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Dont like government -- >> you have to call a thing a thing, chris. its got to be regulated. and i know people dont -- just because he this hate the word doesnt mean that it should not be regulated. i will just say this. >> im not saying dont use laws and guidelines and consequences for not following them but look, messaging matters. okay? >> okay. >> and if you dont think it does look at the mess were in with the vaccines because we had scientists doing the messaging. theyre not good messengers...

For violence targeting persons of asian descent. so that is the braid of messengers and vectors, proud boys, adversaries and right wing disinformation. >> no, absolutely. and the thing is outside of iran and all of these foreign actors, that is happening right here, all of those people that you are talking about. and what is really interesting and to connect some things for folks here, because we were just talking about before the break january 6 and all this covid disinformation, those arent di...

Incentives, but as youve just said correctly, mandates do work. and sometimes people just need a little bit of a push to do something for their own benefit for that of their family, but also for the benefit of society. so wed like to not have to do mandates at the local level with schools, universities, places of business, government, et cetera. but sometimes you have to do that. >> the data on younger kids shows that theyre slow to get the shot still. just over 44% of 12 to 15-year-olds so far....

Not out there. i probably took the vaccine and i came on your show and did mine on the weekend talking about it. ministers and all, they started getting ads in going into the churches. i think people on the ground started raising this issue and its good news to say that it is so effective that the gap between the vaccination and the black community and the brown community is gone. >> but, that did not happen by magic. it can happen by the right messaging and the right members of the right messen...

People have accurate scientific information and also working with the private sector to put requirements in place where applicable so that more and more people can get their shot as quickly as possible. >> basketball legend lebron james announced he got vaccinated after expressing some skepticism initially. he stopped short of advocating vaccinations for others, though. take a listen. >> anything that i talk about, i dont talk about other people and what they should do. >> given that poll showin...

January, top health experts are trying to reach out to those who havent received the shot. >> we have an extraordinary experience with this vaccine now. so lets present the safety date a data. what are the questions of people who are unvaccinated? what is it that they are worried about? and right now we have to do that from trusted messengers. we have to inform people and give them the information that they need and we have to meet people where they are. this is not about blame and shame. this i...

Faith leaders or local doctors and nurses. weve done that because we recognize that to really get the message out you need a variety of messengers. were a big country. were a diverse country. we dont all trust the same people or listen to the same people. to get the information out to everyone you need a variety of messengers. thats why we built the covid-19 community which i and others have been engaging with over the last several months and has thousands of organizations and individuals around...

Increasingly dangerous at home treatments. lets bring in senior reporter for nbc news, brandy. i am curious, basically the difference here is the messengers, nurses and doctors are being targeted to an extent. >> yeah, to a large extent. patients are you know deferring this life-saving care to try this unproven cure. a lot of are believing that doctors and nurses are keeping them sick and trying to hurt them. this leads to violence against healthcare professionals. we seen an uptick in that. thi...

December, only about 30% of people in this country were willing to take a vaccine. now were at over 75% of people who have received at least one dose. so, clearly, there has been progress made in addressing peoples questions. addressing hesitancy or resistance. whatever it may be. and we have taken a range of steps not just the announcement made just last week about mandates prior to that part of that has been relying on local messengers. part of that has been making the vaccine broadly accessib...

Rights. still with us thankfully david plouffe and tim miller, david ill get to you in a second but i want to continue with you if you will, if you would divide the dccc, if you were to advise democrats on the same kind of campaign discipline, democrats are used to seeing from republican campaigns of lead, how do they achieve their goal? >> well brian, i will point out the people in the country who think that republicans are the best messengers and campaigners of all time, -- i -- dont know demo...