guys are navigating the current surge? >> yeah, it's really interesting being in those two different areas that have been so affected by this pandemic, and you know, i get a whole lot of information from my husband and his experience at schools and, frankly, it's been really difficult, i think, for teachers who want to be in school, they want to be teaching, they want kids to show up and be healthy, and it's been hard. and then, you know, i'm seeing those kids who are getting sick in my outpatient clinic, and then unfortunately the new who are getting very sick when they end up in the hospital. >> when you see the kids who are getting very sick, are they vaccinated kids? are they kids with underlying conditions? what can you tell us so parents know what to expect? >> yeah, katy

stephanie gosk joins us with the latest. what in the world happened?in the city is up 16%. governor hochul and mayor adams have said they promise quick action. the mayor calling this latest an attack on the entire city. this weekend, police departments on edge after officers were shot in multiple cities. >> an officer got shot, male took off. >> reporter: houston police grieving one of their own after a traffic stop turned deadly. in d.c., police responded to a man acting suspiciously and opened fire. one officer sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. all of this as new york is now a city in mourning. >> it hurts my heart. it really does. >> reporter: hundreds line is the streets as the body of 22-year-old officer jason rivera was escorted from the medical examiner's office. his partner, 27-year-old will burt mora, is in critical condition. both were investigating a domestic disturbance in harlem when a suspect shot them. >> we need additional units! >> reporter: police say 47-year-old lesean mcneil fired on the officers inside his mother's apartment.

. >> tonight on "nightly news" at 6:30, stephanie gosk looks at the thrilling moments of emerging stars in the figure skating championships, coming up with lester holt in 40 minutes. >>> janelle and i were just talking about this, recovering from what happened over the weekend, the 49ers and raiders, what the heck was that? we'll take a look, next. when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is happening. binge-watching is in the bag, when you find all your apps, all in one place. find live sports faster just by using your voice... sports on now. touchdown irish! [cheering] that was awesome. and, the hits won't quit, with peacock premium included at no additional cost. all that entertainment built in. xfinity. a way better way to watch. >>> i was doing some serious stress eating today, gained three pounds. what a wild ending as the niners went into overtime to clinch a playoff spot. >> now comes the post-season, a chance at another legendary rivalry renewed. niners trailed the rams 17-0 late in the first half yesterday. it looked like they wer

opening ceremony and team usa has finalized its lineup in one of the most watched sports here's stephanie gosk with that. >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, your 2022 u.s. olympic figure skating team. >> it's a really cool opportunity to get to show the world, you know, what you love to do. >> reporter: they will jump they will twist. and they will most certainly dazzle. >> when it comes to competition, it is like, hey, just go for it, you know >> reporter: nathan chen took flight to elton john's "rocket man" winning the national championship. recapping a nearly flawless stretch of skating since pyeongchang. on the women's side, 16-year-old alysa liu had to pull out because of a positive covid test, but she was still named part of the olympics team. >> it's seriously a dream come true and i'm so happy. >> reporter: winning nationals this year, 25-year-old mariah bell, making her the oldest u.s. champion in 95 years. >> something i have waited for for a really long time, and it's really amazing. >> reporter: covid has been tough on these athletes at one point vincent zhou had to skate on a make

we have it all covered tonight starting with stephanie gosk. >> reporter: with covid cases soaring to record levels, an uneasy return to schools, even though more vaccine protection could soon be available today the fda authorized a pfizer booster for children aged 12 to 15, at least five months after completing their initial vaccination. children ages 5 to 11 with compromised immune systems could be eligible for third doses. the cdc is expected to sign off on the changes wednesday. while schools facing the highly contagious but apparently less severe omicron variant are instituting a patchwork of policies to get kids back into classrooms safely. cleveland and atlanta schools are remote for the week other places delayed a return to class so children could be tested in new york city, school doors swung open this morning. officials urging families to get the children tested. >> we're not in a good place. i'm going to be honest with you this is the winter surge we predicted. >> reporter: the new york governor placing an emphasis on keeping schools open. >> the question is how do parents

