Chaos. As millions are set to expire this weekend, the american president is golfing. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Authorities in nashville, tennessee, are examining what could be human remains after the explosion downtown. All signs point to the blast being intentional. The mayor called it a deliberate bomb that was planted in a recreational vehicle. Video captured the moments before the explosion. If you can hear this message, evacuate now. If you can hear this message, evacuate now. So as you heard a recorded countdown warned people to evacuate the area before the explosion. It came from inside this white rv which had entered the area a few hours earlier. Police havent announced any suspects so far, nor has any person or groups claimed responsibility. Tasha explains what we do know at this point. Much of downtown nashville is under a curfew that began the afte
bring back its covid mask mandate. in court documents filed saturday a group of business owners and residents claim the requirement goes against the state s constitution and guidelines established by the cdc. philadelphia would be the first major u.s. city to reinstate the mandate, assuming it takes effect as planned on monday. the city s public health commissioner says cases have jumped in recent weeks and they re not alone. more than half of states are seeing a rise in cases. that s all the orange and red that you see there on that map. sparking concern philadelphia could be a preview of what s ahead for other cities. joining me now is dr. scott miskovic. he s the president and ceo of premier medical group usa and a national consultant for covid-19 testing. good to see you, and thank you, doctor, for all that you do. thank you, rosemary. good to see you. so in the coming hours philadelphia will become the
. reporter: as recently as last week new york city announced a multipoint approach that is meant to try to slow the spread that includes increasing the number of locations where people could get vaccinated and also where people could get tested and even making those home kits available for those who are not able to actually stand in line for hours at a time. but the big, big advice obviously coming from officials not just here in new york city but throughout the country. for the portion of the population that s not vaccinated to get the shot. if you already did to get boosted. and if you got boosted to get tested. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. and dr. scott miskovic is the ceo of premier medical group usa and a national consultant for covid-19 testing. he joins us now from hawaii. thank you, doctor, for all ha you do. thank you, rosemary, for having me. absolutely. and dr. anthony fauci says that omicron is raging around the world. and the cdc says unvaccinated people face 20
perpetuated in the web that we re never going to understand. and i do believe that we re going see this across the country as vaccine mandates go there will have to be some hard line health, that people will be losing their jobs. even in regular health care right now, if you accept medicare or medicaid within a short period of time, all doctor s offices, nursing homes, et cetera are going to face losing federal funding unless you have your staff vaccinated. so it s going to be a push. but i would have to say i believe we re going to get to a point. my prediction is we re going have mandatory vaccines just like we have mandatory school vaccines. seems to be the only way forward, doesn t it? dr. scott miskovic, thank you so much for speaking with us joinling us from hawaii. thank you, rosemary, and nice to see you again. you too. still to come, the first official results from a landmark election in germany. it s a big disappointment for the party of outgoing chancellor