the $93.00 story office tower offers this spectacular view to the public from summit one vanderbilt plus all the latest amenities for corporate clients who according to senior vice president jason hacket, have flocked here despite the lingering pandemic. from an office building perspective, we've got the premier address in new york, we went into the pandemic about 76 percent leased and are coming out of the panoramic. now what about 91 percent leased? so really proving out that there's demand for class a high quality office space which we have here at summit one vanderbilt. of course, not everyone can afford the rent here. no doubt the view is much different down there at street level where office vacancies remain up. rents are down in this part of town, and 2 thirds of office workers have yet to return to their death not has an impact on the entire neighborhood. fewer office workers means less foot traffic and less business for cover. one of 3, mid town restaurants, owned by amy barrick. she says her business is back to about 80 percent of pre pandemic was the neighborhood people carrie

william scheffler fr vanderbilt university. william: all the best.hil: deliveries of the novavax vaccine are expected to begin within weeks, as europe battles a surge driven by the omicron leary. when it comes to -- the omicron variant. the netherlands has close nonessential shops and public places until at least mid january. it is a big blow for businesses hoping for christmas boost. dw correspondent christine -- reports from amsterdam. christine: christmas is already over at this local market in amsterdam. so, this was supposed. to be a christmas market people spending the day here buying all sorts of treats, etc., but as you can see, within hours everything is being taken down. one gentleman, he is right behind me, he would not be on camera but he is raging. he spent the last two weeks preparing for this, and basically the celebrations are over before they have even begun. after the holidays were canceled last year, this christmas was supposed to be different, but the new restrictions which mean no shopping or restaurant dining are the surprise gi

he's a professor. preventative medicine at vanderbilt university in the u. s. the city of nashville. welcome to the w professor. so novak has not been cleared for used by the world health organization and the and what does it bring to the table? well, feel free to simply another manufacturer and that's excellent. the law actually we have available the more we can use around the world to stand this pandemic. and as your lead, it said it's made in a more conventional traditional technology. and there may indeed be many people out there who will more readily accept a conventional vaccine, then this modern and already and then one last thing, it's refrigerators table, which will mean it can be widely distributed to doctors offices, clinics, and even can go to rather remote locations, that's a very nice advantage, right? i mean, we have seen a number of a small number of this is terrible for the, for those people involved of a people dying from side effects. what, what is being said about side effects of this technology. and this novak's will, this is a technology t

thank you so much for joining us. professor william shuffling from vanderbilt university. all of us will deliver is a very, you know, a vax vaccine are expected to begin within weeks. as you are a battles. a surgeon cove infections driven by v only chrome variant when it comes to title travel restrictions while the netherlands has imposed a strict to lockdown, closing non essential shops, restaurants, and other public places until at least mid january. it's a big blow for businesses hoping for a christmas boost. the w correspondence, christine mando, reports from amsterdam christmas is already over at this local markets in amsterdam. so this was supposed to be a christmas market. people spending the day here buying also. christmas passivity treats like lu vine, etc, but as you can see within hours, everything's been taken down. one gentleman i spoke c, fact he's right behind me. he wouldn't come on camera, but he's fuming. he's raging. and he spent the last 2 weeks preparing for this. and basically, the celebrations are over before they've even begun after the holidays wer

if it escaped doctor william shafter that must escape me as well. doctors after of the vanderbilt medical center . thank you so much for your insight as always and kind of talking. it's off of the clip if you can. thanks so much. and i'm now for a quick break, the only come back australia saga with social media could soon see another turn as told are now in the spotlight. and as we go to break, here are the numbers at the clothes with when you allow for the bankers at the time to loot and that they've been doing. and their business model is to keep $0.90 of every dollar they steal. they pay a small fine that will trickle down trickle down, looting, and every hour, 13 years later and has become, as you say, in san francisco, really common for gangs to loot storms. but let's be honest. they are simply mimicking the bankers like jamie diamond and others who have made that hub, glorified looting and glorified stealing and glorified money printing. because there is no pinnacle of evolution, everything's flat. a bacteria is the product to 4000000000 years of evolution. in a specific environment

