so, in 1947, he left the university of michigan and he went to the university of pittsburgh. now, nobody had really thought much of the university of pittsburgh and its involvement in research or its medical school, but the school was trying to change, and it really saw salk as somebody who could sort of put this medical school on the map. so, off he went to this sort of place that certainly didn't have the prestige, say, of the rockefeller institute. that's one side of the race. the other side is albert saban and who was albert saban? similar story, different story? >> he was also a russian immigrant and also jewish, so they had a similar background. and he was more established as a scientist in his later years than salk was. >> he was born in poland, but eastern europe, yeah, and he was indeed an immigrant and came to this country when he was about 15 years old, you know, got a decent education, began to really be interested in polio when he was fairly young and was at the rockefeller institute, so you know, he was indeed one of the privileged scientists to be there. and aft

so in 1947, he left the university of michigan and he went to the university of pittsburgh. nobody had really thought much of the university of pittsburgh and its involvement in research or its medical school, but the school was trying to change and it really saw salk as somebody who could put this medical school on the map. so off he went to this sort of place that certainly didn't have the prestige, say, as the rockefeller institute. well, that's one side of the race. the other side, of course, is albert saban. and who are is albert say bin? similar story? different story? >> he is a russian immigrant that was jewish, so they had a similar background and he also was more established. as a scientist in his later years. >> okay snoochlt than salk was. >> he was actually born in poland. eastern europe. >> yeah, right. >> he was, indeed, an immigrant and came to this country when he was 15 years old. he got a decent education, and he was interested in polio when he was fairly young. he was at the rockefeller institute so he was a privileged scientist to be there. then after bei

. >> researchers at the university of pittsburgh graduate school of public health conducted two studies. kids are back in school and since the flu was minimal last year people were not exposed to the virus undermining the protections they normally have. meanwhile, president biden is set to unveil a six-point plan on the pandemic, including private efforts to get more americans vaccinated. >> some of that will be related to access to testing and some will be related to mandates, and some would be related to how we ensure kids are protected in school. there will be new components that will impact people across the country. >>> today, people in india are ramping up of a virus more deadly than covid. like covid, it's transmitted from animals to humans, and the transmission usually comes through direct contact or contaminated food, so it's considered far less contagious. >> we should understand transmission is different and in that sense we should not panic but we should be aware of its occurrence. >> covid hitting india pretty hard right now, so the concern is pretty high. the nipah virus h

but i love to hear the lecture of transitional justice at the american university of august on in pittsburgh, jennifer brick motor rush, really an associate professor at the graduate school of public and international affairs at the university of pittsburgh. and in dublin, michael sample professor, the michel institute for global peace and security and justice at queens university, but fast a warm welcome to you all. let's begin in cobble 1st. now we often talk about the international community. now it might be international, but it's not much of a community, it's mishmash of competing interests and of nation states own interest. now, i'm going to look at some point you're going to have to deal with the taliban. that's going to be the reality. but until that happens, there's only really a couple of countries that are dealing with the taliban. that seems to be china and pockets on. is that the reality? do you think? i think the recent times we've seen many other periods emerge as well, especially central to them. as of if you see a pop up with regards to the airport functioning as well as the

derek angus, chief of critical care medicine at the university of pittsburgh, says, out of about 30 million people who have already caught covid-19 here in the u.s., only a few thousand have been enrolled in clinical trials so far. stephen: how is it a country with such vast medical resources, so much money put to medicine, have so little to show in terms of covid-19 treatments? dr. derek angus: it's not that we have nothing to show. we have a clinical research infrastructure that works perfectly well in peacetime, but it was left woefully inadequate for this epidemic. stephen: dr. angus says u.s. researchers usually don't communicate with the people providing health care, and there's no central leadership running the clinical trials, a problem made worse as researchers compete with each other for funding. dr. angus: universities competing for federal funds, to get one idea championed over another; this is essentially the system that we built. it's just that we don't notice on a daily basis how slowly we move. stephen: doctors told us covid-19 has been a huge wake-up call for clinical resea

