in a great environment, if you look at why central appalachia it's because we can get to 70% of the u.s. in a one-day drive if you zoom out on a map and look at eastern kentucky we can get to the east coast, midwest southeast drive and right now the fruit and vegetables are coming in 2000, 3000 miles on a semi truck sitting for two weeks. we are able to grow tasty fruit and vegetable and get it to consumers in a day drive. liz: i have to tell you when we started two minutes ago you were up 17% you're now up 24%, people are listening and watching, a big fan of the hillbilly eligible, you're a venture capitalist, please tell me what was it that attracted you to appharvest. >> i think this is the basic problem in our food system if you think about where you get your average grocery store tomato it is grown like jonathan said south of the border a lot of artificial pesticides and other ingredients that you don't want to use is grown by very low wage people who do not have great lives and it's picked weeks before you actually need it and what we saw was an opportunity with use technology bri

appalachia couldn't be prettier or poorer in some places. we came here to tell the story of what is essentially the little guy asking for a seat at the table. health wagon has been servicing this part of the area for decades and they give their services for free. some of these patients are coal miners, they have black lung disease. there are tons of pre-existing conditions among people here. they are among the most vulnerable in the united states. and they have not gotten a single dose of the vaccine. >> y'all, wear your mask and stay safe, okay? >> reporter: the heart of appalachia beats with the help of nurse practitioner teresa tyson. >> how long did you work in the mines? >> 32 years. >> reporter: she runs the health wagon. the mobile medical clinic providing crucial health care to low-income and underserved people here in southwestern virginia. >> they don't have reliable transportation. they don't have the money for fuel to go to a clinic. >> reporter: for 28 years, nurse teresa has navigated these rural roads of appalachia to service

from his travels through parts of appalachia. here is a portion of that conversation. >> it is more of a book story than of arguments. there is not a lot of that kind of hypothetical analysis. and it's different for different people. there are people whose main problem is they live in a place that is economically destitute and doesn't have a lot of capital or opportunities. and the solution for that is simple i think. people on the right have complained about this part of my argument and an analysis that our choice really is either give people the places they can work and be independent or maintain them indefinitely. you can't magic some other way around to do that. and the idea that you can through some public policy or by putting a university there to magically transform every stagnant community in the country is just not supported by the evidence. there's a lot of good things that come from this market and tends to make wages better and employment better and there are things we can do on those fronts but the idea that we are g

travel is banned but the impact is felt by 65 million people under winter weather alert from central appalachia to new >> reporter: a powerful nor'easter pummels the coast dangerous road conditions. >> very hard to drive. >> reporter: more than 800 flights cancelled at major airports as new york and new jersey declared a state of emergency. >> it is seriously dangerous there is no reason to be out on the roads. it is only going to get worse. >> reporter: in new york city, more than a foot of snow blizzard-like conditions in times square white out condition leaving many stranded >> let me say this unequivocally, this is a big one. it is going to be with us at this point we think until tomorrow night >> here in new jersey as the snow began piling up, the switch over to ice only made matters work as crew struggles to stay ahead of the storm >> reporter: a rescue after this truck slid off the road into the pond the snowstorm hitting the midwest hard chicago and lake michigan partially frozen over. philadelphia continues to dig out tonight after a weekend snow >> reporter: back in new york, resident

emergency, not essential travel is banned but the impact is felt by 65 million people under central appalachia to new england. it also forced many covid vaccination sites closed and many situations coming a halt. >> reporter: a powerful nor'easter pummels the coast dangerous road conditions. >> very hard to drive. >> reporter: more than 800 flights cancelled at major airports as new york and new emergency. >> it is seriously dan there is no reason to be out on the roads. it is only going to get worse. >> reporter: in new york city, more than a foot of snow blizzard-like conditions in times square white out condition leaving many stranded >> let me say this unequivocally, this is a big one. it is going to be with us at this point we think until tomorrow night >> here in new jersey as the snow began piling up, the switch over to ice only made matters work as crew struggles to stay ahead of the storm >> reporter: a rescue after this truck slid off the road into the pond the snowstorm hitting the midwest hard chicago and lake michigan paial. philadelphia continues to dig snow >> reporter: back in

