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Clinics in schools. which is actually something i recommended to congress during testimony, last week. he talked about work sites. if you can really focus on work sites and schools, those are two big places where we can get some of these people in the moveable middle vaccinated. and then, the -- the commander in chief actually acted as employer in chief, today. and as the head of the federal government, put out new guidance regarding vaccinations for the federal government. and that, along with ...

That was reinstated. the numbers right now are we have over 2000 cases per day, which is numbers we have not seen for the last six months. a good proportion of these cases are among the elderly who have been vaccinated. so we have a clear indication that the vaccinated elderly that were vaccinated over five or six months ago are not as protected as they have been. but it is quite difficult to draw clear conclusions and specific estimates on vaccine effectiveness in the current situation in israe...

The guidance they issued a few days ago, we specifically asked individuals in areas where there is higher substantial transmission to put tear masks back on when theyre in public or indoor spaces. that was intended to reduce transmission recognizing some break through cases can end up transmitting infection. particularly for people me and you and anderson and other parents who have unvaccinated kids at home. that extra layer of precaution will help us protect the vulnerable at home. localities, ...

Become the latest today. as for the public sector, president biden is now telling federal agencies to require masking, inside buildings, in areas with what they are calling substantial or high-covid-19 transmission, including washington, d.c. the pentagon, now, telling all military and civilian personnel in high-risk areas to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. new yorks governor ordering vaccinations or regular testing for state employees. at the same time, even as some localities in the...

>> absolutely. absolutely. it will make it easier for mandates and requirements to be implemented by businesses and localities. >> and those work, right? >> absolutely. >> kristen, thank you so much for that report. republican governor kay ivy says it is time to blame the unvaccinated for americas current predicament. most officials have been too polite to say it that bluntly. >> this is not about who needs to take responsibility. that is not really why we put this guidance out. >> you know me...

Everything we can to safeguard those who come to us for their care. thats why you are seeing so many hospitals move in that direction and i think it is very reasonable and help us improve vaccination rates. >> well, what about schools? because youve got a handful of states now where the states have outlawed the ability of schools to mandate masks or vaccination. but as you know, there are a host of vaccines we give our babies and toddlers that are mandated for our kids to go to school. is it tim...

To this point, wed had this big slow down in vaccination over the summer, and through the early part of the summer, the mood was one of coaxing, inducement, would you like a lottery ticket, would you like free beer, maybe some other inducement, maybe money, maybe as much as a thousand dollars if youre take the shot, but none of that worked, and you could feel last week, as people who had done their civic duty got themselves vaccinated to protect themselves and others realized, what, the delta va...

I know the white house held an eviction summit this week to try to urge states and cities to move the money along, and theres a deadline. if they dont get at least two-thirds of that money spent by september 30th, they could lose it. whats your view on how the rollout has gone? >> you mentioned the figures. i think it was $47 billion in all that was allocated by congress for emergency rental assistance to try and ensure people could stay in their homes during the pandemic. on top of that we had ...

So suffice to say in state after state in most cities out there in our country the rollout has not gone very well at all. i mean, this is clearly a failure to live up to the potential of this program. what it means is, number one, the white house was smart to try and get folks in these states and localities to jump start their programs in an emergency basis to get these funds out to people who need them. now that this eviction moratorium is expiring, that is especially important. its also import...

Problem of housing. is this a problem that covid caused? or is this just covid sort of ripping the lid off of problems that date back to your administration and before? whats underneath this? >> no question, joshua. we had a housing affordability crisis well before the pandemic. there was a study a few days ago that said very clearly theres not a single county in our country where somebody thats working full time, making minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment. in most places you cant ev...