so who controls largely, baylor, they controlling the conflict. well, to begin with, you know, nothing is can be verified in your bed of a difficult state, especially for the media. there has been occupations back and forth claims counterclaims. there was us, even in the last week they were saying it was taken over by the pdf but was proven to be wrong. but this seems to be, you know, likely to be right, that the p d. f, as in libra law and has taken over the city, according to credible reports from even international media. it is a town of several 1000 people. it's a decent size, clearly is any word getting out as to what's going on inside the city. for us, we know, you know, there's communications. we've been calling sources. they're telling us it's very come. the conflict was happening outside of labor law. in the suburbs, there has been lots of fighting killings and but then lottie, but everything seems to be calm. i've been calling friends and colleagues and sources. they're telling us it's very come. but they will. they're also saying that t

this is where the town of lally baylor is located for the rebels. it's a symbolic victory, but it's also a major and caution south. leslie baylor is unesco world heritage site and it said could for a few in europe in orthodox christians, its fame for 12 century rocking churches. while the vines initially broke out in november, when the if europe prime minister had sent troops to fight the 2 great people's liberation front, the group had dominated national politics before b. a had came to power. by the end of that month, the prime minister declared victory saying the government had captured the regional capital mckelly, but the t p l f. forth on the conflict took a turn in june. when the to grind forces took back control of mckelly and government soldiers were forced to withdraw. since then, the rebels have pressed into a far region in the east and i'm horror in the north. displacing more than 250000 people and once become a worsening humanitarian crisis. malcolm web is following the story now from nairobi. resident and others have told us that fight

she's also a non-resident fellow for the institutes of studies at baylor. recent projects have focused. on launch bioethics on launching the focus of marriage at the vatican. she holds a ph.d. from harvard university where she was a fellow and a graduate research fellow of the national science foundation. she's presented at many universities across the country. her latest publication appears in the volume not just good, but beautiful in the book "the cultural matrix." jackie comes to share this paper, the black church enacting the biblical mandate for religious freedom. dr. jackie rivers. [ applause ] >> good evening. i'm truly honored to be here with you, and i'm absolutely wowed by the museum. my congratulations go to those who have put it together, and it's wonderful to have something like this right here in the heart of washington, d.c., the nation's capital. and professor wilkins talked about having walked up the street or 0.8 miles. i flew from jamaica. so i am very glad to be here with you tonight. i do want to take a little bit of a different tack,

he is a dear friend, and a research professor at baylor. he is a senior adviser and director of the south, at southeast asia action team with religious freedom institute based in washington, he is also the director of international research, -- at the berkeley center. he has written so many different publications, here are some of the more recent books that remain to the topic tonight. god century, resurgent religion in global politics. and the two volumes, that christianity and freedom, christianity and freedom contemporary perspectives. brand-new volumes, and religious freedom and gay rights, emerging conflicts in u.s. and europe. the name of the title tonight was addressed no genesis, no jefferson, i love. it join me in welcoming tim shaw. >> good evening, happy religious freedom day. i don't know how many of you knew that it was religious freedom day, it is not get much attention, does not get the attention it deserves. religious freedom is a crucial, important principle. it certainly deserves its own a day. it deserves its own conversa

it is a distinguished professor of the social sciences at baylor university. as well as the director on the program of prosocial behavior. johnson's recent publications have examined the impact of faith-based programs on recidivism reduction and prisoner re-entry. join me in welcoming dr. byron johnson. >> good evening. the museum of the bible has many wonderful exhibits that i hope you all get a chance to see. many of these kpiblts are historical. some are contemporary. and i have to say they are truly amazing. lectures and sim posia like the one we are going to see tonight are going to be quite common here at the museum. what we are going to find out is the the many consequential ways in which the bible is important to american society. tonight we are going to be looking at the connection between the bible and religious freedom. you know, the founders of our nation and the forbearers came to this land to begin an unusual experiment. it had to do with a lot of things including religious freedom. one of the most iconic symbols of that religious freedom is the

