you and the association of american medical colleges are calling for medical colleges to be involvedtion, the last mile of getting this vaccine from manufacturing to people's arms. >> well, it's good to see you, always, a pleasure to be on your program. first of all, let me just comment that we're in a very, very touch situation nationally right now as you were talking about. the number of cases. the number of hospitalizations and the number of deaths is staggering. and the medical establishment is just about at our limit. for doing these things. and so the first thing i want to say, before i answer your question, we talk a lot about front line workers, and those who are up against the actual patient experiences, and i want to mention to you and all of your leagues at msnbc, and everyone watching this show, can also be a front line worker, and maybe you're not carrying a stethoscope but you can carry one of these and i want to make this a very important point that even though we have some vaccines that we believe are about to come online, it's going to be months and months until we a

james hildreth, who is the president of meharry medical college. and also a member of the fda's vaccines and related biological products advisory committee, who approved the pfizer covid-19 vaccine just earlier this week for use. dr. hildreth, good morning. guest: morning, how are you? host: doing great. the fda advisory panel where you sit voted to recommend authorizing emergency use of the pfizer vaccine. you voted yes. tell us why. guest: i voted yes because the preponderance of evidence suggested the benefits greatly outweighed the risks. there is a very large study involving what thousand people. half of those got the placebo -- involving 44,000 people. half of those got the placebo. wereisk to the vaccine limited to reactions at the injection site, fever -- all the things you normally expect when you first use the vaccine. even though the follow-up has been very short, we all thought that the safety profile was sufficient. voted no,e four who out of the 21 numbers of the panel, were concerned about the lower age limit set in the statement we

dr robert amler is a dead at new york medical college —— dr robert amler is a dean at new york medicalmer cdc epidemiologist. he told us about the problems that may be encountered with such a vast vaccine roll—out. this really is a very important moment in the history of this horrible virus that has killed so many millions of people around the world. finally, we have a tool that will be both safe and effective at stemming the tide of this terrible epidemic. what is the single biggest problem you can envisage in mass immunisation? you know, problems arise any time you're trying to get a product out quickly, to a lot of people as quickly as possible. there can be some wastage along the way either because some pallets are misplaced or lost. probably the biggest problem is temperature control, because we have heard that this is a vaccine that must be kept within very tight parameters of temperature in order to not lose its effectiveness. everyone needs two shots. how does that complicate this effort? it really makes it complicated because we have to take very good records of who comes in,

james hildreth is the president of the medical college, the first medical school for african-americansve had on the health of minority populations in this country is very significant. >> reporter: right now the college and its clinic are moving to center stage in the battle against covid-19. harry is working with novavax on maze three of its vaccine trial. the challenge, recruiting black, latinx, and other minority groups to participate. their secret weapon, the doctors themselves. dr. vladamir berto, dr. raj singh, are running the study. >> what do you know about the vaccine? >> almost nothing. >> it's very safe and there will be no cost to you or your insurance. >> reporter: one of the concerns about the covid vaccine centers around how fast it was developed, taking months instead of years. experts say the shortcuts were not the science, instead, speeding up approvals and distribution. >> i'm truly excited about it. honestly, i'm in awe of what has happened. but there are great reasons for why it's happened so fast. >> reporter: dr. hildreth says in order to rally support in communit

one of the other activities i'm involved with is the association of american medical colleges training competencies for medical students so we can teach them a number of things about being a good telehealth provider and one of them is keeping your video chat private from the point of view of where you have it. we are getting that out as fast as we can. there are not too many people who are foolish enough to take it in a public place. >> are you getting resistance from physicians at all? >> maybe a little. i don't know if it is surprising or not. you get into sort of a public health emergency like this and people's true stripes come out. everyone really jumped in with both feet, use whatever analogy you like, and participated. very little resistance. honestly, if you were to ask me in january and said, here is the scenario, i would have been -- i would have said there would have been more, but there is not because people want to take care of our patients because that is our calling. that is a good thing. again, there are some specialties where they need to do a procedure, they need to u

