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unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. good morning, everyone. we are so glad that you could join us. it is wednesday, november 23rd. welcome to "cnn this morning." we have a horrific story that is happening. there is no end in sight in the carnage. the nation still mourning one mass shooting when we learn about another. a gunman opening fire overnight inside a walmart in chesapeake, virginia. this is what we know at this hour. police confirming that six people were killed. the shooter is also dead. >> we don't know if there was a standoff with the police or
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whether officers fired a shot. the gunman's motives still unclear this morning. >> and police are going to be holding a news conference any moment now. when it gbegins, we are going t take you there live to hopefully get more details on what poppy just laid out. we did hear from the governor of virginia, glenn youngkin. he tweeted our hearts break for the community of chesapeake. heinous acts of violence have no place in our community. >> let's get straight to that press conference now. >> i am the public information officer for the chesapeake police department. thank you for coming out this morning. this is going to be our press update for the mass shooting that occurred at the walmart last night. i'd like to introduce who is standing up here with me. that is the commonwealth attorney, matt hamel. next to him with the state police is captain greg mathias,
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the division commander for the state police. standing next to him is sheriff jim o'sullivan. jim common spelling. o, apostrophe, s-u-l-l-i-v-a-n. next to him is ed elliott. standing next to him is police chief mark solesky. and then to my immediate left is our city manager, chris price, common spelling. i'm going to ask the city manager to come up and do some remarks. after that chief solesky will come up and give an update to the incident that occurred of the after that we'll take some questions. for future updates after that, we're going to be posting to our city's twitter account, which
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is @aboutchesapeake. so with that, mr. price. >> thank you. i know it pains all of us to be together on this day of incredible tragedy and unimaginable sadness. chesapeake is a wonderful place. we come together when times are good, we come together when times are difficult. i know that we're going through very, very difficult days today and in the days ahead, but we will get through this. mayor west was unable to join us today. he's tested positive for covid but he has asked me to read a statement. i am devastated by the senseless act of violence that took place last night in our city. my prayers are with all of those affected, the victim, their family, their friends and their co-workers. i'm grate of for the quick actions taken by our first responders who rushed to the scene. chesapeake is a tight-knit community and we are all shaken pie this news. together we will support each other throughout this time.
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please keep us in your prayers. before i turn it over to chief solesky i'd like to make a few remarks. first of all, i'm very, very proud of the response of our public safety team and our other first responders, including those in human services and me mental health. you hope a day like this never comes, but we train for it, we practice, we discuss, we try to learn from other things, hoping that lessons will never have to be put to use but it's kept us in good standing today and hopefully we'll continue to do so in the challenging days ahead. i also wanted to let everyone know that we as a city and a leadership team have been in very close communication throughout the evening with mayor west and with chesapeake city council. they are fully briefed on everything going on from our response to what's moving forward in the days ahead as well as governor youngkin and his staff, the attorney general and his team, members of our
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federal and state delegations, several of whom are here today. and i want to let you all know that we are united in our support for the victim, their fami famili families, their co-workers and the entire community. we do ask that you pray with us for everyone impacted by this tra tragedy. i'll turn it over to chief solesky. >> good morning. we are truly saddened at the tragedy that took place in our community last night. we are all praying for the family, friends and co-workers of everyone that's affected by this senseless violence. i want to say to them that your chesapeake community is here for you and will continue to be here for you during the difficult days, months and years ahead. chesapeake first responders are well trained for such incidents. they responded immediately and will continue to do the work of investigating and asking questions in the days to come.
