assemblyman james gallagher and the man you heard from in steve's piece, professor ativan deer -- at vanderbilt university, dr. shaker. you have been one of the most thoughtful voices since the beginning on this, often saying we don't know what we don't know and that's important to keep in mind. what is the important things we know about the vaccine? what are the important things we still don't know about what the next few months will look like? >> thank you for your kind words, leland. we know a lot about this vaccine. it's been extensively tested in large populations. it does require two doses. it provides stunning protection, 95%. that's more than we anticipated. and the studies show that it's safe. we have a little bit of a side issue here with people who have had serious allergic reactions in the past. that was just discovered in britain. we'll take care of that going forward.

vaccine rollout let's go ahead and bring in dr william schaffner a vaccine specialist with vanderbilt university their medical center dr schaffner always a pleasure to have you on the program i want to start with this latest news about the u.s. securing more doses of the pfizer vaccine now adding into the allotment for a modern as well it looks like we're going to have hundreds of millions of doses delivered by next summer and as you just heard alex's aides are he says while everybody who wants to be vaccinated by then will basically be able to do so so once these are produced and delivered what's the timeframe for getting shots administered to the majority of the population. well we'll have to see about that while we at the moment we're starting to fractionated health care workers and people in long term care facilities certainly in my medical center the health care workers a lining up we've done a lot of communication questions and answering in different population groups here along our employees and so they're really convinced to get the vaccine would like that to carry over to the general po

well america between hope and helplessness let's put in dr schaffner he's professor at vanderbilt university in tennessee he's one of the u.s. is leading infectious disease experts dr schaffner it's good to see you again welcome back to the program this is the week that we saw the u.k. roll out its vaccination program we want to let our vote viewers know you're a member of the c.d.c.'s advisory committee on immunization practices what has the u.s. been able to learn and glean from the u.k. . well it's good to be with you and i think one of the things that we've learned right away is that unexpected things will happen because on that very 1st day of vaccination in the u.k. they had 2 patients individuals i should say with allergic reactions noteworthy allergic reactions none of those had appeared during the clinical trials so we knew this in advance but there was right in front of us we have to expect the unexpected and so as we go about trying to vaccinate in the united states alone 330000000 people we are going to have some bumps in the road that we had best be prepared for and part of the

state's immunization program dr kelly moore is an adjunct associate professor at the vanderbilt university medical center she joins us from nashville tennessee tonight dr moore it's good to have you on the day i mean when you think about what's happening in the u.s. canada and the u.k. and hopefully here in europe as well this distribution of the vaccine the billions of people vaccinated history is being written right now isn't it. it is this is truly unprecedented this is the largest mass vaccination effort to combat a disease ever in human history it's an exciting thing to be a part of and the logistics in the u.s. i mean this is a mammoth undertaking and it let's take tennessee as an example what does the state of tennessee have to do once the federal government ensures that the vaccine has been delivered safe and sound to its borders well the state him in his ation program takes the lead on making sure that the right recipients get these boxes of vaccine these are not small boxes each shipment can contain in as few as $975.00 doses as many as close to 5000 doses so these early shipment

well america between hope and helplessness let's put in dr schaffner he's professor at vanderbilt university in tennessee he's one of the u.s. is leading infectious disease experts dr schaffner it's good to see you again welcome back to the program this is the week that we saw the u.k. roll out its vaccination program we want to let our vote viewers know you're a member of the c.d.c.'s advisory committee on immunization practices what has the u.s. been able to learn and glean from the u.k. . well it's good to be with you and i think one of the things that we've learned right away is that unexpected things will happen because on that very 1st day of vaccination in the u.k. they had 2 patients individuals i should say with allergic reactions noteworthy allergic reactions none of those had appeared during the clinical trials so we knew this in advance but there was right in front of us we have to expect the unexpected and so as we go about trying to vaccinate in the united states alone 330000000 people we are going to have some bumps in the road that we had best be prepared for and part of the

