Midmorning With Aundrea - March 11, 2020 (Part 1)

(Part 1 of 2) With a potential tsunami of coronavirus patients, hospitals across the US might not be prepared.

And we meet National Book Award winner and classically trained musician James McBride who discusses his latest book.

Pr preparing for coronavirus patients.

Are hospitals ready?

And, a conversation with author and muscian james mcbride.

Plus, on the road with steve hartman.

Midmorning starts right now.

Hospitals across hospitals across the country are struggling to keep up, as the number of corona- virus cases ásurgesá.

The nation's largest nurses' union says many hospitals are not átrulyá ready for an influx of people who will need testing and treatment.

Adriana diaz has the latest from chicago.

"hospitals hav fallen short when it comes to having enough of the protective equipment."

Sandy redding is the vice president of national nurses united - the nation's largest nurses union.

She says workers are not ready to handle coronavirus cases.

"we need to hav face shields, gloves and special gowns."

Locking them up and having to request for them."

Able to react quickly and swiftly."

Leaders at northwell health's l-i-j forest hills hospital in new york say they are ready.

Doctor teresa amato is the director of emergency medicine "what we ar doing right now is screen for anyone who is high risk."

Cough, sore throat and a fever doesn't mean you have the coronavirus.

We want to know have you been traveling...// "hav you come in contact with someone who has tested positive with coronavirus."

To cut down on the risk of overcrowding, some hospitals are asking patients not to rush to the emergency room.

"the first thin you should do is to call your own physician and to speak to them over the phone, and really get advice from them of what would be the next best step."

"the number on thing we do is access their medical stability via this virtual visit" "the number on thing we do is access their medical stability via this virtual visit" at rush university medical center in chicago doctors are now using virtual visits to prevent infected patients from entering the e-r.

Doctor meeta shah showed us how it works.

Ad - "why has th hospital decided to do this?"

"i think it's reall important that the patients get good education, be able to talk to a medical professional, while at the same time being able to stay at home."

The c-d-c's latest guidelines for hospitals preparing coronavirus include telephone advice lines and those virtual visits we showed you.

If you feel you have been exposed to the virus, doctors suggest calling ahead before showing up at the hosptial to reduce the risk of exposing others.

Adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago.

Ever wonder what makes your metabolism tick?

Meredith wood tells you how your body burns energy.

Who has the faster metabolism?

The bigger person or the thinner person?

If you guessed the thinner person, you would be wrong!

In fact, the bigger your body, the more calories you're burning.

That's because your metabolism has to work more in order to keep the body functioning and provide basic energy.

That's referred to as your basal, or resting, metabolic rate.

Have you ever tried to lose weight and the first 10 or so pounds come off much faster then the rest?

That's because as you lose mass, your metabolism doesn't need to work as hard as it did 10 pounds ago.

Of course, this is a general explanation on how many calories your body is burning at rest.

Several other things come into play, like your body composition.

Lean mass, which includes muscle, burns more calories than fat.

So the more muscle you have, the more calories you're burning.

And of course we can't forget physical activity.

Everything from walking to sprinting takes energy, helping us torch those calories.

For today's health minute, i'm meredith wood.

Social media is filled with beauty and dieting products.

But government regulators say one company made health claims that went too far.

Ftc is also warning social media stars involved with the company.

Michael george reports.

Teami markets many of its teas and tea infused beauty products as a way to help detox the body.

"all you have to d is drink tea, it's super easy, you drink your teami skinny in the morning and that helps supress cravings, boost metabolism and raise your energy 100% naturally."

"hey it's adi.

C-e-o adi halevy is featured in a number of teami's videos..

The company has also paid several social media influencers to promote it's products including jordin sparks and rapper cardi b... "and i want t thank teami - teami for helping lose the baby weight."

But in a new complaint, the federal trade commission accuses the company of misleading customers.

The agency says teami claimed ingredients in certain teas could not only aid in weight management but also fight against cancerous cells and decrease migraines.

16:22 "we allege i teami made health claims, claims that their products could cure everything from cancer to the common cold and that they didn't have a good evidentiary basis to make those claims."

F-t-c commissioner noah phillips says warning letters were sent to ten influencers for not clearly displaying they were being paid by teami.

"wher influencers fail// to clearly and conspicuously to talk about the fact that they are getting paid to put up the influence."

The agency says a social media post should include the hashtag ad - like this one from kylie jenner.

"if you're lookin to improve your lifesytle" we asked teami for comment but did not receive any response.

The company will pay a million dollar fine after reaching a settlement with the government.

The f-t-c says that money will be distributed to certain teami customers.

Michael george, cbs news, new york.

Journalist.

Author.

Musician.

James mcbride talks about his inspiration and his latest book when from newspaper reporter& to novelist& classically trained musician& and teacher& james mcbride is a 21st century renaissance man.

Mcbride's work has taken on some of the most profound issues in american culture& often with a cutting sense of humor.

Now he's out with his first novel since winning the national book award seven years ago.

It's called "deaco king kong," set i the tumultuous summer of 19-69.

Writing books has made james mcbride famous, but writing music may bring him his greatest joys.

James mcbride: music gives me a lot of-- it gives me a lot of framework.

Gives me a lot of motor to write, you know?

