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. >>> coming up on "gma," kareem abdul-jabbar opens up in his ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ the volvo xc90 recharge plug-in hybrid. ♪ ♪ the we have to find just nosomething else.it. good luck! what does that mean? we are doomed. [laughter] that's it. i figured it out! we're going to give togetherness. that sounds dumb. we're going to take all those family moments and package them. hmm. [laughing] that works. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the covid-19 vaccine is rolling out across the country right now. pfizer shipping out almost 3 million doses this week. the first ones arrived this morning for seniors and health care workers battling the pandemic on the front lines. with hospitals on the brink, the nation closing in on 300,000 american lives lost from the coronavirus. we're tracking the critical shipments across the country. montana's governor shows the state's first delivery on the way calling it the most important package we've ever tracke

nba hall-of-famer, kareem abdul-jabbar. he wrote a very important piece for web md.lack lives matter. our lives are at risk. the healthcare system and everyday individuals have to do a better job to protect us. thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. i know it's a very tough time for a lot of folks, so i'm glad that you're here. americans are more likely -- black americans are more likely to contract covid because of pre-existing conditions, sir. you were very open about your own pre-existing conditions. what are they? and is this scary for you, when you see, you know, the surge all over this country of covid? >> well, good evening, don. thanks for having me on. it -- it's scary for everybody. but i think it's time for people to step forward. i have tried to work, now, with ucla health as their health ambassador because this is a very important issue for me. i -- i have my own health issue. but, in the black community, health issues, across the board, are important. and often, not discussed and no one talks with them on how to cope. so, i'm glad ucla is reach

nba hall of famer kareem abdul-jabbar joins me to talk about the color of covid and why it's so importantws. the u.s. seeing the deadliest day of the pandemic so far. over 3,500 deaths. the country reporting the most cases in a single day, more than 2 h 242,000. for the 11th day in a row, record levels of hospitalizations. but there is some promising news. the cdc says more than 2.9 milli 2.9 million pfizer covid vaccines have been allocated across the country. another vaccine is on the way. dr. anthony fauci says moderna's covid-19 vaccine could receive emergency use authorization as early as tomorrow. operation warp speed says 20 million doses of that vaccine will be deliveredpy the end of the month. vice president mike pence announcing plans to get the coronavirus vaccine on camera and it will happen on friday, he says. president-elect joe biden planning to get his shot for all to see early next week. >> i want to get ahead of the line, but i want to demonstrate to the american people that it is safe to take. they are working on that plan right now, and when i do it, i will do it publi

>>im abdul-jabbar announced his health battle over the weekend. he said it's important for people to take care of their health during this pandemic. he hopes the story will bring more awareness about health disparities in the u.s. black americans have more mortality rates than any other racial group for all companieses combined. >> so the fact that people of color have more face-to-face jobs with people, more likely to be involved in health care and they have to use public transportation, just those factors by themselves will make people of color more susceptible, more vulnerable to a pandemic. >> he says he's fortunate to have good medical care but acknowledges that's not the case for many people of color. he joined the health equity program at ucla where he's helping to reach out to the black community. you can see his full interview at 7:00 on "gma." >> thank you. >>> here's something that you have probably never seen before. a unique customer, we'll say, spotted near a las vegas bath and body works store. >> okay, y'all. for whatever reason th

you know cream abdul-jabbar said the hyper problem we had today is less race than it is poverty and i think use exactly right i mean there's a racial element to it but. middle class whites will sacrifice poor whites too there's no racial loyalty there they're going to kick them to the curb. been able to to travel around the country to experience different communities it's the same it's the same thing. so you see across the rust belt and you see across rural america people struggling and those struggles are kind of shared struggles with people in urban areas that have long been left behind when you find that you can no longer get the mortgage week you can no longer cash out that equity when you can no longer get a car loan for the new car your world changes and your experience changes and america becomes like a really cruel place. you starting to see more and more that is a mainstream experience. when even a. year and nobody else can meet. you can create a social contract and make tons of promises we now live in the day when those promises are coming to you. and that's not a. after the

and race matter.k we are in this situation that oprah is a victim or jay-z is a victim or kareem abdul-jabbar truck driver in reno, nevada, is not appear within a hijacked american history because it's of the founding in 1619, which was not true, and where deplatforming -- "time" magazine deplatformed helen keller, of all people. san francisco renaming a school because abraham lincoln, who really save the union and stop slavery is somehow a racist because he is not perfect by our standards. it's going to continue. this is the most frightening period of my life and reminiscent of the mccarthy period. i don't think we can let it rdhappen. i know my father grew up in poverty, flew 40 missions in a b-29 over japan.t and his cousin, who was adopted, was killed, my namesake, and okinawa. i'm not ready to accept that they fought for a racist country that was in here and fought. it's going w to be perpetuated. you are not, blm, going to hijack the totality of american history because it is not perfect. it's good. does not have to be perfect, but it is better than the alternative.t i that is what it i

. >> kennedy: former nba legend kareem abdul jabbar calling on big tech to censure conservative celebritiesmes wood and jon voight. in a lengthy op-ed he argues that they damage the fabric of society and the social media giants should silence them. however, jabbar himself raised eyebrows with some of his past commentary last year when the state of georgia passed antiabortion law. he argued against it writing that such pro-life laws were a throwback to times when, "pretty much everyone who wasn't a straight white christian male was considered a second class citizen whose rights and future depended on the patriarch's whim." as ucla bruin, it pains me to knitpick kareem. dave, your thoughts? >> dave: i'm with you on this. i'm a huge basketball guy. i have a ball right there. used at an nba game in the early '90s. he is the all-time leading scorer in the nba, like 38,000 points but this is absolute pure dribble. he has to understand if he comes for some people's free speech because he doesn't like their free speech, he is opening the door for other people to come for his free speech. for the qu

. >>> basketball legend karim abdul-jabbar is making headlines off the court this morning. he's going public with his news about his battle with prostate cancer and hoping to raise awareness. >>> in this morning's "gma first look," kareem abdul dul jdul j receiving his only battle with prostate cancer first diagnosed 11 years ago. >> so far so good. >> why did you choose now to speak about it? >> we're at a cross roads here. and people are either going to take health care seriously or people will be struggling. >> reporter: he ophopes his sto will bring more awareness to health disparities in the u.s. >> the fact that people of color have more face-to-face jobs with people. more likely to be involved in health care health care and they have to use public transportation makes them more susceptible to a pandemic. >> coming up at 7:00, what he wants young men to know. >> i'm glad he's sharing that and doing okay. >>> a mom and pop coffee shop outside of minneapolis is serving up free drinks and it's all thanks to the kindness of generous donors. >> your drink is free. >> okay.