and to do so, let's bring in doctor william after a vaccine specialist with vanderbilt university medical center. always a pleasure to have you on doctor shafter i want to start with the very here. what do we know at this point? do health officials really know how bad this could be? of brent we don't really know. we know that this virus in the laboratory has a whole string of mutations. some of these mutations suggest that this virus is going to be very transmissible, at least as transmissible, as delta, if you can imagine, and maybe even more so, then there are some other mutations that suggest it can evade the protection, at least in part of our current vaccines, that's probably question number one on most people's minds. it will take us a couple of 3 weeks to get fuller answers to those questions. but that's why the w h o has labeled it a, a variant of concern, not just a variant of interest. now dr. schaffner, i know that we had this comment for the ceo of modernity. got a very big reaction from the markets. but is it alarming q, considering we really don't have all of the data on thi

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he's the director at vanderbilt university medical center. he joins me tonight. for joining us. you first heard about this drug over lunch, if the stories i've read are accurate, in birmingham, alabama. can you take me back to that day, what your first thoughts were when this was laid out to you. >> george painter had been an adviser to the other drugs we were looking at, recommz vir. i said i got to get home, george. high said i whe said i want you a look. i said this is amazing. we took the drug to vanderbilt and it was phenomenal in terms of its capacity to block at the time mers and sars, not covid because covid wasn't around. this was in 2016. >> you very clearly recognized early on the potential or kind of to the way you're describing it the amazing potential this could have. when did the label come on for the covid perspective? when did it click this could work for covid? >> before covid, i would say. because our goal in all of our testing was to find a drug that would work against every coronavirus. we tested it against a mouse virus, against sars, mers,

actually, this is a product of my colleague right here at vanderbilt, dr. jim crow. so a shoutout to him. it works by actually providing an immune substitute, it is like a substitution for a vaccine for these people who are immune compromised who cannot themselves respond to the vaccine. but you provide them in effect this substitute. and it could last, this protection, substantially up to six months. so you just have to get this protection a couple of times a year. this is a big advance for those people who are immune compromised. >> so it is christmas eve for those who celebrate and many are planning to gather with family, what is your recommendation for people, what to do and what not to do this holiday? hopefully everyone has tested before they're gathering with people and hopefully everyone is vaccinated. >> well, poppy, if everyone is vaccinated, and beyond that if people are tested, then they could kind of rest easy and enjoy the whole experience with their friends and their relatives. but once we go out into the world, put that mask back on, watch the social

college basketball, if you wanted to see the stanford men play vanderbilt from hawaii, you are out ofame was canceled because of health and safety protocols with the cardinals program. that game was declared a no contest. nfl, aaron rodgers limping on that broken pinky toe. he and the packers hosted cleveland today. and he had adams to pitch and catch with. the final minute of the first half put them up by two. cleveland still trailed by two at the end of the game, diving until douglas stepped in front of the baker mayfield pass. his second interception of the game sealed it. green bay won 24-22, best record in the nfc at 12-3. check out this tweet, all about jimmy garoppolo's two interception performance when the niners lost to the titans. gm john lynch got blowback because he clicked like on it. he said he accidentally clicked like during a christmas eve mass, it is still a believer in jimmy. the niners post houston a week from tomorrow. how about george kittle's confidence level on jimmy? >> it's high. i believe this team. we have playmakers all over the field. i don't want to say

he's a professor. preventative medicine at vanderbilt university in the u. s. the city of nashville. welcome to the w professor. so novak has not been cleared for used by the world health organization and the e. m. a, what does it bring to the table? well, fill it brings simply another manufacturer, and that's excellent. the law actually, we have available, the more we can use around the world to stand this pandemic. and as your lead, it said it's made in a more conventional traditional technology. and there may indeed be many people out there who will more readily accept a conventional vaccine. then this modern and already, and then one last thing, it's refrigerators table, which will mean it can be widely distributed to doctors, offices, clinics, and even can go to rather remote locations. that's a very nice advantage, right? i mean, we have seen a number of a small number of a, this is terrible for the, for those people involved of a people dying from side effects. what, what is being said about side effects of this technology and this novak's. well, this is

