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Questions that were going to be asking in this briefing in the next hour, chris. >> a lot of questions, dr. patel. so much confusion over the cdcs new guidelines shortening quarantine procedures for those with covid and exposed to it. i want to read what a senior health official told "the washington post." they worried that the sheer volumes of infections could mean that tens of thousands of police, firefighters, grocery workers, and other essential employees would be out of work, making it chal...

Its not just the health care sector. it will be ems, firefighters, grocery workers, airlines. so were going to have to really move forward as quickly as we can and be able to do things like reduce the number of days of isolation. but if were going to reduce the number of days of isolation, we know that some people may still be infectious. so well have to double down on things like high quality masks, kn95s, n95s. we should not see a health care worker in a health care setting wearing anything bu...

Specific point but a significant one, healthcare workers, frontline workers that could be define understand a lot of ways. to break with your advisers and make this announcement just after midnight, i guess, this morning? >> indeed. um, first, i just want to come back and say i have this exceptional group of scientific advisers. and there were four votes yesterday and there was real enthusiasm. in fact, unanimity for some of the votes to recommend boosters for people who are at high risk, people...

The southern hemisphere is not vaccinated? and to that i say, look, the mrna vaccines were never intended to vaccinate the world with a brand-new technology you just cannot make enough of it and thats why where our vaccine comes in, a low cost similar levels of protection, easily accessible vaccine that theres no limit to the amount you can scale and so weve been frustrated not having more help from the u.s. government and the international bodies on our own, weve been scaling up production with...

And most at risk of exposure, especially who and how many people do you think this group will include? >> i think it will be a very large group ultimately if you look at the overall list. you mentioned people over the age of 65, that alone is ultimately about 45 million people in the country. people who are at high risk of developing severe covid, well hear more about what that means specifically from the cdc, but, you know, people who have type 2 diabetes, people who have cardiac conditions, al...

Recommended. people are high risk for severe covid-19 and, don, that could be a lot of people. you think about people who have risk factors. you are starting to talk about poe t potentially up to 100 million people there. 45 million people in this country 65 and above and then this last category, people 18 and older who are at risk of exposure. you know, thats -- thats a big group, as well. healthcare workers, for example. teachers and teachers aides. grocery workers. think about people who are ...

And passing those costs on. and this is the biggest question and headache for the biden administration going forward. is inflation going to come back down later this year or early next or not? keep an eye on rent prices. ive been watching those. they have been rising. its a critical component of so many family budgets. if those dont tame i think theyre going to have issues. >> wow. grocery workers getting above $15 an hour, thats a data point that i did not expect. heather long, thank you very m...

Ive been watching those, they have been rising. its a critical component of so many family budgets. if those dont tame, i think theyre going to have issues. >> wow. grocery workers getting above 15 dollars an hour, thats a data point that i did not expect. heather long, thank you very much. joining us now is democratic congressman marc veasey of texas. he is vice chair for strategy at the democratic congressional campaign committee. congressman marc veasey, welcome to the last word, okay. congre...

Workers union local 770. congresswoman, i want to start with you. the american rescue plan passed in march. the decision to give $1,000 in appreciation pay only decided by the town council last month. from your perch as a legislator, what is your decision on the community you represent? >> well, i cant tell you how proud i am of oxnard, their leadership and fortitude to do this. i hope other cities will follow it. one of our biggest priorities in doing this rescue plan is to give cities and loca...

Strong accusations tonight amon teachers. these as coming from one of their own says they failed thei students during the pandemic an a speech he gave it some kind o school assembly getting a lot o attention. >> this was really extremely powerful words from he was speaking at the illinois senior and mapp academy. he was challenging students man of whom will become educators some day to remember this year features. he accuse him of his colleagues of letting down the students by refusing to simply...