>>> TONIGHT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION'S
SWEEPING NEW
VACCINE MANDATE
DEADLINE FOR 84
MILLION AMERICANS.
WORKERS AT PRIVATE
COMPANIES
WITH 100 OR MORE
EMPLOYEES NOW
REQUIRED TO GET FULLY
VACCINATED
BY JANUARY 4th OR FACE
WEEKLY
TESTING.
THE BACKLASH GOP-LED
STATES
MOUNTING LEGAL
CHALLENGES.
COULD THEY BLOCK IT?
>>> JUST IN, REPORTS
OF A
SHOOTING POPULAR WITH
AMERICAN
TOURISTS.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT THE
ELECTION
FALL-OUT.
GROWING PRESSURE ON
DEMOCRATS TO
PASS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
SPENDING
PLAN AFTER
DISAPPOINTING LOSSES.
COULD THERE FINALLY BE
A VOTE
THIS WEEK?
>>> CONTROVERSY IN THE
TRIAL OF
THREE WHITE GEORGIA
MEN.
CHARGED WITH KILLING
AHMAUD ARBERY, A BLACK
MAN.
THE JURY NEARLY ALL
WHITE.
THE JUDGE SAYING IT
APPEARS TO
BE INTENTIONAL
DISCRIMINATION.
WHY HE WON'T
INTERVENE.
>>> THE SEASON'S FIRST
COLD
SNAP.
28 MILLION UNDER
FREEZE ALERTS
FROM TEXAS TO NEW
JERSEY.
OUR JOURNEY ACROSS
AMERICA TO
NASHVILLE.
THE MISSION TO FEED
HUNGRY
FAMILIES.
OUR VISIT TO A GROCERYND HIS
WIFE WHERE THE FOOD IS
FREE.
>>> INSIDE THE MOTHER
CHURCH OF
COUNTRY MUSIC.
MY ONLY CHANCE TO PLAY
ON STAGE
WITH SUPERSTAR MICHAEL
WRAY.
>> THIS IS NBC
"NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
LESTER HOLT.
ACROSS AMERICA.
REPORTING TONIGHT FROM
NASHVILLE.
>>> GOOD EVENING FROM
ONE OF THE
MOST LEGENDARY STAGES
IN ALL OF
MUSIC.
THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM
IN
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE IS STOP
NUMBER FOUR
IN OUR WEEK LONG
JOURNEY ACROSS
AMERICA.
WE WILL DIVE INTO THE
RICH
HISTORY OF THIS PLACE
AND HAVE
MUCH MORE FROM
NASHVILLE
SHORTLY.
>>> BUT OUR TOP STORY
IS ONE
THAT WILL SOON IMPACT
TWO-THIRDS
OF THE AMERICAN
WORKFORCE.
NEW FEDERAL
REGULATIONS PUTTING
THE ONUS ON ALL BUT
THE SMALLEST
EMPLOYERS TO SEE THEIR
WORKERS
ARE FULLY VACCINATED
AGAINST
COVID-19 OR THAT THEY
ARE TESTED
WEEKLY.
COMPANIES NOW GIVEN
TWO MONTHS
TO COMPLY OR FACE
HEAVY FINES.
THE REGULATIONS A
FOLLOW-ON TO AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED
BY PRESIDENT BIDEN IN
SEPTEMBER.
THE WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT VOWING TO DO
EVERYTHING IT CAN TO
MAXIMIZE COMPLIANCE
WITH THE MANDATE.
GABE GUTIERREZ HAS
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: AFTER
MONTHS OF VOCAL
OPPOSITION, YET
REMARKABLE COMPLIANCE,
THE NEW
COVID VACCINE MANDATE
COVERING A STAGGERING
84 MILLION PEOPLE.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE U.S.
WORKFORCE.
IT REQUIRES COMPANIES
WITH 100 OR MORE
EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE
THEY'RE EITHER FULLY
VACCINATED AGAINST
COVID BY JANUARY 4th
OR TESTED WEEKLY.
THE ORDER DOES NOT
REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO
PAY FOR THE TEST.
