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>> yeah. >> when you reflect back on being vaccinated, some people were saying look at these breakthrough cases. why are people getting vaccinated. what do you say to those people? >> yeah, i understand their perspective, and i think theyre drawing a premature conclusion. vaccines do generally seem to be effective and have been really instrumental in helping us get a handle on this. but, you know, i think that people need to understand that they may not be 100% effective. but i would say that if...

Vegas, the most -- clark county, the most populous in the county. they will increase the rate of vaccination here in the state, but essentially you get the sense from health officials that the race is on to get people vaccinated before this gets much worse. john? >> for sure. you took us into the truth debate and brotherhood of the barber shop. ed lavandera, thank you very much. with new covid infections rising around the country, reports of breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated, while...

Whether to bring back masks eve for vaccinated people because o the rapid spread with the delta variant. the president also said the cdc is likely to update its guidanc for kids in school which was just released less than two weeks ago, they said at that time the kids who have had the vaccine dont need the masks we were told. >> the cdc is going to say that what you should do is everyone over the under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school, thats probably whats going to happe...

The white house says they will wait to change their health protocols until the cdc says so. the cd says no changes at this time, but up on the capitol, the attending physician rights to members, individuals have the personal discretion to wear a mask and future developments in the coronavirus delta variant local threat may require the resumption of mask wearing for all, as now seen in several counties in the united states. the white house is still thanking these legislators for taking a stand on...

Actually shows is that how effective the vaccines are. this persons case was mild. as we know, when you get vaccinated you are protected from the most severe cases of covid, protected from death. what we see is all the people in the hospital now with covid, 97% of them are unvaccinated, and 99.5% of recent deaths from covid are in people who are unvaccinated. so this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated and breakthrough cases are going to happen, but theyre going to be mild. and we have the protoco...

Town hall from cincinnati as bipartisan talks continue to -- as bipartisan talks continue to reach a infrastructure deal. the president is expected to address the growing threat of coronavirus variants in the u.s., what weve been talking about all morning here. and joining us now ahead of tonights town hall is kate benningfield. great to see you. thanks for coming on. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> there is a white house aide vaccinated who has contracted covid. does this mean the ...

Merely an argument about the origins of covid, that clip is going to be shared most prominently on fox evening broadcasts, fox day time, conservative media, and online platforms. that is the hurdle the white house faces that they have in the disinformation campaign but also information that is going out into the ether that gets prominently featured but doesnt necessarily advance their objectives. >> yep, if there is an ernst team in a knife fight the ernest team often loses and is a giant distra...

From a bat, where did this originate from? how are we going to stop is happening again? are we facing more lockdowns in the future? there are a lot of questions people need and deserve answers to. heres what jen psaki has to say. >> is there any concern this trip that was intended to advocate for voting rights is a super spreader event in washington? >> i would say the characterization we are making from here, we understand there will be breakthrough cases. even vaccines that are incredibly effe...

Thank you so much. live for us from tokyo. lets talk about these breakthrough cases that were seeing and also what this means for young children who cannot yet be vaccinated. a biology professor at the university of massachusetts dartmouth with us now. and look, im sure that youre hearing from your friends, people around you, this is the hot topic, right, for vaccinated people. can we get it? should we be worried? what do you say? >> well, good morning, brianna. we know there are breakthrough ...

Young and healthy. those principles are still true despite what may be an increase in breakthrough infections. the data we have been using so far on masks have been in people unvaccinated and with the nondelta variant. we have to have some humility, maybe the data will change, but right now it does show vaccinated people are extremely low risk of transmission. >> julie: right. i want to switch topics to the white house, several people including white house staff and an aide for how speaker pelos...