NOW
NOW ON
NOW ON SUNRISE, A NEW BATTLE IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONA VIRUS
AS MIINNESOTA WORKS TO STAY
A STEP AHEAD
>> OF HIS NEW VACCINE LOTTERY
GOING LIVE OVERNIGHT. WHO IS
ELIGIABLE AND HOW TO REGISTER?
IT COMES AS MIINNESOTA CONFIRMS
ITS FIRST KNOWN CASE OF A
NEW COVERT STRAIN FROM BRAZIL.
WE'RE WORKING TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS THIS MORNING . BUNDLE
>> UP A COLD DAY ON THE WAY.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW THOSE
AFTERNOON HIGHS IN WHEN
TEMPERATURES MODERATE. BREAKING
OVERNIGHT, AN APPARENT TORNADO
SLAMS INTO AN ALABAMA TOWN.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND RESCUE
CREWS GOING DOOR TO DOOR
OVERNIGHT. AND IMPREACHMENT
ARTICLE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE
SENATE. JUST HOW SOON THE TRIAL
COULD START AND WE COULD ALL USE
SOME FATHERLY ADVICE. TIKTOK DAD
GOING VIRAL AND WHY HIS LIFE
LESSONS GO FAR BEYOND BALANCING
YOUR CHECKBOOK. IT'S TUESDAY,
JANUARY 26. ELEVEN SUNRISER
STARTS NOW. AND I WANT
>> TO MAKE SURE THIS STATE AND
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY KNOW
THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE
A TEACHER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
TREATED WITH THE RESPECT
>> GOVENOR WALLS LAYING OUT HIS
DUE NORTH EDUCATION PLAN.
IT'S BUILT ON SEVEN PILLARS
TO FIX A CRACK CREATED BY
COVERED IN OUR KIDS CLASSROOMS.
NOW PARENTS HAVE MIXED FEELINGS
ABOUT THE PLAN. SO LET KNOW WHAT
YOU THINK BY TEXTING THAT NUMBER
RIGHT THERE. IT'S SEVEN SIX
THREE SEVEN NINE SEVEN SEVEN TWO
ONE FIVE. WE GET IT RIGHT
HERE IN STUDIO.
>> MIXED FEELINGS. GOOD WAY
TO SUM IT UP . YEAH. A LOT
OF PEOPLE I THINK IT WENT FAR
ENOUGH SOME THINKING WAS GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. RIGHT NOW LET'S CHECK
IN WITH GUY BECAUSE FROM
EVERYTHING I HEARD THIS
MORNING , IT'S GOING TO GET
COLD . I'D BETTER BUNDLE UP .
YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
GOING TO BE CONSISTENTLY
COLD TOO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. REMEMBER LAST WEEK
WE WERE UP AND DOWN. SO
CONSISTENCY WILL BE FRIEND.
COLD PAIN RIGHT NOW FEELS LIKE
MINUS FOUR AFTER YOU FACTOR
IN THOSE CHILLY WINDS COMING OUT
OF THE NORTH AT ABOUT 10 MILES
PER HOUR WIND CHILL THIS
MORNING . IT'S GOING TO BE
SUBZERO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
HOURS AND THEN IT'LL START
FEELING LIKE THE SINGLE DIGITS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. A BIT
MISLEADING, RIGHT, BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
TEENS TODAY OF ABOUT 17
AND WE'LL SEE A SUNNY CLOUD MIX
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I THINK MORE
SUNSHINE COMING LATE DAY HIGHS
AGAIN. YOU'LL SEE SINGLE DIGITS
FOR SOME LIKE ALEXANDRIA. AND AS
YOU LOOK FAR NORTH AND WEST
OF THE METRO, OTHERWISE MOST
OF US HANGING AROUND IN THE
TEENS TODAY AND SEEING A LOT
OF GREEN ON MY METRO MAP, WHICH
IS ALWAYS GOOD. YOU KNOW,
YESTERDAY MORNING WE HAD
A HANDFUL OF CRASHES
AND SPINOUTS. THIS MORNING WE
HAD A FEW EARLY ON NONE RIGHT
NOW, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS IF
YOU'RE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT
THE DOOR. BUT COMING UP IN
A LITTLE BIT, I HAVE SOME DRIVE
TIMES IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FROM
THE HORSE LAKE AREA OR IF YOU'RE
COMING ON NINETY FOUR FROM
ROGERS TO MAPLE GROVE IN A FEW
MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, LISA
>>, THANKS. NEW THIS MORNING .