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we also appreciate the multi agency response we received. i'll now go over a timeline of events for you. our 911 dispatch center received the first call at 10:12 p.m. last night. the first officers arrived on scene within two minutes at 10:14 and entered the store, approximately two minutes later, at 10:16. the first responding officers entered the store and the scene was declared safe by 11:20 p.m. i would like to express our sincere thanks for the immediate assistance we received from the chesapeake fire department, the chesapeake commonwealth attorney's office, the virginia beach police department, the virginia state police, the fbi and the atf. while our investigation continues, we can tell you the following. six victims have died. four victims are in area
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hospitals with conditions unknown at this time. and the suspect is dead from what we believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the chesapeake police s.w.a.t. team executed a search warrant at the suspect's residence. with the help of the virginia state police we cleared the house. we have reason to believe that there's no risk to the public at this time. again, while this investigation is ongoing, i'll go ahead and take a few questions now. >> can you give us the identity of the shooter? >> we cannot tell the identity of the shooter because his next of kin has not been identified. >> there have been a lot of reports that the shooter was an employee of the walmart. can you confirm that? >> yes, we can confirm that. [ inaudible question ] >> he wanted to know is the shooter an employee of walmart and we were able to confirm that. [ inaudible question ] >> i can't confirm that. you have to check with walmart
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to be sure. a pistol is all we're able to say at this time. >> can you confirm or do you know if these attacks were targeted with the employees or if this individual was shooting at random? >> we don't know at this time. the investigation is still ongoing so there's no clear motive at this time. >> do we know if the victims are also all employees? >> we can confirm that at this time. >> was the suspect wearing any type of -- what he was wearing, was there any accessories or ammo on the person? >> i don't have that information, i'm sorry. >> it was said that the shooting happened in the break room. were they -- was the door locked behind this individual after the shooting started? can you share any more information about what happened inside the room at that time? >> i cannot. like i said, the investigation is still ongoing. we'll be processing that scene for days so we're really not sure and i'd hate to put out misinformation.
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>> do you have any information on the shooter's background -- >> no, ma'am, not at this time. >> is he known to police? >> not that i'm aware of at this time. the investigation is still ongoing. >> there were no other weapons besides the pistol? >> not that i'm aware of at this time. >> sir, can you tell us approximately where in the store the suspect's body was located? >> i cannot. not at this time. i didn't go in the store myself. like i said -- >> still in the break room -- >> i don't know that at this time. >> were there any bodies outside? >> i can't confirm that right now. >> can you confirm that the shooter was a male, i gather from what you're saying? >> yes. >> can you tell the shooter's age? >> i don't have that at this time. >> mr. hall? >> do you know, was the shooter dead by the time officers found the suspect? >> as far as i know, he was, yes. >> two questions here. >> first, i believe first we
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said there were five or we heard that there were five victims in the hospital. do we know if one of those people have been released since you said four? >> i don't know that. i know there's four there now. >> and the other thing that i have, we heard that the suspect may have been playing some type of loud music. have you heard that or can you confirm that? >>ia c i can't confirm that at time. >> you said the scene was declared safe. we heard reports that it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. is that true? >> at this time we believe it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> can you -- you gave us the timeline of police response. do you know for how long the shooter himself was active in the store? >> i don't have that information at this time. >> do you know the range of the
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age of the victims at this time? >> i don't. >> what happens next at this time? >> well, the investigation is still ongoing, like i said, so we have to process the scene, which could take days. >> do we know approximately how many customers were inside the walmart at the time? >> i don't have that information, no. >> but the store was open? >> yes, it was. >> does it close at 11:00? >> i don't know that. >> chief, a witness said that the suspect was -- >> i cannot confirm that. >> was there a security guard, a walmart security guard on the premises at all? >> not that i'll aware of. you'd have to reach out to walmart for that. >> can you tell us what city the suspect is from? >> i don't have that information. i don't want to give you misinformation. i don't have it. >> was the shooter working at
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the time or was it a day off and he just showed up? do you know if he was on the clock? >> i can't confirm that. you'd have to reach out to walmart at the time. >> but he was a current employee of the walmart? >> as far as i know he was a current employee. >> and you may not be able to answer this as well. >> sure. >> do you know if the walmart is going to be closed? i imagine it's going to be closed for some time? >> yes. while we process the scene, it will stay closed. we're in cooperation with the fbi processing the scene. >> the condition of the victims, are they critical -- >> i don't have that information. conditions are unknown. >> do you know if they're all at one hospital or multiple hospitals. >> area hospitals is what i have. >> is there a reason the next of kin hasn't been notified yet? >> i don't know why. whether they're trying to figure out who his next of kin are and where they are.