. >>> a vanderbilt university football player made history today again.e profiled kicker sarah fuller when she was the first woman to play in a major college football game. well, today she is the first ever to score. kicking an extra point for the commodores in the game against tennessee. >>> when we come back, the dazzling holiday decorations going up for a good cause >>> there's good news tonight about the true spirit of the season and the families lighting the way with their labors of love this year families all over are finding special ways to bring light to these dark times. using their biggest and brightest holiday displays in tennessee, melissa and dan biddock giving back, hosting a dazzling outdoor gift donation for babies in a local hospital >> we decided to do the toy drive for the nicu babies. >> reporter: it's a mission with special meaning. their own son mason has been ill and in the nicu since he was born in july >> it's been an emotional roller coaster. my first grandchild is going through so much. and we can't even be with him but knowing

will work as planned moving forward dr kelly more associate professor of health policy at vanderbilt university medical center dr moore we appreciate your time tonight implicit and our merry christmas wishes to your colleague dr bill schaffner thank you. really pulling from here. still to come on the days scrutiny over china's treatment of weaker muslims a d w special report on allegations of abuse and what china doesn't want the world to know there are no 5 policemen following their own stuff. if you film here we will have to take measures against you in this place is a state secret. that in bands of us had hoped a presidential election would yield a different result the electoral college has spoken so today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. it took us senate majority leader mitch mcconnell 5 weeks to say those words today he finally acknowledge what's been apparent for more than a month slowly more republicans in congress are accepting the fact that joe biden will be the next us president many republicans have used the time since election day to contest the results they have f

well america between hope and helplessness let's put in dr schaffner he's professor at vanderbilt university in tennessee he's one of the u.s. is leading infectious disease experts dr schaffner it's good to see you again welcome back to the program this is the week that we saw the u.k. roll out its vaccination program we want to let our vote viewers know you're a member of the c.d.c.'s advisory committee on immunization practices what has the u.s. been able to learn and glean from the u.k. . well it's good to be with you and i think one of the things that we've learned right away is that unexpected things will happen because on that very 1st day of vaccination in the u.k. they had 2 patients individuals i should say with allergic reactions noteworthy allergic reactions none of those had appeared during the clinical trials so we knew this in advance but there was right in front of us we have to expect the unexpected and so as we go about trying to vaccinate in the united states alone 330000000 people we are going to have some bumps in the road that we had best be prepared for and part of the

will work as planned moving forward dr kelly moore associate professor of health policy at vanderbilt university medical center dr moore we appreciate your time tonight employees send our merry christmas wishes to your colleague dr bill shatner thank you. truly thank you well still to come on the day's scrutiny over china's treatment of we are muslims a d w special report on allegations of abuse and what china doesn't want the world to know there are no 5 policemen following their own stuff. if you film here we will have to take measures against you this place is a state secret one. minute bands of us had hoped a presidential election would yield a different result the electoral college has spoken so today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. it took us senate majority leader mitch mcconnell 5 weeks to say those words today he finally acknowledge what's been apparent for more than a month slowly more republicans in congress are accepting the fact that joe biden will be the next us president many republicans have used the time since election day to contest the results they have faile

incident but let's get more on this now from william schaffner of preventative medicine professor vanderbilt university and we appreciate your time this afternoon thanks for coming on what do you make of this latest incident do you think it's a very concerning one for the jap. well we've known that a rare reaction can occur after these vaccines you know we've used mostly the pfizer vaccine so that's been associated with pfizer the murder maxine is made in a very very similar way to pfizer and so that we have a reaction a one of these severe allergic reactions with them or to back scene is something that's not surprising and rather expected when we're now giving this vaccine to millions of people no worthy anyone with a serious previous allergic reaction to report that and they will be treated specially and they are going to be watched for a half hour after they receive the vaccine fortunately this chap this physician did well as have all the other patients so far so i don't think it's a major concern but we have to contend with that going forward and the plans are in place to do this with maximum safet

after this warning wall to answer this and much more we welcome back vaccine specialist at vanderbilt university medical center dr william schaffner dr schaffner so great to see you thank you so much for making time for us today let's start with the f.d.a. is there a chance are they will approve the vaccine with contingencies where people with severe allergies or asthma may be considered too high risk or or may not be eligible. well the discussion is going back and forth and that is a good possibility and even if they don't i think the subsequent committee the c.d.c. has advisory committee on immunization practices will do them also so i think we will get an emergency use all the relation we need we would like to start action just. exactly and it's already looking like the u.s. has ordered 2900000 doses to come into the u.s. we could start seeing at these vaccinations as early as next week we are i do want to ask because m.r.s.a. is a new technology that we're only seeing used in this vaccine and maternal vaccine are there any long term risks associated with it the israeli health officials they