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE STATE
LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR GETTING
A POVIDE 19 VACCINE IS NOW LIVE
>>. FOR THOSE WHO WERE
ELIGIABLE, IT COMES AS
HEALTH OFFICIALS WORK TO STOP
A BRAND NEW COALBED VARIATION
FROM SPREADING HERE IN
MINNESOTA. WE'VE GOT YOU
COVERED WITH ALL THE ANGLES THIS
MORNING . LET'S GET OUT
TO JENNIFER WHO'S BREAKING DOWN
THE SECOND TRY OF A NEW COVERED
VACCINE PILOT PROGRAM
IN MINNESOTA. GOOD. JENNIFER ,
GOOD MORNING . THIS SITE WENT
LIVE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, MAYBE
NOT SURPRISING. THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF INTEREST. HOW MUCH
INTEREST? CHECK THIS OUT.
OUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TRIED
TO GET ON THE SITE THIS
MORNING . HE GOT A FEW ERROR
MESSAGES AND THEN THIS 27
THOUSAND PEOPLE AHEAD OF HIM
IN LINE AND MORE THAN AN HOUR
WAIT. THIS WAS JUST MINUTES
AFTER THIS OPENED AT 5:00 THIS
MORNING . AN IMPORTANT POINT .
THE STATE TOLD US THAT THIS IS
NOT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
THE STATE SAYS THAT IF YOU HAVE
THE SAME CHANCE AT GETTING AN
APPOINTMENT, IF YOU REGISTER NOW
NOON, 10:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.
THIS IS FOR ANYONE 65 AND OLDER.
THEY CAN GO TO THIS SITE NOW
THROUGH FIVE O'CLOCK TOMORROW
MORNING AND ENTER THE STATE'S
VACCINE LOTTERY AND ALSO
REGISTER BY PHONE. EVERYONE WHO
ENTERS WITHIN THIS 24 HOUR
PERIOD IS REGISTERED FOR A
CHANCE TO GET APPOINTMENT TIME
AT ONE OF THE STATE'S
VACCINATION SITES AT WHICH
NEARLY 12000 DOSES OF THE PFIZER
VACCINE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED
TOMORROW EITHER BY TEXT , E-MAIL
OR PHONE. SO WHAT IF YOU ARE NOT
IN THE 65 AND OLDER CATEGORY?
WELL , HERE'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR
HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHEN YOU CAN
EXPECT TO GET YOUR VACCINE
>> IF YOUR 40 YEARS OLD
AND HEALTHY, YOU CAN EXPECT
TO GET YOUR VACCINE SOMETIME
IN LATE SPRING OR SUMMER,
PROBABLY AT A PHARMACY OR YOUR
CLINIC. BUT UNTIL THAT TIME
TO MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND SETUP
THESE POP UP SITES SO TEACHERS
CHILDCARE WORKERS ARE ALSO NOW
ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE.
THEY CAN REGISTER FOR AN
APPOINTMENT THROUGH THEIR
EMPLOYER SO SEPARATE FROM FROM
THIS LOTTERY SYSTEM. THAT'S
THAT'S GOING LIVE HERE THIS
MORNING . WE'RE TOLD THAT THERE
WILL BE A SPECIAL VACCINATION
EVENT FOR THEM LATER THIS WE GET
ROY WILLIAMS AUDITORIUM IN . ROY
WILKINS. WILKINS AUDITORIUM
RATHER IN ST. PAUL LATER ON THIS
WEEK. WE DO HAVE A LINK THOUGH
FOR EVERYONE IN THAT 65
AND OLDER CATEGORY WHO CAN
REGISTER. BEGINNING THIS
MORNING , WE DO HAVE A LINK
TO THAT VACCINATION SITE OR
THAT VACCINATION LOTTERY SYSTEM
AT KARE11.COM. I HAVE TO STRESS
IT IS A LOTTERY HAS NOT FIRST
COME FIRST SERVE. SO YOU DO AT
ANY TIME TODAY UP TO FIVE A.M.