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>> you said that you don't believe the community is in danger. what leads you to believe that? why is there no further threat? was he acting alone? >> as far as we know, yes, and he is deceased. >> all right. any further information. we'll conclude that at this point. information going forward will be pushed out through our city's official twitter account which is @aboutchesapeake. >> thank you. >> you are watching cnn this morning and looking at the press conference that is happening in chesapeake, virginia. six people killed overnight at a walmart. and plus the shooter. police confirming there that the shooter is an employee. not sure if he was on the clock at the time. not giving very much information about him, saying that the next of kin has not been notified but we do know six victims here. four in the hospital according
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to the police chief there. they said that they executed a search warrant on the suspect's home and they are still getting information. it is not confirmed whether it was a supervisor, someone said that on the air earlier, but again no confirmation there. a pistol they believe that he used and they don't think they found any other guns at this point but of course this is all ongoing right now, this investigation. this walmart is closed and it will take them days to figure out what happened at the scene. 10:12 p.m. the call came from 911. 10:14 the officers arrived. 10:16 they entered the store. by 11:20 p.m. they said that the store was declared safe. by the time police got there, the suspect, they believe, had taken his own life with a gun. he was dead when they encountered the suspect. >> we also -- we know six people were murdered by him. what we don't know is the condition of four victims. four victim still in the hospital, condition unknown, which is worrying. normally with something like
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this, we would generally hear what sort of level they're at, so let's hope for the best but we don't know. let's process this with andrew mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. andy, thank you very much for being here. you listened to that press conference with us, so what struck you? >> so, poppy, it sounds like they are really on top of what they should be doing right now. obviously they had a quick and effective response to the scene last night, really very short -- not much time delay between the 911 call and entry into the store. they have now brought in their federal partners. atf will run traces on the gun to understand every time that gun was purchased or may have changed hands and how it ended up in the hands of this shooter. the fbi is there like low with their evidence response team. they will kind of, you know, run point on preserving the evidence from what can only be described i'm sure as an incredibly
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gruesome and disturbing crime scene. the chief didn't give us a lot of information about anything, which as we have all been down this road many, many times before, we know that's kind of standard practice. i suspect we'll hear more details as the day goes on. things that wouldn't have any kind of negative impact on the case to share once families have been notified of the victims. >> and also what struck me is they're not identifying the suspect yet because they haven't identified next of kin. it's been about nine or so hours since they said they determined the scene was safe there. does that surprise you at all that they haven't yet been able to make contact with the next of kin yet, although they know his details since he was an employee of the store? >> i'm sure they were able to identify him very quickly. there may have been other people there who could have identified him, he maybe had identification documents on him or you can
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actually identify people from fingerprints on the scene even if those individuals are deceased. so that's not a problem. but until we know this person's kind of the details of his life shall he may have lived alone. he may not have any clearly identifying information in his residence which we know they searched that would point to individuals, family members. those people may be out of state or hard to locate themselves. i think we're looking at a little bit of a slightly longer delay in getting that, but i'm sure we'll get it pretty on. >> stand by, andrew mccabe, we may need you as we're working through the details and the press conference that was happening just a short time ago in chesapeake, virginia, about this gunman who killed six people at the walmart there and then, according to police, they believe he killed himself. i want to bring in cnn's brian todd now, who was in the room. brian, are you learning any new details from this since the press conference? and what did you pick up from what police are saying?
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>> reporter: right, don. there were some important gaps that were filled in by the police chief in this news conference. he gave a timeline of how this attack unfolded saying that the first 911 calls came in at 10:12 p.m. last night, that the officers arrived on the scene two minutes later, 10:14 p.m. and entered the building at 10:16 p.m. so from the 911 call to the time the officers entered the building was a total of four minutes. they declared the scene safe at 11:20. he did confirm what we had heard from a law enforcement source that was was an employee of the store. they are not giving the shooter's name because the shooter's next of kin have not been contacted yet. we do know something we didn't know before, the type of weapon used. it was a pistol. i asked or it was asked a couple of times whether there were any other weapons involved and the chief did not know of any other weapons involved. again, this is a current
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employee. we do not know if all of the victims were employees. we're also chasing some information that one of the bodies might have been outside because we heard accounts of that, but the chief was not able to confirm any of that information yet. we know that it took them several hours to process this crime scene even after they declared it safe, don, because they were combing through the walmart trying to find out whether anybody was hiding, whether there were any other injured people in the building, and of course this walmart like many of them is a very large complex with row upon row of merchandise, counters all over the place, and this store was currently open when this happened. he did not have the information of how many people were inside the building at the time. >> or whether he was on the clock or not. still, no motive at this point. quickly, i think we would be derelict in not pointing out, there have been 606 mass shootings this year alone and we are just reeling from what happened in colorado springs.