THOUGH, UNION
AGREEMENTS MIGHT
REQUIRE SOME EMPLOYERS
TO FOOT THE BILL.
>> THE IDEA BEHIND
THIS IS NOT TO SPEND
HOURS AND HOURS AND A
LOT OF PUBLIC MONEY IN
COURT.
THE INTENT BEHIND THIS
IS TO GET THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF WORKERS
IN THE WORKPLACE, PUT
THAT FRONT AND CENTER.
>> Reporter: U.S.
LABOR SECRETARY MARTY
WALSH SAYS THE RULE
WILL BE ADMINISTERED
BY OSHA.
THE OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION.
FINES COULD REACH
NEARLY $14,000 PER
VIOLATION.
HOW EXACTLY DO YOU
PLAN TO ENFORCE THIS?
>> OSHA HAS DONE THIS
WORK FOR OVER 50
YEARS, AND EMPLOYERS
KNOW THE WAY TO WORK
WITH OSHA ON THIS
THING.
>> Reporter: STARTING
DECEMBER 5th, COVERED
EMPLOYERS WILL ALSO BE
REQUIRED TO GIVE
WORKERS PAID TIME OFF
TO GET VACCINATED, AS
WELL AS SICK LEAVE TO
RECOVER FROM SIDE
EFFECTS.
TODAY DURING A SENATE
HEARING, THE CDC
DIRECTOR
ROCHELLE WALENSKY AND
ANTHONY FAUCI DEFENDED
THE RESPONSE.
>> WE KNOW THAT
MANDATES WORK.
IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
AT UNITED AIRLINES OR
THE HOUSTON MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION OR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE MANDATED, IT
WORKS 99% PLUS.
>> Reporter: BUT
MANDATES REMAIN A
FLASH POINT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
FROM LAS OS ANGELES
TODAY --
>> NO ONE SHOULD LOSE
THEIR JOB OVER A
VACCINE MANDATE.
>> Reporter: TO
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
THIS WEEK WHERE DOZENS
OF WORKERS WALKED OFF
THE JOB.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE A COMPANY
ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND
TALK AND COME WITH
CLEAR, OPEN AND HONEST
COMMUNICATIONS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
SOME STATES ARE
PLANNING TO SUE AFTER
THIS LATEST MANDATE
AFTER
ALREADY DOING SO AFTER
A PREVIOUS REQUIREMENT
FOR FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS.
IN HOUSTON, BRIAN IS A
CEO OF A SUPPLY CHAIN
LOGISTICS COMPANY WHO
IS CONCERNED ABOUT
EMPLOYEES LEAVING IN A
TIGHT LABOR MARKET.
>> I HAVE REAL MIXED
EMOTIONS BECAUSE ON
THE ONE HAND I KNOW
THAT THE VACCINE IS
OUR ONE-WAY TICKET OUT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
ON THE OTHER, THERE IS
A CERTAIN REALITY OF
MANAGING OUR EMPLOYEE
BASE AND RUNNING OUR
COMPANIES AND THOSE
TWO MAY BE ON A BIT OF
A COLLISION COURSE.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND
OUT.
>> GABE, WHAT ABOUT
STATES LIKE TENNESSEE
WHERE I AM THAT HAVE
LAWS OR EXECUTIVE
ORDERS BANNING VACCINE
MANDATES?
>> Reporter: YES, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
SAYS BECAUSE THIS NEW
RULE IS UNDER OSHA,
IT SUPERCEDES ANY
LOCAL RESTRICTION.
OF COURSE OPPONENTS
WILL NO DOUBT TAKE
THIS TO COURT.
LESTER?
>> GABE GUTIERREZ IN
NEW YORK TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>> WE'LL TURN TO THE
BREAKING NEWS NOW OUT
OF CANCUN, MEXICO.
REPORTS OF
AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT A
BEACH RESORT POPULAR
WITH AMERICAN
TOURISTS.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO
MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
MIGUEL, WHAT DO WE
KNOW?
>> Reporter: WELL,
LESTER, GOOD EVENING.