meantime, college basketball, if you wanted to see the stanford men play vanderbilt from hawaii, you are out of luck. that game was canceled because of health and safety protocols with the cardinal program. the day was declared a no contest. back to the nfl, and aaron rodgers limping on that broken left pinky toe. he and the packers hosted cleveland. and the final minute of the first half put them up by two, 14-12. cleveland still trailed at the end of the game. that's until douglas stepped in front of the baker mayfield pass. it was the second interception of the game that sealed it. green bay won 24-22, with the best record in the nfc at 12-3. check out this tweet all about jimmy garoppolo's to interception performance and the laws at the titans. general manager john lynch got blowback because he clicked like on it. he said he accidentally clicks like. he said he is still a believer in jimmy. the niners host houston a week from tomorrow. george kittle's confidence level? >> hi. i really believe in this team. we have playmakers all over the field. i don't want to say it is a blessin

let's take this story to the united states with a professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt universitynashville, tennessee. let's talk about what we heard today from dr. anthony fauci, the top advisor to u.s. president biden in the pandemic, who said the new omicron variant is almost certainly not more severe than the delta variant. that sounds like good news. guest: branch, it certainly does. the rest of us are more cautious. we would likeo see more dat coming in from south africa and from other countries before we decide this fibrous inot as serious as delta or some of the other variants. what we are sure about and your reporting and so -- in south africa makes it clear this is a contagious virus, spreading rapidly and giving delta a run for its money. brent: in south africa so far, the ratio between the number of infections and the number of hospitalizations seems less than what we have seen with the delta variant's. what do you make of that? est: my fingers are crossed. so far this virus, the omicron rus in south africa, has been spreading principally among young adults. they are l

stanford will play the winner of byu vanderbilt in the championship game on saturday.o, yeah, a lot stuff going on today. we've got college hoops. we got for football. we've got warriors christmas came early. >> it's hard to focus on one thing it yeah, in a good way. thanks, kate. thanks, kate. >> coming up next on kron, 4 news at 6. it's a wheel of controversy for they hit game show white choosing the right word ended up being the wrong answer. >> the popular tv show wheel of fortune had to deal of this week with an unexpected controversy. it's because even though contesting guess the correct phrase. she still lost. >> sunglass shows of what happened. >> using >> you know, this one is tough because you said all the right words, including the word word. but as you know, we it's got to be more or less continuous fortune getting flak from fans after contestant charlene rubush pas during her answer that cost her a brand new audi devoted fans were quick to take to social media, sharing their disbelief just last month viewers were riled up over another rules quality craftsm

and the university of vanderbilt is doing a study on ivermectin in the united states. they are doing a study about that and it is very positive around the world. these are doctors that i put their lives and careers and their reputations on the line to try and this information out there, and they are being made out like they are total fools and idiots. host: you made your point. tommy is in eugene, oregon on the independent line. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: fine. caller: we talk about china as as an entity working against the united states. i have been coming to the understanding that we have allowed china in order to keep its labor to peg its currency to our currency so it is not able to reach its actual evaluate -- actual valuation, so doesn't that put us at a disadvantage? host: that may be the case but i do not know, i am not an economist or currency expert by training. but go ahead and finish your thought. caller: if there is a big enemy, and we always say that they have -- and somebody says that we need to pump up the military against them, but

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william of vanderbilt university medical center says if you have the supplies and are worried about exposure risk, go ahead and test twice a week. with supplies scarce, what do you do if you don't have a test? >> let's ask who is gathering together. are the grandparents healthy or do they have underlying illnesses? his aunt susie going to be there with her diabetes? in which case let's all gather together, wear the mask, keep social distancing, except during the time when we are eating. >> if you're lucky enough to get your hands on one of these at home rapid test, the experts say make sure you are following the instructions to the letter. >> if any of those variables aren't exactly right, the test can be much less accurate. >> the doctor of the college of american pathologists also says the pcr lab run test is still the gold standard. natalie brand, cbs news, washington. >> california's test positive the average has risen by more than two full points in the past two days. it now stands at 5.4% up from 3.3% on wednesday. if you need help finding a covid shot or a booster, visit our vaccine r

monthly interview program in depth, carol swain a former political science and law professor at vanderbiltuniversity and vice chair of president trump 1776 commission joined us to talk about critical race theory, the 1619 project, immigration and more. here's a portion of that conversation. >> critical race theory first of all is a theory permeating every institution in america and the people pushing the theory argue as you know america at least and i'm not going to talk about the world, the critical theories. critical theory has marxist roots, but that all have racism in their dna, that they are born with a property inheritance based on their skin color and they have to consciously become antiracist by renouncing racism. there are a lot of things about it, but it has people are supposed to confess our sins just like a religion. they are supposed to constantly repeat their sins, but there is no redemption like in the christian religion you confess your sins one time. it's not a constant confession. it argues that racism is permanent, that minorities are permanent victims, and it's somethin