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and this is where the town of lally baylor is located for the rebels. it's a symbolic victory, but it's also a significant incursion. south lally baylor is a unesco wild heritage site and it said the grid for millions of ethiopian orthodox christians, fame for his tal century rock hewn churches, or vine. it's initially broke out in november. when is your pin prime minister b, a ahmed sent troops to fight the takeaway people's liberation front group dominated national politics before he came to power. by the end of that month, the prime minister declared victory saying the government had captured the regional capital of mckelly. but the conflict took a turn in june. when the 2 grind forces took back control of mckelly and government soldiers were forced to withdraw from the area since then. rebels have pressed into a far region in the east and then i'm horror in the north. displacing more than 250000 people out there is malcolm whether it's following the story from nairobi, resident and others have told us the fighters from the gray region of entered the

thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor university and associate director of baylor's institute for studies of religion. he is the author of "benjamin franklin the religious life of a founding father." please, join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's -- it's a pleasure to be here, at the -- at the museum. i hope to -- to consult with some of the section on bible in america and it's -- it's just a wonderful thing to actually be here, and see this lovely facility. so, thank you for having us. and thank you, to those of you who are joining us online or on tv. it's great to be here. i do want to talk to you, today, about the enigma of ben franklin's faith. and to open with a story of something that happened at the constitutional convention. in 1787, at the constitutional convention, time dragged as delegates bickered about representation in congress. um, virginia's james madison insisted that states with more people should possess more power. the small states knew t

this is a unesco world heritage site valley baylor is located in m horror region. and this is a sacred sites of pilgrimage for millions of christians, famed for its 12th century rocky and churches fighting and to grow his build into neighboring regions and recent weeks with thousands of people forced to flee the violence. malcolm webb has more from nairobi, who resident and others have told us that fighters from the degree region of entered historic town lally better. there were rumors that they were closed on local residents over the last week. some of the residents that they've had gunfire at night, but they say it's normal to to have some gunfire at night there. but in just in the last few hours, resident said they could see the, the gray and people's liberation from fighters getting close. and then just to show a while ago, they've taken control of the town in chad, 24 soldiers there have been killed in an attack by suspected book all around fighters. this happened on an island in the lake chan region book, a ram and a rival splinter group have been using the a

udoh grew up in oklahoma and played for baylor and university of michigan and went to the nba and worldwide basketball. his basketball as big in china as it is here in the states? >> guest: i mean,, probably bigger. they really enjoy their basketball. but as far as i have to say, shout out there on the national championship. >> host: and a little of your former teams are in the playoffs here. >> guest: yes, a lot of them. i went out to support some of my former teammates, just checking in with them to support them. >> host: were you able to get your teammates to read books as well with you? >> guest: not necessarily with me, but they would start asking me for book recommendations, and that's where it starts. it's uphill from then. >> host: how many books a year do you read? >> guest: bookclub is 15. me personally, depending on my mood, i could add another 20 to that. thirty-five to 40. if i'm overseas, i will knock things out, close to 50 books. >> host: are you able to access physical books or do you read them online? >> guest: all of the above. i will in some countries just have to do the

udoh growth in oklahoma and played for baylor in the university michigan and went on to the nba and worldwide basketball. it's basketball is big in china that is the united states? >> guest: i think it's probably bigger. they really enjoy basketball but i have to say they won the national championship this year. last week i went there to support my former teammates and to check-in. >> host: were you able to get your teammates to read books as well with you? >> guest: not necessarily with me but some would start asking me for book recommendations. once i get them there it's up to them. >> host: how many books a year do you read? >> guest: the book club is 15 and me personally depending on my mood i had 35 to 40. if i'm overseas i'm knocking out more books. >> host: are you b able to access physical books are the read them on line? >> in some countries i use audio books and others i can go to stores or order them and get a copy. as you can see i like books. i love hardcover books. >> host: ekpe udoh donder of ekpe's book club @ekpe udoh in kc like to join in read-along with him. thanks for your

. >> you grew up in oklahoma, played for baylor and university of michigan and went on to the nba and worldwide, is basketball in china as it is here in the states? >> first i had to say shot out for the championship this year. >> your former teams are in thes playoffs. >> yes, a lot of them. i just check in with former teammates. >> were you able to get your teammates to read books as well with you? >> not necessarily with me and asking me for recommendations and that's where it starts. >> how many books a year do you read? >> club is 15, me personally depending on g my mood, another0 or 35 to 40. if i'm overseas, i knocked out close to 50 books. >> are you able to access physical books or do you read online? >> all of the above.li some i just do audiobooks but not if i can go to stores and order them and get a physical copy but as you can see, i like books. i love physical books. >> the founder of the bookclub. thank you for your time on book tv. ♪♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> you think it's just

