this is abc7news. dion: you're watching getting answers. we are asking experts your questions to get you answers in real-time. coming up, i do to portion of the population in the united states could be eligible to receive a second booster shot. we're talking with an infectious disease specialist. plus, we are talking about housing discrimination across the country. julian glover was just in washington shedding light on the problem.

first, everyone is talking about the historic night at the oscars. three women hosted. troy kotsur one best supporting actor for coda, becoming the first deaf man to win an oscar for acting. ariana debose became the first openly queer woman of color to win best supporting actress. unfortunately, those moments were overshadowed by one of the most shocking moments in the show's history. >> keep my wife's name out [beep] mouth. >> it was a g.i. jane joke. dion: i feel tense just watching that. that was the moment everyone was

watching. will smith slapping chris rock in the face after he made a joke about jada pinkett smith and alopecia. a reminder to everyone, we are streaming live on facebook as well so please log in. the oscars. great to have you on the show. let's start with the slap heard round the world. everyone has an opinion. you take the most issue with how will smith responded in his acceptance speech. >> anybody can get mad and i can understand why the joke was over the line, but he had about 25 minutes to think about it.

he sat there in the best he could come up with instead of an apology is to say, i'm trying to be god's vessel and you have to protect family and this person and that person. talking about how he wants to be a vessel of love. you just hit this guy. he is crying. to me, it just showed me he just seemed like a delusional and pathetic -- i never thought he was that good an actor, and when i saw that, i understand why. dion: you are not missing any words. i have to ask you, the fact he did not apologize to rock says a lot. >> that is the guy to apologize to. it's a shame.

we have all been in situations where we have done something wrong. you look back on how you could have made it right and sometimes we do, most times we don't. we had that opportunity and did not take it. what i mean to say, limitations as an actor. performances of his are sentimental and you see this and say you can't get off of himself, his empathy is narcissism. he is a pleasant guy to be around. he is not a bad guy, but he made a mistake and this is going to be following him. if he went out today and did a press conference he wouldn't get the audience he would have had for the speech.

it's a shame to see a guy fall apart. dion: it says a lot about his character. that's being reflected in our facebook comments. there are calls today for his oscar to be taken away. what do you have to say about an actor's personal life and how that leads over into professional skills? >> i don't care about anybody's personal life. i wouldn't take the oscar away. i wouldn't have given it to him in the first place. he got voted the oscar and that is fine with me. i am radical this way. i really don't care about anybody's personal life with regards to their art. some people draw the line, some people won't like a movie if they belong to a different political party.

i would not throw them out of anything. i thought mikey was just sitting there and out of nowhere decided to hit somebody, in a human sense it was rather understandable. he should not have done it and he should have apologized. dion: you can see both cause -- sides. chris is not pressing charges nor did he know about the illness, he took the high road. smith is immature. had there not been a slap, what would have been the most memorable part? people are saying they did not pay attention. >> i thought it was a boring show. my job is to write an article and i had no idea what to write.

if it weren't for this, jessica chastain has done one great performance after another. winning the academy award was good news. i like that ariana debose one, that will must be magic. two academy awards for the exact same role. coda, that is a sweet thing. i liked the movie. made people happy. dion: that brings me to our next question. there you see out screen, there have been #'s the oscars being so white. did you notice representation

being played out? >> sure, also in the nominations. asian representation, hispanic representation. we think those are the two things. the two areas. dion: well said. it sounds backtracking. >> lester was so depressing. one of the things is it was a normal oscars.

so slowly, it is so incremental, one thing at a time. it marked another step in this period of our lives being over. dion: we only have a minute and a half left, it seems like the trends and how we watch movies are different. coda, the streaming trend is here to stay. >> it's here to stay for movies that are made for adults, movies not depending on the big screen like science fiction movies. a lot of people would feel happy to watch movies at home. in the old days, the best you

can get was a 24 inch screen. these days you can watch movies on an eight foot screen. you can simulate the experience of the theater in your own house. presence. people will still like to go to the movies, especially younger people. dion: maybe older people who want to get away from whoever they are living with. before we go, i want to give you props. you tell me your oscar predictions came true. >> the only one i am not sure was jessica chastain. kristen stewart was the on paper winter, even though i thought she was terrible and i thought jessica chastain was great. i was right about everything.

