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That we are still seeing proliferation of misinformation online. and we know health misinformation harms peoples health. it costs them their lives. ive seen that as a doctor over the year as people have struggled with health misinformation. health misinformation takes away our freedom and our power to make decisions for us and for our families. and thats a problem. and the platforms have to recognize they played a major role in the increase in speed and scale with which misinformation is spreadi...

>> thats for sure. really stepping up the rebuttals after the administration essentially launched this full-court press a few days ago to get facebook and other social media to pick up the pace on enforcement, on misinformation about covid-19 and vaccines. the takeaway from facebook, its message, if you will, is dont call this organization, facebook, a scapegoat because the vaccination rates are plummeting. they even went out of the surgeon general, by the way, who was one of the first people to...

House is looking for a scapegoat, is trying to change the subject, because youve got this spike in new cases and they didnt meet their vaccination goals. >> you can see the frustration with president biden and his administration because theyve got vaccines that work and theyre safe, theyre widely available and yet about a third of americans wont take the shot and you heard in your interview with the surgeon general, he said i dont make laws, i dont make regulations. they also cant force facebook...

Are not vaccinated were unmasked and they call a super spreader event and it turned into a huge political football, corset is not happening now, not that i think it should happen now but its a reminder of how differently this white house is getting cover compared to previous white house. >> the ongoing battle between the white house and facebook some suggesting the white house is trying to censor or scapegoat facebook for the administration not meeting the vaccination goal, matt, what is your as...

Vaccinated. the white house said that the vaccines are available. what they havent been able to do is break through with a lot of people who are getting information on social media. ive spoken to medical directors in rural counties in mississippi and missouri and they are just at wits end. they cant get their staff to get vaccinated and the reasons they hear are things that people read on facebook and they keep mentioning -- >> well facebook points out, to your point, that the white house missed...

He had colorful language for the state legislature which doesnt allow mask mandates. they say thats something that should be up to the student and their parents, the way one official put it to me, dark days are ahead for arkansas. >> because teenagers are going to choose to wear a mask. thank you for going there. it is so important to explain whats happening there. katie beck, youre in tennessee. the states top vaccine official was just fireded and state department of health stopped all vaccine ...

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Hes never shown much loyalty to anyone thats worked for him. so well see. he could decide that hes going to use weisselberg as the scapegoat so i very much agree with that. >> professor? >> i think this all goes to the question of what the prosecutors are going to be able to prove here. as michael steele says, the fact that trump has managed to keep himself removed from the operation of all these businesses makes everything hinge on what allen weisselberg will provide by way of information and h...

>> and i know you know all this, derek, but for the audience, they can make a one-time change on the filibuster. i know it would set precedent. but were already past that. harry reid did it with federal judges and then mcconnell did it with the supreme court. and if you did it here, yeah, they may double down on it, but is this fight worth it? thats the question democrats have to put to joe manchin and to themselves, frankly. i think hes been a little bit of a scapegoat and thats why i like that...

They can make a one-time change on the filibuster. i know it would set precedent. but were already past that. harry reid did it with federal judges and then mcconnell did it with the supreme court. and if you did it here, yeah, they may double down on it, but is this fight worth it? thats the question democrats have to put to joe manchin and to themselves, frankly. i think hes been a little bit of a scapegoat and thats why i like that you guys entered the arena today. people have to understand t...