that shot? see i got him. i m good. the vaccination rate among adults in panola, alabama is now 94% and it is 100% among people over the age of 65. joining us now is dorsey all over from panola, alabama, also with us jeremy levine and rachel de proof who directed and produced the panola project for and dorothy oliver, let me begin with you would give you the idea to be the person who made sure everyone was getting vaccinated? because i saw the seriousness of this disease. i decided that i ll just take charge and talk to everybody that comes into the store, wherever i go, talk to them and
town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, but this small town is a remarkable success story thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the towns vaccinated. it s really an amazing sort, we re gonna do that later in the hour. that is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this, and on a night like this, i m going to sit here and watch it. thank you for finding that story, and thank you for telling me that is ahead. that is what i need. that s what s coming up. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. last night on this network, and unnamed american military source in afghanistan was quoted as saying that what we are seeing now in the american evacuation of afghanistan s worse, much worse than what we saw in 1975, and the american
scared, i don t want to get it. and some say, i m just gonna wait until somebody else see how other things are going to go. i m just gonna wait. and then i ll probably take it. how did you feel when you got to 100% of people 65 and over? oh goodness, i felt real good. and i felt like we were making progress and when we got far, i wanted to shout, because i know we ve had to get a good job to get everybody to get the shot. rachel, how did you find dorothy and bring her story to us? we were living in alabama at the time and actually heard
today at the pentagon briefing, the pentagon briefing that the transition from the huge emergency evacuation operations in afghanistan, to the deployment of disaster medical teams from the defense department to u.s. hospitals overwhelmed by covid, starting with one in louisiana. then they moved on to a long list of coast guard and navy and other military resources they are deploying right now to help with the rescue and recovery operations in hay haiti after the earthquake, including multiple field hospitals that are going to haiti as we speak. the reason the news feels heavy tonight is because it is. we pray for better days ahead. that s gonna do it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow, come hell or high water, now it s time for the last word. good evening, rachel. we will continue to grim news here, but we are also going to have some good news in this hour. and actually good news on the vaccination rate in one small