WE'RE GETTING NEW
DETAILS ABOUT THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
RIGHT NOW.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN MEXICO SAYS THERE
WAS AN ALTERCATION
BETWEEN SEVERAL DRUG
DEALERS ON A BEACH
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED
NEAR THE HYATT CANCUN
RESORT.
A LOCAL NEWS OUTLET
REPORTS THAT
AT LEAST EIGHT ARMED
GUNMEN ENTERED THE
HOTEL CARRYING LONG
GUNS.
THE COMMOTION SENT
TOURISTS SCRAMBLING.
IMAGES COMING IN TO
NBC NEWS SHOWS SOME
TAKING COVER IN THE
RESORTS CORRIDORS AND
THEN LATER GUESTS
GATHERING IN THE HOTEL
LOBBY.
MEXICO'S SECRETARY OF
PUBLIC SECURITY SAYS
TWO PEOPLE DIED, BOTH
BELIEVED TO BE DRUG
DEALERS.
AT THIS HOUR, IT
APPEARS NO TOURISTS
WERE INJURED AND THE
GUNFIRE, THANKFULLY,
LESTER, SEEMS TO BE
OVER.
LESTER?
>> FRIGHTENING,
THOUGH.
ALL RIGHT, MIGUEL.
THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO WASHINGTON
AND THE GROWING DRAMA
AMONG DEMOCRATS AFTER
THOSE MAJOR ELECTION
VICTORIES FOR
REPUBLICANS.
TONIGHT HOUSE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI PUSHING
TO PASS THE
PRESIDENT'S MASSIVE
SPENDING PLANS,
SUGGESTING DEMOCRATS
FAILURE TO ACT LED TO
THOSE BIG LOSSES.
KRISTIN WELKER NOW
WITH THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE
DISMAL RESULTS FOR
DEMOCRATS ON ELECTION
DAY, NEW URGENCY
TONIGHT ON CAPITOL
HILL.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI SAYING SHE
WANTS A VOTE ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TWO
MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR
SPENDING PLANS BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PASS
BOTH BILLS.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO,
WE HAVE TO HAVE VOTES
FOR BOTH BILLS, AND
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
>> Reporter: PELOSI
PRESSED BY NBC'S
GARRETT HAAKE
ON WHETHER DEMOCRATIC
INACTION WAS TO BLAME
FOR THE ELECTION DAY
DEBACLE.
DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS
WERE PENALIZED FOR
HAVING NOT GOTTEN
THESE THINGS DONE?
>> THERE IS NO
QUESTION.
THE MORE RESULTS WE
CAN PRODUCE IN A WAY
THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
IN THEIR LIVES, THE
BETTER IT IS.
>> Reporter: IT COMES
AFTER REPUBLICANS WON
STUNNING VICTORIES IN
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
FOR GOVERNOR AND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
AND IN DEEP BLUE NEW
JERSEY THE AP NOW
PROJECTING ANOTHER
SURPRISING UPSET.
THE POWERFUL
DEMOCRATIC STATE
SENATE PRESIDENT --
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS EDWARD
DURR.
I'M RUNNING FOR NEW
JERSEY STATE SENATE.
>> Reporter: OUSTED BY
A LITTLE KNOWN
REPUBLICAN TRUCKDRIVER
FOR A FURNITURE STORE
WHO SHOT HIS CAMPAIGN
VIDEOS ON HIS PHONE.
MODERATE DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR JOE MANCHIN
ARGUING THE REPUBLICAN
VICTORIES ARE A SIGN
VOTERS DON'T WANT TO
RUSH INTO MORE MASSIVE
SPENDING.
>> PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED.
THEY'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT INFLATION.
THEY'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DEBT.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
IT.
BUT THEY ARE
CONCERNED.
>> Reporter: BUT
PROGRESSIVES SAY THE
TAKEAWAY IS JUST THE
OPPOSITE, THAT VOTERS
WANT THEM TO GO BIG.
NOW THEY'RE BACKING
PELOSI'S LAST-MINUTE
DECISION TO PUT FOUR
WEEKS OF PAID FAMILY
LEAVE BACK INTO THE
PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL
SPENDING PLAN, DESPITE
THE FACT
THAT MANCHIN HAS
SIGNALLED OPPOSITION.