killed here in new york another now clinging to life after responding to a domestic dispute call stephanie gosk has the latest for us >> reporter: gun violence supervisor 16% compared to the same time last year. the mayor calling this latest police calling an attack on thet entire city. this weekend police departments on edge after officers were shot in multiple cities houston police grieving one of their own after a traffic stop turned deadly. in d.c. police responded to a man acting suspiciously and he opened fire. one officer sustained non life threatening injuries all of this as new york is now a city in mourning >> and it hurts my heart it really does. >> reporter: hundreds lying in the streets as the body of 22 year old officer jason rivera was escorted from the medical examiners offers his partner, wilbert mora is in critical condition both responding to a domestic incident when a suspect shot them 47 year old la shaun mcneil fired on the officers inside his mother's apartment at the scene the police officers recovered a stolen glock pistol with a magazine that held up to 40 rounds. >> v

. >> nbc's stephanie gosk is following the dramatic rise in covid hospitalizations we're seeing among our children. >> reporter: across the country the vast majority of students are back in in-person classes. new numbers from the american academy of pediatrics show just how fast covid case numbers are rising among children. in the week before christmas, pediatric covid cases reached nearly 200,000. troubling numbers show an even more dramatic statistic. the very next week a 60% jump of children getting covid, nearly 300,000. the case numbers are leading to record hospitalizations of children with covid in nine different states. while some of those children are being treated for other conditions when they test positive, doctors say a significant number are getting serious cases of covid. >> covid in a very short period of time has become one of the leading medical causes of death for children in this country. so i think it's about time that we stopped downplaying the significance of covid for children. >> reporter: the omicron variant is even having an impact on the unborn. holy cross

stephanie gosk joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.n tests. the white house says it's going to work on getting better quality masks in the hands of americans. craig had an opportunity to ask vice president kamala harris about the white house's response in his exclusive interview. >> why aren't we doing better in the fight against covid? >> so let me start with saying that people are rightly frustrated with where we are. we're frustrated. we're all frustrated. but i think it's a mistake and it would be a mistake to suggest we've not seen great progress. if you think back to march of '20, we were all wiping down the boxes that we got if we ordered things online. there was no vaccine. now we have a vaccine which has proved to be effective and boosters. now, we have our children back in school, 95% of schools are back open. but we're building back up. we're opening back up. and we are not where we were a year ago. >> reporter: you heard the vice president talk about the fact that the vast majority of schools are open, and that is true. but

nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: with cases at historic levels, students are returning to school. the fda authorized the pfizer booster for children ages 12 to 15 at least five months after completing their initial vaccination. children could be eligible for third doses. the cdc is expected to sign off on the changes on wednesday. the schools are instituting a package of policies to get students back into classrooms safely. other places delayed a return to class so children could be tested. in new york city, school doors have swung open, officials undering families to get children tested. >> we're not in a good place. i'll be really honest with you. >> reporter: the new york governor placing an emphasis on keeping the schools open. >> the question is how do parents get the test kits? we're going to put them in their hands, in their backpacks. >> reporter: but they're not there yet. this woman waited two hours to get her 11-year-old tested. >> there should be a more efficient and streamlined process. >> reporter: rapid tests are hard to find in stores. peop

back to you. >> stephanie gosk for us in new york. thank you. >>> sheinelle joins us. >> good morning to you. nasty winter weather will create a new round of problems starting today. tens of millions in the path with alerts stretching from coast to coast. let's check in with al. good morning. >> good morning. michigan, this is the sign of things to come. this is lake-effect snow that is getting hit. but we are looking at a system that is going to be going coast to coast. let's show you what we've got right now. 83 million people from spokane, washington, to boston under winter storm watches. we're talking about a very vigorous storm something that's going to be getting itself together. the snow is stretching from colorado into missouri, parts of southern indiana and it is pushing to the east. so today, snow developing this morning. it's going to start to move to the northeast. heavy lake-effect snow through the day today. look at this, later on pittsburgh, charleston, knoxville looking at snow. for today, we're talking about snowfall

