shaquille brewster.tor, let me start with you on that j&j vaccine news? >> hi, thank you for inviting me. i think this is just news to me as well. we need to wait for the fda to review data, but i this i it is consistent with what we're seeing, and data from israel and other counties showing that immunity is weaning off after eight months especially against the delta variant. so vaccines continue to be af and effective, but it looks like we need boosters regardless of what kind you got. >> what are you hearing from people there about the fda's full approval of the vaccine. is that making a difference for some people? >> i think it is. i think some people -- >> go ahead, shaq. >> sorry about that. i just had an interesting conversation with a young group that came to the school to get vaccinated. they're opening their doors for people to come get vaccinated. the fda approval was not the deciding factor, but it made her determine which one she wanted and it made her more comfortable to get it after waiting

shaquille brewster spoke to some teachers about the challenges of working during the pandemic.>> craig, they say they're facing significant pressure and that that part is not new. but now they're facing political pressures. they feel like they're not getting enough resources. whether or not children should be masked in school and also faing problems like paying out of pocket for some supplies. all of that is tieing into what they're saying is a breaking point. and you mention that one in four teachers say they plan to leave the profession by the end of the year. in wisconsin they're seeing a 14% increase or they saw one in school retirements. teacher retirements, and that's not even incluing the most recent set of data listen to what these teachers told me and how the problem is not just here in wisconsin, but what the problem is with with retention and retaining teachers. >> that selflessness can only go so far. there is a lean that teachers field have been crossed. when you're not taking into conversation the health and safety of children and families, the teachers are saying

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joining us is shaquille brewster, and so, shaq, you are speaking to people who are just getting the pfizernd 18 months into the pandemic, and did the fda approval have anything to do with the decision-making. >> indirectly, geoff. meaning that no one is there getting the first shot because of the fda approval, but they said they came in because of the mandates and the requirements for them to be able to go to place, and drove them to go get a vaccine, and individual mandate just in the last hour or so with the chicago's mayor lightfoot saying that all city workers must be vaccinated by october 15th. just in the last couple of days, i met a nurse who did not want to lose her job, and that is why. a student who said she was graduating in a couple of months, and she did not want to jeopardize all of the work she has put in. even a guitar performer who said that he came n and he was missing out on gigs, because certain places were requiring the vaccination, and that is the sentiment that the mandates are having an effect. the fda authorization according to one person said that it made her feel

nbc shaquille brewster follows them as covid-19 spikes in that state. >> the unknown is something we're don't know what's going to happen minute to minute. it could be quiet and you might not be needed, which is wonderful. or it could be active where you go from one call to the next. [ radio chatter ] [ siren ] >> reporter: you said this was breathing and chest pains? >> breathing and chest pains. what we'll do is all three of us will go in, two of us will go in with gloves, our n95 masks and eye protection on. and then the firefighter, he will actually make contact with the patient wile -- while the other gear and i stand back and take notes. if the patient is coding or we haven't made contact with the patient, then we'll also put gowns on, full ppe, the whole thing and assist him with what is going on. >> we're still in the middle of it. it's disappointing we're here. i think there's an opportunity we could have lessened it. vaccination is the path and we see a lot of hesitancy in delivery of vaccines. it's disappointing we're seeing so many neighbors who are sick and dying from somet

nbc's shaquille brewster is on the ground with more >> reporter: heavy rains and winds more than 50 miles per hour battering gulfport. >> my level of concern has definitely gone up >> reporter: as officials beg those who stayed behind to seek shilter. >> we're on the dirty side of the storm so there's propensity for a lot greater damage >> reporter: with the governor declaring a state of emergency, tornado watches are in effect. >> hunker down it's too late to get out now >> reporter: first responders bracing for significant flooding gulfport has not seen a storm this strong since hurricane katrina. where i'm standing now, 16 years ago it was completely washed out. katrina destroyed thousands of homes here in one day, killing more than 100 people in this county alone an aftermath that now haunts those fleeing to emergency shelters >> nobody wants to lose anybody. i don't think nobody that lost somebody during hurricane katrina thought that they wouldn't be here afterwards. >> shaq for that report >>> let's go ahead and go back to meteorologist janessa webb. janessa, what are you looking f

