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The hospital numbers. so, here in the austin area, it is 2.3 million people, 11 counties. and there are nine icu beds available, right now. officials tell me, they have not seen numbers that low, ever, regardless of covid, they have never seen them that low ever. so that is a real problem over here. that is on top of governor greg abbotts executive order, that he put in place this week, essentially a mandate against mandates. saying they cant force people to get vaccinated, localities cant force...

Along with mask mandates. >> okay. josh lederman, thanks for being out in the rain and to your crew, too. you guys ought to go indoors or hope the rain stops. thank you, josh. lets go to nbcs vaughn hillyard in a much sunnier jacksonville, florida i am presuming. vaughn, florida is the new epicenter for the virus. what are you hearing about that and what is being done to curb the surge? >> reporter: a good question, alex. in large part, masks arent necessarily the answer here in the state of flo...

We cannot just allow humans-- seven million of them, possibly-- to, over the next few weeks, be sent out to the streets. >> reporter: after a night of camping out on the capitol steps, missouri representative cori bush was joined by senator elizabeth warren. >> weve got 11 and a half hours for the c.d.c. to step up and say were going to extend the moratorium. >> our states and our localities need to push the money out. the money has to be released. >> reporter: but the white house says a recent ...

What brian had to say about landlord specifically. >> the opportunity in the need and necessity is to get that money that is out there, that congress passed and we got the states and localities in the hands of landlords. they should see that money rather than to invest trace gallagher so what about the landlords? they have had bills and mortgages they are the banks money. what about them? do they truly get any help or should they sit in perpetuity? teefifteen they are the forgotten people in the...

In washington, d.c. as i was the other day, its hard to miss the direction that were going here, and right after that yesterday when i was talking to some business owners about the move towards potentially mandating the vaccine, is when the announcements came out from disney, from google, from walmart, and so the white house is making clear that they are supportive of this, but it really is going to be in the hands of localities, as well as businesses. now, the one criticism here that i did hear...

Was anyone seriously ill? kids are not getting this illness and suffering the effects of it. she did not have the answer. >> i know you and i have talked about this before, we are the only ones doing this, the only ones masking 2-year-olds, didnt mask kids under 12 in europe. the fact that we are going into another school year masked in so many places -- i live in new york city, 100% going to be masks in schools. the best we can hope for is no masks during recess. kids have really borne the brun...

At the end of the day, the job is to serve. lets serve. i dont care if it doesnt matter who should have money and who shouldnt, money is there. theres $40 billion still on the table that hasnt been spent, so we take care of our landlords that way. i care about our landlords, you know what, theres money for you. states and localities need to act, get that money through to make sure land lords get what theyre supposed to have. >> cori bush, talking about money already set aside and not distributed...

Moving into localities, schools, how when the fda hasnt approved the vaccines yet? >> well, that is a concern that you know ive continued to bring up. and i want people to understand the science is there. we know these vaccines are safe and efficacious. the fda is now looking at the final part of the process, which is manufacturing and distribution. and for the life of me, i cant figure out why thats supposed to take six months for us to get an answer, and neither can many of the scientists and ...

On vaccine effectiveness in the current situation in israel, because the cases, the number of severe cases, is still relatively small, and the population that has been affected most severely until now has been concentrated in specific localities and sectors, so this is not a countrywide dissemination yet, which makes it a little more difficult to have a sound estimate. however, it is clear that in terms of likelihood of infection, there is a significant reduction in vaccine effectiveness regardi...

Days ago, which specifically asked individuals in areas where theres high or substantial transmission to put their masks back on when theyre in public-indoor spaces. that was intended to reduce transmission. recognizing that some breakthrough cases can, actually, end up transmitting infection. particularly, for people like me and you, anderson, and other parents who have unvaccinated kids at home, that extra layer of precaution will help us protect the vulnerable at home. but localities, like l....