children now being infected and hospitalized raising even more concerns as schools open nbc's stephanie goskas the latest hey, steph, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. most students are back in school after the holidays, but these new numbers from the american academy of pediatrics show just how fast cases are rising among children in the week leading up to christmas, pediatric covid cases reached nearly 200,000, but troubling new numbers from the american academy of pediatrics show an even more dramatic statistic, the very next week, a 60% jump of cases of children getting covid, more than 300,000. >> i simply have never seen anything like what we're experiencing now >> reporter: according to an nbc tally, the case numbers are leading to record hospitalizations of children with covid in nine different states and while some of those children are being treated for other conditions when they test positive, doctors say a significant number are getting serious cases of covid. >> covid in a very short period of time has become one of the leading medical causes of death for children i

nbc's stephanie gosk has details on this. steph, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning. >> the fda has approved the pfizer booster for kids 12 to 15 and some children ages 5-11 with underlying conditions as long as they're five months out from the last vaccine. this as school systems around the country are trying to figure out how to get kids back into class safely. this city has been hit so hard over the holidays with new covid-19 cases, it 20% of police and sanitation employees have called in sick, even so as you say, the doors to schools are opening up to in person learning, amid very strict new testing protocols. this morning back to school jitters amplified by record covid-19 rates. a very mixed response from state. schools in atlanta, cleveland, and newark are opting to go remote temporarily, in new york, they saw 85,000 cases on new year's eve, the highest one day total ever. schools are still in person, with students and staff now required to submit a negative test before returning. >> we can't close down

nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: gun violence here in new york city is up 16% compared tor hochul and mayor adams have promised swift action. mayor adams has called this latest police killing an attack on the whole city. this weekend police departments on edge after officers were shot in multiple cities. >> an officer got shot, male took off. >> houston police grieving one of their own after a traffic stop turned deadly. in d.c. police responded to a man acting suspiciously and he opened fire. one officer sustained non-life threatening injuries. all of this as new york is now a city in mourning. >> it hurts my heart. it really does. >> hundreds lining the streets as the body of 22-year-old officer jason rivera was escorted from the medical examiner's office. his partner, 27-year-old willburt morrah is in critical condition. >> we need additional units. >> police say 47-year-old lashawn mcneill fired on the officers inside his mother's apartment. at the scene police recovered a stolen glock pistol with an extended magazine that holds up to 40 rounds. >> violence against new

joining me now nbc's stephanie gosk in new york, nbc's megan fitzgerald in chicago, and dr. michael osterholm at the university of minnesota. welcome all. happy new year. stephanie, two big concerns across the country. the safety of children head back to school, the demand for testing. you highlighted both this morning. those massive testing lines in massachusetts, for instance. >> reporter: yeah, unbelievable picture if you saw that, just hundreds of cars in that town in massachusetts of people waiting to get tested and now you have schools opening in a lot of places, testing has really become the focus. testing and vaccines, to get kids back into classrooms safely. you see that here in new york city. this city got absolutely slammed by covid over the holidays with skyrocketing case numbers. there was one day on new year's eve day, 85,000 cases recorded in just a single day, but the new mayor in this town wants to get kids back in classrooms. he's asked for negative tests from teachers, staff, and students before they come back into classrooms. that's just making the lines i

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stephanie gosk reporting for us, thanks. >>> much still ahead -- is growing intolerance in the unitedtipping the hate to the unthinkable and how we can stop it. "morning joe" is back in a minute. wra . >>> welcome back to "morning joe." gr it is quite a scene out there, the sfoe. >> it's always been a bit of a joke when southerners say wait until you get an inch of snow and you will see quickly it's a southern city. i think marion barry went on vacation, maybe to jamaica, when a blizzard came through washington, d.c. and the city was just completely deadlocked, people stranded, and his quota i think was, if i remember it correctly, god brought the snow, god can take it away. that's the level of leadership we've been seeing across virginia. really, i do wonder when those frantic calls started 12, 13, 14 hours ago, kind of wondering where virginia's leaders were and why they weren't getting out there helping people? >> there are people making frantic calls stuck in traffic for more than 16 hours now on i-95 in northern virginia. this is overnight winter storm, wasn't one inch this time,

