i am tony harkins. >> and i'm meredith mccarroll. together we co-edited "appalachian reckoning: a region responds to hillbilly elegy." we're honored to accept the walter and lillian lowenfels criticism award. it's important pushback and challenge simplistic perceptions and the popular notions are not always correct. >> this book was born out of both frustration and a cold. frustration with the way the attention garnered by j. d. vance tabbouleh allergy was yet again simplistic and monolithic vision of the people and the region. and the hope we could provide a space for a more complex and nuanced representation of appellation that recognize that there is no single truth about it. we sought to create a platform for challenging regional stereotypes, forthrightly facing social and economic problems, and exploring what it means to be appalachian in the 21st century. >> there's a broad range of appellation writers who share this story complicates a narrative story often told about this place. as we read an introduction of the book we note

it's clear there is a lot of international interest in this treatment of course aren't his general harkins thank you for breaking down that story for us. that announcement from russia came on the same day that britain gave the green light to another coronavirus vaccine the health minister announced that the drug developed by pfizer and biotech will be rolled out next week hope is on its way the immaturity his form all through is the fires of biotech vaccine for coated 19 the n.h.s. stands ready to start vaccinating early next week the u.k. is the 1st country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply. the 1st 800000 doses of that vaccine are already on their way to the u.k. residents and staff at care homes for the elderly are being given 1st priority followed by people over the age of 80 and health care workers we asked people in london whether they'd be willing to take the job. dana i think that it's exciting because i think that i know a lot of people have put their lives on hold and businesses have been put on hold because there is a vaccine personally i would not wa

our reporter paul harkins has been looking into his career another sad day for star wars fans.y 1963 with sir cliff richard. he's best known for playing the bounty hunter bobo set in two of the original star wa rs set in two of the original star wars films the empire strikes back and return of thejedi. he based the character, we should say by the way for those who don't know the bounty hunter is very much a peripheral character in the star was found. he's not like darth vader or luke skywalker or princess leia. 0n the periphery but his gained cult status over the years. doesn't appear in many scenes, doesn't have many lines in affect the lines he does deliver weren't even delivered by him buying someone else. but like dave prowse who played darth vader but didn't do the boys. jeremy bullock was all about a physical presence on site. in that regard he based a lot of that movement on clinton eastwards man with no name. in fistful of dollars from the famous western films with the cave, the way he held his gun, etc. and the way he moves quite slowly. he based the character on him.

sporting v however many western critics have already written off the russian vaccine artie's down harkins looks at why. the media today is full of big headlines pfizer's covert 19 vaccine is officially the 1st to be approved in a western country with the united kingdom leading the way there's a sense of excitement that lives can be saved on the 1st steps towards codewords final defeat have been taken i would like to pay tribute to him to those who made this possible it is the protection. that will ultimately allow us to recreate our lives and get our recall of the movie again this is a victory but the real winner in the race for a covert job has been vaccine protectionism to many in western media and establishment only western produced vaccines can even be considered as part of a global solution to the pandemic and other a break through from the last event is that there's a seneca high as far as it makes a final push drug company pfizer says it is a great day for science c.e.o. pfizer tweeting out his congratulations. this is really a historic day we have pfizer we have take you up while

iowa -- tom harkin from iowa served in the united states navy in vietnam. he and i represented iowans for 30 years together here in the united states senate. six years ago i came to the floor to wish my friend well in retirement, and i used these words so that he could enjoy the blessings of hearth and home. i'm not so sure that he took my advice to heart. i recently learned that tom has been moonlighting in retirement as an intrepid crew member sailing the icy waters of the north atlantic. in fact, he joined the crew of 59 north sailing for five voyages. his most recent adventure found tom aboard ice bear, navigating gale force winds in and around the rugged coastline of newfoundland. they say you can't take the farm out of the iowa farm kid. the same must be true for a lifelong sailor and the sea. tom recently celebrated his 81st birthday in november. barbara and i wish him many more trips around the sun and many adventures at sea that his heart desires. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the r

it harkins back to what happened earlier in the pandemic, back last winter when we were doing testingnd every case that we found was basically the canary in the coal mine. i very much great with dr. bright, this illustrates the true achilles' heel of our entire response, which is lack of testing. >> let's move to vaccinations. elizabeth cohen is reporting that the united states is willfully underperforming in its vaccination effort. what is the u.s. getting wrong? >> several things. first, we over-promised. we had rosy projections that unfortunately as we're finding out now were not grounded in reality. second is a lack of a national strategy. basically the federal government said their responsibility is getting the doses to these depots. after that, it's up to the states to figure it out. the third problem is they didn't provide the funding and guidance that's necessary for state and local governments to do this work, but i want to put a positive spin that i believe we can do this. we certainly have the ability and infrastructure to actually do it, but we just need the guidance, and

helped organize 209 hearings, 752itnesses, mostly bipartisan, meaning that he agreed with senator harkin first, senator murray the last six years on who the witnesses would be. and we produced 90 bills that it's a lot of work. weeks of work by the staff. securing each witness often with democrat committee staff. numerous phone calls with exerts. -- experts and every bl that takes law takes experts. from consultions from constituents and experts from the drafting to work with other members or outside groups to consulting to trying to soothe bruised feelings, work with other committee members, try to find an opportunity for it to be on the senate calendar and then build support and then remove holds there's a lot of work to do in passing a bill and making it law and staff do most of the work. senators do a lot but ty can't do it all. here's some of the achievements worth highlighting. i mentioned many of them yeerday in my farewell address, so i won't go into great detail about them today. but, for example, the every student succeeds act, this was the bill to fix no child left behind. it a

know this isn't the topic but as you con front this issue in the future i hope you consider it and harkin back to this particular hearing and think through just how much we track just the stuff that we tear down. thank you. >> is that the last speaker? >> yes, mr. chair, that's the last speaker. >> we'll close public comment. mr. lanceburg, through myself, i have no idea what you are talking about. we do wages all the time and we're now doing recycling, which we do from time to time, so, respectfully, i have no idea what you are talking about. having said that, is there a representative from the sheriff office? deputy sheriff hollings, are you present? >> are you present i see you. >> deputy sheriff, are you present? >> you are in attendance. are you here? >> i am here. i'm here. i'm sorry. i was answering a call from nature. >> no worries, it happens. do you believe, sir, your deputies will go to other countries and enforce this measure and do you believe there's enough money in this to do that? >> so, i'm the c.f.o. for the sheriff department and i have n- >> we understand that. >> ok.

know this isn't the topic but as you con front this issue in the future i hope you consider it and harkinback to this particular hearing and think through just how much we track just the stuff that we tear down. thank you. >> is that the last speaker? >> yes, mr. chair, that's the last speaker. >> we'll close public comment. mr. lanceburg, through myself, i have no idea what you are talking about. we do wages all the time and we're now doing recycling, which we do from time to time, so, respectfully, i have no idea what you are talking about. having said that, is there a representative from the sheriff office? deputy sheriff hollings, are you present? >> are you present i see you. >> deputy sheriff, are you present? >> you are in attendance. are you here? >> i am here. i'm here. i'm sorry. i was answering a call from nature. >> no worries, it happens. do you believe, sir, your deputies will go to other countries and enforce this measure and do you believe there's enough money in this to do that? >> so, i'm the c.f.o. for the sheriff department and i have n- >> we understand that. >> ok. >