ok m like a vanderbilt? let me turn to you as clear. this is a very complex background to the situation. a very complex problem. are there any pluses that we can take out of this? i, i know, i keep returning to the fact that you gans are, has agreed with the president of the, our seat for permission for this operation to go ahead. is there anything we can take from that? is there an inkling of greater corporation between these states now or, or is this the, is this something that should be disregarded? yeah, that's a fair question. and i think it also relates to your previous question concerning intelligence sharing. i think what we've seen since president to security assumed office in january 2019 especially has been reaching out to the region to find solutions to fight instability and eastern d r. c. he has been in touch with you gander. he has been talking to poca gamma of rwanda. he's also been in touch of with president and she in baroni. so we've seen that he put a welcome premium on regional diplomacy. their husband, intelligence

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he is a professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center to join the style line from national. thank you very much of joining us. how news our i will start with a news from south africa. seems really encouraging that they passed the latest omicron, waive, and hospitalization rates have actually dropped. does that bone well been for the rest of the world? well, came 1st happy new year. and yes, this looks like a nice new year's present for the rest of us. because in south africa, oma crunch started, caused a huge wave of infection. numbers skyrocketing, and then rapidly began to decline. could that happen over the rest of the world? we certainly hope so. this highly contagious virus running through the population, hitting all the susceptible, and then receiving very profoundly we would all hope that something similar would happen around the world. we can't count on it, but we can hope for the best. yeah, would land as that wavelength over the past for you as of this, of iris is not a lot that you can count on would says and tape it. why do you think there has been

well, earlier, ispoke to william schaffner who's a professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university center. he began by explaining how omicron is the fastest spreading variant so far. omicron is indeed much more contagious. there's been one study to indicate that it multiplies, that is it reproduces itself 70 times more frequently than does the delta virus when it's back in the throat and behind the nose. that means of course that a person exhales a large amount of virus, making it much more likely to infect people around them, resulting in this contagiousness, and so this lightning strike that's been described of omicron expanding throughout europe, i think, is a foreshadowing of what we will experience here in the united states very shortly. it's still relatively early days in the world of omicron. can you talk us through what we still don't know about it, what we really need to find out, and when we might learn this information? well, we have learned that it's highly contagious. two other things — the first is can it produce more severe or similar severity of disease? that's stil

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we can now speak to dr william schaffner who's a professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt universityter. thank you very much for being with us. we have been told omicron is much more transmissible. how much more transmissible. how much more transmissible is it than the previous iterations of coronavirus?- previous iterations of coronavirus? ., , coronavirus? good to be with ou. coronavirus? good to be with yom omicron _ coronavirus? good to be with you. omicron is _ coronavirus? good to be with you. omicron is indeed - coronavirus? good to be with you. omicron is indeed much more contagious. one study indicates it multiplies, that is it reproduces itself 70 times more frequently than does the delta virus when it is back in the throat and behind the nose. that means of course that a person exhales a large amount of virus, making it much more likely to infect people around them, resulting in this contagious nurse, and so is lightning strike that has been described omicron expanding throughout europe, i think, is a foreshadowing of what we will experience here in the united states very

earlier i spoke to william schaffner, who's professor of health policy and infectious diseases at the vanderbiltity school of medicine. we began by discussing the us travel industry and the havoc caused by the spread of omicron. we are obviously entering new territory. this omicron variant can give mild illness that is not requiring hospitalisation in people who are vaccinated and commended, boosted. but the important thing is hospitalisation is not required. on the other hand, if it strikes someone who is unvaccinated, there is still the risk of hospitalisation and hospitalisations are creeping up hospitalisations are creeping up around the country at the present time. and, as a result, we have a great deal of confusion in the travel industry and elsewhere. and, . iven industry and elsewhere. and, given that. — industry and elsewhere. and, given that, what _ industry and elsewhere. and, given that, what advice - industry and elsewhere. and, | given that, what advice would you give to people who are watching our who are thinking of travelling maybe for christmas to see loved ones, but they may b