really wonderful speakers lisa mosconi is a professor of neuroscience in radiology at cornell medical collegee's a founder and director of the women's brain initiative. an associate director of the alzheimer's prevention clinic. she is an adjunct faculty member at the department of psychiatry nyu school of medicine. she holds a phd degree in neuroscience and nuclear medicine. her research is focused on the early detection of alzheimer's disease and at risk individual especially women and help memory loss and alzheimer's disease can be prevented. [inaudible] another great book and the ex ex bring, welcome lisa. smacked thank you so much for having me thank you for having here today. >> wonderful were also glad to be joined by natalie morales. natalie is the west coast anchored nbc's today show. she's the host of dateline and anchor behind closed door she currently served as host and cohost of access live as well as news anchor of today were she cohosted the show third hour. national correspondent dateline and msnbc. were really grateful, natalie, for your excellent reporting during these tumul

i was working at the image just medical college as a professor of microbiology. and i was sitting there medical journals on this new decease in the city in leeds if you. call one of the girls had said we're going to look for aids in india and she started crying icon to look for them gay men live a life find them so i said look it's transmitted by multiple sexual partners so why don't we look among sex what is. female sex workers. so we went to the police and said when you read and bring the girls said we want to drop the samples. we tested the 1st 100 and got 6 women for 60 we didn't believe. so veasey tested the whole thing again the same sick sample scheme possible. 4 years ago my parents decided that sure those. who should get mad at you should get mad if you give them after we do started searching. i mean i was 30 plus already of course my biological clock was ticking so i wanted to be able to. you know i was already been bought up to any extent. but being the spirit is never good. the known process of how it didn't match making happens the guy comes to the bi

according to the association of american medical colleges applications are up 18% in medical schoolsedical school applications have reportedly surged 40%. nursing programs are also reporting increases in applications. experts call this the fauci effect and say the pandemic has reinforced the importance of health care. >>> well, it's not every day first responders get to meet the people they have helped after the fact but one fire chief recently got that chance nearly 30 years after he unexpectedly delivered a baby in a living room, he is meeting that baby who is all grown up and working to become a firefighter himself. >> i think i was about 23 at the time. >> valentine's day 1993, mark brown ton a firefighter paramedic responded to a call he would never forget, a woman in labor right now. >> walked in and the situation where it was i am meant birth. >> for mark that meant it was go time. >> the said well, kid, it's up to you. >> and he kinds of had this look of terror on his face. i still remember that look. >> the soon to be mom of six that day remembers it vividly. >> we had plann

yeah, i am i was working at the mint us medical college as a professor of microbiology. and i was seeing the medical journals and i found this new decease in the city in leeds . if you call one of the girls had said we're going to look for aids in india, she started crying icon to look for them. gay men live a life, find them. so i said, look, it's transmitted by multiple sexual partners. so why don't we look among sex? what does she mean, the sex workers? so we went to the police and said the new breed and bring the girl said, we want to drop the samples. we tested the 1st 100 and got 6. women force we didn't believe. so veasey tested the whole thing again, the same sick sample scheme possible 4 years ago, my parents decided they should those things mean you should get mad if you should get my admission that after we, they started searching. i mean i was 30 plus already of course my biological clock was ticking. so i wanted to be a mother. you know, i was ready to board up to any extent. but mean the spirit is never good. the no one process of how it didn't match making

james hildreth, president and ceo of meharry medical college.e was one of the experts who fdaally recommended the emergencies authorization last week. later, american enterprise institute's gary schmitt will join us to discuss president-elect joe biden's nomination of retired general lloyd austin to be the next defense secretary. we will be right back. ♪ monday night on "the communicators," journalist and author james baldus got his his book "the tangled web we weave." >> we don't look at these technologies that keep creating these monopolies. the biggest companies in the world are tech companies now. we don't go how come, on the internet, these things that we are told are you can either's and connectors, how come it keeps creating these really powerful needs that individuals? >> watch "the communicators" at monday night on 8:00 eastern -- act 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> american history tv on c-span 3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. tonight at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, historian douglas brinkl

as we can breed one of the other activities i'm involved with is the association of american medical colleges created training competencies for residents and medical students so we can teach them home whole number of things about being a good telehealth provider and one of them is keeping your video chat private from the where you have it. we are getting that word out as fast as we can and there aren't too many people who are foolish enough to take it in the car or public place so we are already i think pretty well on the way to that. >> host: are you getting resistance from physicians at all to this? >> guest: surprisingly may be a little but i don't know if it's surprising or not because one thing that you get into a public health emergency like this for people true stripes come out and as i said earlier everyone seems and came to the party and jumped in with both feet and use whatever analogy you like and participated. very little resistance and i think honestly if you'd asked me this in january and i said here was a scenario i would've said here there should be more but there wasn't anyth