. >> joining me, william shapner from vanderbilt university medical center. can we start in your state? the infection rate there is now three times where the state was around halloween. that's what the governor just said. the governor announced that you can't sustain another holiday surge. what's happening now in the state? >> the governor is certainly right about that. our data indicate that the virus is out there, the covid virus, spreading in all communities, even out to our rural counties and there are many people in our state who are not taking the advice, they're not wearing masks, they're still gathering in groups, they're not social distancing. these are hard times and i'm afraid they're going to get harder because our hospital facilities are right at capacity now. >> you know, i was reporting in los angeles they're having to outline plans to ration care. can you help folks understand how serious that is and what it means? >> oh, that's very, very serious. in circumstances like that, you have to stop doing elective surgery. what surgery is elective? i

will work as planned moving forward dr kelly more associate professor of health policy at vanderbilt university medical center dr moore we appreciate your time tonight employer to send our merry christmas wishes to your colleague dr bill scheft there thank you. completely thank you well still to come on the day's scrutiny over china's treatment of weaker muslims a d w special report on allegations of abuse and what china doesn't want the world to know there are no 5 policemen following orders. if you film here we will have to take measures against you this place is a state secret. that embeds of us had hoped a presidential election would yield a different result the electoral college has spoken so today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. it took us senate majority leader mitch mcconnell 5 weeks to say those words today he finally acknowledge what's been apparent for more than a month slowly more republicans in congress are accepting the fact that joe biden will be the next us president many republicans have used the time since election day to contest the results they have failed

well america between hope and helplessness let's put in dr schaffner he's professor at vanderbilt university in tennessee he's one of the u.s. is leading infectious disease experts dr schaffner it's good to see you again welcome back to the program this is the week that we saw the u.k. roll out its vaccination program we want to let our vote viewers know you're a member of the c.d.c.'s advisory committee on immunization practices what has the u.s. been able to learn and glean from the u.k. . well it's good to be with you and i think one of the things that we've learned right away is that unexpected things will happen because on that very 1st day of vaccination in the u.k. they had 2 patients individuals i should say with allergic reactions you know or the allergic reactions none of those had appeared during the clinical trials so we knew this in advance but there was right in front of us we have to expect the unexpected and so as we go about trying to vaccinate in the united states alone 330000000 people we are going to have some bumps in the road that we had best be prepared for and part of

parton a nonned in april, you may remember, that she was giving a million dollars to vanderbilt universityville for covid research. well, some of that money went to an early stage trial of the moderna vaccine. >> yes, dolly parton invented the coronavirus vaccine. which is a crazy prospect. that would be like if dr. fauci dropped an album you know what, to be honest though, i would trust the $ee parton vaccine over a dr. fauci vaccine because dolly parton has been a gay icon for decades, fauci is kind of new. until he is someone's info for the rupaul drag race outfit, he has a lot of work to do. okay. so even though 2020 was a dumpster fire of a year, i was so entertained by music. and i am very excited to see what 2020-- -- 2021 has. will britney finally be free. will rihanna release an album or just give us another line of things we don't really need. ang will the weekend admit that he is actually just my boss trevor. i'm excited to find out. now play us out, the woman who helped cure coronavirus. dolly parton playing her 1974 hit jolene. jo be-- i got a wet ass pussy. wet ass pussy. ♪ s

helen talbot of vanderbilt university.'s worried the vaccine hasn't been studied enough in residents of long-term facilities. she said, we hope it works and we hope it's safe. that concerns me on many levels. i got to tell you, a lot of those folks have other health issues. are you worried about adverse reactions to the vaccine? >> we surely have to be mindful of that, but at this point, no. i think the issue we have to deal with -- i would consider it a classic risk/benefit issue. one, what is the risk of getting this infection and dying? that's a pretty bad outcome there. the question around the vaccine, will it actually protect these people? we know with influenza vaccines, older individuals, particularly those in facilities don't respond to the vaccine as well for full protection so i think that's the challenge we have right now -- will it protect the people? where we're at with long-term care and the number of cases that are occurring there and the number of deaths i think it's a wise move to go ahead and take the vac

will work as planned moving forward dr kelly moore associate professor of health policy at vanderbilt university medical center dr moore we appreciate your time tonight employee send our merry christmas wishes to your colleague dr bill schaffner thank you. completely thank you well still to come on the day's scrutiny over china's treatment of weaker muslims a d w special report on allegations of abuse and what china doesn't want the world to know there are no 5 policemen following their own stuff. if you film here we will have to take measures against you on this place is a state secret. but a man's of us had hoped a presidential election would yield a different result the electoral college has spoken so today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. it took us senate majority leader mitch mcconnell 5 weeks to say those words today he finally acknowledge what's been apparent for more than a month slowly more republicans in congress are accepting the fact that joe biden will be the next us president many republicans have used the time since election day to contest the results they have f

