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Delta variant became the dominant strain in this country. you can see whats happened since then. keep in mind, lets look at hospitalizations. those were coming down. those are critical, very important, because with regard to cases, thats really informed by how much youre testing. when it comes to hospitalizations, it tells a truer story here. and look there. almost immediately after the mask guidance changed, you started to see the numbers creep up. add to that again beginning of july, delta bec...

Got a 25-person team looking at the possibilities of what this could end up to. and it made the president late to an event he had here at the white house. a bill signing, because he was dealing with this briefing. it just speaks to the level of concern happening inside the swh white house, what is happening to the side of the country that is not vaccinated. there are even new questions tonight about whats happening with vaccinated people and whether or not they need to be wearing a mask indoors ...

Level. utah senator mike lee called the change a pleasant surprise. >> this fight isnt going away. its all the more reason we have to redistribute power back to the states and localities. >> republican senators marsha blackburn, tommy tuberville and marco rubio sent this letter to the national education association. after the union voted to target and research opponents of critical race theory. former hud secretary dr. ben carson says the ideology is destructive. >> we are trying to teach people...

Again, theres still about six weeks before the school year starts. so schools are trying to make this decision. a lot of parents say whatever locally is decided, they will abide by that. theres no one-size-fits-all policy that will fit the entire country. of course in other states where theres been political opposition to masks and everything about covid, theres going to be a lot of resistance there if there are mandates to wear masks, florida, mississippi and other southern states where theres ...

A battle in this fight. but it isnt going oy. it is all the more reason why weve got to redistribute power back to the states and localities over public education. that is where that power rightfully belongs. speak out in april, they put out application rules for a $3 million grant program. part of the language was later struck after an uproar this summer. education secretary struck the language, saying "this program, however, has not, does not, will not dictate or recommend a specific curriculu...

Their chin and they wont do anything. >> harris: like lebron james with a drink under his chair? surgeon general murphy defending the cdcs decision to relax mask guidance. look at this. >> i think the cdcs guidance around masks was intended to give flexibility to individuals and to localities recognizing that in this next phase of the pandemic as we move into more of a local and regional response based on peoples vaccination rates in communities that guidance around what to do with mitigation me...

Back to the cdcs abrupt decision to lift mask mandates for vaccinated individuals. your predecessor, jerome davis -- excuse me, jerome adams, called that action premature and should hit the reset button on that guidance. should you? was ending the mask guidance a mistake? >> well, dana, whats driving the rise of infections is actually the delta variant. this is the most highly transmissible virus that we -- variant of covid-19 weve seen to date. it is spreading quickly in the united states, as i...

For state and local governments in the american rescue plan, $350 billion. and theyre encouraging localities to use that, if needed, to support police budgets because crime is a top concern of the american people, and joe bidens responding to that. >> so you think that where joe biden is, is where the party is, and maybe my question, maybe i framed it wrong because i said it was a clear step away from the progressive wing of the party. perhaps my question was framed improperly. what do you think...

Invest the -- energy investments in the front line community. in order for us to see the benefits of those investments we have got to ensure that the federal government ensures that our states and localities get that money to those frontline communities. and all of us as advocates have to work to ensure that our elected officials and our local and state officials understand that we are going to hold them accountable for that money going to our community. >> and you i are both new yorkers. you ha...

Localities to address new revenue streams because the need is incredible. again, as advocates in our localities, we have got to ensure the accountability for the money that will come from the infrastructure fact, that the money that will come from justice 40, goes to our communities. we know -- we can look at some of the communities in the south. and we know that some of them still -- black communities -- have not been made whole from the last hurricane. engo, we not only have to address getting...