Biden hosts Macron, CDC says US seeing worst flu in a decade

KARAH RUCKER: THIS FLU SEASON IS THE WORST WE’VE SEEN IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
WITH MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE INFECTED WITH SIX MONTHS STILL LEFT TO GO. THIS IS YOUR MORNING UPDATE.

THE WHITE HOUSE TO HOST FRENCH PRESIDENT

BUT FIRST WE BEGIN AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO HOST THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.
EMMANUEL MACRON HAS ONE TOP PRIORITY.

HOW A U.S. CLIMATE LAW COULD NEGATIVELY EFFECT EUROPEAN COMPANIES AFTER THE U.S. INCENTIVIZED AMERICANS WITH SUBSIDIES ON AMERICAN-MADE ELECTRIC VEHICLE PURCHASES.

EMMANUEL MACRON | FRENCH PRESIDENT: “The question is not to reduce our ambitions. The question is how to synchronize our ambition and our action in order to fix climate change and industrialization in our countries and providing jobs.”

THE TWO WILL SIT DOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE THIS MORNING THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HOST THE FRENCH LEADER FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

ICE BREACH EXPOSES MIGRANT PERSONAL DATA

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM.

THE APPARENT MISTAKE BY “ICE” COULD POTENTIALLY PUT THOSE MIGRANTS AT RISK OF RETALIATION FROM THE GOVERNMENTS THEY FLED FROM.

THE PERSONAL DATA INCLUDED BIRTHDAYS, NATIONALITIES, CASE NUMBERS, AND DETENTION LOCATIONS…ALL POSTED PUBLICLY FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS ON THE “ICE” WEBSITE ON MONDAY.

THE AGENCY SAID IT IS “CONCERNED” AND “INVESTIGATING” THE INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED DURING AN UPDATE TO THEIR WEBSITE.

NONE OF THE MIGRANTS WHOSE DATA WAS LEAKED WILL BE DEPORTED WHILE THE AGENCY INVESTIGATES.

CDC: WORST FLU SEASON IN A DECADE

THE NUMBER OF FLU CASES IN THE U.S. HAS TOPPED SIX MILLION. THAT’S ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CDC.

SINCE OCTOBER, MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND NEARLY 3 THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

OFFICIALS ARE CALLING IT “THE WORST OUTBREAK IN A DECADE.”

FLU SEASON TYPICALLY RUNS FROM OCTOBER TO MAY. SO THE ALREADY-HIGH NUMBERS ARE WORRYING OFFICIALS WITH SO MANY MONTHS LEFT TO GO.

MUSK: BRAIN CHIPS TO BE TESTED IN HUMANS

ELON MUSK | NUERALINK CO-FOUNDER: “We’ve submitted most of our paperwork to the FDA and we think that in six months we’ll be able to have our first neuralink in a human, so, applause.”

ELON MUSK GETTING A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THE OWNER OF TESLA, SPACE-X, AND TWITTER SHIFTING FOCUS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON HIS OTHER BUSINESS VENTURE IN “NEURA-LINK” YESTERDAY.

MUSK ANNOUNCED HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS COULD BEGIN WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO TEST A BRAIN CHIP MEANT TO HELP DISABLED PATIENTS MOVE AND TALK AGAIN.

THE BRAIN IMPLANT COULD ALSO HELP RESTORE VISION, EVEN IN THOSE WHO WERE BLIND AT BIRTH.

MUSK IS AWAITING “THE OKAY” FROM THE FDA IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE TRIALS.

FIRST EVER WORLD CUP FEMALE REFEREE

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WORLD CUP HISTORY, THERE WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER REFEREE A MEN’S WORLD CUP MATCH-UP. AND BY HER SIDE WILL BE TWO OTHER WOMEN. MAKING UP THE FIRST-EVER ALL-FEMALE OFFICIATING GROUP IN THE WORLD CUP’S LONGSTANDING HISTORY.

THE WOMEN WILL BE OFFICIATING THE COSTA RICA AND GERMANY MATCH UP ON TAP FOR ONE O CLOCK CENTRAL TODAY.