>> MILLIONS OF WOMEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
OUTRAGED THAT ONE MAN
WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO PAID
LEAVE.
>> Reporter: BUT
TONIGHT TOP
REPUBLICANS ARGUE THE
ELECTION WAS A REBUKE
OF THOSE DEMOCRATIC
PROPOSALS.
>> IT'S THE CRAZIEST
THING I HAVE EVER
SEEN.
THESE PEOPLE ARE
GOVERNING LIKE THEY
HAVE A MANDATE TO
BUILD THE COUNTRY.
IT'S BUILD BACK
SOCIALISM.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
TOP HOUSE DEMOCRATS
ARE SCRAMBLING TO
SECURE THE VOTES TO
PASS BOTH BILLS BUT
SOME HOUSE MODERATES
REMAIN HESITANT.
NOW WE HAVE LEARNED
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
MAKING PHONE CALLS TO
TRY TO WIN OVER THOSE
DEMOCRATS.
LESTER?
>> KRISTIN WELKER AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THANKS.
>>> THERE IS BREAKING
NEWS FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT FILING A
LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS
OVER ITS NEW VOTING
LAW.
THE LAW SIGNED BY
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT IN
SEPTEMBER LIMITS DROP
BOXES AND REQUIRES
VOTER ID FOR ABSENTEE
BALLOTS AMONG OTHER
PROVISIONS.
THE SUIT ALLEGES THE
LAW VIOLATES
PROTECTIONS FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS AND VOTING
ACCESS.
TEXAS HAS YET TO
RESPOND.
>>> IN GEORGIA, A
CONTROVERSY ON THE EVE
OF TESTIMONY IN THE
MURDER TRIAL OF THREE
MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING
AHMAUD ARBERY, THE
YOUNG BLACK MAN WHO
PROSECUTORS SAY WAS
JOGGING WHEN HE WAS
SHOT AND KILLED BY THE
MEN.
JUST ONE OF THE JURORS
WHO WILL DECIDE THE
CASE IS BLACK.
RON ALLEN IS THERE.
>> AHMAUD ARBERY!
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
PASSION RUNNING HIGH
IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE
AHMAUD ARBERY WAS SHOT
AND KILLED ALMOST TWO
YEARS AGO.
ANGER ONLY ONE BLACK
JUROR WAS SELECTED TO
DECIDE A CASE THAT
ARBERY'S FAMILY
SUPPORTERS HAVE CALLED
A MODERN DAY LYNCHING.
>> IT WAS VERY
DISTURBING WHEN WE
FOUND OUT THAT
WE HAD ONE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
THE REST WAS WHITE.
>> Reporter: DO YOU
STILL THINK YOU WILL
GET JUSTICE?
>> I DO THINK THAT
WITH THE EVIDENCE THE
STATE HAS THAT WE WILL
GET JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: GREGORY
McMICHAEL, HIS SON
TRAVIS AND A NEIGHBOR
WILLIAM "RODDIE" BRYAN
FACE NINE COUNTS EACH,
INCLUDING MURDER,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND
ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING.
ACCUSED OF CHASING,
SHOOTING AND KILLING
AHMAUD ARBERY.
THEY HAVE ALL PLEADED
NOT GUILTY.
NOW,
AFTER QUESTIONING
HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL
JURORS IN A COUNTY
THAT'S ABOUT 26%
BLACK, 11 WHITE AND 1
BLACK JUROR SELECTED.
THE DEFENSE USING ITS
LEGAL CHALLENGES TO
ELIMINATE 11 POTENTIAL
BLACK JURORS FROM THE
JURY POOL ON THE FINAL
DAY.
>> THIS COURT HAS
FOUND THAT THERE
APPEARS TO BE
INTENTIONAL
DISCRIMINATION.