. >>> vanderbilt university kicker sara fuller made history once again on saturday. after finishing her last final exam of the semester, fully suited up and became the first woman to score in a power 5 college football game. she did it twice. drilling an extra point to tie the game at the end of the first quarter and kicking another in the fourth quarter. vanderbilt lost to tennessee, but history will remember sarah fuller. after the game, she credited her "harry potter" socks for the successful kicks. you made us >>> and we're going to get another round of showers heading into this afternoon, 51 degrees and a current look at satellite radar. you can see we are going to see light to moderate rain at times over the next couple of hours. peak hours during the first half of the day. microclimate highs in the upper 50s throughout the bay area. 59 in san jose. 50 for san francisco. and also we're watching king tides as the coastal flood advisory in effect starting at 7:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m. on tuesday. >>> straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including the

william schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university. i have two of the best minds on to discuss this and very happy about that. good evening, gentlemen. dr. schaffner, the fda plans to issue an emergency use authorization for that moderna vaccine quickly. but it comes as the u.s. had its deadliest day of the pandemic. these vaccines really can't come soon enough. >> oh, you're exactly right. everybody's eager for the vaccines to be in place locally so we can distribute them out. the pfizer vaccine is in large institutions. you know, that's the one that has to be kept so very cold and managed very, very carefully to prevent a vaccine is less cold sensitive, heat sensitive, so it can be distributed more widely out into rural counties, smaller institutions, pharmacies, doctors' offices. there are a lot of people ready to roll up their sleeve, don. we need to get started on this vaccination program just as quickly as possible. it started in our institution. my medical center today. and we got off to a rousing start. >> dr. reiner, i want to

key sponsors metro national arts commission, and grim content group kennedy arts commission vanderbilt university and -- books for this session is entitled dreaming america. we have a panel of three authors in three books. first we are going to read some but i'm going to introduce the authors first. i will begin with ambra sabic el-rayess. she grew up in bosnia. after surviving ethnic cleansing and more than 1100 days under the serb military. she emigrated to the united states in 1996. by december of 1999 she earned a b.a. in economics from brown university. later she obtained two masters degrees at columbia university. currently she is a professor working on -- how and why societies fall apart in what role will education play in it. >> she's that published extensive and education related issues and has lectured around the world to adult and adolescent audiences. she is kind consistently praised as one of the most inspiring professors they have been countered throughout their careers. our second guest stephanie elizondo griest essay will trotting out there from south texas. her books include the

william shafner who's been working on infectious diseases at vanderbilt university since the '60s says build trust. >> you have to respect people, have to respect where they're coming from, hear what they say and then try to respond to their concerns. >> we give shots to cows all the time, and you do get reactions to shot. if we give a slot to the animal and it walk out there 20 feet out and drop dead. everybody's going to respond differently. >> after the first responders take it, when it's your turn, will you take the vaccine? >> i probably will go on and take the vaccine. >> how do you feel about the vaccine? >> anything new that's not been proven i'm not sure i won't be the guinea pig. and i really wish there was time for more testing, but there's not. and we're losing too many people too fast so we've got to do what we can. i know it's become a political issue at times but it shouldn't be. this is a health issue. >> the approach to covid has had substantial political overtones. people have attitudes about this, and it will not be easy to change those attitudes. >> are you going to

centennial hospital said they received three patients who were discharged the same day and then vanderbilt university medical center said they received five people in stable condition. what's amazing is that there weren't more serious injuries and no fatalities besides the suspect you just mentioned and that is because of the officers' quick action. the six people who responded to the scene because of initial reports of shots fired, that's still being investigated whether those were real gun shots or the recording of the sound of gun shots and while they were there, they started hearing the recorded message from the rv, an eerie message about the explosion, and then they started knocking on doors. this was christmas morning, the shops were not planning to be opened but people were asleep. here's an officer talking about those moments after the blast. >> i ran to the intersection to check on miller to make sure they were okay. saw him running towards the intersection as well -- sorry. that's when i got on the radio to make sure wells was okay. couldn't get a response from him but from the blast he had

