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Consistent in it. the secretary of education says vaccinations have historically always been local and state driven. that is the point. at some point down the road, states can make decisions. local governments can make decisions. it is never been at the federal government level. that also has increased the distrust, the reservation, it has hardened the resistance. we are in agreement on those shutdowns. agreement on the federal state partnership, the federal mandates on vaccinations is inconsist...

>> the prosecution in the case of kim potter is pushing for a longer sentence than would be typical with a conviction like this because of aggravating factors. they say her actions caused a greater than normal danger to human life given her experience on the force, her years of training. they were successful in the argument against derek chauvin. will they be successful on that in this case, do you think? >> i think they will. this is like a redo of the chauvin case in terms of aggravation argum...

Increase of substance and alcohol abuse,st we need to work to recover from all of this damage that weve done to our children in past two months, school is not just about learning or math or reading and writing but it is about socializing and learning communication skills, getting along with others, it is about a hot meal some are -- for some, there are so many components and benefits of being in school, not just education. we see mandates for masks, for vaccines what about a mandate to keep our ...

To support the continuing boosters over and over again. there is barely enough clinical evidence, i believe, for a third shot and certain groups of people. but certainly, not universal boosterring. i think the problem is they are thinking about using the vaccine to get rid of the disease. what we have seen is the vaccine does not stop the disease from spreading. the vaccine can protect against severe disease and that is a good thing but not useful for getting the virus down to zero. >> laura: no...

What were had he -- how did they think about the intelligence that they had before january 6th? and how have they changed those assumptions and that math now. >> you talked to the chairman who said if we think anything warrants a referral to the department of justice we will do that. do you think the committee is moving forward to referring criminal complaint? >> it certainly seems that way. the question is about -- where are they focusing here? and how high up are they focusing here? i think th...

Minority children that are really affected by this because many of them dont have the tools to go virtually at home. thats exactly what the surgeon general was saying yesterday. so why are they teaching crt? where are the priorities? guess who is suffers because of this? our children. you listed all those cities with crt. also california is using that money for crt. new york, buffalo, washington state, massachusetts, minnesota, oregon, nevada, rhode island, and the list goes on and on. and, lawr...

Minimum wage goes up, people say, ah, youre earning more, you dont need a tip. whats the reality of whats going on on the street? >> first of all, let me explain what income is in a restaurant. if you work in a casual restaurant, a year or so ago, jason, i wanted to promote a waiter to a host, and i had to duplicate his income to do so. so we sat down together, we added up his tips. he did about 20 tables a shift, every table tipped him about $20. we put it all together, he was making $40 an hou...

Plan. we know from studies that kids are five months behind in english and math, right? what are we doing to catch them up? whats the program were putting in place? is it a summer school program for 2022 summer? after school program when the kids get back to school? one more thing makes me nervous when i hear two weeks. you hear it if colleges, too. well take two weeks. remember two weeks to slow the spread? thats a slippery slope, folks. weve been here before and need to be very wary of the pus...

I had gotten tested on december 17th, i believe. i didnt get my results until december 27th and at that point it didnt really matter whether i was negative or positive. i was, by the way, negative. but this is going to continue. >> okay, great, thank you. >> we havent caught up on testing, dr. patel. what are we to do now, returning from, of course, these holiday breaks, gathering with family, getting back to work, kids going back to school? what can we expect with this omicron variant? >> yasmi...

We cant continue to think that we could spend trillions of dollars. we must learn to live with covid, adjust, and pivot at the right times. and were doing that in new york. and im extremely optimistic on how the city is going to respond. >> what about the schools, mr. mayor-elect? i think its fair to say every parent would like their child to be in a classroom. but given these cases that are just skyrocketing in your city right now and how contagious this variant is, do you think its maybe a goo...