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In five latinos in this country that dont have health insurance. so what do we need to be doing to continue to address the access problem here? >> yeah. thats a great question. and, so, you know, you have to meet the individuals where they are. one of the -- one of the things that i, in my community, that i did was reach out to them in spanish. you have to make the message understandable and clear in their language. and, so, there are many individuals that are spanish speaking that need to have ...

So, what do we need to be doing to continue to address the access problem here? >> yeah, thats a great question. and so, you know, you have to meet the -- the individuals where they are. one of the -- one of the things that i, in my community, that i did was reach out to them in spanish, right? you have to make the message understandable. you have to make the message clear in their language. and so, there are many individuals that are spanish speaking and they need to have a clear message regard...

About the process, and we will have a good result. i am not going prejudge it, but i will follow the science. >> when you are talking about making the decision based on the science, that is what you dead when you issued a vaccine mandate for state workers and there are reports that there are roughly about 8% of the 60,000 state government employees in washington state that are requesting the religious or medical exemptions and that is thousands of people, and how do you balance that making sure ...

Today, i caught up with the man who has been leading that pack, conservative radio host larry elder. he opposes the minimum wage, has called climate change a myth, and wants to roll back many of the states covid restrictions. as governor, what would be your first action? >> repeal the mandate that state workers who have been vaccinated be tested once a week, and wear face masks at work. >> reporter: but right now, with the delta variant surging in parts of the country with low vaccination rates ...

Zohreen shah spoke with elder on the campaign trail. >> reporter: tonight, the final push for california governor gavin newsom to keep his job. >> the contrast and the stakes could not be higher. this election is a matter of life and death. public health is on the ballot. >> reporter: if more than 50% of californians vote to recall newsom in tuesdays special election, the opponent with the most votes becomes the next governor. leading that group right now by double digits is conservative radio h...

Vaccine despite the kate browns mandate. after the suspension from with the police and firefighters in oregon held a massive lawsuit against brown over the forest vaccination. now, state workers who dont get it by october 16th could lose their jobs. no jabs, no job. this isnt just happening in oregon but all across the country. joining me now exclusively is trooper along with his attorney, dan. he is leading this suit by the way against the governor. we have first responders across the nation wh...

Covid vaccine display governor kate browns mandate. just days after the suspension police and firefighters in oregon filed a massive lawsuit against brown over these forced vaccinations. state workers who dont get it by october 16th could lose their jobs. no jabs, no jobs. this isnt just happening in oregon, it is all across the country. joining me exclusively is trooper cowing along with his attorney, dane is leading the suit against the governor. we have first responders across the nation who ...

>> martha: so more cities and states are mandating that their state workers get the covid vaccine to come to work. but the requirement has caused a lot of uproar among some city employees like in chicago, for example, already struggling to fill vacancies among first responders and teachers. the city is seeing a spate of bus drivers quit over this mandate as one example. grady trimble from fox nice is live in chicago today. hi. >> the mandate has already led to dozens of workers quitting. many mo...

And vaccine mandates for state workers, those are going to be repealed. i also am pushing choice in education. before the pandemic 75% of black boys could not read at state level proficiency, and almost half of all third graders could not, and they were denied a whole year of in-person education. so one of my big agendas is to full bill the promise that -- fulfill the promise that kids get a quality education. while gavin newsoms kids were enjoying in-person schooling. im asking people to to go ...

Green jim crow. and larry elder, the leading republican in the september 14th recall effort aims to turn all of this around. >> what your first thing youre going to do? >> to the extent that there are any statewide mandates for mask wearing upper vaccine for state workers, they are going to be repealed. im going to declare public emergency and homelessness, im going to declare a public emergency on water. >> laura: more from a candidate from his old neighborhood in just a few moments. what we ar...