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>> yeah, don, we've had this conversation so many times. look, the sad fact of life in america right now is any time you go to your grocery store, you go to your place of worship, you go to your kids school, you could be stepping into an incredibly lethal, destructive situation, and that is because we have far more guns in this country than we have people. there's more than one gun for every man, woman and child alive in america today. we have 4% of the world's population and 35 or 40% of the firearms. so this is something we can expect to continue experiencing for quite some time. >> it's just awful to think about all those people doing last-minute thanksgiving shopping. that's what people was doing yesterday. they're always crowded and it's heart breaking. >> thanks for helping us analyze this. brian todd, thanks for being on the scene there. we'll check back with both of you in just moments. >> this morning we are also
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are you listening to us stuck in traffic? i hope not. today is the busiest day for travel in the u.s. >> i hope they are not watching us either while driving. >> that's true. we hope you're cozy at home watch, but 50 million american will be on the move over thanksgiving. roads, airports all very crowded. let's get to o'hare international airport. i've always had smooth flights out of o'hare of that is not always the case for people, especially on a day like today. how long are the lines? >> reporter: well, right now actually things got a little better. when we first got here in that first wave of flights in the early morning, it was shoulder to shoulder. it was packed. people, i think, in some cases were surprised to see that we
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were looking at a level of people here that rivaled pre-pandemic 2019 levels. we talked to one woman who is on her way back to texas to visit some family and she said she was a little surprised by what she saw. take a listen. >> we were totally thinking about getting here early, which i am so glad we did, because it's even a little more crowded than we expected. so just hoping we make our flight. we gave ourselves two hours, so i hope that's enough. >> reporter: now, she is going to be among the 4.5 million americans nationwide that are expected to fly, i should say, over this thanksgiving period which is up from last year and is about 99% of the 2019 pre-pandemic levels. but as you mentioned before coming to me, the vast majority of people are going to be driving this holiday period. also expected to be up from last year. so hope flowfully people are plg ahead.
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hopefully they're doing this thanksgiving with a full family for the first time in years, poppy. >> that's really nice for so many folks who get to finally get together. omar, happy thanksgiving. thank you, friend. so we're talking about being together. health is on the minds of so many people this holiday. the threat of the so-called tripledemic is intensifying. a white house health official will be with us to talk about it. plus, we have just gotten word that workers at the world's largest iphone factory in china are clashing with police. we're live in china with a massive update on foxconn ahead. s a split second faster. palantir. data driven enterprise accelerator. this is lily. when you see things differently, you can be the difference. ♪ capella university sees e. our flexpath learning format helps you control the ce and cost of your master's degree.
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significant supply chain constraints at the assembly facility. they expect the iphone 14 to be hit just as a key holiday shopping season begins. selena wang is live for us in china. i know a lot of this has to do with the compensation, what these workers thought they were getting and what they're actually getting. >> reporter: yeah. some of these workers in these videos, you can hear them complaining not just about the pay issue but also the subpar living conditions, what they say are unsanitary conditions. as you say, this is apple's most important iphone assembly factory and it's operating in what's called a closed loop system. so these workers have to sleep, eat, live on that campus. they're saying that the living conditions just aren't good enough. they're even claiming that covid positive workers are not being moved to a separate facility. people are also fearful about getting covid. some of these clashes are turning violent. you can see them jostling, pushing with the law enforcement. many of them are in hazmat suits. this chaos has actually been
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going on for vehicles. weeks. a few weeks ago there were videos going viral of workers escaping the factory, walking miles on highways to get away from these covid restrictions. this is what apple faces by relying on china for so much of their production. it's having an impact on its sales, on its output. china used to be a point of pride for apple for efficient, low-cost manufacture. now it's a risk factor. >> yeah, absolutely. we are seeing that play out. keep us updated. thank you for that. well, back here in the united states, still no arrests in the stabbing deaths of four university of idaho students, but police say they are, quote, making progress and will be holding a briefing this afternoon. the homicides nine days ago have rattled the small college town of moscow where they haven't recorded a murder since 2015. that's where we find natasha
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chen this morning. natasha, good morning. any closer to finding a suspect here? >> reporter: good morning, don. that's exactly the question i asked yesterday, and the answer i got was that they are definitely making progress, even though a lot of that behind-the-scenes work is something that the public is not going to be able to see or hear about. a lot of that work includes combing through very large video files, surveillance footage that people have submitted through an online portal, interviewing more than 90 people and chasing more than 700 leads. the incomplete and sometimes contradictory information came in the first days of the investigation. >> we believe this was an isolated, targeted attack on our victims. >> reporter: those words echoed in the press, perhaps leaving the impression that the police knew something that should make the public less worried. some residents and neighbors near the crime scene were not comforted by the terms targeted and isolated.