TOMORROW MORNING . ALL RIGHT.
THANKS A LOT, JENNIFER . WELL ,
HE STILL
HE STILL
HE STILL >> QUESTIONS. WE'VE GOT YOU
COVERED HEAD ON OVER TO KARE11.
SLASH VACCINE TO READ MORE
ON VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
IN MINNESOTA ALL YOUR TIME. SIX
05 AND SUNRISERS LIVE TRACKING
ALL OF YOUR REACTION TO THE
ALARMING NEWS FROM STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS. WE LEARNED
A MINNESOTAN IS THE FIRST PERSON
IN THE U.S. TO TEST POSITIVE
FOR A NEW VARIANT OF THE
COVID 19 VIRUS THAT CAME FROM
BRAZIL. SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL
MEAN? WELL , RIGHT NOW
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS
THAT THIS STRAIN IS MORE
CONTAGIOUS BUT THEY DON'T KNOW
YET IF IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE
SICK. THE VARIANT IS CALLED
BRAZIL P ONE AND IT'S FOUND IT.
IT WAS FOUND IN SOMEONE WHO
ACTUALLY LIVES WITHIN THE METRO
AND RECENTLY TRAVELED TO BRAZIL.
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S NOT
A REASON TO BE ALARMED BECAUSE
VIRUSES DO MUTATE. BUT IT IS
CONCERNING THAT IT SPREADS MORE
QUICKLY. STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST
DR. RUTH LYNFIELD SAYS
THAT THESE CASES ILLUSTRATE
WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LIMIT
TRAVEL DURING A PANDEMIC AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. AND A BIG QUESTION
WE KEEP SEEING FROM
OUR SUNRISERS IS IF THE COGAT
VACCINE IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST
THIS LATEST STRAIN AND A SIMPLE
ANSWER IS YES. DR. LYNFIELD SAYS
THE TWO AVAILABLE VACCINES
PFIZER, PFIZER AND MADUNA
PRODUCE SUCH BROAD ANTIBODIES
THAT IT'S STILL LIKELY TO KILL
DIFFERENT COVERED VARIANTS. SHE
SAYS THE BEST THING WE CAN ALL
DO RIGHT NOW IS TO KEEP UP WITH
CODED PROTOCOLS LIKE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND TRY TO LIMIT
TRAVEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ASKING OUR SUNRISERS THIS
MORNING VARIANT JUST FOUND
HERE . DO YOU STILL HAVE PLANS
TO TRAVEL? DO YOU STILL HAVE
SPRING BREAK PLANS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE? TEXT US WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS. SEVEN
SIX THREE SEVEN NINE SEVEN. TWO
50. BUT DEFINITELY I THINK
WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL
TRAVELING AT AIRPORTS, HAVE BEEN
BUSY. SO I WONDER IF THE NEW CDC
GUIDELINES IN THIS NEW VARY. NOW
IN MINNESOTA GOING TO HINDER
ANYONE'S TRAVEL
ANYONE'S TRAVEL >> PLANS AND I'M NOT SURE LIKE
TO SAY TRAVELERS PICKED UP IF
HE'S GOING TO GO BACK. WHILE
PEOPLE START GETTING MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH THINGS,
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, FELICIA. AT THE CAPITOL
TODAY, WE'LL FIND OUT HOW
GOVERNOR WALZ PLANS TO PAY
FOR THE PANDEMIC. HE WILL
RELEASE HIS TWO YEAR
STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL TODAY.
