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In washington but when you try to dictate behavior to somebody there will be pushback especially on the masks. >> dana: are you surprised the cdc they were going to brief about all this new guidance, decided today they arent going to do it on camera but relean e. >> yeah it makes you scratch your head. you have to presume they have some level of data but not prepared to answer the hard questions about it. as we all know when any -- cynics need to review it. you need to taste the fire. thats what...

Maybe the dissension of civility among our political leaders and just generally the lack of respect they show for each other? >> the problem here when it comes to masks is people who are unvaccinated are dictating to vaccinated people how to behave. masks are obtrusive. no one wants to wear one. when you did the right thing and got vaccinated, i just dont get this. i really dont know why the government is forcing vaccinated people to wear masks. they say you could transmit covid. not that you wi...

>> we dont have a choice, stephanie, we have to get past it. thats what the caucus believes. thats why we were so unique. i wish we werent so unique. we didnt need a problem solving caucus, it is congress. we have to be leaders. leaders come and lower the temperature of discourse, bridge a gap between differences and if anybody in a leadership position is not doing both of those, theyre falling short of their responsibilities. we have to lead by example. treat each other with respect and civilit...

Jim jordan and jim banks who, according to bennie thompson as he told us this morning, the red line for democrats was not that they voted against certifying president-elect bidens win but they dont have a reputation for, as he said, civility and decore number a systemic way and this is a very serious and grave undertaking, and the mention of joe biden and speaker pelosi in the statements trying to get to the bottom of what happened january 6th was a grave misunderstanding and misreading of what ...

Vilifiers. people who argue hard and act hard for what they truly believe, but they do that always with civility and never at attacks and unfortunately, we live in a world where this is too often not the case, but we do have role models, and this award -- do you have another slide here? go ahead. i didnt tell you what the award was for that. you see who the first recipient is, but let me tell you what the award is. the courage and civility award is a $100 million award so that the awardee, the r...

Astronaut core and never got to fly, what a travesty. the fact that she got to fly today is a great thing. and shes just a joy to listen to and to watch her experience that. really, it makes a tremendous connection to those of us on the ground and makes you understand the thrill and joy of it all. im curious how much they were able to process in that short period of time. just the colors and the curvature of the earth and the darkness of the sky and the fact that they were floating. and the othe...

Demonstrated courage. by the way, its easy to be courageous but also mean. try being courageous and civil. try being courageous and a unifier. thats harder. and way better. it makes the world better. so we have two recipients today who will each get $100 million to direct to the charities of as they see fit. they do what they want. it can be their own charity or share the wealth. its up to them. the first courage and civility award goes to van jones. van, come on up. >> thank you, brother. somet...

Vilifiers. we need people who argue act and act hard for what they truly believe but they do that always with civility and never attacks. and unfortunately, we live in a world where this is too often not the case. but we do have role models. and this award -- do you have another slide here? go ahead. its first -- i didnt tell you what the award was. i thought there was a slide for that. heres what the award is. you see who the first recipient is, but let me tell you the award. the courage and ci...

The courage and civility award. it recognizes leaders who aim high and pursue solutions with courage who always do so with civility. let me tell you how i feel about this. i feel strong enough i actually wrote something down. we live in a world where sometimes instead of disagreeing with someones ideas, we question their character or their motives. guess what. after you do that, its pretty hard to work with that person. and really, what we should always be doing is questioning ideas. not the per...

If you could put the slide up so people could see it. it is called the courage incivility award. it recognizes leaders who aim high in to improve solutions with courage and always do so with civility. well, let me tell you how i feel about this. i feel strongly enough i wrote something down. we live in a world where sometimes, instead of just a disagreeing with someones ideas, we question their character, or their motives. guess what? after you do that, its pretty hard to work with that person. ...