Mandates. Georgias Governor Kemp is now suing the mayor of atlanta over her mask order. Despite the fact that it is proven, undeniably proven by the science that masks help prevent the spread of this virus. This has become a very public battle. It is getting uglier this morning. Georgias governor held a news conference, lets get straight to Dianne Gallagher with more. Good morning. Good morning, poppy. Look, georgias Governor Brian Kemp doesnt deny that. In fact, multiple times during that press conference he not only encouraged but implored people to wear masks. Every member of his task force talked about the performance of wearing masks, but just 12 hours earlier his administration filed a lawsuit against the city of atlanta and mayor bottoms because of the mask mandate and the going back to phase one restrictions. Now, the governor maintains that this is about saving lives and livelihoods of businesses. A lot of focus on businesses and what going back to phase one might mean for the
Our litigation. How do you think we should do that if people feel like they were already doing a lot . Its very important. Clearly right now you can see the surge that we are seeing, unfortunately in hospitalizations and deaths. I just try to remind the American Public that we are not defenseless against us, have powerful tools that we now know work. Wearing masks, that works. Social distancing, hand washing, being smart about crowds. Trying to be careful about what we do in indoor settings. These things really do work and they can really do want this current surge that we are having right now. Hope is on the way with the vaccine but over the next two, four, six, eight oh, ten, 12 weeks, we need to be vigilant about these mitigation steps and stop the debate about whether they work or not. Theres clear evidence for example that masks do work and protect individuals from both becoming infected as well as potentially infecting others. Dana could you speak to the status of the Health Care
Mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi received the Pfizer Vaccine. Lets head to capitol hill and get the latest where chad is tracking the negotiations. All right, chad, whats happening in this hour. Its rare to have a weekend session, but its not rare for the ritual as lawmakers race toward the end of the year. Something of this magnitude takes time because the Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell. The American People cannot feed their families or pay their bills with Congress Good faith discussions. They need us to act. We need to conclude this and land this plane. The hold out is the republicans to rein in special lending tools used by the fed to curb economic fallout this year. The House Majority leader steny hoyer described as a putrid political effort to minimize President Bidenen next year. Senator ron johnson accused his colleagues of throwing money at the problem. I want to target relief. Have we targeted relief better in the first cares act, a, we would not have spent money we
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