nbc's shaquille brewster joins us now from gulfport, mississippi. again early this morning after braving the storm yesterday. what's it like right now where you are? >> reporter: you see some of the wind, some of the rain that is continuing to happen here as the storm makes its way through the country. you know, one thing that we noticed yesterday is just how quickly conditions can, there ws over the course of the day where there would be sun breaking through the clouds, and there wouldn't be much rain and wouldn't be much wind. then 20 or 30 minutes later, you have wind going horizontal -- or rain going horizontally being carried by the wind. gusts up to 60 miles an hour in this area. then there's also the concern of the storm surge. so not only do you have the idea of the wind picking up debris or causing tree limbs to go down, there's also the flooding concern that you're seeing i'll tell you we're right along highway 90, which is right along the coast here some of the road is already essentially washed up. it's impassable in some areas. that's t

and shaquille brewster is in springfield, missouri. and i want to bring in dr. bernard ashley. thank you all for joining me. josh, let me begin with you. could we require foreign travelers to the u.s. to be vaccinated? >> yes, but it is a work in progress. white house officials saying this will not be an immediate step. they are describing this as part of a fazed approach. so they are going to, at some point, require vaccinations for people entering the u.s. in some limited exceptions that we still don't know exactly what they will be. we know that other countries like britain, canada, they have started to lift sop of their restrictions on americans. the long list of countries like the u.k., china, india, and others. where people who have been there cannot visit the united states. the u.s. also planning to keep in place that anyone entering the u.s. needs a covid test. >> any idea when the changes will take effect? >> we don't have a time line on this. they're not ready to roll this out yet. but they are under increasing pressure from the airlines, from u.s. allies, as well as

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nbc's shaquille brewster is on the ground for us in gulfport. is it looking at the moment, my friend? >> how does it look, alicia? i'm doing a different kind of braying now because the winds are really getting intense now. i tell you, this is the strongest wind i have experienced here in gulfport, mississippi. you get the wind with the combination of the rain and that is really what is becoming so threatening. i want to widen out our shot a little bit because you can see what this wind does. remember, this is not the center of the storm. we are not in the direct path of the storm, and look at the damage that you're seeing at the parking garage that we have been taking shelter at for most of the day. that is the concern that you hear from local officials that are telling people to stay off the roads, to stay outside areas like this, because it's just too dangerous. especially in areas when they're dealing with storm surge in low-lying areas and also when the flooding is at risk. i want you to listen to what the mayor told me to the comparison abo

joining me now nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster and our reporter live from jacksonville, florida. two of the states seeing the dangerous surges. shaquille, i'll start with you. this morning we were able to get a glimpse of the covid unit at the hospital in omaha. and you heard, i believe, from doctors there telling you about what they're seeing. what stood out? >> it's really the strain that this is putting on medical systems here in omaha. they filled their main covid unit. they're now expanding that and, of course, this is coming deep into this pandemic. you know, one thing that you are continuing to hear is frustration among doctors, among nurses, who say that this is largely preventable at this point. because i spoke to a doctor who said that out of the patients he's seen in the icu, only two during the surge, only two have been vaccinated. the others have all been unvaccinated. so this is largely impacting people who could have gotten that vaccine. and when we talk about the surge that this medical system is seeing, while it's not the here is quantity that you're seeing in f

nbc's vaughn hillyard is in jacksonville, florida, and shaquille brewster in omaha, nebraska. florida breaking all records in the wrong direction, including hospitalizations, at a pandemic high. >> reporter: yeah, this is the fourth wave that should have never happened here. you're talking about a population here in florida in which more than 40% of the adults are still not fully vaccinated, and that is exactly the individuals that you are seeing inside of these hospitals. here in jacksonville, in orlando, the hospitalization records being shattered, essentially 50% more than the highest previous peak here, and you're seeing over the likes of 10,000 plus covid patients inside of these hospitals here in florida. but this is now percolating beyond florida. yes, more than 20,000 cases, essentially making up 20% of the new daily cases across the u.s. at the same time you're seeing this take place in the likes of baton rouge, louisiana, where one particular hospital, baton rouge general medical center, i was talking with the nurse meredith cooper yesterday as they were building a f

shaquille brewster has been looking into all of this.signed, swift was in tears, considering what he lost. >> this bill, i truly believe, could have saved my life. >> reporter: swift spent more than 15 years in prison, convicted of a rape and murder he didn't commit. lied to by detectives and coerced into a confession during an interrogation without his attorney or his parents. >> i was taken advantage of, and manipulated by the police. me being a 17-year-old, i was led to believe that if i worked with them or cooperated, i would go home. >> because they told you that? >> because they told me that. >> reporter: sb-2122, illinois becoming the first state to ban police from lying to or deceiving minors during interrogations. >> false confessions have played a role in far too many convictions. >> reporter: legal infer state, deception used as a common police tactic for deck. >> we know once deception is employed innocent people feel absolutely cornered and are going to confess. >> reporter: innocence project reports one in people cleared th

