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But governor tate reeves im not going to have a governor come on to talk about other states, i want to talk about your state. we hope the case rate continues to go down and that the death rate follows and also goes down. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me on, jake. the coming week is critical for the biden legislative agenda. house progressives are warning they could sink a major bill. how will democratic leadership respond? well ask democratic whip jim clyburn nex...

Come on to talk about other states, i want to talk about your state. we hope the case rate continues to go down and that the death rate follows and also goes down. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me on, jake. the coming week is critical for the biden legislative agenda. house progressives are warning they could sink a major bill. how will democratic leadership respond? well ask democratic whip jim clyburn next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ �...

Hampshire ji got a lot done last year as a republican. we strengthened the new hampshire public health laws. we need to get the people to use all the tools we have available to us. vaccines are very important. we need to maintain the release of vaccines. it is a slow crawl at this point in time and the leadership in the house turned down $27 million for distributing vaccines in the state. makes no sense in the middle of a pandemic. but vaccines arent the only tool. theyre not effective in and of...

What is your sense of where we are with the delta variant and where this may be headed as we move into the colder months here? >> yeah, so one thing that many of us have really thought about the fall was that this would be very regional. delta changed that, of course. what we are seeing at this point today is that it is very regional now. we are seeing seven day national case rate and numbers of deaths declining. not at the speed i would like to see, but certainly declining. however, go to parts...

Nated. they have also been doing boosters since august. look what has happened with their overall case rate. they are at some of the highest levels they have been throughout this entire pandemic. so it will raise the question, are breakthrough infections right metric to really be measuring in terms of whether or not to boost? it is anybodys guess today. in the past weve had a pretty good idea of how the fda advisory committees would lean. here i think that there will be a lot of spirited debate ...

Consulting and associate professor at the university of virginia. hey, dr. hilton, you have republican lawmakers claiming that the federal vaccine mandate, quote, ignores the science. that hurts my head and im not even the scientist. new england two of us. how do you counter that. >> what is your place of employment in that the gop, what they have to realize is they literally are killing their own base. what we know for sure is that 30,000 americans died of covid in august. were on track to see ...

Initially not been in favor of vaccine mandates. now they believe they are necessary in some cases. well see how it goes once the labor department formally unveils this ruling. >> kaitlyn collins live at the white house. lets look at that very point kaitlyn is making. what are the numbers that drove the president to the change. heres the covid case rate. 150,000 new infections a day. it was down to 11,000 infections a day in june. back in may when the mask mandate started to be lifted, it was 35...

Races on the house and senate on a federal level keep your eyes on the legislative races in the states. thats a big push for democrats as they look to gain ground on republicans. that has been a big focus which has led to a majority in a lot of states. >> obviously a lot of elections are going to be won or lost in terms of how officials are judged in response to the coronavirus pandemic and where we stand next year. i know axios spoke to dr. anthony fauci. what did he say in terms of where we ar...

No one will get boosters until the fda says theyre approved, until the cdc advisory committee makes a recommendation. >> how will you make that decision? will you 100% follow the science? >> 100%. >> while five may be ready for that september 20th time frail, the moderna shot may take a few weeks later. and officials have said they are still studying whether you can possibly mix and match these booster shot vaccines. someone who received moderna might be able to receive pfizer as their booster s...

Would clear the boosters. i want to be clear, no one will get boosters up the fda says that they are approved, until the cdc advisory committee makes a recommendation. >> will you 100% follow the science? >> 100%. >> reporter: while pfizer may be ready for the september 20th time frame, the moderna shot may take a few weeks later. an officials are still studying whether you could possibly mix and match the booster shot vaccines so someone who initially received moderna might be able to receive p...