COSTELLO: Doctors in the San Francisco bay area are waging war against the flu. Already blamed for nine death there this season. Triage tents have now been set up outside hospitals to handle the huge overflow of patients suffering symptoms. CNN's Casey Wian is following that story for us. Good morning.</s>CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. It's a really concerning situation as you can imagine, nine -- as you mentioned, nine deaths so far this year from the flu just in the San Francisco bay area and the peak flu season hasn't even gotten under way yet. It's going -- it usually goes from late January through March. These hospitals have set up these tents to in some cases deal with the overflow of patients that they are getting with these severe flu symptoms. Now here's what's really concerning public health officials. The main strain of the flu this year that they are seeing is that h1n1, so- called swine flu, that cause ad global pandemic back in 2009 killing tens of thousands of people it's estimated. That -- this particular strain of the flu affects people that are younger towards more middle age adults, not necessarily older adults who are usually the ones who are more victimized by the flu. So they are urging that everyone who has not had a flu shot yet should get out there and get one as soon as possible because it is not too late as we said that peak flu season hasn't begun yet. Lots of people in California and potentially around the country at risk -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right, Casey Wian, many thanks to you. Here's what's all new on the next hour of NEWSROOM. He spent nearly a year behind bars overseas and for much of that time he was never told why. Now a Minnesota man is back home and speaking out about his time in the United Arab Emirates. That's all new in the next hour of NEWSROOM.
Nine Flu Deaths in San Francisco Bay Area