derek angus, chief of critical air medicine at the university of pittsburgh says out of about 30 millionple who have already caught covid-19 here in the u.s., only a few thousand have been enrolled in clinical trials so far. how is it a country with such vast medical resources, so much money put to medicine have so little to show in terms of covid-19 treatments? >> it's not that we have nothing to show. we have a clinical research infrastructure that works perfectly well in peacetime. but it was lacked woeflly inadequate for this epidemic. >> reporter: dr. angus says u.s. researchers usually don't communicate with the people providing health care, and there is no central leadership running the clinical trials, a problem made worse as researchers compete with each other for funding. >> universities competing for federal funds to get one idea championed over another. this is essentially the system that we built. and it's just that we don't notice on a daily basis how slowly we move. >> reporter: doctors told us that covid-19 has been a huge wake-up call for clinical workers in the united s

while it is difficult to forecast what any flu season will look like, researchers at the university of pittsburgh's school predicts it could be three times average for flu hospitalizations. the reason, kids are back in school. since the flu was minute mallast year, people were not exposed to the virus. meanwhile president biden is set to unveil a six-point plan on the pandemic tomorrow including public-private efforts to get more americans vaccinated. >> some of that will be related to access to testing. some will be related to mandates. some will be related to how kids are protected in school. there will be new components that will impact people across the country. >> reporter: the white house will roll out the plan tomorrow afternoon. >>> we conserved enough power tonight but get ready to conserve power again tomorrow. another flex alert has been issued for tomorrow. between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, set your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher. also, avoid using major appliances and unnecessary lights. let's bring in our chief meteorologist. we're talking about heat coming in and possible

derek angus, at the university of pittsburgh, says out of 30 million people who have caught covid-19n the u.s., only a few thousand are in trials so far. >> how is it a country with so much money put to medicine, have little to show in materials of covid-19 treatments? >> we have a research infrastructure that works perfectly well in peacetime. it was ined a kuwait for this epidemic. >> people don't communicate with the people providing health care. and there's no central leadership running the trials. a problem made worse as researchers compete with each other for funding. >> universities competing for federal funds to get idea over another. this is the system we built. we don't notice how slowly we move. >> covid-19 has been a huge wake-up call for researchers here in the united states. while health care here is not centralized, the u.s. has large health care systems that can, they say, with the right leadership, launch major clinical trials to fight future pandemics. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> along the same lines here, let's look at where the country stands in terms

and certainly there is john woodruff who is from the university of pittsburgh and a middle distance runner. who essentially came out of nowhere to win to win gold in the 800 meter race, he would also go on to be a tuskegee airmen. which means he was a fighter pilot for the us military doing world war ii and and that's really important because at the time being a fighter pilot was one of the most prestigious jobs that you could have and as african-american's tried to tie their their war service to to the fight against racism in the united states people like john woodruff who won the olympic field also was a symbol of black black american achievement also was a symbol doing the war giving his his ability to to occupy this very prestigious and and demanding job as a as a tuskegee airmen. and less people look back and think that they were just part of the general fight. i want to remind our viewers also that the united states military was still segregated at the time so part of why you have a unit in fact the reason that you have a unit like the tuskegee airmen is because african-american pilo

wasn't enough to deal with, new research that the upcoming flu season could be severe a university of pittsburghimates that there will be as many as 600,000 hospitalizations that is roughly triple the amount for a normal flu season kelly, back to you >> no thanks, rahel. no thanks. >> when it rains, it pours >> i'm thinking wear a mask to help with the flu. >> that's interesting. it couldn't hurt >> yeah, you hope maybe some of those measures could keep it being that, but i'm sure they accounted for that rahel solomon with the latest. >>> the cleanup for hurricane ida does continue with hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses going on day ten of no the power kristina partsinevelos is in lafitte with more for us >> the devastation is still all around us. as of last night there's over 400,000 people in louisiana that still have absolutely no power and even in areas like this it's not going to get better for weeks, which is why one non-profit aims to provide an alternative energy solutions for thousands in need. r urg at could mean somethin foyo portfolio but i'll have more coming up later on

and one analysis by scientists at the university of pittsburgh suggests that since flu levels last yearg us susceptible to a severe flu season. that is, if people don't get their flu shots. and, christine and laura, to address this, across the country we are now seeing some covid-19 vaccination clinics also offering flu shots to people. there were some joint vaccine clinics held at colleges and universities just last week, and many doctor's offices and pharmacies now offer both vaccines. and the cdc says you can get a covid-19 shot and a flu shot at the same time, so these two for one vaccine clinics are really a new effort to get ahead of a potential twin-demic of covid and flu. christine and laura, back to you. >> all right, jacqueline, thank you so much. >>> all right. broken mirrors, stolen and defaced fire alarms, clogged toilets, animal house in america's schools. that's right, a viral social media challenge is defacing america's schools as if teachers didn't have enough on their plate from kids -- keeping kids safe and reversing covid learning loss. kids are destroying stuff. tho