i was so embarrassed last year because i was wrong about everything. dion: try again next year. always a pleasure having you here. we will be right back with an infectious disease specialist.

us. us. americans ages 50 and older could soon be eligible for a second booster shot. the fda's expected to authorize another round of the vaccine as soon as tomorrow. joining us live as if in later

phase. an inspection's disease specialist. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. dion: let's talk about this. the fda could get another round of booster shots for people over the age of 50. do you think it's necessary, and why this particular age group customer this particular age group is for people who were older. >> great questions. i will tell you what the data is. the data is very slim.

workers, they are looking at younger people. 40's and 50's. nobody was hospitalized. when they looked at the older population, they found when they got four shots, a few more people avoided going to the hospital and died at lower probability. the numbers are something like 233 died in the three shot group, and 92 died in the four shot group. the percentage was something in the order of 0.03% versus 0.1%.

at the end of the day, i think the older you are is you will get a bang for your buck with the fourth shot, but it's probably most important to get three shots. dion: i'm glad you broke down those numbers with percentages. what stuck out to me was the decision to make that available, scientific advisors. is that normal? are we fast tracking this? >> it's not normal. because it doesn't fall into a recommendation, there have been tons of people asking me it is certainly not harmful in the is

really data, it would not preclude you from getting another kind of vaccine later on. we hope to have a better . in the meantime, some ways of thinking about it might be antibodies to prevent a breakthrough infection, you can do that by having an additional shot, but certainly three shots do well at preventing serious disease, at least from the cdc data. dion: this may seem like a basic question, but we get it every time we speak. talk about the side effects being -- what can you offer to

reassure this person that there is safety involved? >> at least for the mrna vaccines, anything different. low risk of heart inflammation. the same side effects because it's not going one into. you will not get as much fever chills. it will be authorized four months prior. nothing

know about, there are at least the same and better for some. dion: one last question. it feels like a lot of people are slow getting covid jen psaki, lin-manuel maranda did not go to the oscars. how likely is it from this variance, what are your predictions? >> it's more transmissible, 30% to 50% than the regular omicron.

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just over a year ago, race and social justice should light on housing discrimination. you may remember this family, they spent $400,000 renovating

the home but were shocked at how low the value turned out. they had a white woman pose as the home number -- homeowner and the next appraisal came in at half $1 million higher. this was one of the many examples. julian just returned from washington, d.c. where there was a roundtable hearing to address the problem, a hearing they were invited to attend. welcome to the show. before we get to what happened, the figures you have on homeownership and barriers to it ripening. >> they are truly eye-opening. important to look at.

that number is 44% the biden administration is looking at. i want to share another number with you. during 2020 and 2021, we were looking at historically low interest rates when it came to financing the mortgage on your home. you could save lots of money and blocking a lower interest rate. we are learning refinance applications

approved. wells fargo declined more home mortgage refinance applications for black homeowners than they moved, 47%. even for those who were lucky enough, they are still facing dion: some of your interview with the housing secretary shows how deeply personal this is. >> i live two houses from a white neighborhood. >> in your expert opinion, your home is valued for $25,000 less. >> because i live in a black

neighborhood. my neighborhood is one that's automatically considered to be not as good as a neighborhood to yours for me. there is an inherent bias beedcleayrstandtt anto be lowballed. deep-rooted, there are changes happening.

>> we know maxine waters is proposing some legislation to systemically fix how the home appraisal process works. we also know there will be a hearing happening tomorrow. dion: hold that

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have a great day and see you back here at 4:00. tonight, breaking news in the war in ukraine. what's playing out just outside the capital with russian forces. president zelenskyy speaking just moments ago. and tonighten, president biden making no apologies for saying of putin, "this man cannot remain in power." tonight, ukraine saying its military has pushed back the russians near the capital and what zelenskyy said just a short time ago about verified drone video published showing a city in ruins. meanwhile, mariupol under relentless russian attacks. the mayor of that city accusing russia of genocide, saying about 5,000 people have been killed. and late today, what president biden said about his own comments about vladimir putin that made global headlines, saying they were personal, not policy. terry