william shatner. he's a professor of infectious disease, vanderbilt university medical center, and the medical direct at the national foundation for infectious diseases. he joins us from nashville. thank you for joining us. do you think the response that we're seeing from some countries in the west to chinese citizens entering their countries is justified even necessary? actually, i think it's quite prudent to do believe because the concern is that was so much multiplication of the virus. as you say, there's a huge surge of infections in the chinese population that kids, the virus, the opportunity to mutate. and it could possibly mutate into a new variance variance that could be the protection of our current vaccines and therapeutics. and because the chinese government is not providing the world's scientific community, the genetic information about viruses, currently circulating and china. the thought is we had best test everyone to make sure that they're negative. before they come to this part of the

with doctor william shatner is a professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. he says, beijing's withholding of crucial information has some countries on edge. the concern is that was so much multiplication of the virus, as you say, is a huge surge of infections in the chinese population. that gives the virus the opportunity to mutate. and it could possibly mutate into a new variant, a variant that could evade the protection of our current vaccines and therapeutics . and because the chinese government is not providing the world's scientific community, the genetic information about the viruses currently circulating in china. the thought is, we had best tests every one to make sure that they're negative before they come to this part of the world. that will bias a little time in the event that there is a new variance of concern that is emerging in china. please understand this is not to just keep cases of cove it out. that's right. that's like asking somebody not to pour a glass of water into your swimming pool. we have plenty of coven here. the concern is about

i don't know about you when william shatner returned from his brief launch last year, i thought he wasut his reactions to having spent a few minutes so far in the view that perspective from space that we select astronauts for their vision or their ability to communicate the importance and value of all this. we select them for the reasons of the two w. and the already are and so forth of being in space and so more people going, pilots, artists, journalists perhaps, teachers. it is ironic nasa sorting through early on this recognition that there were people, not astronauts you by going space but really on her down. the challenger accident with theteacher is based on board , was 81 agency and they found columbia coming just made it clear we were going to be fighting anymore astronauts, much less not astronauts but the russians had over space tourism. a dozen or so people have flowed on the sleeves also in the so use columbia want to because hadto it after the shuttle . >> want to talk about the diversity of experience. we should note to after challenger they were going to send a teacher f

william shatner returned from his launch last year, i thought he was eloquent about his reaction having few minutes in that base you don't feel astronauts or their vision or inability to communicate the importance and value of this, wo select for the reasons being able to withstand technical rigor and so forth being in space will with more people going all teachers, it is ironic nasa broke early on this recognition could contribute to space really hungry. the challenger accident with a teacher in space on board, a deep wound of the agency in columbia coming again, made it clear are not going to just, russians had taken over space tourism and a dozen or so will have grown launchro vehicles to the russian program and it plays a huge part in the book because we had to count on them after the columbia b launch and we had to count on it after the shuttle retired. >> i want to talk about diversity of experiences. after challenger. they were next in down to the finalists. we talk about the threat you face but also on a day-to-day basis, misogyny and being a woman in an industry dominated by m

i don't know about you but when william shatner return from his brief launch last year, i thought he was eloquent about his reaction to having spent a few minutes so far in the view and that perspective from space that we don't select astronauts for their vision or the ability to communicate the importance and value of all of this. we selected them for the reasons of being able to withstand the technical rigor and so forth of being in space. so more people going, poets, artists, journalists perhaps, teachers. it is ironic that nasa sort of drove early on this recognition that there were people,, non-astronauts, who could contribute by going to space, that really hunkered down. i mean, the challenger accident with the teacher in space on board, it's a deep, deep wound at the agency and then columbia coming again just made it, , mae it clear we weren't going to be flying many more astronauts, much less non-astronauts. but the russians had taken over space tourism, and a dozen or so people have flown on the soyuz launchka vehicle through the russian program and, of course, the ultimatel

there's a lot of back and forth between you and william shatner, which is entertaining, william shatnery the least. entertaining, to say the least. you've you did it, too. i just wonder, because you must see each other the time at conferences and things like that, do we during this crisis do takes it dignified that we call them conventions, convention just walk past convention? do we just walk past it, a little star trek, we it, do a little star trek, we say, hi, civil . you know, as we say, hi, civil. you know, as we pass each other in the corridor , i just want to say thank you so much for welcoming me onto your your welcome from us to you to london. well, thank you very much. for sharing some much. thank you for sharing some of story with and we of your story with us. and we look forward to seeing where this goes. thank you. i have enjoyed conversation. thank enjoyed the conversation. thank you huge thanks to george for you. huge thanks to george for taking time out of his insouciance schedule. six shows a week and he's nearly 86. coming up with yet another scandal at the met police.

outbreak of the spanish-american war in 1898 he was assigned an aide-de-camp to major general william shatnerand commander of the expedition to cuba.he was highly trusted and when the general staff fell lieutenant miley was designed to coordinate the attack on san juan hill in his place and would ultimately be the one to give the order that led to the charge of lieutenant colonel theodore roosevelt and the roughriders . a few days later he served as one of the commissioners who negotiated the spanish surrender of santiago july 17. in 1904 miley in san francisco wasnamed in his honor.we know that today as san francisco va medical center . >> as a young man i grew up in south san francisco right next door to the national cemetery so when i became a cub scout we used to go over there in the 50s and decorate the gravesthat were there. when i got out of the service i stepped right back into it . went out with the boy scouts and put up the flags every year and eventually ended up being a scout at golden gate cemetery for many years. one day a gentleman walked upto me with a uniform of colonel retir

outbreak of the spanish-american war in 1898 he was assigned an aide-de-camp to major general william shatner, khmer and commander of the expedition to cuba.he was highly trusted and when the general staff fell lieutenant miley was designed to coordinate the attack on san juan hill in his place and would ultimately be the one to give the order that led to the charge of lieutenant colonel theodore roosevelt and the roughriders . a few days later he served as one of the commissioners who negotiated the spanish surrender of santiago july 17. in 1904 miley in san francisco wasnamed in his honor.we know that today as san francisco va medical center . >> as a young man i grew up in south san francisco right next door to the national cemetery so when i became a cub scout we used to go over there in the 50s and decorate the gravesthat were there. when i got out of the service i stepped right back into it . went out with the boy scouts and put up the flags every year and eventually ended up being a scout at golden gate cemetery for many years. one day a gentleman walked upto me with a uniform of colon

. >> william shatner blocked me on twitter. >> what did you do >> i don't -- i said something snarkyo him probably. >> why >> i don't know. the shat has blocked me. >> he's a snarky guy. >> as a huge nerd, that was a hit because he's captain kirk. i don't remember -- this was like eight years ago i don't o rememremember what i him. >> if he's not doing a commercial and doing it well -- he's like 92, and he was in "amazing race. zip lining might be the quickest way. >>> a person with direct knowledge tells the "financial times" that the company's new investors and former value x has made it clear tableau should be explored for overpaying. also ceo marc benioff should expect elliott to seek a board seat should he disregard its demands. >> do what i say or we're coming after you with the universal proxy in. >> that's implied, i think there. i need to find out more about this fox thing can you look into it >> the corp amemerger >> i thought he really wanted to do that. >> he can't just do it himself. >> i know. i just wondered what it means. it says for now. >> maybe after the dominion l