also with us historian and roger chair in the american presidency at vanderbilt university jon meachamnofficially advises president-elect joe biden and president of the council of foreign relations, richard haass is back with us as well. >> jon meacham unofficially advises joe biden, and he also wins pulitzer prizes in his pastime. so jon meacham, let's begin with you. we've been looking through the eyes of other presidents give advice to joe biden through their stories, their lives, and what lessons they learned, but let's talk about this event that we remember today. that is of course the bombing of pearl harbor in 1941. what can joe biden take away from fdr and this incredibly important chapter in america's history? >> well, i think the first thing is that presidents never quite know what's coming at them. history happens. that's why it's history and not an absolutely predictable series of events. you know, fdr had two of the great crises of american history on his watch. the first the crisis of capitalism, and then the crisis of fascism abroad and the future of democratic instituti

sponsored through the coordinating center of vanderbilt university medical center. this was funded by dolly parton and the national center for dance translational sciences. they are set up to a no one thousand participants at 51 participantso 1000 at 51 sites. they have 395 participants currently enrolled in the u.s. the trial is designed to include withserved populations, the greatest risk for developing the most of your of covid-19. if you are injured in any way by this vaccine, that can be directly proven, then your insurance will not have to pay. you will be able to get treatment at vanderbilt for any kind of adverse event. again, the treatment will be convalescent plasma. convalescent plasma's plasma that is taken from a person that has recovered from covid-19, and that can be used, because it has antibodies through the sars-cov-2 virus that can help a person that is six and in the hospital recovering. -- sick and in the hospital recovering. >> thank you so much. that is good information. also, it is important to note, , xavier andcu's dillard in new orleans, w

a chair at vanderbilt university and an unofficial advisor to president-elect joe biden. good to see you. so the question susan glasser asks is straightforward. why are we shrugging it off? but she says we've entered the yeah, whatever phase of the transition, but is there a danger in a yeah whatever point at this point, john? >> there is and i must say i'm a little upset you're making me follow that great line of susan's. that a great sentence but we'll do what we can to rise to the level she sets. we've been in a dangerous phase of yeah, whatever for about 4 years really since president trump became the front-runner for the nomination in 2016. it is a perilous attitude to have. i understand the human impulse to think that everything's going to work out, that ultimately the system works. i tend to believe that at heart, but the heart and the mind are not always in sync. and i think we have to take the evidence of our eyes and take the facts of the matter and accept i think what susan's arguing there, which is that, in fact, the president is trying to undermine the very s

let's turn to john beecham, presidential historian, rogers chair at vanderbilt university.sident joe biden and zerlina maxwell, host of "zerlina" on peacock. i'll start with you. your reaction to geoff's reporting there. based on who has been named so far, do you feel like president-elect lied den has made good on that promise to have a team surrounding him that looks like america? >> certainly putting out an all woman senior staff is one step in the right direction to making your staff reflect the diversity in this country. i think so far, yes, he is living up to that promise. it isn't wrong to demand more. it isn't wrong to demand a space and a seat at the table. i respect the legacy civil rights organizations immensely, obviously. i think everyone is fighting to have their voice heard in this moment because there are so many persisting issues that joe biden is going to need to tackle immediately, not just covid, but all the things people are protesting for in the streets throughout the summer. i think that joe biden understands all of that. kamala harris understands all

william schaffner from vanderbilt university medical center. doctor, welcome. so what are your thoughts on this communication to states about the number of doses available as we look to another roll-out for a second vaccine. will states be starting this roll-out already behind where they thought they were going to be? >> no, no, this is all exciting news, bianna. having the moderna vaccine notion the pfizer vaccine will, as pete said, allow the distribution of the vaccine much more widely. it can go out to many more rural areas, smaller hospitals, local county health departments that can start distributing the vaccine while the folks deal with the pfizer vaccine are vaccinatie ining in large medic centers. so we'll have two arms, two vaccines going at the same time. and we're ready for the lines to form. we want to vaccinate as many people as quickly as we can. >> and it needs to happen as quickly as we can. we're seeing more and more record number of americans infected. record number of americans dying as well. we could use all the help we need. dr. anthony fa

associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius and historian and rogers chair at vanderbilt university, jon meacham who unofficially advises president-elect joe biden. >> jon, you were the first while i was developing, while i was writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts. you were the first to draw parallels between harry truman and joe biden. and saying at the time if joe biden ended up being elected there would be some parallels between the two that were too hard to miss. >> yeah, it's, you know, a coming to power at a moment where the infrastructure of the world is either under stress and strain or is fully broken. it's a moment of global consciousness, not simply intellectually but in a very tactile sense. the most tactile sense because the pandemic is a global phenomena. fdr was very articulate in the way that bill clinton and barack obama were articulate and george w. bush, too, on globalization as an idea and an emerging fact. but the -- what we're living through right now is that this is no longer a subject of kind bluff sky conversations but the world has become so

william schaffner, professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. he's also a cdc adviser. you just heard dr. fauci there saying the states need more help. let's just dig into what that means. what do these state organizations need from the federal government that they are not getting right now? >> well, kasie, as you can imagine, delivering vaccine to essentially the population of an entire state is a very large job. it has to be absolutely meticulously planned. you don't want to foul things up. most states are starting gradually and then gaining momentum with time. that's what we're doing here in tennessee. and most states, however, don't have the resources on the ground in local health departments in order to do this in a massive fashion. so they're doing it in a graduated fashion, careful not to make mistakes. they want to absolutely deliver this vaccine thoroughly, carefully, equitably to everyone. you know, delivering vaccines requires a lot of personnel time. and so you need people to do that. we've invested an awful lot in ma

next guest is a professor at vanderbilt university and a "new york times" bestselling author of overe back to "a late show," michael eric dyson! professor dyson, good to see you again. >> always great to see you. >> stephen: now, you've authored 20 books, as i said. we've been talking for almost 15 years now, since the first time i ever interviewed to you. this new book "long time coming" uses a slightly different form that you've used in the past. this is written in the form of letters to black victims of police brutality and racism in the united states. why did you want to write these letters to these people, rather than about them? >> yes, sir. it's a great distinction. i didn't want to further objectify them. i didn't want to exploit their death as a way to sell books. i wanted to commune with them. it's not in a loosey-goosy abstract sense. i mean learn from their wisdom, draw from their recently ancestral status. and i wanted to say by talking to them, by communing with them, i'm thinking out loud. it's forcing me to talk about how they died. what are the reasons for which they

notre dame is losing its defensive coordinator, clark lee, to vanderbilt university, and i think there's next year may even win a game. >> oh, my god. that's fantastic. >> paul, it was going so well. >> let me just say very sincerely your devastating dig there. clark lee is one of the great young coaches in college football, he's from nashville. he played at vanderbilt. he understands what it's going to take. it's a big lift and a very tough job, but we're excited about clark lee in nashville for sure. >> paul, i'm so glad you brought up naji harris's name. i want to talk about him for a second because i've been watching alabama football my whole life, and my gosh, you can just see that guy's character on and off the field. i mean, those are the players that i love. i love the teammates that, you know, they score a touchdown. they don't make it all about themselves. they go to the sidelines and they're not like waving and going crazy, like naji harris is california cool. more importantly than that, he's just a great teammate. i love this guy. he's an amazing athlete. he's an amazing runn

william shafer in, an infectious disease specialist at vanderbilt university. thank you all for being here. jake, in california these restrictions are some of the toughest in the nation because of the surge and it looks like they're going to last through the holiday season. what can you tell us about how things are on the ground where you are? >> it is a grim moment, but also one full of determination. 43 million californians are under some sort of stay at home order, including this five-county area that i am in right now. it's imposed it own self-imposed lockdown measures ahead of state guidance. last week the governor announced that any region of california that had fallen below 15% icu capacity would automatically go into a three-week stay at home order. two of the regions have already hit that mark. the san joaquin valley, the bread basket of america in many ways is one of the first to hit it. it's down to 6% icu capacity. that's brought in the new restrictions. parents across the state disappointed that things like playgrounds are going to be closed. here'

and i am joined now by michael eric dyson, distinguished professor at vanderbilt university and the author"longtime coming, reckoning with race in america." it is good to see you. we are going to talk about the book but i wanted to, very quickly, ask you what do you make of this attempt by mitch mcconnell to re-brand himself? in part, by touting police reform. having signed a police-reform bill. we know he blocked the one during president obama's tenure and that the house had passed a much more comprehensive ones with choke-hold bans and banning no-knock warrants and getting rid of qualified immunity. they passed in the senate and shoved tim scott out front to be the face man for it. do you think there is a way mcconnell can launder his reputation, based on that? >> no. it's utterly ridiculous. first of all, this is revisionist history, before our very eyes. usually, people wait a couple of years, a few years, to try to tell the story, again, of what they did and did not do. and yet, mitch mcconnell here is caught in the very vice grip of a kind of revisionist esthetic that says we are jus