one of the other activities i am involved with is the association of american medical colleges creating training competencies for residents and medical students so that we can teach them a whole number of things about being a good telehealth provider. one of them is keeping your video chat private from the point of view of where you have it. we are getting that word out as fast as we can and there on that too many people who are foolish enough to take it in the car or a public place so we are already a thing pretty well on the way to that. >> host: are you getting resistance from physicians at all? >> guest: you know, surprisingly maybe a little. i don't know if it is surprisingly not because the one thing you get into sort of a public health emergencies like this and people's true stripes come out. as the city earlier everyone really came to the party, jumped in with both feet, use whatever analogy you like, and participated. so very little resistance. i think honestly if you had asked me disingenuous and said here's a scenario and it would upset the wooded and more, but there wasn't.

vaccine roll—out in the united states, we can talk to dr robert amler, who's dean at the new york medical collegelth. the pfizer/biontech vaccine is especially difficult to transport. is the infrastructure in america up to this, do you think? yes, it is. we of course right now have a race to the top with a lot of vaccines coming online, now more than one and by the end of this week. you are exactly right all the difficulties of distribution and transportation, storage and handling along the way. but we are certainly up to the task. there is a big worry about temperature control for the first vaccines since we are told it will only work when stored with a limited range of temperature but everybody has been stocking up on —80 degrees freezers in advance of this, expecting the need. and in terms of distribution, it was a military be needed or are other avenues available? it's really all hands on deck. everyone who can help is pitching in. the military, the governors, the state health departments and local health departments, and of course the cdc in atla nta departments, and of course the cdc in atl

dr robert amler is dean at the new york medical college and an expert in public health. is well prepared to distribute and use the vaccine. we have, of course, right now a race to the top with a lot of vaccines coming online, now more than one by the end of this week. you're exactly right on the difficulties of distribution and transportation, of storage and handling along the way. but we are certainly up to the task. there's a big worry about temperature control for the first vaccines, since we're told it will only work when stored within a limited range of temperature, but everybody has been stocking up on —80 degree freezers in advance of this, anticipating the need. and in terms of the distribution, will the military be needed or are other avenues available? it's really all hands on deck. everyone who can help is pitching in. the military, the governors, the state health departments and local health departments, and of course the cdc, the center for disease control in atlanta, as well as the fda, food and drug administration, just outside of washington. everyone is w

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lisa mosconi is professor of neuroscience in rolla g and radiology at cornell medical college where she is the founder director of the women's brain initiative and associate director of alzheimer's prevention clinic. she is an adjunct faculty member at the department of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and shields a phd degree in neuroscience and nuclear medicine. her research is focused on the early detection of alzheimer's disease in at-risk individuals especially women in her memory loss and alzheimer's disease can be prevented through the combination of medical care and lifestyle modification involving diet, physical and intellectual fitness. she's the author of the brain food which is another great book and "the xx brain." welcome, lisa. >> into so much for having me. such a pleasure to be here today. >> wonderful. thank you, lisa. we are also delighted to be joined by natalie morales and natalie as many of you know is the west coast anchor of nbc's today show. she is a dateline and anchor of behind closed doors with natalie morales on reels channel. she served as host of nbc's

richard friedman, professor at cornell medical college. matthew seager, professor and dean of the college of fine performing and communication arts at wayne state university. doctor, i even go there. is it wheal or while? >> it's while. >> i screw it up every time. sorry. and gallup polling shows just 63% of americans have willing to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. that is an increase, according to gallup. is it the medical community who needs to build more trust? >> thi >> i think the problem is, we've had an administration for four years that has been guided by conspiracy theories and quackery. so our new administration guided by facts and science is a start. by and large, you need leaders who will explain to americans what basic, good medical science is. >> matthew, i want to bring you in, because you're a communications expert. as a communications expert, tell us who is involved, how does this work? >> traditionally, the way the system worked is the cdc established the message in a centralized manner, and it flowed through a series

medical school. she began her first year of college and medical school in malawi.out higher education medical school, law school and the opportunities that kids have in this country and how you can have this giant application surge because so many kids in this country can just decide this is what i want to do now, that's not the way it works in other places around the world. it's a much steeper climb. >> you're making that climb far less steep. the great work you've done and just incredible. to date, k.i.n.d. has raised more than $26 million to support education in malawi from generous "last word" viewers. thanks, lawrence. we appreciate you being with us this morning. to donate, click on