i'm the dean of baylor law school. thank you for joining us today as we have a virtual front row seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between our friend talmadge boston and former secretary of state james baker the third as you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington dc in the beltway and literally around the globe as he served as the united states secretary of state and also further served for united states presidents over the course of three decades. secretary baker was scheduled to be our capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. however, he and mrs. baker contracted covid-19. i'm pleased to report that they now have covid-19 the illness in their rear view mirror today. the secretary will be interviewed as i noted by tallmadge boston talmich in his own right is a high persona in texas and across the nation he is a leading trial lawyer. he is known in our profession as what we call a go-to lawyer or a super lawyer. tallmadge is also a historian and he has a special focused i

as i'm how to just say the turn of the baylor is located . so let's say unesco, world heritage sites sacred for millions of the fuel p and orthodox christians, the u. s. is calling on the t growing and rebels to protect the cultural heritage over time california as large as far has destroyed launch parts of the storage.

ah ah, rebels in northern ethiopia take control of the ancient ton of la baylor. the conflict spreads into neighboring regions. ah, hello and welcome peter w. watching al jazeera alive from headquarters here is also coming up every him, right. you see is sworn in the wrongs you president. the former judge appeals for unity and reconciliation perilously close to a power plant, a turkish wildfires brought under control preventing what could have been catastrophic damage plus on the richardson at the tokyo olympics, where covered 19 cases in the host city of new high helping 5000 for the 1st time, ah, to grind rebels, any c o p sleeping sucks and they've taken control of the ancient ton of la beta, the unesco will heritage site represents a symbolic victory, but it's also the furthest the rebels of reached. after the conflict widened into neighboring regions, rebels made significant gains at the end of june, forcing government troops to withdraw. malcolm web has moved out from my ruby resident and others have told us that fighters from the gray region of entered the

and rebels from if you're appears will turn region of pig ry of taking control of li, baylor unesco wild heritage site. it lies in the hall region and it's really a sacred sight of pilgrimage for millions of christians. it's fame for it's 12 century rocking churches. fighting into gray has spilled into name.

here's your cnbc update at this hour the ncaa slapping baylor university with a four-year probation and follows a yearslong investigation into a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of the school's football coach and others the probe found that baylor shielded football players from discipline for sexual violence but that baylor's failings did not violate ncaa rules the probation is related to recruiting and other violations. >>> a federal judge has ordered donald trump's accounting firm to turn over some financial records of the former president to a house panel although the judge is not ordering that all requests documents be released. >>> in california the dixie fire continuing to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes. the largest fire in state history has now destroyed more than half a million acres. however, containment has risen to 30% >>> and on the news, firefighters making progress against the massive fire just as heat and higher winds return that's tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. kelly, i'll send it back to you. >> rahel solomon up next, we have rapid fire. where's the

obviously, for baylor, that is a significant baptist. get as far out of central texas by 18 forties and establishing not only churches but in college, baylor. okay? so that's pretty important to us. the revivals, as you can see, begin in new england, in the middle colleges, new jersey, pennsylvania very heavily affected by the revivals. slowly spread into the southern colonies by the 17 fifties. they're also happening in britain and continental europe the. great awakening i've talked exclusively about america today, but it is an international phenomenon. okay? it is a transit transatlantic event. seen most obviously in the person of whitefield, who is from britain. but he comes to america seven times. okay? what's the importance of the great awakening? some historians have argued that it's an important prelude to the american revolution. it's vivid it's debatable. it's a debatable issue because of the way the argument goes, well, if it does big social upheaval, and it's 30 years before the american revolution, doesn't it have a kind of c

