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Level of transparency. he says the non file or portal helped sign up millions for stimulus payments. its not in spanish nor easily accessible by phone. we must push to improve now and make sure we have the right non file or portal for cdc extension even if it requires new legislation. even -- he continues. even with better excess ability, we must fund and rely more on navigators and trusted messengers in communities resign. ups this is key. and -- sorry i have to read this off the screen. its a ...

Nonfiler portal for ctc extension, even if it requires new legislation. the status quo -- he continues, even with better signup accessibility, we must fund and rely more on navigators and trusted messengers in communities for signups. this is key. sorry. i have to read this off the screen. its the lesson that confirmed in our talk with poor peoples campaign, united way. le is saying the status quo isnt working. they need to do better. are they doing better? >> exactly. this is being ramped up in...

Dont come at us for being the messengers here, but infrastructure is on the brink of passage. just a few hours from now senators will convene for another rare weekend session for our procedural vote, nbc news reporter julie sorkin is on capitol hill with the latest. theres a freshman senator who could delay the process. whats his deal? >> reporter: stop if you heard me say this before but were actually in infrastructure week now, senator bill hagerty is keeping the bill from going there process....

>> it is such a disheartening thing to see. the city and county came together, unified their health officials to put this mandate in place that follows the science and is in alignment with what the cdc has recommended for this moment in time because medicine is not a monolith, not static, we have to respond to what we are dealing with at the time. so the mandate was appropriate. the county council took it down. now to see politics take the floor, peoples perceived sense of autonomy and self come...

>> lawrence, we have in a sense hit a wall but are determined to break through the wall. it is that important. the single most important thing isnt the message but the messengers. i think those leaders who are discouraging their followers from getting vaccinated is reprehensible and also hypocritical because most of them have been vaccinated themselves. yes, weve kind of hit a wall but we are determined to break through it. i want to say to the parents of children with chronic conditions like as...

That communication effort, and trying to come up with new things all the time. have you and other medical professionals just hit a wall in trying to figure out how to communicate this urgency? >> lawrence, we have in a sense hit a wall, but we are determined to break through it. from my perspective, the single most important thing is not the message but the messengers. and i think that those leaders, who are discouraging their followers from getting vaccinated, its reprehensible. also hypocritic...

Circulating from sources that seem trustworthy and it is not. it ultimately cost people their lives. what we need to do is realize not one single messenger that will work to make sure we have the accurate information. we need trusted messengers all over our country and the local nurses and doctors and local faith leaders and ensuring that family members recognize that if they made the decision to get vaccinated and they looked at the facts, they can be a powerful force for their family and frien...

And stand up in unison against what governor desantis is doing. >> talking about the vaccine intent and how you believe in direct engagement, and you spoke to the seattle seahawks in the spring about the pitch, and i understand that 90% of the team is vaccinated fully. and good on you about that, but what does it say about the other vaccine outreach programs, and what do they need to do, and how do you scale it up, the one-on-one approach? >> well, we have to recruit more authentic messengers. m...

Respiratory therapists, and what we are learning is that people who are not vaccinated do not have a trusted physician. they dont have a relationship for whatever reason and they have rational questions. most of the seahawks players had reasonable, and rational questions to be answered, and so we can scale it, but it is more broadly than giving $100 to people. and by the way, for people who are going to say, to mandate ourselves out of this. and kick the can to get the more authentic messengers ...

Contagious. to put this in perspective if you get sick with the alpha variant you could infect two other unvaccinated people. if you get sick with the delta variant we estimate that you could infect about five other unvaccinated people. more than twice as many as the original strain. >> the administration is endorsing required vaccines for employees of businesses of all sizes as new yorks governor calls for businesses to ban unvaccinated customers. the white house has been looking for trusted me...