crystal whitley a 35-year-old mother in texas is now fighting for her life. >> she's making all this progress but they keep telling us she is still very ill. she's still critical and she is still on an obstacle course. whitley caught both a and b strains of the flu then pneumonia plus mrsa a bacterial infection resistant to antibiotics. she's one of more than 17,000 people hospitalized for the flu this season. more than 60 children have died. the predominant a strain, h3n2 is known to be fierce and the vaccine isn't very effective against it. but cdc officials now say the b strain flu virus is also now going around. earlier than usual. and it means you could get sick twice.>> you can definitele flu twice in one season. there because there's different strains ing around or different sub types going around. >> reporter: that's another reason the flu shot is still recommended if you haven't gotten one yet this season. some research also shows even if they can't 100 percent prevent the flu it can help prevent serious complications. there is still flu vaccine available. you can find this

wood should be a com pletely of whitley wood should be a completely partisan immigration reform packageto citizenship? that is catering to the extreme and i think the majority of us here are quite moderate on immigration. we agree with some sort of path whether it ta kes with some sort of path whether it takes five years, eight years, and what it looks like, what transition looks like is important to us. but that they should have a path to citizenship i think we all agree on. and so does his core. what would you like to hear more of and blasts off from the white house?” like to hear more of and blasts off from the white house? i would like to hear less about the memos, i think that isjust to hear less about the memos, i think that is just distracting us from actual policy—making. i think to me it is tantamount to high school gossip. i think he just released today his infrastructure plans so i think we should start to pay attention to the details of that and how it will help with the economy which i think is so important. we‘re still feeling the results of the tax credits and the tax ref

but i saw a "a different world" episode... [ laughter ] where dwayne and whitley finally was about toether... oh, i love that! yeah! right? it was a scene from "casablanca," and i feel like i hear people say, "we'll always have paris," but i thought "casablanca" was in africa. so i can't imagine that he's like, "we'll always have africa" because i feel like as a black person, i would know that. [ laughter ] i'm just gonna go with paris 'cause it's the first thing that came into my mind, even though i've never seen "casablanca." but you've seen "a different world." but i've seen "a different world." which has absolutely nothing to do with "casablanca," but we're gonna go with... paris. ...paris. will we always have paris? [ bell dings ] [ cheers and applause ] you're killing it! you got to be kidding me! all right. now, these kids -- let's see if they know about rick and ilsa. gervais: at the end of "casablanca," rick parts with ilsa after telling her, "we'll always have" what? [ laughter ] i don't have the foggiest idea. [ laughs ] right, right. any idea? love? "we'll always have love

. >> reporter: 35-year-old crystal whitley got a flu shot in october after giving birth to her son. she has no underlying health issues but two weeks ago she got the flu, then pneumonia in both lungs, and now a staph infection. >> she was able to mouth the words "i love you" and she kind of puckered her lips a little bit and blew me a kiss. >> reporter: the cdc now warning people, even if you've had the flu once you could still get a second strain. >> type a cases are more than last year. but when you put a and b together you have a lot of sick people in the community. >> reporter: the governor of new york declaring a public health emergency triggering free flu shots events to make sure people get vaccinated. is your dad making you do it or you just want to do it on your own? >> i want to do it on my own. >> reporter: tom and jake handschuh, father and son, came together to get their shots. >> my wife got it done because she just got finished with radiation chemo and they wanted to give her the shot so i figured let me do that too. >> reporter: doctors saying they still haven't seen

so that was a straight prime minister malcolm turnbull whitley this studio is did of report a job interview who's been following that story judd welcome not the prime minister said he doesn't want to modernize the what is the context of this whole story how does john flint well this scandal began last week when one of astray is because tabloids the sydney daily telegraph published on its front page. to be joyce's pregnant vicki campion campion used to be to be joyce's media adviser after the story broke the deputy prime minister had to admit to the affair also to his wife who he was a strange from but they've been married for twenty four years and he's four daughters so it was news to them as well barnaby joyce came out and said look this is a private matter between me and my family please treated as such but it seems to merge that they could be used to misconduct around here because often vicki campion left ivana b. joyce's office she went to work for two of his ministerial colleagues in high paying jobs all while the affair was allegedly taking place the relegation shit wasn't declared as

we've also had an issue with parts of the coastal areas of the north east today, very strong winds at whitleywere blown over. there was concern about waves coming over the top as well. here in middlesbrough, it is well below freezing when you take in the wind chill and they have intensified effo rts chill and they have intensified efforts to help homeless people. the local authorities here are trying to identify those who may need shelter and get them into bed and breakfast accommodation. in this part of the country we are not out of the woods yet. the amber warning for more showers is in place until about this time tomorrow. plenty more to come, i'm afraid. i'm afraid. i'm sure we will be talking again tomorrow. peter there in middlesbrough. let's talk to correspond to is near maidstone in kent. what have people been making of it there? well, i suppose kent and sussex, really, the south—east corner of england have had a relatively easy time of its today. the snow has eased off but it has been perishing a cold. temperatures last night dived well below minus ten. this is a typical place, probl

whitley for contributing $1.15 billion to ucf. for more on the contributions we are joined by the chancellor. i know that you already had some previous very large contributions by them, but were you surprised at this most recent one? >> it's always wonderful to get up pleasant surprise like that. i am not surprised because their passion for giving back making the world a better place. it's been my experience working with them now for over a decade that they are a wonderful family, visionary family who is committed to making the world a better place. >> now you have 1.15 billion dollars., i understand you will build a new hospital. tell us about that.>> it is the most recent commitment, it was announced this morning to help start the planning and support the construction and the operation of a new hospital on the campus.>> the existing hospitals are used by people around the bay area and around the world and they do not need to meet requirements for the state so this is a wonderful gift that will allow us to accelerate the planning

. >> reporter: in texas, special education teacher krista whitley is fighting for her life.trains of the flu, pneumonia in both lungs and now a staph infection. she got the flu after giving birth to her son. doctors are now closely monitoring her progress. >> he said if she recovered from this, that she could live a pretty normal life, but that he didn't know if she would pull through it. >> reporter: there are now new concerns over more tamiflu shortages. the cdc and large pharmacy chains tell and there are spot shortages. in some states like arizona, the request for the drug is 14 times higher than last year. a japanese drug maker says it has developed a pill that can kill the virus within a day, but it still has to go through the fda approval process and there's no word on how quickly it could hit the market. >> you can find a complete list of flu resources and advice on our website, abc7news.com. >>> well, the filmmakers in studio behind the new movie "peter rabbit" are apologizing for making light of allergies in that film. food allergies are a serious issue and they re

christy whitley is on life support after contracting both strains of the flu two weeks ago despite gettinger son the 35 year old a special education teacher in central wisconsin, i'm sorry incent all texas. her family says she was healthy and very active before getting sick. thousands of men and women in uniform lining the streets during a heavy snowfall to honor a fallen colorado deputy. the procession escorting 35 year old el paso county sheriff's deputy. he was shot and killed after struggling with a suspected car thief, leaving behind his wife and their seven-year-old twins. and a veteran hospital under fire after putting 56 of our heros on a secret wait list for eye care. the omaha harold reports the norfolk nebraska va was offered a new treatment but lacked the necessary equipment and training and instead of following the rules and putting it in an online database staff kept names in a folder. they didn't say how many workers are disciplined but have retrained some of the staff and those are your headlines. pete: hopefully with the new rules of the va, whoever is responsible for that