. ♪ ♪ >> hello my name is brad tobin i'm the dean at baylor law school.ou for joining us today as we have a virtual front row seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between former secretary of state james baker the third period as you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington d.c., the beltway and literally around the globe as he served as the united states secretary of state. and also further served for united states presidents over the course of three decades. secretary baker was scheduled to be her capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. however, he and mrs. baker contracted covid-19. i am pleased to report they now have covid-19 illness in the rearview mirror. today the secretary will be by in his own right is a high profile per sauna in texas and across the nation. he is a leading trial lawyer. he's known in our profession as a go to lawyer or a super lawyer. is also a historian and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leadership in the public and private square. recently he authored a book in

baylor. that is pretty important to us the revivals you can see in new england and middle colonies new jersey, pennsylvania very heavily affected by the rivals slowly spread into the southern colonies by the 1750s, that is also happening in britain and continental europe the great awakening i talked exclusively about america today but it's an international phenomenon. it is a transatlantic event seen most obviously in whitefield who is from britain. but he comes to america seven times. what is the importance of the great awakening, some historians have argued that it's an important prelude to the american revolution, it is debatable it's a debatable issue because of the way the argument goes if it's a social upheaval in its 30 years before the american revolution, doesn't have a conditioning effect on american culture to get it ready for the american revolution, i would say yeah probably an indirect way, does. we also have to remember that britain has its great awakening to it is not quite as

bessset the associate medical director of the baylor college of medicine in houston, texas.ng on the show today. what is your reaction to dan patrick placing the blame for your state's ongoing covid surge on the shoulders -- black texans who are yet to be vaccinated. >> shame on data dan patrick. i don't know him personally so i can't speak to his intentions but those staples sound like classic baseless race baiting and they are baseless and when you compare the numbers, black texans make up only 12% of the texas population compared to 70% white texans, there are about 2.8 million black texans unvaccinated compared to 6.4 million white texans so what that means is for every one black person in the state who is not vaccinated, there are three white people in the state who are not vaccinated. black and african-americans are not who are driving the covid numbers up. but we shouldn't even be looking at the cases that way. covid doesn't care what your race is, what your religious affiliations are, or what your political affiliations are. >> covid doesn't care, but sadly the peopl

in texas, a large number of health care workers protested outside of baylor medical center where they're requiring staff to be vaccinated. as the pandemic presses on, the sturgis motorcycle rally presses on >> i'm a realist if it's my turn, it's my turn. >> i'm concerned, chuck, we'll see another surge related to that rally. >> reporter: the u.s. crossed a critical milestone when it comes to vaccinations. approximately 50% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated here in new york the number is 69%. >> kathy, thanks. >>> breaking overnight, the senate paved the way for a final vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. after spending the day hammering out the amendments, they voted to end the filibuster. tracie potts joins us with the latest final passage could come in just a matter of hours. >> reporter: they will convene at noon eastern time, frances, to continue debating this legislation and then we could see a final vote sometime tomorrow or perhaps early wednesday morning in the senate. the house would have to still consider this. this is the bill that focuses on traditional infrast

. >> next on american history tv, remarks on baylor university professor thomas kidd, on benjamin franklin'sith. this discussion was part of a symposium hosted by the heat museum of the bible in washington d.c.. it is for the five minutes. >> good morning everyone. welcome to the museum of the bible. i am kate pentagon

i have taken control of lally baylor, which is a unesco world heritage site. it's located in hum hora, and it's a sacred locations of pilgrimage from millions of christians in the country fame for its 12th century, rocky and churches fighting into gray house built into neighboring regions and recent weeks, thousands of people have been forced to flee the violence, malcolm was following the story from.

i've taken control of lally baylor, the unethical world heritage site, and a sacred place to millions of orthodox christians. fighting into grey has spilled over into the neighboring regions of a fund hara in recent weeks. and then in chapter 20 for soldiers, there have been killed in an attack. why suspected buck around fighters? this happened on an island in the late charge region. now the biden administration says it will offer a temporary, safe haven to potentially thousands of hong kong citizens. currently in the u. s. and response to china's crack down on human rights. president joe biden signed a memo that will allow their visas to be extended by up to 18 months. he said, china has continued its assault on hong kong or economy, including undermining the democracy and press freedom. last month, the u. s. applied sanctions on chinese officials in hong kong aging introduced a national security law last year, which gives it vast control over the samuel economists region. why now? why not a month ago? what is the u. s. seeing that's happening in hong kong that made the government sa

developing story for you here on the news degree in rebels have taken control of a place called lally, baylor in the northeast, the o. p or the unesco world heritage flight in america. herat rather is wholly for christians fighting and to grow has spilled over into neighboring regions. over recent weeks, thousands of people have been forced to fleet the violence malcolm web tracking that development for us out of nairobi, malcolm, what else do we know? people say that the last few hours people in the town of bella saw to gray and fight is coming close to the last few days. they've had gunshots in the area. well, the people that say that not unusual in the last few hours they sought to go and find to getting close. and we've just had a short while ago to graham fighters from i'm and this is in the town have taken control of the town us is a town of a population of just 20 or 30000 people, but it's cultural and religious and historical significant really couldn't be greater, it was still a 100 years ago by a king of the same name. king labella was considered one of the founding science of ancie

