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Variability. this is a regional map where the delta variant is everywhere. the numbers keep going up. you mentioned missouri is out here. 81% of the new cases, delta varjt. down in the southern region, 60%. 35% here. its everywhere when you look at the new cases. the question has been, the white house has this new strategy, go door to door, sending in delta surge teams where the vaccination rate is well behind. how do you break through? >> well, we need people who the unvaccinated trust to hones...

When you look at the rise in cases, the clusters, we may not have a national problem, but we do have a regional problem. >> exactly. i think when -- people like to talk about when will -- when will we reach herd immunity. the better way to think about it is to think about community immunity, places like vermont, you know, where 80% of adults are vaccinated. but in other parts, community immunity is a long way off, and with more transmissible variants, the virus will be veryive there. were seeing...

For the region, potentially for the west again. theres a risk of womens rights and deep political instability. the argument is what is a small presence of american soldiers staying there for months and years to come going to do? the reality is probably not a lot. what can the u.s. do long term there. both of those presidents have looked at the same situation and said, its time to go. >> i think he was absolutely right. theres broad support. the open question is what happens if things start to ge...

Footsie with dark forces on the far right under the mistaken impression that they could benefit from the enthusiasm of racists, conspiracy theyre rifts, and other extremists while maintains control of the party, nominating traditional conservatives and promoting their long-standing policy goals. theyre not only afraid of them, but theyre trying to cultivate them. >> thats the difference. there was also the question could they contain that part of the party, play footsie with that part of the par...

Ultimately youll see this tale of two january 6s. thats a hart one to say. >> i was going to ask you. sorry for interrupting you. i think it also matters who is appointed to this committee, how many voted against certifying the election because you cannot underestimate how angry democrats still are at the republicans that did so and keeping emotions out of this, i think, is going to be impossible. but it is a question of how many. >> in addition -- in addition to keeping emotions out of it, it b...

Real action. >> which raises a fascinating question. you need to vote. heres what the president says. >> you see this result from restrictive laws, intimidation, and more. we cant rest until the promise of equality is fulfilled for every one of us in every corner of the administration. >> there are a lot who would wish he would bang some heads here. without that likely to happen, how does he get out around the country and say, look, youd better study the rules in your state to figure out whats d...

20 states did meet thef the pub fully vaccinatevaccinated. an open question remains whether americans will get boosters, either way the white house says it is ready. >> you will have the supply and the distribution if it is determined the booster shots are needed >> reporter: president biden touting progress tonight as covid cases and deaths fallen by january. he also acknowledged more than 600,000 lives loss from the virus so far and urging many to get vaccinated as soon as possible kate the ...

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 2 million women left the labor force. as the biden infrastructure plan is increasingly seen as the make-or-break moment forwoman, especially mothers, to have access to work that works for them, how will the biden plan address paid parental leave, child care and could it extend the child tax credit? according to yahoo news the white house started informal discussion with republicans on a possible second bipartisan infrastructure package that focuses on t...

Cant believe prosecutors would even bother to charge such little crimes because everybody does this kind of stuff. and of course you would expect defense lawyers to say exactly that. we wont know what the charges are until they are unsealed tomorrow afternoon. what we do know is that the state prosecutor thats been working on this, along with the new york attorney generals office thats been working on this, its been three years that they have been at work on this case. and the question of whethe...

Donald trump try to distance himself? weve seen him do that with other people before. thats very hard to do, the cfo of your company has been there for decade. seen everything. knew trumps father. its extremely hard to do. donald trump is aware of that. in terms of weiselbergs loyalty to trump yes hes very loyal. he knows where financial secrets if there are any are. but hes an older man. you know he has kids who have also been swept up in this investigation. he could be worried about them. he c...