Both have allowed him to share experiences and lessons shaped by non-traditional beginnings.

James mcbride: 11:53:43 everything i've done in my career really has everything to do with my mother.//she was a white woman.

She raised 12 black children and at a time when that wasn't very popular.

Mcbride's work first gained national attention 25 years ago with the release of "th color of water" which paid tribute to his mother, ruth mcbride jordan - a jewish woman who in 1942 married a black man and was disowned by her family.

Living in public housing projects in the brooklyn neighborhood of red hook, they had 8 kids together.

James was the youngest.

His father, andrew mcbride, died while his mother was pregnant with james, but ruth remarried had 4 more children.

She raised all twelve in poverty.

James mcbride: my growing up years has given me the kind of insight into race and class that has been an advantage for me.

It's been an advantage for me as a writer, because i realized that deep down inside, it truly does not matter.

Jeff glor: what doesn't matter?

James mcbride: this whole business of race.

You know?

I mean, what difference does it make?//why?// i simply refuse to accept that white people can't dance.

And that black people can play basketball only.

And, you know, i-- that stuff is just puff and smoke.

It's just marketing.

Jeff glor: do people listen to that?

James mcbride: not all of the time.

I mean, one of the reasons why i wrote-- deacon king kong is because i wanted to show a world where people actually got along.

Deacon king kong, like many of his books, is inspired by real places and events.

It takes place in the same neighborhood mcbride once called home.

James mcbride: 12:06:09 when you write fiction, you create a world things happen.

So what happens is you hear people and then create-- characters are created in your mind based on or inspired by the people you meet.

And then they move in directions that you hope will show their better qualities.

The book tells the story of an aging amiable alcoholic who attends a church just like mcbride's.

James mcbride: 00:22:02 this church, my parents founded it in the living room of their home in the projects, which is across the street.

// it's a humble little place.

But it's-- it's where a lot of my personal history is.// i got married right here.

I got married right-- in this spot, where were standing.

Some of the characters in the book might seem familiar, if you saw spike lee's 2012 movie "red hoo summer."

Filmed on location at new brown memorial baptist.

"oh praise jesus!

"you don' remember me?"

"no sir mcbride co-wrote the screenplay with lee, but is open about his unhappiness with the overall depiction of churches in this and other films james mcbride: i didn't really feel that the-- the vision and version of the church that exists in red hook summer was something that i personally felt that-- proud of.// "you need help son and there ain't no harm in needin' help!"

"go on and lie right there in the pulpit!

Lie so god can strike you down, you hypocrite!"

James mcbride: fun and a lot of goodness in the church that most people don't recognize.

The stereotypical view of the black church is pretty bad.

Jeff glor: really?

James mcbride: i think so.

Yeah.

Because there's, you know, the movies.//the madea films with the-- you know-- tyler perry films where they're showing black women with wigs //and they're always going, "wh don't you come-- get over the"-- yo know?

You know, that's not funny to me jeff glor: i don't think tyler perry's trying to do that in-- in a nasty way.

You-- you just think-- don't think it's-- what you see in the church.

James mcbride: //i don't have any-- i don't have anything against tyler perry and his-- and his career.

But i think the depiction of women in church with wigs, hooting and hollering, always fat, and big, and ignorant is wrong.

And-- i could say that in capital letters with my name behind it.

I just think it's wrong, 'cause i don't think it's accurate.

Deacon king kong is mcbride's attempt to re- introduce the church.

A place where reconnects with his past.

A photo of the father he never met hangs at the entrance.

It's also where he comes to give back.

Every saturday morning for the last six years, mcbride has come here to teach a music class for neighborhood children.

These days, mcbride does most of his writing in southern new jersey in the quiet town of lambertville.

James mcbride: you have to be able to step back from a story to see it.//when i look back to new york from here, i can see it clearly.

He starts every project on an old smith corona typewriter, before transitioning to a computer.

Including the good lord bird which which won the national book award.

It was a crowning moment, but one that emerged from enormous personal pain.

Https://vimeo.com/8 0265588 "my mother died i january of 2010, my niece died a couple weeks later , and then my marriage fell apart."

James mcbride: my divorce destroyed me.

It just crushed me.

// i never expected that to happen.

And so-- it was a kind of wonderful moment of validation for me, i suppose, because it proved that i could write fiction.

'cause a lot of non-fiction writers can't make the-- the crossing to fiction.

And i think i made the crossing to fiction in part, because-- because i became willing to accept what god's purpose was for me.

Whatever that is.

That i can't-- i learned that i couldn't control things.

Mcbride says his dream in old age is to áteachá music full time.

Until then, he áwritesá it, along with his books.

Trying to bridge old divides.

And new ones.

James mcbride: we're living in some difficult times.

People make millions of dollars talking about our differences.

I don't believe that, you know, just be-- because a person likes a statue of general lee that they're a bad person.

Or if they voted for donald trump, that something's wrong with them.

Everyone has their own truth.

Jeff glor: so deacon king kong is your-- is your attempt at outreach.

James mcbride: well, it's my attempt to-- to get people to laugh at a time when it's-- was-- there's not a whole lot to laugh about.

And it's an attempt to get people to see that we have a lot more in common than we are different.

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