want to just end on a beacon of light and that is that according to the association of american medical collegesmedical school applications are up this year and some call it the fauci effect. >> i call it the sanjay effect. >> some call it the gupta effect. there's a lot of different ways to go about it, but do you think it's because people have been inspired by seeing the front line health care workers save lives? >> i definitely think so. by the way, i think the fauci effect is the accurate way of describing this. i mean, you know, this guy, he's been around for 40 years, a lot of people maybe knew him in the medical world but obviously now everyone knows his name around the world, but, yeah, i think that the idea that we saw health care workers maybe in a different light, not just doctors, but nurses and respiratory technicians and all these -- respiratory therapists, people who do this incredible work, but also not just the medical part of it. i think what was so touching to me and what we spent so much time talking about was almost the intimate relationships. people walking in with their ow

that's according to the association of american medical colleges. the university of minnesota's medical school, the surge is higher. applications are up 40% at the twin cities campus and a huge 77% at the duluth campus. >> you see on tv the healthcare workers. it is obviously really taking a toll. i think it also underscores how important they are and the impact that they have. i have always wanted to be a part of that. >> dean of admissions says the pandemic helped equity and social justice mentioned in many application essays as motivation for working in health and sciences. let's check in with gianna. she's tracking a hot spot, a traffic alert on 80. g. >>> it's as you come off the east shore freeway and west bound 80. it's a crash involving two vehicles, one vehicle caught fire and at last report it was engulfed in flames. solve' got fire crews on scene as well as chp. the ramp is shut down until further notice, until they clean up the area. use an alternate. it's not really affecting main lines of 80 as of yet. we are seeing okay conditions wes

according to the association of american medical colleges, overall applications to medical school areat the health care heroes and public figures like dr. anthony fauci have set. top medical schools like stanford and boston university have seen over 11,000 applications for 90 and 110 seats respectively. wow. medical school admission administrators are dubbing the wave the fauci effect. the director for student affairs and programs calls the wave unprecedented, saying "after september 11th, there was a huge increase in the number of men and women that were entering the military. so far, in my lifetime at least, and for as long as i've been in medical education, that's the only comparison that i could make." dr. fauci says it's "very flattering" that the wave of applications is named after him, saying, "probably a more realistic assessment is, rather than the fauci effect, it's the effect of a physician that is trying to, and hopefully succeeding in having an important impact on an individual's health as well as on global health. so, if it works to get more young individuals into medica

mamie claimed fraser to have her in the museum and yeah, i am i was working at the mit just medical college as a professor of microbiology. and i was reading the medical journals and left on this new d.c. lease in the city. believes if you call one of the girls and said we're going to look for aids in india. and she started crying icon to look for them. gay men very life find them. so i said look, it's transmitted by multiple sexual partners. so why don't we look among sex workers? female sex workers sort of event to the police and said, when you read and bring, the girls said we want to draw the samples we tested the 1st 100 and got 6. women force we didn't believe. so veasey said the whole thing again, the same sick sample scheme possibly 4 years ago, my parents asserted that sure those things mean you should get mad and you should get mad was that after we do started searching. i mean i was 30 plus already of course my biological clock was ticking. so i wanted to be able to you know, i was ready to warm up to any extent. but mean the spirit is never good though no process of how it didn'

senior research fellow of scientifically and [indiscernible], the phd associate professor of harry medical college, as well as the medical professor at george washington university come this university, and a member of the black coalition. we are looking to inform and, we are looking for layman's terms. and, we m are looking for layman's terms. because we can talk in cerebral terminology. this is impacting people. we want you to understand what is at stake. i want to go first with dr. corbett. lab, working on this for the last 8-9 months. can you tell us, as it relates to the disbursement of these vaccines, we have pfizer, moderna, and there's another one on the horizon, which should we theooking for as we watch heroes in the hospitals try to save us, what do you think we should be looking for as we watch these vaccines be dispersed? >> hi, and thanks a lot for this invitation. it's a pleasure to be here to engage with the community in this way. so, one thing that i do want to step back and just remind people is that the research we has been doing that has really fueled these vaccines forward in w