here is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk. >> reporter: millions of free covid tests will soon bes this apply for them. the first shipments are expected to arrive as early as this month. how important is testing for keeping your schools open safely? >> it is vital. i think next to vaccines and the boosters it's the only way that we can continue to keep our teachers and our students safe. >> reporter: the new testing push comes as schools struggle to stay open amid omicron surge. austin's school superintendent says she started employing staff with teaching experience as substitutes to keep class going. >> even if it's not as perfect as it would have been with our great teachers, we know that it's better than our students not having that support. >> reporter: hospitals are struggling, too. in an icu 5% of the staff is out sick, the national guard now helping to clean, test, and deliver meals. >> the reality is we have an overwhelming number of covid patients occupying our icus, our emergency rooms are overcrowded, that our teams are exhausted. >> reporter: a new study out of souther

let's go right to stephanie gosk. steph, what is going on here in new york city?hroats, which none of them had, because they wanted to be exactly where you are, in the snow. >> you know what, it's lovely out here, actually, steph. but i can tell you from very personal experience, it was not so lovely around 6:30 in the morning. and you know, this isn't the biggest storm to hit this part of the country in history, that's for sure. but it really came at a terrible time, right at rush hour. there's a period of time in this area where it was snowing an inch, 2 inches an hour. there are still places in the northeast where it's coming down. and it's a bit heavier than they predicted. some places, it's going to be more a foot. but it comes after a pretty rough week on the east coast, when it comes to storms. you had that terrible scene in virginia, those people stuck on i-95 for 24 hours, 36 hours. and then there was a pretty treacherous ice storm in upstate new york, as well, just a couple of days ago. and that was a bit of a mess. and then you have this today. and it h

nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, another clash betweenion's third largest school district voted tuesday to switch to remote learning, demanding more testing and adjustments to the new covid surge. city leaders responded by canceling school altogether, even remote learning, for most of the district's 330,000 students. >> there is no basis in the data, the science, or common sense for us to shut an entire system down. >> reporter: it's part of the pressure on schools and parents as covid cases skyrocket. and some have found guidance from authorities confusing. the cdc now clarifying its quarantine guidance again, after it cut covid isolation down from ten days to five for asymptomatic people, without requiring a negative test. but the agency is again under fire from medical experts who say the guidelines are still confusing and still don't require a negative covid test after sick people are done isolating at home for five days. instead, the newest guidance unveiled tuesday simply says people who have access to a rapid test and want to take

nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest on all of it. rning. >> good morning, savannah. this is a real showdown in chicago. the teacher's union voted to go remote over concerns about testing in cases and lori lightfoot stepped in and raised the stakes calling it an illegal walkout and canceling schools altogether. this morning another clash between educators and cities over covid ending with kids in chicago staying home. the teacher's union in the nation's third largest school district voted tuesday to switch to remote learning, demanding more testing and adjustments to the new covid surge. city leaders responded by canceling school altogether, even remote learning for the district's 330,000 students. >> there is no basis in the data, the science and common sense for us to shut an entire system down. >> it's part of the pressure on schools and parents as covid cases skyrocket and some have found guidance from authorities confusing. the cdc now clarifying its quarantine again after cutting it from ten days to five for asymptomatic for test

let's start with stephanie gosk this morning good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you live up the east coast this week, it's been a tough week you had the people trapped on i-95 in virginia, an ice storm just a couple of days ago here in new york. and then this today. while it's not the biggest snowstorm in history, it is falling at the worst possible time across the northeast this morning millions are waking up and digging out. but driving to work in these conditions might not be the best idea new jersey under a state of emergency, asking anyone who can work from home to do so. >> please, be safe and smart. >> very scary. dangerous. got to take your time. making d traffic, making driving nearly impossible. >> reporter: with much of new england under a winter storm warning the national weather service cautioning travel will be hazardous massachusetts is expecting up to 2 inches of snow an hour coast to coast nearly 80 million under winter weather alerts. in new york, icy conditions caused treacherous conditions. new york's governor said the state has been prepar