>> Reporter: HE ADDED
GEORGIA LAW PREVENTS
HIM FROM TAKING ACTION
BECAUSE
THE ATTORNEYS GAVE
REASONS OTHER THAN
RACE FOR THE
DISMISSALS LIKE
INSISTING THE
PERSPECTIVE JURORS
COULD NOT BE
IMPARTIAL.
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT
THE COURT IS TO
DECIDE.
ARE THOSE RACE NEUTRAL
EXPLANATIONS THAT WERE
OFFERED, ARE THEY
SATISFACTORY?
AND IN THIS CASE, THE
JUDGE SAID HE DID FIND
THEM TO BE
SATISFACTORY.
>> Reporter: NOW
PROSECUTORS EXPECTED
TO CITE ARBERY'S RACE
AS A SIGNIFICANT
FACTOR IN HIS DEATH
AND THE DEFENDANTS ARE
EXPECTED TO SAY THEY
WERE ATTEMPTING A
CITIZEN'S ARREST OF A
ROBBERY SUSPECT AND
WERE ACTING IN
SELF-DEFENSE.
THE JUDGE HAS TOLD
JURORS THE TRIAL
SHOULD LAST TWO TO
THREE WEEKS.
WITH AHMAUD ARBERY
SUPPORTERS AND
ADVOCATES WHO SEE THIS
WATCHING
CLOSELY EVERY DAY.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT.
RON ALLEN, THANK YOU.
>>> MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE IN FOR
THEIR FIRST FREEZE OF
THE SEASON.
28 MILLION UNDER
FREEZE ALERTS FROM
TEXAS
ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH
NEW JERSEY INCLUDING
HERE IN NASHVILLE.
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
AND MID ATLANTIC
TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10
TO 15 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE.
IN JUST 60 SECONDS,
WE'LL LOOK AT THE
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC
>>> HERE IN NASHVILLE,
THE CITY AND THE
SCHOOLS ARE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
ALTHOUGH YOUNGER
CHILDREN BECAME
ELIGIBLE FOR THE
VACCINE
THIS WEEK THERE IS
RESISTANCE HERE AS
ELSEWHERE AS MANY KIDS
AND TEACHERS ARE
HAVING TROUBLE IN THE
CLASSROOM.
NEARLY TWO YEARS INTO
THE PANDEMIC AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE NATION ARE
STILL STRUGGLING WITH
MASK MANDATES,
PANDEMIC LEARNING LOSS
AND STAFFING
SHORTAGES.
>> OUR PARENTS HAVE
BEEN TREMENDOUS
PARTNERS TO US.
>> Reporter: DR.
ADRIAN BATTLE IS THE
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS
HERE IN NASHVILLE, AND
SHE IS NOW FACING YET
ANOTHER HURDLE IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST COVID IN
THE CLASSROOM.
VACCINATIONS NOW
AVAILABLE FOR
ELEMENTARY-AGED KIDS.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
YOU GUYS.
>> IT AFFECTS US
TREMENDOUSLY.
WE WILL BE PARTNERING
WITH OUR LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TO BE
PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
STUDENTS, OUR YOUNGEST
TO BE VACCINATED.
IT GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK
WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO
KEEP OUR STUDENTS
TO BE SAFE AND KEEPING
THE CORE FOCUS TO
WHERE IT SHOULD BE
RIGHT NOW.
THAT FOCUS RIGHT NOW
SHOULD BE ON LEARNING
FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING SPACE.
>> Reporter:
TENNESSEE'S
VACCINATION RATE IS
LOW COMPARED TO OTHER
STATES.
LESS THAN HALF THE
POPULATION HERE IS
FULLY VACCINATED.
SO HESITANCY AMONG
PARENTS TO GET THEIR
CHILDREN VACCINATED IS
A CONCERN.
LAUREN LOWRY COVERS
EDUCATION FOR OUR
AFFILIATE WSMV.
>> THE DISTRICT IS
STARTING TO ROLL OUT
THESE EVENTS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING
TO SEE HOW MANY
PARENTS BUY INTO IT,
RIGHT?
THE EARLY POLLING IS
SHOWING THAT LESS THAN
30% OF PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO GET
THEIR KIDS VACCINATED.
