GOTTEN
GOTTEN ONE OR IF IT'S THE WRONG AMOUNT. TWO >> NEWS I4@S BROUGHT TO YOU
IN HIGH DEFINITION4@ EXCLUSIVELY
BY TOYOTA AND LEXUS OF
KNOXVILLE4@ WBA.
OUR 10:004@ NEWS S4@TARTS NOWW @
SCARY >> SCARY TO SEND THEM
BACK LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK WE ALL FEEL THAT4@
WAY.
>> THOUSANDS OF KNOX COUNTY4@
STUDENTS RETURNED TO IN-PERSON
LEARNING TODAY WHILE SOME
PARENTS ARE CONFIDENT IN THAT4@
DECISION TO SEND KIDS BACK TO
THE CLASSROOM.
OTHERS ARE HAVING4@ SECOND
THOUGHTS.
NOWW KNOX COUNTY REQUIRES THOS4E
LEARNING DECISIONS OR RATHER
REQUIRED AT 11 WEEKS AGO.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE4@ HOLIDAY
SPIKE IN CAUVIN 19 CASES4@ AND
SOMETHING THAT WAS4@ JUST TOO4@
SOON.
TENNNESSEE REPORTER KATIE INMAN
TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
>> YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY FAILED
OUR CHILD AND >> THE DATA JUST
DIDN'T SUPPORT MY DECISION TO
KEEP THEM HOME ANYMORE.
WE ALSO HAVE TO JUST4@ REALIZE
HEY, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR
IS >> THAT WE HAVEN'T FELT
NERVOUS ABOUT IT AT ALL OR4@
QUESTIONED OR DOUBTED AT ALL.
THESE >> FOR KNOX4@ COUNTY
PARENTS ALL HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ON THE DECISION TO
SEND4@ THEIR KIDS BACK TO THE
CLASSROOM.
WE'VE >> GOT ABOUT THE PARENTS
OF 45 THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT
WANTED THE IN-PERSON
OPPO4@RTUNITY4@ SO WE'RE COMMITD
TO PROVIDING THEM.
THEY HAD TO CONFIRM THEIR
CHOICE4@ IN OCTOBER BEFORE A
SPIKE IN KOVIN 19 CASES WHEN WE
HAD TO MAKE >> OUR DECISION
ALMOST 11 WEEKS AGO.
YOU KNOW, WE FELT PRETTY GOOD
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SCARY.
IT'S SCARY TO SEND THEM BACK
LIKE THIS.
FOR SOME THE BENEFITS OF BEING
FACE TO FACE OUTWEIGH THE
RISKS.
MY >> KINDERGARTNERS NOT CAN
REMEMBER THE CEDEP.
I PRAY TO4@ GOD THAT SHE'S NOT.
REMEMBER THE CEDEP. I PRAY TO4@ GOD THAT SHE'S NOT.@ BUT LONG TERM NOT LEARNING4@4@ O
READ, NOT LEARNING HER SOUNDING
OUT HER LETTERS THAT IS GOING
TO BE A LONGER TERM DETRIMENTAL
EFFECT FOR HER THEN4@ CAUVIN.
OTHERS4@ WISH THEY COULD CHANGE
THEIR CHOICE NOW4@ BUT GO VIRTUL
.
GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES >> I
DIDN'T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT
.
I WAS JUST LIKE YOU KNOW
NUMBERS ARE4@ UP AND THEY'RE NOT
UP JUST A LITTLE THEY'RE UP
SIGNIFICANT.
CASEY >> S. SAYS THE CHOICE
DEADLINE WAS IN PLACE TO ENSURE
SCHOOLS COULD STAFF CLASSES.
ONE THING PARENTS4@ AGREE ON IS
FAMILIES THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO
DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM.
I JUST I JUST THINK THAT
WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOUR FAMILY
IS BEST.