author interview program "in depth," carol swain, former political science and law professor at vanderbiltiversity and vice chair of president trump's 1776 commission, joined us to talk aboutt critical race theory, the 1619 project, immigration and more. here's a portion of that conversation. raceest: well, critical theory is, first of all, it is a theory that is permeating every institution in america. and the people that are pushing that theory, they argue, as you know, that -- pretty much that america at least, and i'm to not going to talk about the world, there are other critical theories.ti critical theory has marxist roots. but that all whites are oppressive, that they have, you know, racism in their dna, that they are born with a property, inheritance based on their skin color and that they have to consciously become anti-racist by renouncing racism. and there are lots of things about it, but it has -- people are supposed to confess their sins just like a religion. they are supposed to constantly repeat, you know, their sins, but there's no redemption. like in the christian religion

speak to dr william schaffner, who's professor of health policy and infectious diseases at the vanderbilty school of medicine. airlines are suggesting that cancellations are not because of restrictions but because of the virus in staff catching the environs. are we entering new territory now with covid—19? merry christmas to you first and, yes, we are entering new territory. this variant can cause mild illness that is not requiring hospitalisation in people who are vaccinated and, indeed, boosted. but the important thing is that hospitalisation is not required. 0n the other hand, if it strikes someone who is unvaccinated there is still the risk of hospitalisation and hospitalisations are creeping up hospitalisations are creeping up around the country at the present time. as a result we have a great deal of confusion in the travel industry and elsewhere.— in the travel industry and elsewhere. , . ., elsewhere. given that, what advice do — elsewhere. given that, what advice do you _ elsewhere. given that, what advice do you have - elsewhere. given that, what advice do you have four- elsewhe

we spoke to any vanderbilt -- we spoke to eddie in the last hour and he said i'm not really sure how much i am buying this morning. dani: the german economy may shrink this quarter due to covid. that is the headlines crossing. of course, this also comes after goldman and the team cut the u.s. growth forecast on the prospects of the bill back better plan not getting through. there is a huge growth question on both sides of the atlantic this morning. >> and you are absolutely seeing that in s&p 500 futures. that has proven to be a really solid source of support for the index over the course of the last several months, even going all the way back into early 2020. we're certainly going to boost through -- burst through. it is a critical question for this week. dani: you obviously are seeing futures lower this morning. while the bond market was getting a bit of a safe haven bid, you're seeing yields at session highs. anna: i feel like we spend all of 2021 asking just how long can yields stay as low as they have been throughout this year. at various points throughout this year we talked ab

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we will speak with the director of vanderbilt vaccine center and president biden's build back betterd a big blow when nor joe manchin said he wouldn't support it the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now good morning, welcome back to "squawk box. i'm joe kernon along with kayla tausche. becky and andrew are off today we're in a netherweek. where are we christmas, new years right in the middle >> i believe it is december 28th, somewhere between 3:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. >> it's all mushed together now. we're thinking about, reminiscing about last year. we're looking forward to next year it's a time for intro spection a time to check u.s. equity futures. u.s. equities are up after record setting yesterday what a year. here i am, nostalgic 2021 what a year for the averages, though we'll see whether to spring back-to-back 20-plus years is rare it's happened three years in a row a couple of times. it's rare. you wonder with rates, treasury yields, we'll take a quick look, what does 2022 hold in store for the yield curve? 1.48%. still below 1.5. then we think about inflation and all t

joining me doctor carol swing, former professor at princeton and vanderbilt, good to see you as alwaysre's a quote from the letter, framework seem to reduce achievement gaps by limiting the availability of advanced mathematical courses middle schoolers and beginning high schoolers, such reform superficially seen, quote, successful, reducing disparities at the high school level they are merely kicking the can to college. how vital is it these professors are speaking out about this? >> it is a sign of progress, science, technology, engineering and medicine, saying we have a problem here and as of yesterday, 1100 professors from across the country had signed that letter and they are pointing out that this woke mathematics that doesn't require accurate answers is not helping our students. they are graduating from high school not prepared for college math. they have to take remedial math and it dooms them to fail year or makes it much more difficult for them to be successful. todd: insane to limit the learning of children to sort of bring everybody to this equal plane. makes no sense. to no

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