joining us now, shaquille brewster live in illinois, gabe guterres in florida, dr. paul offit, is a member of the fda vaccine's advisory committee. good to see all of you. let's start with the j&j news. you said before you think boosters might eventually be needed, but not yet. but since this was a single shot, does the j&j booster make sense to you? >> well, we certainly know from earlier studies by j&j, when they did work in experimental animals, that the second dose of neutralizing antibodies, and this isn't very surprising. the critical question is does that second dose dramatically enhance protection against disease? and hopefully johnson & johnson will be able to provide the data, which would then provide a basis for recommending a second dose. >> if we do have boosters for johnson & johnson, does it make a difference if it's j&j, or could they go to moderna, pfizer? >> again, not until the studies are done. can you then use one vaccine and boost with another, i think one can only do that if the studies are done and then the fda authorizes that. >> if all of y

shaquille brewster in gulfport, mississippi. let's start with ali velshi, who is standing right in the middle of everything. as i was watching the reporting over the last couple hours in new orleans, you were noting that the power was going out in your location. it comes and goes. looks like also maybe wind and rain has gone down a little bit, too. >> yeah. yeah, in fact, an hour ago when bill karins was saying he thought he saw a gust at new orleans airport of 95 miles per hour and he thought i might be getting about 75-mile-per-hour winds, things have changed dramatically. the rain is generally speaking falling straight down right now. winds are lower. i will say there's pooling of water, which wouldn't be a big deal in a hurricane under normal circumstances. it's always a concern in new orleans because this is a city that is below sea level. but they have invested $16 billion since this very day 16 years ago when katrina hit to avoid floding. we're a little more conscious of water pooling in the streets. it does not seem floo

. >>> joining us now from gulf port, mississippi, shaquille brewster.r direction. >> reporter: this is a continuation of what we saw overnight and yesterday into the evening. shows you how quickly things changed. an hour or two ago it seemed as if the rain and wind was stopping now you see it picking up. despite hurricane ida no longer being a hurricane, it's now a tropical storm. what we've been experiencing here in gulf port and the gulf coast are the tropical storm watches. what that looks like despite it not being a hurricane is this. this is siding from our hotel that flew off in the overnight hours. that shows you, and helps emphasize what officials are saying when they plead with folks to stay home, not go out and venture out when you have the lulls in the storm. one thing we saw overnight was a wind gust up to 74 miles an hour. and again that's under a tropical storm watch and not under what you saw in louisiana with the full hurricane. what officials are also watching and what they're concerned about is not just the wind and rain, but also the

we'll get to al's forecast in a moment, but first, shaquille brewster is in chicago, just one of the cities feeling that heat. shaq, good morning >> reporter: so many people are feeling the heat from new york city to new orleans to right here in chicago during what has been a summer of extreme weather with the unrelenting rain and the record breaking temperatures, many people just saying they are over it. this morning, a sizzling summer heat wave is building across the country. extreme temperatures stretching from the great lakes to the gulf coast into the northeast >> i got up and i got outside. i'm like, it's humid and it's scorching. >> reporter: expected highs in some cities, more than 10 degrees above average. soaring temperatures and high humidity in chicago, creating a crushing mix >> it's really hot >> health departments urging caution as the risk for heat related illnesses rise baltimore issuing a code red alert ahead of an expected triple digit heat index. in ohio, some schools without air-conditioning sending students home. >> when you have a classroom that's 102, 103 degr

we'll get to al in just a moment but first, nbc's shaquille brewster is in a steamy chicago for us shaqgood morning >> good morning. the folks behind me bracing for a blistery day today but it was severe weather overnight that led to ground stops, flight cancellations, an country. even a temporary evacuation of a control tower at o'hare airport. conditions are hot and steamy not just here, but all across the country. overnight in the midwest, a washout. heavy rain and dangerously high winds reeking havoc on the suburbs of chicago further north, threatening funnel clouds seen twisting in the distance >> it's almost on the ground >> reporter: this massive twister west of the city destroying a silo. >> oh, my goodness >> reporter: all of it ushering in oppressive heat and humidity. in the pacific northwest, millions are now bracing for a blistering heat wave >> we've got probably three or four days of some really high heat to get through. >> reporter: temperatures expected to soar 10 to 20 degrees above average in some places across the country, 101 million people are under a heat advisory