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Marissa Pierce shared her stress on TikTok over what to tell her manager while in active labor, highlighting the lack of paid family leave policy in the U.S.

We are showing everybody a map of -- of the other countries. some of em are hard to see. is this a missed opportunity if this stays out? >> well, its certainly disheartening. i know, eight out of ten women are not provided some form of family medical leave by their employers and its also an equity issue if you think about it this has disproportionate effect on women of color, black and brown women. according to mom -- moms rising, african-american moms just earn 52 cents on the dollar for what w...

Both chambers and both parties since the founding of the first hbcu that goes back to 1837. weve gotten the short end of the stick in terms of government and private sector support, so its a major equity issue that has forced hbcus and more than 300,000 students who attend to always do more with less. so we have a time now where we can -- if youre going to build back better, we must build our hbcus back, better infrastructure on these campuses. its led to hbcus holding about $25 billion on defer...

People will get a lot of exposure, more likely to get sick. what the cdc seemed to focus on is does it make a difference with this population in terms of transmission overall. yes if youre sick. youre high risk because you have underlying conditions. that is different. but for a healthy person they just didnt think the data was clear even if theyre in some sort of front line job to recommend a booster. what you kept hearing over and over were two things. one is that the vaccines do work really w...

Medical. can you walk us through what the fda is taking into consideration during tomorrows meeting? what factors are they locking at when making a decision? three studies in the new england journal of medicine, this other in the lancet. the w.h.o. not for boosters. they want vaccines to go to a lot of countries around the world that are in need of them and dont even have one shot or two shots yet before even thinking about a booster. >> yeah. i think the equity issue is a big issue. aside from ...

Facts and do research which she said -- or somebody recently said they wanted to do more research. im all for research and data and facts. so lets hope she takes them up on the offer. phil mattingly, appreciate it. thanks. perspective from our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, also author of the forthcoming book "world war c: lessons from the covid pandemic and how to prepare for the next one." also cnn medical analyst leana wen, author of "lifelines: a doctors journey in the fight p...

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Environment to exploit and oppress. >> this is very much an equity issue. dots, the dot i work for, we have done irreparable harm that has destroyed black and brown and low-income communities across the country. recently when our department was part of a discussion, a web-based discussion with the secretary, this -- they were talking about their infrastructure plan. one of the questions we were able to ask was, you know, youve talked about some of the harm, youve mentioned it, but what are we go...

Statements? >> well, i dont make value judgments about the people but i can say it is absolutely wrong. we know the vaccines are highly effective and they are very safe. and do i believe that the solution, im a justice brandice fan. to overwhelm with it the positive information and we need to do it in a bipartisan way. and people like me. i would argue the former surgeon general, together with the turn surgeon general all need to get together to provide that. the information is overwhelming that...

Underrepresented in those who are vaccinated. at least 30% or 40% less. and also looking at the new cdc data, people in areas of high social vulnerability. so we still have a equity issue that i believe is independent of politics. weve got to do both. >> you are not a politician. but i want your take on this. >> no. >> how powerful do you think it would be if president biden would reach out to former president trump and say these are predominantly your people and you were the one who brought us ...