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youre live in the cnn "newsroom." hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. right now in the state of florida a state of emergency is in effect statewide, and the governor is calling up the national guard as tropical storm ian gains strength and moves closer to floridas west coast. ian is expected to intensify into a cat gather 4 had and making landfall as early as wednesday night. governor desantis is urging people to prepare now. >> expect heavy rains...

Will prevail. For our sake, for your sake, for peace and security in our region and in the world. Mr. President , for the people of israel, theres only one thing better than having a true friend like you standing with us, and that is having you standing in this room. Your visit here is the first visit of an american president in israel at a time of war. It is deeply, deeply moving. It speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to israel. It speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to...

One day, it will become true. >> now, there are sedition charges. this is not to suggest they were made to counter the talking points, not all all. presuma presumably, the charges were filed when prosecutors got the evidence. now, the question is, how much further will this investigation go? does it include the president and his close allies? >> first of all, i will say, i was at the capitol on that day. i think it is important to underscore that these people who literally invaded the capitol we...

Terrifying report in the "atlantic." quote, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. it will rely on subversion more than violence. if the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by american voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. the winner will be declared the loser. the loser will be certified president elect. barton gelman is with us now. your piece is fascinating. it is a ...

Always supported immunization until now. thats whanged? >> whats changed is i have never seen in my own 30 yoorz of experience in public health the kind of politicization. just the basic public health and science tools, vaccines, masks, all of the kind of signals that the former president gave. now were seeing a split in our country that it is very sad because the virus doesnt know political parties. and we have the tools we really need to use them. and our best to vaccinate every person should ...

State and local level since the early 1900s, many states including my own have passed laws preemptively forbidding government to take any action that would mandate masks, mandate vaccine information, vaccine passports. so they are actually moving rapidly in another direction, which would really tie our hands as the delta variant gets more and more robust. >> governor, i recognize that certain areas and state governments have done what you describe. do you think in those areas where executives of...

And the same should apply to governors and mayors. in san francisco mayor london breed did just that for all 35,000 city employees and the policy has not been met with any significant resistance. city employees there have until july 29 to report their status and no later than ten weeks after the fda gives final approval to one vaccine to get vaccinated. waiting until final approval, thats not necessary, but at least its a step in the right direction. on thursday alabamas republican governor addr...

Hey, mr. mayor, youre an employer. you cant lean on the private sector if youre not doing it yourself. the only reason not to do it is fear of unions and fear of the unvaccinated being a potent political force. but its time to go to that step. what came in, catherine? what do you have in terms of social media? i like that result. i was in the yeses. by the way, when governor voted, she may have been in the yeses, too. should he mandate those receiving unemployment benefits be vaccinated? i dont ...

The unvaccinated holding us back? why isnt government taking more of a lead on mandates? >> i think the professor is right in that this is the first public health crisis that has ever been made a partisan issue. it started at the outbreak of the virus and its continued to this day. ask thats terrifying because its really threatening peoples lives. i live in a state that has a democratic governor, who has been trying from day one to implement public safety measures. the first duty of many elected...

Domestic policy and the first step of -- >> its not in a vacuum though, right? this is going to have reverberations through our world. to be frank, a lot of arab countries are very sick of the israeli/palestinian issue. its a thorn in their side. they want to have better relationships with israel on security, intelligence, diplomatic issues on syria, on economy and trade. theyre just waiting to put this past them. but i think something like this without, you know, thoughtfully preparing the grou...