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>> at first i thought they actually had something going so you think that makes sense and you wait to see what they say but now they have said nothing and that they know nothing, so how can you say it's targeted? >> reporter: then the local mayor went further, telling "the new york times" that it could have been a crime of passion, later clarifying that was just one possibility. >> they don't want people to panic. and yet unless you have the evidence that you are willing to share with the public and be transparent about how the investigation is going, these words are complete ly giving false confidence. >> reporter: but police say they can't share their entire case. >> you can't put that out into the public's eye. it would impede the investigation and ultimately might impede justice at the very end of this. >> reporter: but with no suspect identified, many students packed up and left town. >> we don't know anything, so it's definitely uneasy on campus right now. >> reporter: by day four, police recognize their assurances of public safety weren't resonating
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as residents fixate on the fact the suspect is not caught. >> we cannot say there's no threat to the community. >> reporter: still calling the crime targeted but pulling back on assurances there was no public threat and pledging to release more. >> i probably should have been standing here a day or so ago, but i'm here now. >> reporter: between 2016 and 2021, there were no murders in moscow, so when the quadruple homicide stunned this town, the 36-person police force was pressed into unprecedented action. with no full-time communications staff -- >> the messaging was a little bit off. >> reporter: idaho police were brought in to assist with public messaging. but the rumor mill has been hard to control. a reported man loitering at a food truck near two of the victims was knocked down by police who later said they eliminated the man as a suspect. reports that someone's pet dog was skipped three weeks before the killings are also believed to be unrelated. meanwhile, police are trying to protect the integrity of the
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investigation. >> if you flood the public with information that everything is going on, stories moit ight sta emerging. >> stories are already emerging, rumors are emerging. >> people want answers. all the time on tv these are solved and there's an appetite for this to be done. we toelt lytotally respect thatl put out information as soon as we can. >> reporter: some victims' families have expressed frustration with the lack of information. >> together we want to extend gratitude to the following. >> reporter: the family of ethan acknowledged answers and justice can only come now from police. >> the moscow police department who now carry the burden every day, not only for us but for all of the impacted families. >> reporter: police had to clear up yet another thing floating out there. they said they have so far not been able to verify the existence or identity for a stalker of one of the victims.
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we hope to get more information and clear up more things that are floating out there during a press conference today at 1:00 p.m. local time. >> glad you're on top of this, natasha. thank you so much. new this morning, a bit of covid boosters offer some protection but not as much as the original boosters against earlier variants. during what is likely his final appearance in the white house briefing room, dr. anthony fauci said the data is good and americans should still roll up their sleeves to get these new boosters. >> my message and my final message, may be the final message i give you from this podium, is that please, for your own safety, for that of your family, get your updated covid-19 shot as soon as you're eligible to protect yourself, your family and your community. >> joining us now is the man standing next to dr. fauci, white house coronavirus coordinator dr. ashish jha.
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you were there at that briefing, as we noted. dr. jha, when it comes to these boosters, i know you're on a booster push right now, but when it comes to this push, people wanting to know how long this protection is going to last with these new boosters. what can you tell them? >> so good morning, and, first of all, thanks for having me back. here's what we know. we know these updated vaccines are far superior to the other vaccine that we had. it makes a lot of sense, right? these new vaccines target the version of omicron that's out there. that's fact number one. fact number two that we know is that if people are up to date on their vaccines, they don't end up in the hospital, they don't end up dying, especially if they have a breakthrough infection. so we're now at a point where we can protect people from serious illness. how long are these things going to last? well, the benefit certainly for a majority of people from serious illness should probably last close to a full year. for high-risk people it might last a little less time. we might need to do something else for the high-risk people