computer science professor at vanderbilt university douglas schmidt says these communications hubs should six feet of a public street or even in a large metropolitan area at all. listen. >> i think the first thing to do of course is to try to establish better security around those areas without completely disrupting the kind of entertainment value that a place like downtown nashville is fwhoenl for. reporter: he says it could be costly to move these hubs but the cost would be much less than dealing with the aftermath of another attack on this critical modern infrastructure. he also says there should be more redundancy so when a hub like this goes offline, it will then not have a huge impact because it can be moved to another distribution point. again, he says these changes should be made now instead of when the next attack comes to try and hurry to get those into place. cheryl: we actually have been monitoring. there's a press conference going on in nashville right now. we aren't going to take it, we have been kind of listening in to see if any new details were coming up in particular for

two of the people went to centennial, one of those persons went to vanderbilt university medical center have a special ems division set up right now to monitor the situation. once again we're asking everyone to be mindful of the active ongoing situation here and to give our people space to work in. but once again right now we don't have any significant injuries to report. thank you. >> i'll be back in an hour. one hour from now, right here. okay. thank you. >> i want to bring in shimon prokupecz following the details of this breaking news. this looks like a pretty big explosion here. do you know what buildings are surrounding this area where the explosion happened? >> well, i think allison, when you look at pictures, this does not look like a city in anywhere in the united states right now. when you look at this and the extent of damage that we're seeing here, it is quite remarkable. this is a pretty powerful bomb. they're saying this was intentional. what was used, we don't know, but the fact that this was intentional and the size of the explosion significantly, it is a significant exp

he holds the rogers chair at vanderbilt university.unofficial advisor to president-elect joe biden. good to see you tonight. i started the show saying that in -- i think you and i know that of all the crazy things that have happened in the last four years, this night be be talked about in 50 years. i'm trying to figure out because we got the vaccine and we see within trucks rolling out in a way we have never looked at a vaccine. this is the most sought after vaccine in the history of the world. or is it the day the supreme court shut the door on donald trump's attempt to overturn democracy? >> when you do narrative non-fiction, you look for coincidences to make a point. this is one where god handed it to us all. you don't have to do a lot of stretching. it's a remarkable day in the life of contemporary america, because there is a great amount of hope. but if we are being honest and if we are learning from the last five years, we also know that we have to have a kind of trepidation about what comes next. this is an enormous public healt

professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university. we passed 334 -- 334,000 total deaths. still, the latest ihme forecast says an additional 200,000, or more, could die between now and april. we are hearing ic -- icu shortages and overwhelmed healthcare workers. the real crisis, at this point, okay. that's what we are. we're at a real crisis, at this point, even with the vaccine starting to roll out. so, what do we do? where are we? what's going on? >> well, here we are. and we have to keep urging people to revert to the usual things we've been saying all along. sometimes, i think it's futile we have to keep saying it, don. wear your mask. social distancing. those are very important. yes, we're starting to vaccinate. but the goal to reach 70, 80% of people vaccinated. that's months away. in the meantime, there are people's lives to be spared, and we can do that if we all act together. if we're not impatient, and we recognize that it's the long haul. clearly, we need to do that. i must admit, i'm a little frustrated. you -- you cited the travel statistics over the holidays,

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william schaffner, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the vanderbilt university's medical school. dr. schaffner, you are a member of the cdc's advisory committee on immunization practices and i know you expect to be on call all weekend about both vaccines. when it comes to the moderna vaccine, explain why this emergency-use authorization, which just came through moments ago, why you think it'll make a difference in places, like where you are, in tennessee. >> oh, john, i think it is wonderful that we have a second vaccine. and the moderna vaccine, which doesn't require all the intensive, very cold storage and handling of pfizer's is the vaccine we can distribute closer to the people. we can get it out to rural areas, in health departments, and in local, small hospitals. and they can be the focus for immunization activities, throughout the state. heretofore, with pfizer, we have had to concentrate our vaccination efforts, largely, in metropolitan areas. and this allows us to spread it out, get the vaccine out, much more widely. that's very, very attractive. >> yeah.