I'M KATIE INMAN REPRORTING4@ NOW
ALONG WITH IN-PERSON AND
VIRTUAL LEARNING KNOX COUNTY
PARENTS ALSO H4@AVE THE OPTIO4@
ALONG WITH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL LEARNING KNOX COUNTY PARENTS ALSO H4@AVE THE OPTIO4@O
ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN HOME
SCHOOLING4@ NOWW SCHOOLS OPEN AS
KNOX COUNTY REPORTS A RECORD
HIGH4@ NUMBER OF NEW KOFOD 19
DEATHS.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS
13 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
THERE HAVE NOW BEEN TWENTY TWO
REPORTED4@ DEATHS IN THE FIRST
FIVE DAYS OF JANUARY.
THAT IS MORE4@ THE ENTIRE MONTH
OF OCTOBER.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSO4@ AT N
ALL TIME HIGH.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS TWO
HUNDRED FIVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
KNOX COUNTY ARE IN HOSPITAL
BEDS.
ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A RECORD.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
MARTHA BUCHANAN SAYS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
THESE NUMBERS ARE REAL PEOPLE4@
WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
>> WE URGE YOU TO REMEMBER THAT
THESE ARE NOT DEAD POINTS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE.
TODAY WE ARE REPORTING THAT 13
ADDITIONAL PEOPLE HAVE DIED
RELATED TO KIVON 19.
THAT'S 13 FAMILIES WHO ARE
BEGINNING 20 21 WITHOUT THEIR
LOVED ONES4@.
PLEASE THINK OF THESE FAMILIES
WERE MAKING YOUR DECISION TO
WEAR MASKS.
4@PHYSICALLY DISTANCE AND AVOID
GATHERING'S >> HOSPITALIZATIONS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE ALSO4@ AT N
ALL TIME HIGH.
MORE THAN THIRTY TWO HUNDRED
TENNESSEANS ARE4@ FINDING THE
VIRUS IN THE HOSPITAL AS WE
SPEAK.
THE STATE IS ALSO REPORTING
NINETY NINE NEW DEATHS BRINGING
THE TOTAL TO MORE THAN 70.
TWO HUNDRED AND IT'S MORE
PEOPLE THAN THE KNOXVLLE CIVIC
COLISEUM CAN HOLD.
>> MANY OF YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT
THE BEST WAY TO SCHEDULE AN
APPOINTMENT FOR A COVDI 19
VACCINE IN SEVERAL EAST
TENNESSEE4@ COUNTIES.
YOU CAN'T SET AN APPOINTMENT
BECAUSE AT LAST CHECK THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY VACCINE.
THIS INCLUDES MONROE FENTRESS
CUMBERLAND AND HANDCOCK
COUNTIES.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT4@ OF HEALTH
ABOUT THE SUPPLY.
IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE O4@F KNOX
COUNTY YOU CAN CALL THIS NUMBER
EIGHT SIX FIVE FIVE FOUR NINE4@
FOUR THREE FOUR THREE.
BUT BEWARE, LOTS OF CALLERS ARE
TELLING4@ ABOUT WAIT TIMES THAT
STRETCH MORE THAN AN HOUR AND
SOMETIMES THEY NEVER REACH A
HUMAN BEING.
HEALTH LEADERS SAY THEY HAVE
BEEN OVERWHELMED BY CALLS AT
THE MOMENT THERE IS NO OPTION4@
TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
ONLI4@NE >> UNLESS SHOT AND I4@
WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO CONSIDER
TAKING THEIR SHOT.
THIS MARK THE SECOND SHOT FOR A
WOMAN4@ KNOXVILE TAKING PART IN
TAKING THEIR SHOT. THIS MARK THE SECOND SHOT FOR A WOMAN4@ KNOXVILE TAKING PART INA
CAUVIN 19 VACCINE TRIAL.
CYNTHIA FINCH SAYS SHE'S DOI4@NG
IT TO HELP SET AN EXAMPLE4@
IMPROVE THE VACCINE IS SAFE.
REPORTER GRACE KING JOINS US
WITH MORE ON HER MESSAGE >>.
DO YOU HAVE ANY4@ >> DISCOMFORT
WITH YOUR LAST FOR CYNTHIA4@
FINCH, SIGNING UP FOR A VACCINE
TRIAL WAS THE RIGHT THING TO4@ O
.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR TO BE A PART OF A PROCESS
TO MAKE SURE THINGS GET RIGHT.
