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So we, its a catch-22. >> and im glad you mentioned kids because that is a preventible tragedy, a tragedy nevertheless. we have to leave it there. former health and human services secretary, former governor kathleen sebelius, thank you for your time this morning. appreciate it. >> good to be with you. we continue to follow the situation at the capitol, where another far right rally is taking place today. this one in support of the anti-american insurrectionists, who faced consequences for near...

Masks but not vaccine. dr. fauci says he is pro. if you were still at hhs, would you be pushing for that? >> i would be pushing for it at hhs and im certainly pushing for it as somebody who needs to get on airplanes periodically, i appreciate the fact that airlines dont want to be out at the front of that line, by themselves, so i think a travel mandate, we have it in place, we had it in place earlier with shutdowns and when you take public transportation, but certainly transportation is a privi...

It overwhelms the ability of dhs, the border patrol, i.c.e. to cope with the incoming. it saps the communities on the border. it saps catholic charities that are there doing their best to clothe and feed the migrants. and so -- and the recent decision of the u.s. district court in washington that dhs and hhs can no longer invoke the public health exception to send people back to mexico only complicates matters. we have to do something to enhance enforcement. longer term weve got to deal with the...

>> it will be $3.5 trillion. thats the compromise thats already been made. >> and theres also major policy fights in the house where three moderate democrats on the energy and commerce committee voted against a proposal that would let hhs negotiate prescription drug prices for medicare recipients, a cornerstone democratic priority on the campaign trail. on top of all this, congressional leaders are staring down government funding deadline at the end of the month and debt ceiling limit expiration...

Wuhan. we can absolutely blame the chinese regime for the way it was covered up. the fact that these steps werent taken to control the pandemic and perhaps potentially shut it down before it spread worldwide. they should face maximum pressure and pain over that its unbelievable to me that the international community has inflicted no cost on china whatsoever for what they did. but theres the second part of it, which is what were they working on in that lab in the first place. we dont need the war...

Support, the ability to work in the united states, hhs benefits and we would also like him to be able to apply for a green card after one year. >> what else? anything else? what much will it cost? >> it is unbelievable. talking medicaid, for instance, job training, the biden administration asking congress for $6.4 billion to resettle these afghans, 1.7 billion alone would go to welfare. thats what i saw my sentiments a few weeks ago homeless veterans dying in tents, struck by carson brentwood, s...

Otherwise get, wed also like them to be able to apply for a green card after one year. >> laura: why not? anything else? get free wilburs for life, what else? how much is is going to cost us? >> its unbelievable. they are talking medicaid, food stamps, job training, the biden administration is asking congress for 6.4 billion to resettle them, 1.7 billion alone would go to hhs, that is welfare. after what i saw in los angeles a few weeks ago, homeless veterans dying intense getting struck by cars...

Make sure before you go see older parents or anyone else like that, they are hard to come by right now. if you go online to amazon and try to order them, theyre weeks and weeks away and you can go to a cvs and sometimes they have them. the administration acknowledges that and all of our health experts like the esteemed ones you have on this panel have been saying for weeks there needs to be more of that. there needs to be more surveillance. the other place where the biden administration is final...

Days to get the shots if they dont do that, then theyll face disciplinary action and eventually could be terminated. the big question here is the enforcement of the other things when it comes to private buzzes and that sector. and there might be lawsuits coming. thats something the white house was asked about but they said they really feel this is a huge step they need to take because simply what is happening now is not working. the 80 million or so people in this country still unvaccinated more...

Clients as house democrats are trying to pass a law this month trying to make roe v. wade permanent. meanwhile, more and more republican state legislatures are looking to follow the texas example ahead of a law restricting abortions in mississippi that could prove fatal to roe v. wade. joining me now is ashley parker, washington post white house bureau chief, jan edwards and brandon buck. first to you, the justice departments announcement that theyre taking a whole of government approach and the...