professor of clinical psychology at medical college.tthew seeger, dean of arts at wayne state university. is it wheel or while? >> it's while. >> okay, yes, i -- i screw it up, every time. my doctor, there, i'm sorry. so, listen. dr. friedman, gallup polling released this week showed just 63% of americans are willing to be vaccinated. according to gallup, that is an increase. is it the medical community that needs to build more trust with americans over the vaccine? how do you get more people onboard here? >> don, i think that the problem is we've had an administration, for the last four years, that's been guided by conspiracy theories and medical quackery. so, i think that if you have new, political leadership, that basically is guided by science and fact, that's an important start. of course, you know, we have members of the medical community, who have been all too willing to lend wacky theories to support such politicians. but, by and large, you need leaders who will explain to americans what basic, good, medical science is. >> matth

will be looking at the data coming from the pfizer and moderna trials is the president of mahari medical collegean african american. we are in the techbt. we are there to represent the interests of all americans, but also represent the interests of african-american americans. as we put that information forward, we hopeful that will give more confidence. we are also hopeful and pleased to see the biden/harris administration putting people of color in key positions. the more that occurs, the easier it will be to give our community of sense of confidence and trust worthiness to make propose decisions for themselves and their families and communities. >> dr. tuckson, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> a high-stakes debate in georgia to help determine power in the senate. the one question the republican candidate couldn't seem to answer no matter how many times she was asked. this will be the week that everything either comes together or falls apart for good on the stimulus. can congress get it done before millions lose benefits? we'll go live to the hill where the clock is ticking. i need indeed.

help make this final recommendation is an infectious disease expert and the president of mahari medical college joins me here right now. doctor, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> you start tomorrow morning. how quickly do you think this authorization could come? >> well, after the committee had a chance to hear the reports about the data, there will be a vote taken at the end of the day and the commissioner might make the decision as early as tomorrow or friday. >> so there's no pause, there's no wait. when you all -- what you guys recommend, the decision can come almost immediately. >> yes, i think the commissioner has that prerogative to make that decision. >> so the fda's put out all of these briefing documents on the pfizer vaccine. with what you've seen, doctor, are you a yes for emergency authorization at this point? >> so unless there are some surprises in the data that we've not been made privy to, and i don't think there are, i'm very excited about the results. what's more exciting to me, indicate, there are two vaccines based on this platform that have provided

. -- ph.d., associate professor of harriott medical college as well as -- a medical professor at george washington university. also the director of the rubber institute and the black coalition against covid. thanks everyone for joining us tonight. once again, we are looking to inform, and we're looking for layman's terms, so we can talk in so cerebral terminologies. but this is a path to the people. we want you to understand what is at stake. i want to go first with doctor core bit, dr. orbit, you are in the lab working on this for the last eight, nine months, can you tell us as it relates to the disbursement of these vaccines, we have pfizer, we have moderna, and there's another one on the horizon. what should we be looking for as we watch those who are the heroes in the hospitals trying to save us? what do you think that we should be looking for as we watch these vaccines be dispersed. >> hi and thanks a lot for this invitation. it's a pleasure to be here and engage with the community in this way. so one thing that i do want to step back and remind people is that the research that we

want to make sure all people of color understand that on that committee was the president of the medical college there specifically as a great scientist but who also understands his responsibility to evaluate this and report back to people of color from a trusted trustworthy source that says this is a safe vaccine and i think those two points are critical. >> dr. low, i think you wanted to jump in a moment ago. >> i just wanted to add that in california california, we have an added review. get to really know that this works. has it been rushed through? 11 western states said in addition to the reviews you reported on, there will be yet another review by scientists in california and other western states. so this is looked at as carefully as any vaccine given the data we have and so i think people can take from comfort and there is a lot we still don't know but what the data show the is very, very carefully looked at. >> i want to ask you this question from larry. it is about the vaccine. now that we have two approved for emergency use authorization, let's get to this. does the vaccine prevent cov

bob from new york's medical college.nine blocks from the it is that and office buildings on capitol hill, there's a long-term care facility for seniors. why should a 20 something-year-old congressional staffer get priority over a senior that is far more vulnerable to dying from covid? >> eric, that was not the plan of the cdc. the cdc advisory council on immunization practice suggested healthcare workers first and then long-term care facility residents, particularly those with comorbidity. that they be immunized. i understand the continuation of our government is very important and key people such as the speaker of the house and the senate majority leader would have to be immunized in the off chance that they might be infected. if they were infected, would the government come to a halt. if significant members of congress and the senate are infected with the virus, that does pose a major problem. so i guess on one hand, eric, you could consider them essential employees. >> i can understand that and someone could argue key