>> SHE KNOWS4@ SOME PEOPLE ARE
HESITANT TO GET THE COVDI 19
VACCINE ESPECIALLY
AFRICAN-AMERICANS >>, MANY OF
THEM VERY, VERY LEGITIMATE OVER@
THE HISTORY OF CHALLENGES WITH
BEING INVOLVED IN CLINICAL4@
TRIALS PROCESSES.
SHE'S NOT SURE WHETHER SHE GOT
THE PLACEBO OR THE REAL DEAL
BUT KNOWS SHE'S FILLING AN
IMPORTANT ROLE AS A CLINICIAN,
AS A PERSON OF COLOR, AS A
PERSON4@ WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT
HER COMMITTEE, HER COMMUNITY.
I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO BE A
PART A PART OF HOW WE CAN GET
THROUGH THIS4@ TOGETHER.
HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE FROM NO
TO MAYBE4@ TO YES.
SO I'M PART OF THE YESTERDAY
I'M GRACE KING REPRORTING >>4@
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE FOUND A
NEW STRAIN OF THE CORON4@A4@ VIS
IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THEY ARE
WORRIED IT COULD BE MORE
CONTAGIOUS THAN THE VERSION
SPREADING IN THE UK RIGHT NOW.
THESE NEW4@4@4@4@ STRAINS ARE LG
TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT
VACCINES AND WHETHER THEY WILL
BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THEM.
VANDERBILT DR. WILLIAM
SCHAFFNER SAYS WE'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
WE4@'RE >> INTERESTED IN WHAT TE
VIROLOGIST WILL TELL YOU OVER
THE NEXT T4@HREE TO FOUR WEEKS.
TELL4@ ALL OF4@ US ABOUT EXACTLY
HOW MUCH OF A MATCH THERE IS
BETW4@EEN THIS NEW STRAIN IN
SOUTH AFRICA AND OUR VACCINES
>>.
HE GOES >> ON TO SAY IF THERE
IS NOT A MATCH, MANUFACTURERS
WILL HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER
VACCINE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO4@ YOUR FORECAST RIGT
NOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT GATLINBURG
.
WELL, MAYBE WE'LL DO THAT A
LITTLE LATER.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK
RIGHT NOW AT THE RADAR AND AS
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ALL CLEAR
RIGHT NOW AT THE RADAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ALL CLEAR@ IN EAST TENNNESSEE
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TODD HOWE
JOINING US TODD.
GONNA TO BE A COLD NIGHT AHEAD
>>4@.
>> YES, IT IS.
CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO DECREASE
HERE IN THE VALLEY STILL
LOOKING AT SNOW SHOWERS ALL
GOING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
UPPER EAST TENNESSEE4@ COMING
DOWN FROM NEAR BRISTOL UP
TOWARD ABERDEEN, ROANOKE AND
INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND THAT
MAY BE THE START OF A PATTERN4@
AS FAR AS THE MOUNTAINS INTO
NORTH CAROLINA, PARTS OF
VIRGINIA.
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT4@ WINTRY
SYSTEMS TO TALK ABOUT AND
INCLUDING MAYBE AN AUNT NECK OF
THE WOODS OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO
SEVEN DAYS.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
OUR SEVEN DAY4@ FORECAST FOR
RIGHT NOW.
YES.
CLOUDS ARE DEC4@REASING AND IT S
GOING4@ BE A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREEZY EVENING RIGHT NOW AS
WELL WITH THE EVEN LOWER
WINDCHILL.
THERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
SNOW SHOWERS LINGERED IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
TEMPERATURE WISE, LOOK AT THE
CONTRAST 46 KNOXVLLE, 38 IN
CROSSVILLE, 36 IN HUNTSVILLE4@,
ONEIDA UP IN SCOTT COUNTY, 38
IN JAMESTOWN, 36 FOR YOU.
HLEP AND WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY
42 AND DANDRIGE MORRISTOWN 43.
A CHILLY 40 DEGREES FOR YOU IN
PIGEON FORGE AND SEVERE COUNTY
.
HERE'S OUR FUTURECAST.