>> Reporter: EARLIER
THIS YEAR, NASHVILLE
WAS A LITMUS TEST FOR
THE NATION.
>> WE WERE ONE OF THE
FIRST SCHOOL SYSTEMS
IN THE COUNTRY TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL IN
EARLY AUGUST.
>> WHAT WOULD YOUR
SUPER POWERS BE?
>> Reporter: JAIME
WOLINSKI WASN'T SURE
WHAT TO THINK WHEN
YOUR DAUGHTERS STEPPED
BACK INTO THEIR
CLASSROOMS.
>> WHEN I FIRST SENT
THE
KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL, I
FELT LIKE I WAS
SENDING THEM OUT TO
THE WILD, WILD WEST.
>> Reporter: JAIME AND
THE GIRLS ADJUSTED.
BUT --
>> I DO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE STARTING A
LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU
THAT I FEEL LIKE
EVERYONE IS.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS
GOING TO SEE THIS
GENERATION HAVE TO
ADAPT TO LEARNING AND
EDUCATION IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN
97% OF EDUCATORS
REPORTED SOME LEARNING
LOSS OVER THE PAST
YEAR WHEN COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE
2020/'21 SCHOOL YEAR,
STUDENTS WERE ON
AVERAGE FOUR MONTHS
BEHIND IN READING AND
FIVE MONTHS BEHIND IN
MATH.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO
CHART QUANTIFY THE
LEARNING LOSS AS A
RESULT OF ALL THIS?
>> WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO IDENTIFY IS
THAT THEIR PROGRESS
WAS NOT WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE YEAR OVER
YEAR.
>> Reporter: MARY
HOLDEN HAS BEEN
TEACHING ENGLISH FOR
19 YEARS.
>> I'M MORE CONCERNED
WITH THE LOSS IN
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
AREAS.
SCHOOL STARTED AND
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF
REALLY IMMATURE
BEHAVIOR.
>> Reporter: JUST ONE
MORE HURDLE IN AN
ALREADY INTENSE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THIS YEAR HAS
TURNED OUT TO BE THE
MOST CHALLENGING OF MY
CAREER.
WE ARE BEING STRETCHED
IN WAYS THAT I DID NOT
ANTICIPATE.
EVERYONE IS EXPECTING
THINGS TO BE NORMAL.
AND IT'S NOT NORMAL.
WE ACTUALLY NEED A LOT
MORE SUPPORT.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT
ARE YOU DOING FOR
TEACHERS THAT FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE BEING
STRETCHED TOO THIN?
>> WE'RE WEARING AN
ADDITIONAL
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING FOR OUR
ADULTS, NOT JUST OUR
STUDENTS BUT OUR
ADULTS, ADDRESSING
THEIR HEALTH NEEDS AS
WELL.
>> Reporter: DESPITE
IT ALL, MS. HOLDEN
STILL LOVES TEACHING.
>> WHEN YOU ARE IN
YOUR CLASSROOM AND
YOUR DOOR IS CLOSED
AND YOU'RE WITH YOUR
STUDENTS, THAT'S THE
HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD'S
BIGGEST STARS IS
MAKING A BIG CHANGE IN
THE WAKE OF THAT
DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE
SET OF "RUST."
DUANE JOHNSON PLEDGING
TO BAN REAL GUNS FROM
HIS SETS AFTER THE
DEATH OF
CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA
HUTCHINS.
JOHNSON SAYS HE
HE WILL USE RUBBER
SETS.
>>> UP NEXT FOR US,
THE COUNTRY MUSIC
STARS IN A VITAL AND
INNOVATIVE MISSION TO
>>> BACK IN NASHVILLE
NOW, A BOOMING CITY.
YET,
AS WE HAVE SEEN
ELSEWHERE, SOME ARE
LEFT BEHIND, INCLUDING
THE FOOD INSECURE.
THANKS TO A RECKONING
IN THEIR OWN FAMILY,
TWO OF THE CITY'S MORE
FAMOUS RESIDENTS HAVE
ADOPTED AN IDEA THAT
IS HELPING LIFT THEIR
GREATER
NASHVILLE NEIGHBORS.