in texas a large crowd of health care workers protested outside baylor university medical center where they are requiring staff be vaccinated. as the pap deckic presses on the sturgis motorcycle real does, too. >> i'm a realist. if it's my turn, it's my turn. i'm not going to worry about it. >> well, i'm very concerned, chuck, that we'll see another surge related to that rally. >> and kathy, what's the latest now on the need for boosters? >> reporter: well, hallie, dr. anthony fauci believes that boosters are highly likely for certain populations including those with underlying conditions and the elderly. they believe they will likely be the first in line when the data says it's time. hallie. >> kathy park for us in new york, thank you. >>> the rise in hospitalizations for children has many parents worried as school starts tomorrow in some state, but there is a growing divide over what to do about masks in the classroom. vaughn hillyard reports from florida on families and teachers caught in the middle. >> reporter: thousands of students are preparing to go back to school this week whi

. >> next, on american history tv, remarks by baylor university history professor, thomas kidd, on benjaminnklin's religious faith. this discussion was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. it's 45 minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. and welcome to museum of the bible. i'm

in texas a large crowd of health care workers protested outside baylor university medical center, where they're requiring staff to be vaccinated as the pandemic presses on, the sturgis motorcycle rally does too. >> i'm a realist it's my turn, it's my turn so not going to worry about it >> well, i'm very concerned, chuck, that we're going to see another surge related to that rally. >> reporter: and the u.s. crossed a critical milestone when it comes to vaccinations. now approximately 50% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated here in new york the number is 69%. phillip? >> all right, kathy, thanks. >>> over 100 large wildfires continue to rage across 15 states the dixie fire has become the second largest fire in california's history it has devastated the small town of greenville, where more than 100 homes and businesses were destroyed. nbc's steve patterson is there >> reporter: yeah, frances, the dixie fire now a third the size of rhode island. it's torn down at least 400 structures but remember, there are 14,000 still remaining in the threat zone over the weekend winds died down a

i've taken control of the ancient ton of bloody baylor unesco will heritage site complex has widened into neighboring regions across recent weeks . around the president abraham racy has been sworn into office in his speech. his inaugural speech, he promised to focus on diplomacy with regional rival of emphasis talks with the united states to have sanction lifted. the number of new daily corona virus infections in tokyo has gone beyond 5000 the 1st time since the beginning that the panoramic japanese government has extended emergency measures to fate. more regions . a fast moving wildfire has wrought through a town in the us state of california. the dixie fire, as it's called, has been burning for 3 weeks and was swept up by strong wind that hit the tunnel greenville event q e say most of the time center was destroyed and the heat was so intense that street lights melted. john henderson is our correspondent, john his live here on the news from quincy in northern california. an hour south of the town destroyed by that particular blaze. over to john peter, i am in quincy. this is the he

the baltic, countries are increasing by 20 percent in 5 years, do have a decrease of real income in baylor as of 20 percent doing the same time you are on the front line, right? yes, you can only do this. lithuania is a relatively small country. you can only do this if you have the backing, the full backing of the european union. and you have that european union, a took very reasonable towns and very reasonable negotiations position. for example, with iraq, which is very important because all arguments so to say in front of countries of origin somewhat limit that may be but you repeat, union has quite strong arguments when it deals with the country. so what you mean is that there was a context with iraq, right? to prevent direct flights from back to 2 minutes to continue. so people couldn't so easily go to bed as before. it's not just about their flights and limitation of flights because i don't know how the government was about how the people are being used for the goals that have nothing to do with the welfare of those people. at this situation they had just used as an instruments for ve

they've also been in an horror, which is the town where the baylor is located for the rebels. this is a symbolic.