IT'S EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 50
MILLION DOLLARS FOCUSING ON THE
STATE'S COVID RECOVERY. MORE
ON THIS COMING UP AT SIX 30.
WELL , THAT COMES
>> DAY AFTER MDH REPORTED
THE LOWEST NUMBERS OF BOTH
NEW AND 19 CASES AND DEATHS
THAT THE STATE HAS SEEN
IN MONTHS. SEVEN HUNDRED
AND NINETY FOUR NEW INFECTIONS
REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE LAST
TIME MINNESOTA SAW CASES
THAT LOW SOMEWHERE IN SEPTEMBER,
SEPTEMBER 30TH. NOW THE TWO WEEK
MOVING AVERAGE, AS YOU CAN SEE,
APPROACHING 1000 CASES PER DAY.
MDH ALSO SAYS THREE MORE
PEOPLE DIED OF COBBETT MATCHING
THE LOWEST SINGLE DEATH TOLL
THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE
OCTOBER 12TH SOMEWHERE AROUND
HERE . NOW OVER IN WISCONSIN,
SINGLE DIGIT DEATHS AS WELL .
EIGHT MORE PEOPLE REPORTED
TO HAVE DIED THE SECOND SINGLE
DAY DIGIT IN SINGLE DIGIT DAY
IN A ROW. BUT STILL IT IS TOO
EARLY TO TELL YOU. LOOK AT THIS
CHART HERE . IF THERE'S A TREND
GOING ON NOW, WISCONSIN ALSO
REPORTED UNDER A THOUSAND
NEW CASES, 946 AS YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT HERE , THE TWO WITH MOVING
AVERAGE. NOW UNDER TWO THOUSAND
CASES PER DAY AND NEW YESTERDAY,
THE STATE IS NOW SAYING NINETY
FIVE % OF PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING
>>. NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT
SOME OTHER TOP STORIES IN YOUR
MORNING RUSH. THE ARTICLE
OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS NOW
IN THE HANDS OF THE SENATE.
TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR A SECOND
TIME THE WEEK BEFORE HE LEFT
OFFICE. LAWMAKERS ACCUSING HIM
OF INCITING A DEADLY RIOT AT
THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIX.
THE SENATE TRIAL IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY
EIGHT. ANOTHER CITY IS EYEING
UP MINNEAPOLIS'S POLICE CHIEF
TO RUN THEIR DEPARTMENT. SAN
JOSE, CALIFORNIA HAS MEDARIA
ARRADONDO LISTED AS A POTENTIAL
CANDIDATE TO BE THEIR CHIEF. NO
FORMAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE
HAPPENED. AND A CITY
SPOKESPERSON SAID CHEAP
ARRADONDO REMAINS COMMITTED
TO MINNEAPOLIS
TO MINNEAPOLIS AND TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AT
MPB. GOOGLE MAPS WANTS TO HELP
YOU FIND A PLACE TO GET YOUR
COVID 19 BACK SEAT. THE TECH
GIANT WILL ROLL OUT A NEW
FEATURE SOON. IT WILL TELL YOU
WHERE TO GET THE SHOT IF AN
APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED. IF ONLY
CERTAIN GROUPS CAN GET
THE VACCINE AND IF THERE'S DRIVE
THROUGH OPTION AND RENNEY
HERE IS HOME SAFE. THIS
MORNING THE DOG WAS TAKEN IN A
CART THAT LAST WEEKEND
IN BLOOMINGTON. HE WAS FOUND
WANDERING IN BROOKLYN PARK.
A STOLEN SUV HAS NOT YET BEEN
FOUND. AND THAT'S YOUR TUESDAY
MORNING RUSH. WHAT'S
>> THE ONE THING WHETHER THIS
TUESDAY SUBZERO WINDCHILLS THIS
MORNING AND THEN IT'S GOING
TO FEEL LIKE THE SINGLE DIGITS
ALL DAY. SO DRESS FOR THAT.