force, he obtained his masters in accounting from penn state and later a law degree from the university of pittsburgh and moved here in the crazy 1960s. according to an interview that he gave a few years later, one of his first impressions is, and i quote, something was missing in this city, and it was a real lack of street trees. in 1976, mayor george moss connie appointed charlie to the [inaudible] commission, where he served until 1981. he was one of the first members of the department of urban planning, and he rarely missed a tree planting, and it's estimated that charlie personally planted over 8,500 trees in this city in this lifetime. not since john maclaren added more trees to the urban environment in this city. charlie was also the most active member to the presidio parks trust presidio steward program, which i volunteered for for 20 years. in 2011, public works befittingly made charlie the honoree of its annual arbor day planting of a signature tree, who strengthened the community through his work and volunteerism, and the city planted a cork oak in the median, which charlie named buffy, af

of what is occurring during this adaptive technologies. for that reason, i want to specifically call out and think professor kumar, from carnegie melon university in pittsburgh, who is with us today. the professor is a respected authority on the topic and can communicate the facts of this future technology. this objective of informing and educating the public on this issue also led to the introduction -- and i will later this week, actually -- the raising of objectivity standards in advertising for driving systems, the roads act, and you can take a look at that bill, i will appreciate it if you can take a look, once i get a look, if you have any questions contact my office. this bureau would look at ways to most effectively communicate about the capabilities and communications of advanced driver assistance systems by examining how manufacturers advertised, disclose, label and named their vehicles driving systems. it really is common sense. car vehicle descriptions, such as autopilot, can mislead consumers into thinking their cars have self-driving capabilities when they do not. much the same, in the same way that the public can understand how anti lock brake

of pittsburgh and we're looking at the standard build including the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> 6:53. happening now, restaurants along universityhe street to reopen to traffic. in a unanimous vote the city council decided university avenue will reopen october 15th. california avenue however will remain closed until at least june of next year. restaurants can offer more outdoor dining. >>> coming up next a look at our top stories including a landmark day across california as the fate of governor gavin newsom is now in the hands of voters. the final push newsom and other leading replacement candidates are making now. >>> and should you get one? the growing debate over covid booster shots. ♪♪ >>> wicked made its broadway debut 18 years ago but in march of last year the curtains closed. tonight, though, the magic is back. the cast of "wicked" will be live on the "today" show plaza for performances after "today in the bay." ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> welcome back. tuesday morning. 6:56. before you head out the door

pittsburgh up by its bootstraps when the steel industry was going down. heinz hall, heinz field, heinz chapel, the heinz school at carnegie mellon university. these are some of the legacies of the heinz family. h.j. heinz, the man for whom this museum was named, his left -- has left a legacy far beyond the food empire his grandfather began. today, the kraft-heinz company is co-headquartered in pittsburgh and chicago. it is still the fifth largest food company in the world. >> transitioning from industrial giants, one man dreamed of a different type of business success. while his department stores became a fixture in suburban shopping malls across america, the roots of jcpenney stores are the main streets of small rural communities. our look at american business leaders continues with james cash penney and his contribution to rural america. >> like most people in wyoming at the turn-of-the-century, he was a transplant. he was born and raised in missouri. i think j.c. penney was a country boy at heart. there is an old expression, you can always take the boy out of the country, but you can never take the country out of the boy. i think we see that in terms of t

university in pittsburgh who is with us today. the professor is a respected authority on the topic and can communicate the facts of this future technology. this objective of forming and educating the public on this issue also led me to introduce, and i will later this week, the raising objectivity standards and advertising driving systems, or the roads act. if you could take a look at that bill i would appreciate it very much. after i introduce it, if you have any interest of a contact my office. this bill look at ways to most effectively communicate the capabilities or limitations of advanced driver assisted systems by examining how manufacturers advertise, disclose, label, and aim their vehicle's driving systems. it really is common sense. current vehicle descriptions such as autopilot can mislead consumers into thinking their cars have self-driving capabilities and they do not. much of the public has to understand how antilock brakes work. they need to understand the benefits and limitations. chm: schakowsky: you will need to wind up. you are overtime. rep: bilirakis: i am hopeful today serves as a path to move forward with several p