timing it out, heavy snow across appalachia. in through the morning in d.c., philly. then new york city 7:00, 8:00 in the morning. only about a six-hour event, but we'll see snowfall rates, two to three inches per hour. it all gets done by midnight. but that's enough for maybe ten inches in spots along i-95 as well. extreme cold coming in behind it. whit? >> we know you'll stay on top of it. rob, thank you. >>> turning to president biden spending the first weekend away from the white house. back in delaware, stopping for an x-ray on that injured foot. but still pushing for his $2 trillion relief bill, reaching out to a california woman who lost her job in the pandemic. abc's alex presha is in delaware. >> reporter: tonight, president biden making the pitch for his covid relief plan directly to american people in need of assistance. >> i was laid off in july. >> reporter: speaking to a woman who lost her job named michelle in a video released by the white house. >> we're putting together a plan that provides emergency relief to people who are in desperate need now. eve

outside of charleston, west virginia are taking information about birth control into the mountains of appalachia. >> impressive crowds of children of all ages in department store on the eve of apollo -- 's >> they train for battle while scrimmage is broke out. >> in retaliation to israeli assaults, a commando slipped by the cease-fire. >> 1.5 million offers. >> they carried out their war. [noise] [inaudible] 758 00098 plus correction 00052 plus 0085, 30000 986, minus 0059. apollo went out of orbit on the moon. the journey that had taken a lifetime was reaching its crucial moment. them roger we copy. apollo leaven. >> the lunar module was given a false checkout to ensure the functioning of all systems, as armstrong and -- prepare to seal themselves off from collins for the craft to pull apart. five, four, three, two, one. getting out. >> controllers going around. docking. okay go. go. surgeon. go were docking. hello eagle, houston, we're standing by. >> can we see you. notice highs looks. >> the eagle has wings. on its own now, but with columbia here in hand, they custard around the back side of

west virginia are taking information about birth control and family planning into the mountains of appalachia. >> a new line of space toys drew impressive crowds of children of all ages in the tokyo department stores on the eve of apollo's touchdown. >> in the middle east, young jordanian guerrillas trained for battle while new skirmishes broke out. >> in retaliation to israeli assaults a group of 32 egyptian commando slipped across -- >> carried out -- >> young jordanians did -- >> 81 minus 710052. plus 0098. plus, correction, 00572. parakeet plus, 00085. 00764. 030. 000. 293. 986 minus 00759. >> apollo went into orbit around the moon. the journey that had taken the lifetime of mankind was nearing its crucial moment. >> apollo 11, houston, we're wondering if you started any of the -- over. >> okay, charlie. we're at the lab. the docking index mark is the same. >> roger. we copy. >> apollo 11, apollo 11 eagle, over. >> the lunar module eagle was again given a full checkout to ensure the functioning of all systems as armstrong and aldrin prepared to seal themselves off from collins in the comm

it is interesting to some, it was predictable to me, he said to me, "kamala, appalachia loves this because there are poor people all over the country who know the injustice of this system." so we found common ground. on the issue of my anti-lynching bill, we did not. and so we had a healthy debate on the floor of the senate, and yes, i was outraged and disappointed with his position, and there you go. >> it was that outrage and those strong moments at hearings that gave harris a more national presence, a presence that got people talking about the presidency. >> i stand before you today -- >> harris' run for the white house, when we return. >> the president of the united states. [woman] what is that? [man] uh, mine. why? it's just that it's... lavender, yes it is. old spice, it's for men. but i like the smell of it. [music playing] give more love with kay jewelers. get 25 to 50% off everything for valentine's day. hundreds of meaningful gifts at prices you'll love. only at kay. ♪ ♪ you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when ca