james hildreth who is president of maharry medical college. good to have you, doctor, joining us.with the first -- i find this to be the most unnerving part of the vaccine -- a vaccinated person, can they spread the disease? i know we don't know the answer yet. how long in the trial process is it going to take for us to know for sure? >> well, chuck, first of all, thanks for having me. i'm pleased to be with you. it's really going to take some time to know the answer to that question. for one we know transmission can happen when people are asymptomatic and we don't know if the vaccine prevents infections that would yield an asymptomatic infection. until we know the answer to that question, we won't know the answer to the larger question of whether or not the vaccine prevents transmission of the virus. >> what are the concerns you want to address and what will be addressed tomorrow at this meeting when it comes to those allergic reactions we saw took place yesterday on day one of their vaccine injections? >> chuck, it's not unusual when you introduce a new vaccine or drug that some

. >>> i'm joined by a member of the fda vaccine panel and ceo of a medical college in nashville, tennessee. doctor, it's great to see you. another historic day tomorrow when your panel meets with the fda, and it's focussed on the moderna vaccine. what can you tell us about what we know so far about this technology? similar to pfizer but with critical differences. do you think you'll be able to recommend emergency use authorization? >> good morning, kasie. thank you for having me. the moderna vaccine, is, in fact, similar to pfizer. it's mrna. what's remarkable for me is both of them have achieved virtually the same level of efficacy. the adverse reactions are similar. maybe a little more frequent in the moderna, but similar. so the data looks very strong, and i anticipate that the committee will have a favorable review of this vaccine. >> can you talk to us a little bit about why the public you feel should be confident in these vaccines? we have seen remarkable numbers in terms of reluctance to take this, nervousness? what have you been able to see in your role on this panel that you think

the vaccine yesterday for the moderna one and also for the pfizer is the president of maheri medical collegecience, the chief science officer for the fda, a black woman. so the more we're able to help our community understand that we -- with our eyes and our ears, our integrity and legitimacy, watching what's going on and transparently reporting it back, that's what we are doing now, and it's important that that story is told much more often. >> reverend liz walker, for a long time you've been a masterful communicator as a journalist and now the pastor as well. and you know how important it is, the message and the messenger. you actually invited dr. fauci and succeeded in that invitation to get him to talk directly to your congregation about the importance of the vaccine, about the importance of all the protections in place. how did you do that? why did you do that? and how successful do you believe it was? >> well, thanks for having me, fredricka. and i'm just enthralled listening to the doctor talk about all the things that are going on. what we wanted to do was, we work with people who ar

the four historical black medical colleges here have been heavily involved in not just a here have beenre have been heavily involved in not just a messaging that we here have been heavily involved in notjust a messaging that we have also been involved in the science. we are also involved in the review panels, looking at the data, and then we are sharing the fact with oui’ then we are sharing the fact with our community that we are very much involved so that they can be uncomfortable but in the rims —— they can feel comfortable that voices out there and we are advocating for our community. as a pa rt advocating for our community. as a part of our community and bringing along our scientific and clinical expertise to the table. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us. it is such an interesting subject. you look at that history, we were reading it out, it is very recent. this programme has ended in the 19805, it this programme has ended in the 1980s, it is astonishing, so it is not surprising there is a huge amount of scepticism exactly the population that needs most. for those of you watchin

james hildreth is the president and ceo of medical college. thank you for joining us. it's good to see you. let me dive right in. given the meeting this week, how quickly can the vaccine advisory committee make a decision about the potential use of a vaccine here? >> thank you, good morning. i'm happy to be with you. we'll spend the day on thursday reviewing the data from pfizer and at the end of the day a vote will be taken. by the end of the day next thursday, there could be a decision made about the vaccine. >> so by the end of the day on thursday we could know. how soon thereafter could we start seeing this? >> if the fda commissioner decides to issue approval, the eua on that day when the vote is taken, as early as friday of next week we could see vaccinations happening across the country. >> so that raises questions about vaccine distribution, and that is good news if there is an approval as early as the end of next week. there has not for this country been a clear and consistent plan in terms of a national response. why should americans have confidence that ther