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later in the spring or the summer. but if you want to get through the holidays safely and want to avoid getting really sick during the holidays, this is the single most important thing that you can do. >> but that plan and your outlook really relies on people getting the boosters. only 35 million peel in the u.s. have gotten those revised shots. the administration bought doses for five times as many people as that. how do you plan to significantly change that number? >> i think the most important thing is we have to communicate why it's so important. look, we're just going into thanksgiving. between thanksgiving and the holidays, lots of socializing, obviously over the holidays. so this is a really good time for people to get out and go get that shot. what we've seen in the past when you think about the flu vaccine, lots of people get the flu vaccine around thanksgiving, between thanksgiving and the holidays. that's what we're expecting with these vaccines. so we're seeing sort of strong, steady uptake of the vaccine, but we need to get a lot more americans protected, especially
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as we get into the holidays. >> dr. jha, it's great to see you. can i ask you about the confluence of all of this hitting our kids? so we're all getting together for thanksgiving, is there an increase of spreading any disease, even though people are boosted for covid. rsv and what's happening with kids, the head of the minnesota hospital was on the program with us this week. they have nearly hit capacity for icu beds. there are children in america getting turned away from icu beds with rsv and really scared parents. what is your best advice to parents, based on that, coupled with flu, coupled with covid. >> there are three viruses we're dealing with, covid, flou and rsv. first and foremost, the good news is we have fantastic vaccines against two of them, covid and flu. what we've done in our family with our children is made sure they have gotten vaccinated against those two, covid and flu. rsv certainly a problem. we have seen it now. it looks like it is starting to
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come down. we have been in touch with every jurisdiction around the country. we have been very clear if you need extra help, the federal government is ready to help, ready to send in support staff, ready to send in additional supplies. i am confident we're going to get through this, particularly if people step up and protect their families by getting the flo flu and covid vaccines. >> they have actually petitioned the biden administration for extra federal funding. the head of minnesota children's told us they could use that as well. are you confirm that's coming? >> no, what i'm confirming is we have made very clear to all the jurisdictions around the country if you need additional help, additional staffing, additional supplies, we've explained the mechanism. they can reach out to us. we have a mechanism how we assess what jurisdictions and hospitals need and absolutely we have been doing this the last few weeks, assisting and sending help whenever people need it. >> i got nothing. >> i've got a question for you when it comes to the question of
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the confluence of all three of these. if someone gets the flu and a week or two later gets covid, does that make their case of covid more severe? >> well, it's a really good question. we have seen covmbined infections. obviously flu can really knock you down. if you're recovering from the flu and get another infection, it certainly makes it much, much harder. absolutely. the key here is to try to avoid these things. look, these vaccines are terrific. they're not 100% from getting infected but will keep you from getting seriously ill. >> so you're not seeing a lot of cases where people are having that combination? >> not yet. not yet. i'm hopeful that we will not. it can happen. we've seep it with other viruses where you can get co-infection but we're obviously hopeful that's not going to become a major problem. >> a big concern.
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i know you said a lot of the reason a lot of people are getting rsv and flu is because they have been protected the past few years. dr. jha, thank you for answering our questions. have a good thanksgiving. >> thank you. so we have more on our breaking news out of virginia. six dead after a shooting at a walmart in virginia. it comes just days after a shooting at a gay nightclub in colorado. we'll speak live with filmmaker lee daniels about the state of america. that's next. what should the future deliver? (music)
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so happening today, the suspect in the mass shooting at a colorado springs gay nightclub will appear in court for the first time after being released from a hospital. this tragedy bringing the community together, as mourners the five people killed at a to place many believed to be a safe haven. we're going to discuss all of this and a lot more with academy award-nominated filmmaker as well as director, writer, producer, and long-time lgbtq activist, mr. lee daniels. also a very good friend. he is a producer of a new broadway show, and it's called
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"ain't no mo." we'll talk about that. he's got something coming out on sammy davis jr. don't you have a gay bhorror movie? it's so good to see you. >> you too, man. >> you speak out on these issues. can people even go to an lgbtq club or date club now and feel safe? what is going on? >> i'm going. i'm going. i'm not going to be afraid by these crazies that are out here. i'm going and you better come too. >> do you use this as motivation or inspiration? >> absolutely. all of this is part of the work that i do. not that i want this to happen to any of us, but you are in so much pain, you have to figure out a way to deal with it. so ideal with it through writing. >> let's talk about the show on broadway right now, "ain't no mo." >> you got it right!