that some people can be responsible users of everyone the most feared drug, but the pill mills 6 s of appalachia sh how devastating drugs can be. mr. clark doesn't offer a detailed blueprint for keeping drugs away from the people whose lives can be ruined. please respond to that. >> first of all, i'd like to say i like sally. she is a friend in fact. but there is a lot there. i mean the issue sally is raising has more to do with people who are having problems in life. not only with drugs, but a number of other issues. people who have been left behind in america. so in order to solve their problems, we need a whole lot more than a drug policy, people need job, people need better education. all of those issues are different from what i am talking about here. one of the things that i want your audience to know is that i've been studying drugs for more than 30 years now. and we give these drugs as part of our studies in places like columbia university and other universities. and so when it comes to drug, believe me i know what i'm talking about. i've published extensively, i've written several books

it's hitting people in appalachia. that is what he's saying. if you want to be serious, i didn't come to bring peace, i came to bring a sword when it comes to injustice. there is no compromise for the 5 or $6 trillion the banks or corporations got. we can't have it on the backs of the poor. it's not about being like trump. it's doing what's right. it's passing what needs to be passed and doing what is right right now. people are hurting. we need a full covid relief. why? because we cannot have people who are the first infected, the first forced to go back to work, the first to get sick and get die, the last ones to get wages and health care. we know right now, joy, 39% of americans can afford a $1,000 emergency. we know these things. i look at tom tillis from north carolina, he blocked a voter suppression law, and he blocked -- you can't compromise with that. that is actually immoral to always be compromising on the back of poor people. the reality is f we pass 50 million people would be lifted. $300 billion would go to the economy. we have pla

we got hit with snow, freezing rain, and an eastern kentucky, in appalachia, a very tough ice storm that has knocked out power there. it's got power lines and substations down. we are working as fast as we can. for us, our concerns are people on the roadways and people who are trying to heat their homes, making sure that they don't bring that generator inside and ultimately suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning. it is very significant. >> what about delivery of vaccines? you've been ahead of many states in vaccine dosage delivery, but now you have this weather problem, maybe people getting to appointments or refrigeration problems. what's the choke point. >> for us, there is the national and the state. u.p.s.'s world port is in louisville, kentucky. much of the country gets their vaccines shipped through that amazing facility. they are still running hard. i know there have been some delays, but these are professionals and they do a great job. on our vaccine delivery, we are still vaccinating more people each week than we receive doses for based on a lot of doses that came out early. but

and we got hit really hard in appalachia. one point, about 150,000 people out of power. we've got that down to about 60. 66,000. but it's really bad in about five counties. i flew to one of them to the warming stations there. local officials are helping in every way they can. about 80 national guard men and women doing wellness checks along with the kentucky state police and bringing people in to those warming stations. we have nurses that are there helping everyone that has different medical equipment or conditions. in kentucky, we take care of each other. we make sure that we look out for our neighbors. and thus far we've only lost about four people in this winter storm, but that's four too many. >> about that vaccine supply and demand. you have obviously more demand than you have supply of the vaccine as i think is the case with all states. what has the white house told you about that? >> well, first, i want to commend this white house for increasing supply by 57% over the last four weeks. that's great. for us it took us from about 53,000 vaccines to about, oh, 87,000

. >> heavy snow blanketed the region with the most accumulation in parts of the midatlantic and appalachia. in its wake the storm left a wintery mess that has already stretched for days in texas. >> when people are making comparisons oh, texas is shutting down for three inches of snow, you guys just have no idea what is really going on. >> high school teacher alicia hinkle and her mom juanita who live in a suburb much dallas are just two of the many texans scrambling to kept warm and fed amid yong going power and water outages. >> that was the struggle, so the first morning we did mot have a gas stove top so we had to, i mean i took some potatoes and put them in the fireplace. you end up going, without me to a gas station. >> north of-- and we were able to get a couple of sandwics. so we did that. >> sandwiches. >> yeah w eating gas station sandwiches. >> i'm sure a lot. >> juanita and her husband set up camp by the fireplace but by mid week it wasn't keeping them warm enough and they all moved in with alicia's sister at her house near dallas. >> many people rely on the busing system and t