FROM THE OUTSIDE IT
FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT
LOOKS LIKE ANY CORNER
STORE, WITH FRESH
VEGETABLES, CANNED
GOODS AND FRESH PICKED
APPLES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK
CLOSELY, SOMETHING'S
MISSING.
CASH REGISTERS.
WELCOME TO THE STORE,
A NASHVILLE NONPROFIT
THAT SEEKS TO FEED THE
FOOD INSECURE.
HERE AN ESTIMATED 15%
OF RESIDENTS NEED HELP
TO PUT FOOD ON THE
TABLE.
THE STORE'S TWO FAMOUS
FOUNDERS, COUNTRY
MUSIC STAR BRAD
PAISLEY AND HIS
ACTRESS WIFE KIMBERLY
WILLIAMS PAISLEY.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS
PARTICULAR STORE,
WHERE IT CAME FROM?
>> OUR KIDS WERE
ACTING OUT A LITTLE
BIT, AND I SAID TO
BRAD, WE'VE GOT TO GET
THEM INTO SERVICE.
>> SHE'S LIKE THESE
SPOILED BRATS ARE
GOING TO VOLUNTEER
SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW.
THEY NEED TO KNOW
THERE ARE HUNGRY
PEOPLE.
>> SO BRAD AND KIM
TOOK THEM TO VOLUNTEER
AT UNITY SHOP.
A FREE SUPER MARKET IN
CALIFORNIA THAT
SPARKED AN IDEA.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND HOW
PREVALENT HUNGER AND
FOOD INSECURITY WAS IN
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY?
>> I KNEW THERE WAS
DEFINITELY NEED, BUT
IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU
OPEN SOMETHING LIKE
THIS THAT YOU REALLY
SEE IT.
>> THE STORE IS
DIFFERENT FROM A FOOD
PANTRY.
CUSTOMERS WHO CAN
PROVE NEED ARE ABLE TO
SHOP FOR THE FOOD THEY
CHOOSE, FROM A VARIETY
OF FRESH, HEALTHY
CHOICES.
>> LET'S GET A FEW
CASES OF IT.
>>
COURTNEY, THE STORE'S
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO NEED HELP AND THE
EMOTIONS THAT COME
WITH IT.
>> WHAT WE WANT
FAMILIES TO KNOW IS
THAT THEY ARE SAFE
HERE.
THEY'RE VALUED HERE.
THAT NO ONE IS GOING
TO QUESTION THEIR FOOD
CHOICES.
>> THE STORE OPENED IN
MARCH 2020.
FOUR DAYS LATER, THE
PANDEMIC FORCED THEM
TO SHUT THE DOOR.
>> IT'S DELIVERY DAY
AT THE STORE AND WE'RE
ABOUT TO DELIVER.
>> SO BRAD AND KIM
JOINED WITH VOLUNTEERS
TO PICK, PACK AND
DELIVER GROCERIES,
PROVIDING MEALS TO
NEARLY 800 HOUSEHOLDS
WEEKLY.
MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION
MEALS IN 18 MONTHS.
>> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
WERE IN TEARS.
IT WAS REALLY A
REWARDING THING IN THE
MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE
MOST CHALLENGING TIMES
WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
THE STORE REOPENED TO
CUSTOMERS IN JULY.
>> SO OUR IDEA IS TO
GET PEOPLE BACK ON
THEIR FEET SO THEY
WON'T NEED US BEYOND A
YEAR.
>>> AND MICHAEL IS
RIGHT.
NOTHING LIKE PLAYING
THIS STAGE.
A BIG THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE HERE AT THE
RYMAN AUDITORIUM.
TOMORROW OUR JOURNEY
ACROSS AMERICA TAKES
US TO PHOENIX WHERE WE
TAKE AN IN DEPTH LOOK
AT THE OPOID CRISIS
THE CHANGING FACE OF
THE ELECTORATE, AND
WE'LL CATCH UP WITH
THE
FAMILY OF THAT BABY
WHO WAS HANDED OVER A
FENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.
THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS."
THANK YOU FOR