AGAIN THOSE SNOW SHOWERS A SNOW
MACHINE MOBILING DOWN4@ AND SOME
DECREASING CLOUDS AND THEN
INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND
SUNSHINE RETURN AS WE GET INTO
YOUR WEDNESDAY PARTLY CLOUDY, A
DRY AND SEEMINGLY COUULD4@ DAY
COMING UP TOMORROW AND WE'LL
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT JUST AHEAD
.
THAT'S A LIVE4@ VIEW FROM OUR
GATLINBURG CAMERA.
THE MORE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING 46 AND KNOXVLLE.
BUT IT FEELS LIKE FORTY ONE
OUTSIDE.
BUNDLE4@ YOUR FULL FORECAST JUST
AHEAD ROB.
>> ALL RIGHT4@, TODD, THANK YOU
4@TODAY GEORGIA V4@OTERS ARE
DETERMINING THE BALANCE OF
POWER IN THE U.S. SENATE.
THEY'RE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS
IN TWO RUNOFF RACES.
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGERS.
THE REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK
AND JOHN OSSOFF TAKE ON
REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SENATORS
KELLY LUFFLER AND DAVID PERDUE.
COMING UP AT FIVE 30 WE WILL
TALK TO A LOCAL POLITICAL4@
SCIENCE PROFESSOR ABOUT HIS
ELECTION THIS ELECTION IN
PARTICULAR AND HOW IT IS MAKING
HISTORY.
ONE DAY BEFORE CONGRESS
CERTIFIES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
RESULTS, PROTESTERS ARE
GATHERING IN4@ WASHINGTON TO SHW
THEIR SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP AHEAD OF T4@ VOTE.
THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING ON
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO
BRAEK WITH HIS CONSTITUTIONALLY
DEFINED ROLE TOMORROW AND4@
NULLIFY JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY.
ALICE BARR HAS THE LATEST ON
THE STREETS OF THE NATION'S
CAPITAL TODAY SIGNS OF A
BREWING STORM.
>> I CAME HERE TO SUPPORT
DONALD >> TRUMP PRO TRUMP
DEMONSTRATORS RALLYING AS
CONGRESS PREPARES TO M4@EET
TOMORROW TO CERTIFY PRESIDENT
ELECT JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VICTORY >>.
4@THE PROTESTS FUELED BY THE SAE
MISINFORMATION4@ PRESIDENT TRUMP
PUSHED OVERNIGHT WHILE
CAMPAIGNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN
IN GEORGIA'S SENATE RUNOFFS.
>> THEY'RE NOT TAKING THIS
WHITE HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING4@ TO FIGHT LIKE,
I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT PUTTING4@ PRESSURE
>> ON VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
WHO SET TO PRESIDE OVER4@
TOMORROW'S CERTIFICATION URGING
HIM TO INTERVENE AND HELP4@
DELIVER A SECOND TERM >> GIRST.
IF HE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I
WON'T LIKE HIM QUITE AS MUCH.
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETING TODAY
QUOTE THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS
THE POWER TO REJECT
FRAUDULENTLY4@ CHOSEN ELECTORS.
CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS SAY
THAT'S NOT TRUE AND THAT PENCE
CANNOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO WAS SEEN
ENTERING THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY
TOLD VOTERS THIS WHILE CAMPAIGN@
IN GEORGIA.
TOLD VOTERS THIS WHILE CAMPAIGN@ IN GEORGIA.4@ I >> WANT TO ASSURE YOU I SHARE
THE CONCERNS4@ MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ABOUT VOTING
IRREGULARITIES4@ AND I PROMISE
YOU.
COME THIS WEDNESDAY4@ WE'LL HAVE
OUR D4@AY IN CONGRESS.
>> AT LEAST 13 GOP SENATORS AND
MORE THAN 100 HOUSE REPUBLICANS
PLAN TO REJECT4@ BIDEN'S
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.
THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS@
BUT ALMOST CERTAINLY WON'T
CHANGE THE RESULTS.
BECAUSE ENOUGH REPUBLICANS HAVE
SAID THEY WILL VOTE TO CERTIFY
BIDEN'S VICTORY IN WASHINGTON.