the politics and everyday lives of the white american working class from his travels through parts of appalachia. here's a portion of the conversation. >> you know it's more of a book of stories in a book of arguments. so there's not of that kind of hypothetical analysis in it. it's good for different people. there people whose main problem is they leave a place that's economic destitute and does not have a lot of capitol or opportunities. and so the solution for that is pretty simple. if you want a job there are some jobs. people on the rights particularly complained bitterly about the argument in my analysis. are there really for places that are truly economically more abundant to either get people to places where they can work and be independent or maintain them in some sort of place indefinitely. you cannot imagine some other way around to do that. and the idea that you could do some public policy of doing university there are something as magically transform something else is not the word by the evidence. a lot of good things and having a tight labor market. with employment opportunities an

going into this weekend, we're talking three-plus inches and, of course, it will make its way up the appalachia ann th30 seconds. first though, the weekend forecast sponsored by consumer cellular. >>> good morning. welcome to friday. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. tons of sunshine and mild conditions again today. a little breezy along our coast and that will spread into all of our neighborhoods tomorrow and again tuesday. temperatures a little bit above average. 58 at half moon bay to nearly 70 in fairfield. tonight, 30s in our valleys, 40s elsewhere. my accuweather seven-day forecast, bone dry and warmer than average. >>> we hope you're h >>> we hope you're having a good friday so far and we'll be right back. and we'll be right back. this is the #1 in america revitalift hyaluronic acid serum from l'oréal. it seriously hydrates to visibly replump skin.. . and reduces wrinkles. effective for all skin tones. revitalift hyaluronic acid serum from l'oréal paris. ♪ for every idea out there, that gets the love it should ♪ ♪ there are 5 more that don't succeed ♪ effective for all sk

definitely going to see heavy rains on the bottom side of that, a little bit of mix in appalachia, up through the hudson valley, you could see more snow. that's the problem with these storms. even chicago had 10.8 inches, their biggest storm in five plus years. this just really feeling like february. let's head back in to you, george? >> okay, ginger, thanks very much. >>> we turn now to the pandemic and the urgent race to vaccinate so many americans right now, more than 25 million people have received at least one vaccine dose out of the nearly 50 million shots distributed. we're joined by dr. stephen hoge, president of moderna. they produced one of the vaccines being administering across the u.s. good morning, doctor. thanks for joining us. we're in a race now to get as many vaccines to as many americans as soon as possible. is there anything more moderna can do to ramp up production? >> absolutely. we're doing it as fast as we can. one of the big challenges is this has moved from a science exercise to an engineering one. there are many steps in making a vaccine you have to plan for

so there is a very strong short interest in natural gas equities the appalachia region, there has been a very strong initiative to have capacity discipline and strengthen the balance sheets, and when you're looking for equity opportunities, i would look specifically towards natural gas. you'll find them, diversify north american plays, whether it's denver or eog, or as i mentioned before, cnx, and southwestern energy, eqt, come stock, these are the names that investors should be focusing on because of what we're seeing with ercot in texas. >> what about renewables i'm just trying to figure out what the world looks like. i'm worried that the new administration could -- that this could become more common, maybe, joe are you worried about that with some of the actions we're seeing so far >> it will become more common. this probably, we've witnessed it in california this will extend towards california when you look at the structure of electricity providers in texas, it is not a capacity provider structure what do i mean by that in the eastern united states, you have capacity providers. joe

he was organizing in appalachia and the borderlands and the rio grande. that poverty threatened the foundations of the country as well. king is often invoked as a rearguard action, detained radical politics in this country and in order to do that we must in some ways kill him over and over again. in 1963 and not look at the entire arc of his witness in his life sacrifice. host: some people are seeing a fictionalized version of malcolm x in the movie one night in miami. what is malcolm x's legacy in terms of his influence on the discussion today on race relations? prof. glaude: malcolm is a complicated figure. you see on award-winning biography. there is a sense in which there is still a lot of interest in malcolm. there is a kind of truth telling, willingness to say explicitly what is the problem and challenge white america and racism directly. we know that the last few days, the last 300 plus days of his life he has been trying to figure out how to speak to the complex issues of race in this country. we see them work searching through the economic system