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Well be able to vaccinate children if the fda judges the data sufficient enough, we could do it by the fall. so sometime during the fall. >> weve been talking since last spring 2020 about how the virus is hitting communities of color in the united states harder than its hitting white americans. that remains the case. a new analysis by johns hopkins shows black and hispanic-americans are at least twice as likely to die of covid than white people, three more times to be hospitalized. disproportion...

In-person learning begins. and all public school employees must receive at least one dose of vaccine by september 27th. meanwhile, at least seven schools in fulton county, georgia, reverted to virtual learning today, due to a spike in covid cases. with the cdc director warning of the delta variant -- >> i would say dangerous is more transmissible, right? if it is more transmissible, we have more kids with disease, we have more kids with symptomatic disease and more kids ending up in the hospital...

Can do that. >> okay. lets talk about president bidens vaccine mandate for federal workers and also companies with more than 100 employees. i know that you were part of the presidents covid task force. you recall he said back in december hes not going to impose a vaccine mandate. what do you think changed his mind? >> well, look, they have thrown every incentive in the book, everything from tickets to sporting events to cash incentives to try to get people to get vaccinated. theres been massive ...

Passengers on flight 93, the world is a safer place but he says the world is not better because theyre no longer here. also, president joe biden will be in new york and the pentagon and will be here as well to pay his respects along with first lady jill biden. >> thank you so much. as you noted, christi, so many inspiring stories. the messengers from the passengers on united 93, lets roll. that stays with you. >> thats one of the things that the people do remember. they take with them, the coura...

By the tone of his voice and how he presented it at the -- at the press conference this evening. he is clearly frustrated and understandably so. weve done everything we possibly can do to get people to get vaccinated. we have trusted messengers. weve made it easy. its simple. its safe. its free. the data overwhelmingly show that in those areas that are undervaccinated, youre having a high level of dynamics of virus. in those areas that are vaccinated, its much lower. the data are overwhelming to...

Monoclonal antibody doses. so theres a lot to cover. joining us right now is dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, youre obviously the presidents chief medical advisor. what caused him to decide to try to move what is clearly aggressively and change his thinking on vaccine mandates? >> well, anderson, i think you can appreciate that by the tone of his voice and how he presented it at the -- at the press conference this evening, he is clearly frustrated and understandably so. wave done everything we poss...

We need different people speaking to different audiences talking about the importance of vaccination, the importance of mask wearing when youre close to other people and why they do it, connecting in different ways. its just -- you look at the math, you can see how politics has intruded into our response. i think the president is doing a great job leading and by bridging to some of these other messengers he can reach more people. >> i want to flag a shocking number. according to the american aca...

Msnbc.com federal vaccination data showing a mixed record on equity. the bidens community vaccination centers are hitting the mark in some cities but falling really short in others. what can be done? i know this is a focus of your work in particular. what can be done in some of those communities where the rates are falling short? >> right. we actually are still seeing data as recently as august showing theres still a racial health inequity who is dying and hospitalized because of covid, and so w...

Stranding to describe whats happening with some americans. it shouldnt be that controversial to admit that some americans are stranded there. howie: theres a piece in the new york magazine that says the description of whats happening in afghanistan and disastrous and humiliating comes from the mainstreams media objective foreign policy journalists. yet says the magazine, this political fiasco was not a development the media covered so much as it one that it created. how do you blame the messenge...

Who does not want to get the vaccine. if somebody is open to it, i have had a couple of folks say to me over the summer, hey, can you talk about what your experience was getting it, im nervous, im happy to share. but i think that there may be good messengers for specific communities, and i think that might be the best push at this point. whether it be a pastor, a friend, a family member, i talked to two young men who are working for new york citys test/trace core initiative, our vaccine initiati...