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Christopher rotty, writer, tracker with a substack who walks through the country talking to average americans and also the author of the book "dignity," seeking respect in back roads america. i speak to you all from insider and outsider points of view. magdi, let me start with where you started this week where you argued bidens policies are more popular than he is. thats a mismatch we dont really normally see. you say for the first time in the modern era the link between the president and agenda...

United states. the united states has only vaccinated 60% of its population fully despite having free vaccine and in ready availabilities for months. so in the united states we are not going to be safe until everyone in this country is safe. and there are ten states in this country that have fully vaccinated less than 50% of their population. so those are absolutely big stories that the media is not covering now and that this story really uncovers. >> personally, im looking at some of the coverag...

Representative ilhan omar. but shes constantly in the news because of what you said, flood-the-zone strategy. its a variation of what we dealt with for years with donald trump but that we are seeing on a more local or regional level. youre saying you have journalists privately agreeing with you. why is it some feel restrained in calling this problem out? >> i think national journalists have been at the vanguard of this because you saw it happen at the national level. now i think its time for loc...

Find a home anywhere where fox, even on the news shows? >> brian, i think you have written very well on this subject, so you know it better than i do, but there is, of course, what i call the casablanca problem. theyre shocked, shocked, that lie u.s. and disinformation is going on here, its the straw that breaks the camels back and that invites all of the criticism of kazee, untrue, dangerous things tucker carlson said during the campaign, that wasnt the straw that broke the camels back. that is...

But i dont think advocating for look, biden is doing a really good job on passing these bills that may or may not have a short-term effect on the actual crisis, thats part of the problem. >> magda, you were -- in your writing you acknowledged you voted for biden. so youre one of the cheerleaders, i suppose, susan refers to. what do you want to see from the medias coverage? >> i am a cheerleader for biden. and for democrats fully a genery to their agenda. i will say that. but i want to point out ...