al's got the answers in just a moment but first stephanie gosk is freezing again for us this morning. she's in chilly bryant park in midtown manhattan. hi, steph. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, savannah according to a meteorologist in massachusetts, this cold has come from the, quote, far regions of the planet, which sounds a little dramatic, but honestly if you've had to do anything outside the last couple of days, it has sort of felt that way later on in the day, the temperatures will rebound a little bit, but for now that arctic air has a firm grasp. across the northeast an arctic blast for the record books. >> it's cold, cold. >> this is brutal out here. >> reporter: the coldest air in years gripping the region, bringing bone-chilling temperatures and subzero windchills tuesday. >> coming out here and it's single digits even in the middle of the day crazy. >> reporter: enough to suspend a fork full of spaghetti in midair on top of mount washington and create this ice disk in a river in maine even in portland, a city known for its brutal winters, this cold felt parti

but first, we will check in with nbc's stephanie gosk. she is just to our north in white plains, new york. good morning. >> hey, hoda, good morning. this is the kind of cold that puts a real spring in your step and sends you scrambling for the closet to find those ridiculous ski mittens. places in the midwest and northeast where they're seeing temperatures lower than they've seen in years. here in white plains, new york, it's 15 degrees, but it feels like zero. that's zero degrees. not even a single degree. this morning millions are waking up to more frigid winter weather. >> it is super cold. >> reporter: a dangerous arctic blast slamming the midwest and northeast. >> here's how cold it's going to get. feels like forecast means frostbite in 30 minutes or less. >> reporter: temperatures and windchills plunging into the single digits and well below zero. folks across the country now bundling up as they brace for another round of bitter cold. across the great lakes, the brutal cold snap is bringing heavy snow and high winds. in parish, new

as nbc's stephanie gosk reports, that includes some of the nation's most essential workers, those inn and the city are at odds how to stay safe in the classroom. >> we are going to fight to get our kids back to in-person learning. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of families are impacted. >> the kids are caught in the middle and parents like myself are scrambling to get coverage. >> reporter: the main concerns from the teachers union center around testing. there's word of a plan to go remote with a return to the classroom by the 18th. >> reporter: teachers and staff are out sick in record numbers. more than 1,600 in miami-dade. >> anyone available in the building is being asked to watch other classes. >> reporter: late wednesday the cdc approved pfizer boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds, half of 12 to 17-year-olds are fully vaccinated. that drops to less than 16% for 5 to 11-year-olds. health care workers are dealing with staffing shortages, hospitals are cutting back on some elective surgeries. >> it's still a lot of numbers. >> reporter: others are running out of icu beds. 1,000 fir

nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest on that.covery and rebound for airlines and stranded passengers after a week of mass cancellations. but instead, another challenging day is shaping up. even more delays and more cancellations. with january storms and the rampant spread of the omicron variant proving too much for airlines and airports. >> they already pushed my flight back twice. i might miss my connection. >> nearly 18 00 tsa officers off the job with covid. on sunday, flight aware showing 2700 cancelled flights. more than 9,000 delays. all part of more than 12,000 cancellations over the last week. among the airports hardest hit, denver, chicago o'hare, and atlanta. >> it's usually a well-oiled machine here, and it runs smoothly. today it just isn't that way. >> reporter: jen and her dad came to florida for the gator bowl, but the weekend took a turn when delta cancelled their flight home. after more delayed caused them to miss a connection, they finally made it back home 22 hours later. >> it felt like every time my phone buz

nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: this weekend police departments on edge afterwas shot, male took off. >> reporter: houston police grieving one of their own after a traffic stop turned deadly. in d.c. police responded to a man acting suspiciously and he opened fire. one officer sustained nonlife threatening injuries, ul of this as new york is a city in mourning. >> it hurts my life. >> reporter: hundreds lining the street as the body of 22-year-old officer jason rivera was escorted from the medical examiner's office. his partner, 27-year-old wilber mora is in critical condition. both were investigating a domestic disturbance when they were shot. police say 47-year-old sean mcneil filed on the police officers in his mower's apartment. police recovered an extended glock pistol that holds you have to 40 rounds. >> violence against new york, that's the battle we're in right now. >> reporter: the mayor pleading to get guns off the city streets. >> it appears as though for every gun we remove from the street five are coming in. >> reporter: five nypd officers have bee