are being traffic to legal spy, criminal gangs, and that many have been linked to crime michelson, baylor, his, the founder and executive director of the legal, sued bank. he says, the government should address the root causes of poverty. when you try to fight from appeal fight, when it was pushed to the survive our limits, bill will do anything, even when you put the line please. there was to fight it back. there are safe where if bands to begging, like you know, who jeff, for instance and cardinal. what this does struggle with this because we are dealing with so via are here people who need to survive in one way or the order. and. 5 wed there, or that 50 minutes activities, sorry programs where people can actually leave and some of or where there are more economic opportunities for people to send more for themselves. well, i've left the district begging on. this is why i feel good mission. go to the route to the root causes of why this is then the 1st place. i'm not necessarily putting that data direct number in place for to push people be back in it, but we understand the rest of the g

this stems from a 2016 report which found that baylor univ university failed to take appropriate actionrespond to multiple reports of sexual assault reportedly committed by football players. the head football coach was fired after that report and disputed he did anything wrong. the school acknowledged the quote significant and moral failings related to sexual and inter personal violence. the punishment is minor. baylor will get probation and pay a fine but that's not about the sexual assault scandal but other violations like improper recruiting practices and this created an uproar because people were surprised. it's a little tough to narrow down but one thing to remember is the rules they have in place, these infractions sounds like it would cover it, it doesn't. it says it's a severe breach of conduct one or more violations that undermines or threatens the integrity of the ncaa model but that's related to fair play. to play on the field. it doesn't have to do with this so this they say is out of their per view in order to punish. so you go back in time and say jerry sandusky at penn st

protestors protested outside of baylor medical university.ut it. >> i turned we'll see another surge related to that rally. >> the ba battle continues to r on over masks in schools. vaughn hilliard has that part of the story for us. >> thousands of students are preparing to go back to school this week while covid runs rampant. >> parents choice, families choice, physicians choice. >> texas saying schools will not have to contact trace or inform families of positive cases in the child's classrooms. and governor ron desantis banning schools from letting them force masks. >> he has multiple surgeries. he currently has a pacemaker. >> i want the school districts to stand up against the governor and make a stand based on the health and well-being of our children. >> several parents filing a lawsuit. >> are you saying they have a responsibility to stop a disease from spreading? >> to let them ensure that. >> at least two areworking around the governor's order. teachers elsewhere are preparing. >> i think we have to have conversation and rely on the

co-director at texas children's hospital, also dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. good evening to you all. doctor, it is with a sense of urgency that we begin with you tonight. are we anywhere near, in your judgment the peak of this surge and if you would please talk about your fear for children heading back into the classroom. >> you know unfortunately brian it doesn't look that way, because what you're seeing, if you remember this started in missouri, then spread eastward, into and across the gulf coast into florida. now that whole area in the south is filling in. but if you look at the map it's now creeping up into illinois, into the midwest. so unfortunately i think what's happening is we are seeing the delta virus really pick off pretty much anyone who is unvaccinated at this point. in areas where there's lower vaccinations. i think the only places in the country that may escape delta are the high vaccinated areas in the northeast, new england, mid-atlantic states, they'll have some trouble but i think the weather it better. and then the w

next on lectures in history, baylor university thomas kate teaches a class on the first great awakeningicas, a period in the mid 18th century of christian revitalization that swept through the colonies. he explains how the salem witch trials and the decline of puritanism that to an era of traveling preachers and an emphasis on evangelism. his class is about 70 minutes. >> we'ven

vaccine development and the decent of national school, the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. doctors, thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll start with you, this is big news. people have been wondering. people have been asking me. will we get a third shot? when will we know about a third shot? some americans are already coming on, up to their eight-month shot period, right? what does this mean for them now? >> so this really follows a trend that we've been following out of israel and there was also a recent mayo clinic study that has been showing what looks like waning immunity after six, seven, eight months. for a while we didn't know if it was true waning immunity or whether there was a specific issue around the delta variant or a combination of the two. it looks like there is indeed waning immunity. specially in older populations. now i think the game changer is not only is it waning immunity against infection. it had gone down to as low as 40, 45, 50% against infection but still holding up against hospitalizations. now we're seeing breakthrough hosp