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of medicine which combines college and medical schoolus about that just a few days ago. >> when i was selected to go into medicine i was so excited because i will be a doctor who i want to be, yeah. and also when i go there i'll finish my education, and also i will do the poetry part because i just don't want to be a doctor but i also want to be a poet so i can help the nation, i can support the world. i can have something to share with the world through being a doctor and being a poet. >> i can share something with the world through being a doctor and being a poet. we hope to show you more of joyce's poetry on later programs. joyce, once again gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,425 of the trump administration, 37 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president. we come on the air at the end of a history making day, a day that saw the first vaccinations in our country. a day when the electoral college made joe biden's election already officia

ali khan, he's the scene of nebraska medical center's college for public health. you so much for being with us this morning. that hospitalization figure, as it hits new records every day, almost now at 120,000, why is it still going up? how is it that it continues to go up? new cases, there is some sign that it's leveling off a pibit, but the fact that we keep filling up our hospitals at new unprecedented and levels, it just keeps happening. >> good morning, john. and it's very disturbing. and i'll contrast your numbers with the fact that about 1.7 billion people are going to wake up on christmas morning with near zero cases in new zealand, china, thailand, et cetera, et cetera. it's actually quite disturbing. the snu canew cases are predict. maybe about 20% of americans have currently been infected, which leaves about 80% of americans left to be infected. so, it's not surprising given how many people are susceptible to infection and the lack of public health measures to prevent them and prevent the deaths. i have two thoughts about the traveling. the first is act

ali khan, dean of the university of nebraska medical center's college of public health. also with with us, cnn's senior political analyst, john avlon. dr. khan, what can we say today? what can we say this morning that we find ourselves -- and this is the beginning of the wave, as we understand it. >> kboorgood morning, alisyn. it was that grim day yesterday with record hospitalizations and record deaths. and dr. redfield was spot-on when he predicted the potential collapse of the health care system. about one in ten beds in america is now occupied with somebody who is infected with coronavirus. and predicting 450,000 preventable deaths, potentially, by february. and when you're racking up deaths at a clip of approximately 1,500 to 2,500 a day, it doesn't take very long to get to 450,000 deaths. and this is no surprise. this should be expected. the dynamics driving this outbreak have not changed, which is people coming together. it's winter, more people are inside. and the lack of public health action. so unlike the spring, there's still many states -- there are states no

joining us from houston is the medical director at baylor college of medicine.f people st wonder, how can president-elect biden talk about dark days are still ahead, yet we have two vaccines and people have started to get vaccined. ? groundbrea the vaccine--ent has alone will not pull us out of this pandemic. people getting vaccinated is what will pull us out of the pandemic. the centers for disease control atestimateeast 100 million americans need to get vaccinate the four we start to cad creased in spread and transmission of covid and a decrease in hospitalization rates. we won't see those kinds of onnabe vaccinated until -- we won't see those kinds of people be vaccinated well into the spring of next year. >> should americans be worried about this new variant of coronavirus that was reported in the u.k.? >>ul i don't think we sbe any more worried that we already there is a chance that this new variant in thein.k. is already he united states. we had only 50,000 cases that have been gene sequenced. possibly the variant is here and we just don't know. cases in t

according to the association of american medical colleges, overy'all applications to medical schoolslth care heroes and public health figures like dr. anthony fauci have set. top medical schools such as stanford and boston university have seen over 11,000 applications for 90 and 100 and ten seats, respectively. medical school admission administrators are dubbing the wave the fauci effect. and we thank all of those. we thank dr. fauci and all of those working on the front lines continuously. >>> still ahead, breaking news overnight. a 90-year-old british woman becomes the first person in the world to get a coronavirus vaccine shot outside of trials. >>> plus, when the president isn't trying to cyber bully state officials into helping him overturn the election, he is apparently calling them on the phone. we'll have new reporting. "morning joe" is coming right back. you're constantly weakening that enamel structure. pronamel repair allows more minerals to penetrate deep into the enamel layer and it repairs it. it is pretty phenomenal. for members like martin. an air force veteran made o

medical emergency. >>> taking a live look at the white house, the electoral college has voted to certify joe biden as the next president. the vote took place in state houses across the country yesterday including in hotly contested states like georgia.

medical school. she began her first year of college and medical school in malawi. and when i was listening to your previous segment about higher education medical school, law school and the opportunities that kids have in this country and how you can have this giant application surge because so many kids in this country can just decide this is what i want to do now, that's not the way it works in other places around the world. it's a much steeper climb. >> you're making that climb far less steep. the great work you've done and just incredible. to date, k.i.n.d. has raised more than $26 million to support education in malawi from generous "last word" viewers. thanks, lawrence. we appreciate you being with us this morning. to donate, click on lastworddesks.msnbc.com. that's lastworddesks.msnbc.com. and we'll be watching "the last word" like we do every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city, it