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Guidance of the cdc. what do you make of this new guidance? >> there are updated guidelines for the mask individuals, and so they are leaving much of the measures up to the localities based on the multi-layered approach of masbes, and physical distancing, and encouraging and it is very much evidence-based and so the question is how will it be vaccinated in several levels and vaccination rates, and to make sure that the lines are equitable. as we know that the families are

Path to getting voting rights done in the u.s. congress. thats one of the most emotional and galvanizing issues for democrats. in texas youre seeing republicans focus on voting rights, but theyre also discussing the culture war issues that they decided is the fight to fight right now. >> yeah, it is. its a fight to galvanize a base, a fight to get people out to vote. its the fight, as you said, kasie, a lot of parties across the country, a lot of local republicans are fighting. by the way, this ...

Children, to protect other people in the household who cannot get vaccinated at this point. as we talk about masks needing to come back thats going to be a tough hill to climb up to convince people to mask up again. how do you that? it was tough the first time around. >> well absolutely its tough. we just have to continue to be honest with people. its covids offense against our defense. and you know, i said before, i think the cdc was right to start to relax mask mandate guidance but i think the...

To recognize that the reason some of these measures are being taken is that people are looking at delta and they are worried. why are they worried about delta? we learned this virus, a variant of covid, is highly transmissible, the most transmissible weve seen to date. the good news is if you are vaccinated and fully vaccinated means two weeks after your last shot, then there is good evidence that you have a high degree of protection against this virus. but if you are not vaccinated, then you ar...

Yourself from this variant and from other variants that weve seen before. >> so, then, to your point about the protection that the vaccines do offer, even against the delta variant, is l.a. county overreacting? >> well, i wouldnt say, you know, theyre overreacting. what i would say is localities like l.a. county and others absolutely have the right to make decisions based on what theyre seeing in their counties. if i was in a community that had a low vaccination rate, as a number of our communit...

Community? you people fighting for the votes of the community?— people fighting for the votes of the communi ? ., ., ~ ., , community? you have 16 candidates so how do ou community? you have 16 candidates so how do you distinguish _ community? you have 16 candidates so how do you distinguish between - community? you have 16 candidates so how do you distinguish between all - how do you distinguish between all those candidates was back at the end of the day, theyre going to be issues from local...

There is not a lot of virus around. particularly, there isnt much delta around. in new york, it is even lower. about 4% positivity rate. in missouri, the positivity rate is 10% and theres a lot of delta there. first if youre unvaccinated, you should be wearing a mask wherever you go. if youre vaccinated and youre in a high prevalence area, yeah, should you put a mask on. if you go to a grocery store or youre in an uber or youre in public transportation where you should be wearing a mask anyway, ...

Education secretary cardona said on the hill, the federal government will stay out of the school curriculum and that will be state and local officials. if state and local officials are making decisions to teach this in schools, why is that a problem coming from the locality at that level. >> sure, well this grant program is essentially, its bribery. were trying to encourage schools to apply for the money, wink-wink, we know what the grant proposal has to say. these are supposed to be used for ci...

He writes about this. this is a revolving door of criminality in the united states. across the nation, states and local jurisdictions are recognizing the need to shift from our alliance for monetary bail. thats why we must invest in programs that allow localities to release individuals before trial. what is that going to do with everyone from ms-13 gang members or dabbling in gang members, to the garden-variety criminals that are wreaking havoc in our cities and our suburbs no matter what does t...

A message to suburban women and older voters, biden is not going to deliver the calm that you think you might. the democrats have become the party of chaos, lawlessness, and disorder. and when they cant get their way through voting, theyll encourage rioting and looting. and if you resist or you dont publicly profess your white guilt, they will destroy you. they hate our history, our traditions, and our way of life. >> laura: not to mention that bidens lackeys want to wipe the suburbs off the map...