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come on, baby. atta girl. >> my husband is going to be so proud of me. >> did you think she was going to say ain't no more? >> thank you. thank you for saying that. ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> making my morning. making my week. we can't wait to see it, all of us. we can't go last night because it starts at 8:00 p.m. but everything i've read about it, nothing like this has ever been done, certainly on broadway. created -- you worked so closely with jordan cooper, who's 27 years old. >> yes. >> here's what he said. this is a play that i thought never, anybody would ever produce. you did, and you say broadway has not >> no, it's not. unless you're my mom or you want to see denzel or viola or sam jackson, but this is for my cousins who would rather spend
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$200 on a pair of nike sneakers. this is for them. i don't think broadway is ever going to be the same. it's disruptive. it's the most powerful thing i've ever worked on, ever worked on. and it's funny. >> funny, but a serious issue. tell people what it's about. >> let's just say that -- let's say that the government offered me and don a flight back to africa. >> i've seen it twice. >> you have? >> listen, here's what i love about it. i saw it at public theater. you tweaked it, tweaked it, tweaked it. then i came to the table read. i haven't seen it on broadway yet. it's a whole other show. you're doing some you know what in there. you have people that go into the audience and break down the
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walls. you ask people to say the "n" word. when i'm sitting there, who is going to say it and who is not going to see it. you have different people, different ethnicities saying the "n" word and -- >> people are running out of the theater with their hair on fire. it's what i did with "precious," "empire." broadway hasn't been made for african-americans. i went to see a show -- >> is it now? >> yeah. i went to see "funny girl." i was the only black person in the theater. this is something that -- this is not unusual that feeling for me. it's like a cook-out but smartly written. jordan e. cooper is brilliant. i would say he's norman lear
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meets james baldwin with a splash of tyler perry. >> since we're talking about the "n" word, i want to play this. this is quentin tarantino. >> you're talking about the audience being the orchestra. when people say there's too much violence in movies, he uses the "n" word too often, you say what? >> see something else. really, if you have a problem with my movie, there's other movies to go see. apparently i'm not making them for you. >> wha, wha. >> what do you think? >> that's not the right answer. >> what's the right answer? >> 10 or 15 years ago i would have checked it off as artistic. but -- is our word. it's my word.
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you have no right to say that. you have no right to feel that way. sorry, bro. next. let's talk about monique. the party is on. >> listen, there's a whole thing about monique. >> are you joking me? i was just joking. >> monique, you came last time and you and monique had some beef. now you and monique are working together again on an amazing project. >> we are. first of all, it was so healing to get back together with her and we're working on a film called "the deliverance."
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i'm excited about it. i'm excited about working with glenn close. >> you say i'm scared to even talk about it. it's scary to edit. >> i know. i go to the edit room and run out. netflix is going to be mad. they're not getting this on time. i get into this dark room and am like oh! if you like "the exorcist," you'll like it. it's not for the spooks. i'm not here to spook you. you think it's "precious." you think you're walking into a situation where a woman is beating her kids. then you find out halfway through it's not what you think. there's a demon in the house. >> i texted you recently. i woke up in the middle of the night -- >> one of your many texts. >> what's the movie? why can't i think of it? i'm having a senior moment.
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"the butler" was on. it's just brilliant. oprah was brilliant, everyone was brilliant. now you're working on something that i think will be just as brilliant, if not more, that is "sammy davis jr.." i was watching pbs and said i want to see something about sammy davis jr. he's fascinating. we think the moment we're in is always new. sammy davis jr. was dealing with was he black enough at the time? being a republican, supporting n nixon. it was -- you're working with -- >> we're going to explain -- i think through sammy we'll understand what it's like really to be black in america and what he had to -- the sacrifices he had to make to actually -- he was disliked. my mom doesn't like sammy davis
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jr. i'm doing it for my mother. she thinks he was an uncle tom, a sell-out. he was responsible for financing a good portion of the civil rights movement. people don't know that. >> one of the most talented people on the planet. >> literally i'm going from the edit room fto hiring writers on hulu. >> i love that you keep your family center of your work when you think about your audience. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming on this morning. >> i love you. >> love you more. and your two beautiful co-hosts. y'all keep him in check. >> oh, no, we don't. we love him because he's him. >> the official opening is on december 1st. >> yes. up next, her great grandfather was lynched in 1939.
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on tuesday michigan governor appo appointed kyra harris bolden to the michigan supreme court. she'll be seated in january. her great grandfather was lynched in tennessee in 1939, his body thrown into a river when he was 20 years old. the coroner ruled it an accidental drowning. his killer walked free. >> this is why i set myself on the path to public service. my commitment to the pursuit of justice is in my family because we know injustice. in just a few generations we've gone from lynching to law school, from injustice to a capital "j" justice. this is the greatness and possibility of our country. >> look at that. we're going to leave you with that. thank you for being with us. happy thanksgiving. >> safe travels.
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