AND AS PROMISED, IF YOU'RE
WAKING THE FOREST LIKE COLUMBUS
AREA THIS MORNING COMING TOWARD
694 DRIVETIME LOOKING GOOD.
AVERAGE SPEED RIGHT NOW 73 MILES
AN HOUR DRIVE TIME LOOKING AT
TWELVE MINUTES. WELL , THE 19
VACCINES ARE GROUNDBREAKING NOT
JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF
WHICH THEY WERE CREATED .
HERE'S MORE ON INGREDIENT.
THAT'S THE REAL GAME CHANGER.
>> BOTH PFIZER AND MADUNA
DEVELOPED THEIR CORONAVIRUS
VACCINES USING M R IN A.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHY
IS IT SO GROUNDBREAKING? MOST
VACCINES PUT A WEAKENED OR
INACTIVATED GERM INTO YOUR BODY
AND THAT GERM TRIGGERS AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE TEACHING YOUR BODY HOW
TO FIGHT BACK IF IT EVER
ENCOUNTERS THE ACTUAL FULL
STRENGTH THE GERM OR VIRUS.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW MRSA VACCINES
WORK. INSTEAD, MRSA TEACHES YOUR
BODY HOW TO FIGHT BACK WITHOUT
EVER EXPOSING IT TO THE ACTUAL
VIRUS. BUT HOW IMANI VACCINES
TEACH SOME OF OUR CELLS HOW
TO MAKE ONE PART OF THE VIRUS,
NOT THE ENTIRE GERM. IN THIS
CASE IT'S THAT SPIKE PROTEIN
THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN PICTURES.
ONCE A PROTEIN IS MADE, THE CELL
BREAKS DOWN THE M RNA AND GETS
RID OF IT ON ITS OWN. THE SPIKE
PROTEIN IS HARMLESS.
BUT SCIENTISTS FOUND IT DOES
TRIGGER AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AMONG
GERM FIGHTING CELLS. SO YOUR
BODY LEARNS WHAT THE INVADER
LOOKS LIKE AND STARTS BUILDING
AN ANTIBODY ARMY TO BE READY
TO FIGHT THE CORONA
>> VIRUS BEFORE IT'S EVER
ACTUALLY EXPOSED TO IT. FORMER
DIRECTOR OF THE CDC DR. TOM
FRIEDEN PUT IT LIKE THIS. THINK
OF HIM RNA AS AN EMAIL SENT YOUR
IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT SHOWS WHAT
THE VIRUS LOOKS
>> LIKE. INSTRUCTIONS TO KILL IT
AND THEN LIKE A SNAPCHAT
MESSAGE, IT DISAPPEARS. BUT WHEN
THAT MESSAGE DISAPPEARS, YOUR
BODY HAS INFORMATION IT NEEDS
TO PROTECT ITSELF
>> AGAINST THE COVORONAVIRUS
LIKE WE WERE HEARING A LOT
OF THESE LETTERS THROWN OUT
AND LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT
IT MEANT. BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT.
WHAT ARE WE
>> PUTTING IN MODERN TERMS
TO LIKE YAHOO MAIL AND SNAPCHAT
IS A LITTLE EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND. SIX ELEVEN RIGHT
NOW. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, AN
APPARENT TORNADO RIPS THROUGH
PARTS OF ALABAMA. WE GET A FIRST
LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AS TORNADO
WATCHES THERE ENDED JUST MINUTES
AGO. PLUS
AGO. PLUS
AGO. PLUS >>, FINDING THE RIGHT CREDIT
CARD FOR YOU FROM ZERO APRC TO A
DOUBLE BONUS MILES. WE FIND HOW
MUCH THESE INCENTIVES MAY
ACTUALLY COST YOU
>>. THEN HIS NAME IS BO AND HE'S
FILLED WITH FATHERLY ADVICE.
BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST AS TIPS
ON CHECKING YOUR OIL THAT HAVE
NEARLY A MILLION TIKTOK USERS
TUNING IN MILLION. AND THERE'S
STILL TIME TO JOIN IN ON THIS
CONVERSATION HAPPENING TODAY.
TEXAS, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
GOVENOR WALLS DUE