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>> reporter: and that was the director of california fire department. speaking to us earlier today telling us why its so dangerous to have this vegetation. you can see the dust coming up as these machines work. normally they would not have this amount of dust but everything is much drier so the state and the federal authorities are trying to clear 1 million acres to try and protect all of the forest across california. a different fight we normally dont see but could be essential as we get into t...

Tell us aboutjeff bustos. he now described as a man whose dreams forward to earth.— forward to earth. actually i got a bit of a giggle — forward to earth. actually i got a bit of a giggle from _ forward to earth. actually i got a bit of a giggle from this - forward to earth. actually i got a bit of a giggle from this story. i bit of a giggle from this story. theres so much around it this week. jeff basals went up in space or branson is hoping to become astronauts because they are able to go ...

But because texas is the toughest state in which to vote, and its about to get a lot harder if these new voter suppression bills pass, these are the front lines in this battle. thats why im so grateful that the poor peoples campaign and bishop barber have made this the center of their attention, because hes absolutely right. voting is not just connected to our democracy, as essential as that is. its connected to the fact that texas still has a $7.25 an hour minimum wage. its connected to the fac...

Look, the delta variant is making this so much worse, so much more contagious. youre dealing with it every day. what do you think would help? obviously more people getting vaccinated, but i mean, do you want to see everyone wearing masks again inside? what will help? >> i think for us we really want to make everybody aware that vaccination is very important. we want everyone to try to get themselves vaccinated. we do know that for some people, vaccination may not be an option if they are allergi...

Home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington trying to get federal help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. >> well, those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden for that matter to pass the for the people act. that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other ...

Controversial? well, there are various— controversial? well, there are various arguments against it. there is the _ various arguments against it. there is the anti—vaccination argument that they— is the anti—vaccination argument that they are against putting things in our— that they are against putting things in our bodies kind of thing but then there _ in our bodies kind of thing but then there is— in our bodies kind of thing but then there is a _ in our bodies kind of thing but the...

That president trump spent those hours in front of a television set watching what was unfolding at the capitol. and essentially paralyzed from doing his duty as the commander-in-chief. instead, you have vice president pence, who is in a hideaway effectively. he was under threat physically at the capitol. his family was in danger. people were chanting, hang mike pence, all around him and it was vice president pence who is calling the pentagon and who was saying get these troops here now and get t...

Because the vice president thought it was essential for the american people that he remain in the capitol to do his job, to certify election whenever the senate and the house could reconvene. it is a chilling bit of reporting and it speaks to how little president trump did in that moment. effectively melted away. >> carol, let me ask you a final question about process. there are so many people floating around washington who want a little dose, who want a chance to get the stink of having worked ...

Suggestion that businesses have been giving leeway here and employers, some of which are perhaps acting unscrupulously and making it clear that they expect staff to come in evenif that they expect staff to come in even if they are told to isolate. if there is confusion here, there is even more over the idea of exemptions. even more over the idea of exemptions-— even more over the idea of exem tions. , ., exemptions. yes, the government said esterda exemptions. yes, the government said yesterda...

Why now. >> yeah. absolutely. thank you for the opportunity. couple things to emphasize. all throughout the pandemic, we have had guidance on safe return to schools and we have a lot of guidance about covid related issues and review it every 30 days to see if theres new information or reason to update that guidance. thats the case for school guidance as you point out. we have a lot of new and continually evolving information. also know schools are getting ready to go back in person. another impo...