. >> joining me now, a medical director at baylor college of medicine and an emergency medicine physician. great to have you with us. as we heard from elizabeth and some of the folks on the street in miami, we know, i know some of the people personally who have said i am not getting this vaccine until it has full fda approval. that day is now here. do you anticipate this will really move the needle much? >> i think it's going to move the needle some. and some is better than none. there were previous studies that showed of about one-third of americans who said they were not going to get vaccinated, 16% of that number said they are waiting on full approval and as you mentioned, that day is here. we're hoping that as more people start to get vaccinated, as people start to become more comfortable with the fact that the vaccine is fully approved, as there are commercials from pfizer advertising their vaccine, that can help sway some individuals. >> how important do you think these potential mandates, more mandates coming down the pike now that there is full fda approval. how important could th

rasheana bissette from the baylor college of medicine and emergency medicine physician.or. i know kids are going back to school so that is a natural place for them to be exposed to this and pick up infections. but this is a five-fold increase from last month. how concerned should we be about this? >> well i think we should be concerned not just because of the sheer numbers, it is actually the trend that is frightening. when you look at the direction things are going, the number of pediatric cases are increasing and they'll keep increasing, the american academy of pediatrics reported at the end of last week, the cases made up about 22% of total covid cases for the entire week whereas historically throughout the pandemic they've made up 13 to 14%. there is a 9% rise over the last couple of weeks. >> okay. so these are infections, right and it is still true that the vast majority of children will not be hospitalized or become seriously ill. but some will. and all we in this data seeing that more children, a higher percentage of children who are infected are ending up with s

. >>> the baylor college of medicine emergency medicine physician. doctor, currently u.s.e right now, 49.8% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. so not even 50%. reaching herd immunity, which is up to about 85%, possibly more because of the delta variant we're told that just seems formidable. but we did have that good news today, that vaccinations in the last 24 hours were the highest in a month. is fear what's driving it? is that the best motivator right now? >> i don't think it's fear, ana. i think it's facts. people see that the delta variant is a completely new beast. we've been dealing with this pandemic for over a month and a half now, but what has been emerging since the discovery of the delta variant is something that we have never seen before. vaccinated individuals are still testing positive and those who are unvaccinated are getting even sicker than they were previously. i think that's enough to motivate people to want to go ahead and get their vaccine. >> let's give some more facts, then. according to dr. megan radi, it suggests covid was in the top ten

peter hotez from baylor college of medicine. dr. hotez, great to see you at always.oint do you think more psas would help? do we need to get that ramped up again? >> well, i think some psas but properly tailored psas given the reality of what's happening now, jim. something very scary is happening in the southern united states. we are seeing this massive surge of hospitalizations of young people that we've never seen before in hospitals across the south. you know, there's a forest fire raging from louisiana all the way east into florida along the gulf coast and now it's hitting east texas and our texas medical center now is getting hit very hard here in houston with lots and lots of covid admissions. it's like nothing we've seen before. it's many, many young people, including, i'm sorry to say, many children's hospital admissions. and for the first time that i can remember, we're starting to see pediatric intensive care units get overwhelmed, which we never really saw before. and, jim, this is happening before school starts. so school starts in new orleans -- sorry,

peter hotez, professor and dean of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine.eligible americans still haven't vaccinated. one excuse we've been hearing from people was that hey, we want full fda approval. not emergency approval. well, they got it now. do you think this will move the needle for these folks? >> it's going to move the needle but not in ways we're talking about. so the anti vaccine groups, the disinformation campaign coming from the political right and dedicated non-governmental organizations, dedicated anti vaccine groups identified by the center for countering digital hate have a list of a dozen or so talking points all phony bologna but they are very aggressive and they convince people and this is created a huge problem and now people tie their allegiance to not getting vaccinated today gop. this is a game changer. the anti vaccine movement is adopted by political extremism on the right and expanding. so these are people who are tieing their identity to it. this is a major talking point. they say it's only released through eua. i don't think it

hotez, a professor and dean of medicine at the baylor college of medicine. he is also the author of "preventing the next pandemic: vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science." dr. hotez, welcome back. let's start here. the growing percentage of children who are the new case of covid, we're hearing it anecdotally and seeing it statistically. is that because most kids are not eligible for the vaccine, or is there some increased susceptibility that we're seeing in children? >> yeah, well, we don't really know, victor. you know, i think it's probably likely that we're dealing with the fact that -- we're dealing with the fact that many of these kids are getting infected because they're swept up. because so many individuals are becoming infected. w remember, delta is basically picking off anyone who hasn't been vaccinated to date. i don't think right now the delta variant is targeting kids, i just think they're getting swept up in this firestorm of delta covid-19. and i think, you know, you brought up a very important point, which is, we don't have the data natio

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