ALICE BAR, NBC NEWS4@ VICTIMS OF
THE CHRISTMAS DAY BOMBING IN4@
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE WANT TO KNOW
HOW THIS4@ SUICIDE BOMBER GOT TE
EXPLOSIVES.
REPORTER JEREMY FINLE4@Y IN4@
NASHVILLE EXPLAINS THE BOMBING
SUSPECT HAD NO LICENSE TO
HANDLE EXPLOSIVES BUT ALSO
FOUND OUT YOU DON'T NEED ONE4@ O
BUY THE MATERIALS >>4@.
THE >> EXPLOSION THAT TORE4@
THROUGH YOUR ROSES TATTOO
PARLOR LEFT HIM WITH A
DEMOLISHED4@ BUSINESS.
>> IT'S ABOUT 90 PERCENT GONE
AND A LINGERING QUESTION IT'S
VERY CONCERNING4@.
JUST A REGULAR PERSON CAN GET
SO4@ MUCH MATERIAL TO BUILD A
BOMB IN THIS SCALE >> TO EVEN
HANDLE EXPLOSIVES IN TENNNESSEE
.
YOU MUST HAVE A SPECIFIC
LICENSE.
STATE RECORDS SHOW WORNER
DIDN'T HAVE IT.
HOW >> DID SOMEBODY LIKE THIS
GET ACCESS TO4@ THIS BOMB MAKING
MATERIALS4@ IN THE FIRST PLACE?
UNFORTUNATELY >> IT'S
RELATIVELY EASY4@ WITH A RECIPE
OFF THE INTERNET TO PUT
TOGETHER A VERY TERRIBLE
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
>> SO WHAT DID WARNER USE4@ TO
CREATE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE?
THE ATF SAYS IT'S4@ STILL
INCONCLUSIVE >>.
I'VE DONE PROBABLY HUNDREDS4@ OF
EXPLOSIONS MYSELF.
BUT DAVID HYCHE WHO CONDUCTED
POST BLAST INVESTIGATIONS FOR
THE ATF SAYS THE HEIGHT OF THE4@
EXPLOSION INDICATES SUCH POWER
IT COULD BE A COMBINATION >>.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED ALSO IF@
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT EXPLOSIVES USED BY
THIS >> GUY4@ AMONG THE
POSSIBILITIES.
AMMONIUM NITRATE USED IN THE
OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING AND
SMOKELESS POWDER BOTH4@ CAN BE
PURCHASED BY ANYONE.
>> IF HE BOUGHT A SMALLER
QUANTITY4@, GOODLEY EASILY GO
UNDER THE RADAR AND ACQUIRE A
LOT4@ OF THIS EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL
>>.
PAUL ROSE4@ KNOWS IS WHATEVER
WARNER USED WILL HAVE4@ LONG
LASTING EFFECTS ON HIS VICTIMS4@
.
>> TO SEE YOUR LIFE OR GOING
DOWN THE DRAIN, IT'S VERY SAD.
4@A NEW MURAL HONOR4@S THE SIX
POLICE OFFICERS WH4@O HELPED
EVACUATE PEOPLE MOMENTS BEFORE
THAT BLAST.
THE MURAL IS AT THE HARD ROCK4@
CAFE SITTING IN A BOARDED UP
WINDOW OF4@ WHERE THE EXPLOSION
DESTROYED PART OF THAT
BUIL4@DING.
DESTROYED PART OF THAT BUIL4@DING.4@ THE PEOPLE4@ BEHIND IT THE I
BELIEVE IN NASHVILLE BRAND
DESIGN THIS4@ MURAL THE GROUP
SAID IT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
TO CELEBRATE THE HARROWING SOME
OF THOSE OFFICERS >> FOR US THE
COMMUNITY IS ALSO THE OFFICERS
AT RISK THEIR LIVES AND SO WE4@
WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT
WOULD HONOR THEM IN A4@ WAY FOR
THEM TO KNOW THAT WE WE
APPRECIATE THEIR SACRIFICES >>
.
BRO >> WILL HANG INSIDE WHEN
IT'S FIXED IN