- There's no way JaniceDean could have forecast

the dark times aheadin 2020 for her family.

She lost both of her in-laws to COVID-19

and there were other ups and downs, too,

but still, she managed to findand is finding the sunshine.

- And I'm glad you're leading with weather

because this is a huge story.

- [Jenna] The warm andwitty Fox News meteorologist

writes about all of it in her new book,

Make Your Own Sunshine,

inspiring stories of people

who know how to find light in dark times,

and dark times she certainly knows.

- One of the terribletragedies that happened

during this past year is welost my husband's parents.

Both died of COVID in separateelder care facilities.

Never in a million yearswould I have thought

that something like that couldtake their lives so quickly

and it was terrible.

There's no way to describeit any better than that.

- [Jenna] Since theirpassing, Janice has been using

her platform to speak outagainst New York governor,

Andrew Cuomo, who's underfederal investigation

for his handling of thevirus in nursing homes.

The scrutiny growing by the day

and now reaching a boiling point

- The truth is everybodydid everything they could.

- I never wanted to be a political person.

I'm the meteorologist on Fox.

No one knows who I voted for.

I don't comment on politicalmatters on television

but I started learningmore about Governor Cuomo's

executive order to putCOVID positive patients

into nursing homes for 46 days,

and we are finding out more information

that it was over 9,000 ofthose infected patients

that went into nursing homes,

and I wasn't seeing thecoverage on television.

I was learning this after my in-laws died.

We had no idea that there wasthis executive order in place

and I wasn't seeing thenews stories out there.

I felt like it wasn't being covered.

- [Jenna] Janice wantsanswers for her family

and all of the others who lost loved ones.

In the book, she writesabout finding the light

in life's hardest moments.

Janice features everyday heroes

from the teacher whocut her student's hair,

to the Uber driver who helpeda new mom buy baby clothes.

- Every chapter is basically about a story

about somebody who didsomething kind for someone else

and many of them pass it along.

- [Jenna] That's whather husband did for her

when COVID nearly squashedher 50th birthday.

- Yes, I was going tocelebrate my 50th birthday

in Las Vegas.

I had planned, you know,

dinners and outings and dancing

with my closest girlfriends,

and it came to ascreeching halt, obviously.

We couldn't do that.

So my husband planned thiswonderful birthday for me

and I never expected it.

- [Jenna] She describeshow we decorated their home

like a casino, arranged a car parade,

and even set up Zoom dateswith her coworkers and friends.

- And I wrote about it

because it was somethingwe were all going through,

and it was a moment where my husband

went outside of the box anddid something so special.

And to me it was probablythe best celebration

of my 50th year on this planet,

and it happened to begoing on during a pandemic.

- I know you talk aboutyour own battle with MS

and you feature some other people

who are also struggling with it.

A couple of questions,one, how are you doing?

And two on this topic of sunshine

and how do you cope with thaton some of your tougher days?

- It's a good question,

and I did write about two wonderful ladies

in the in the book about having MS

and and having a chronic illness.

We don't have a cure for it.

I'm doing well.

You know, I've beendiagnosed now for 16 years

and you know, I've had bumps in the road,

but I, knock on wood, am relatively well.

I mean, I have a great neurologist.

I'm on a new therapy that I've been on

for a couple of years now,

which has been working well for me.

I just actually had a new MRI,

a round of MRIs done on my brain,

which is something thatwill tell my neurologist

if there's any new lesionson my brain, and I am clear.

So that's great news.

But I think something like that,

being diagnosed with a chronic illness

or going through challenges,their health challenges,

it does make you appreciateevery single day.

I know that every day that I wake up

and I put my feet onthe floor and I get up,

I'm grateful for that.

- [Jenna] Janice says writing this book

was actually healing for her in many ways.

- Well, just the fact that we were going

through such a dark moment

and it made me appreciate thekindness that was happening

during that terrible time,

from the school principal calling us

and checking in to see how we were doing,

to the local firefighterwho brought us a meal

and left it on the doorstep,

to strangers who sent me cards

and you know, prayers.

- And she hopes it will behealing for readers, too,

who maybe need a little encouragement

or that extra shot of sunshine.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.