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I love it. but i am interested in your sense of what the political impact of this might be, particularly because we have been hearing more from some republicans of that tone from howard stern, including jim justice who is the governor of west virginia. he -- one of our columnists on msnbc daily, hayes brown, wrote for months, he has cajoled, nudged, and begged the people of west virginia to get vaccinated to protect themselves and those around them but the message is just not getting through. if...

9/11. timothy wrote feeling sad and reflective today. trying to understand why this pandemic has not united us with a similar sense of collective purpose and resolve. i was never more proud to be an american than in the days and months that followed 9/11. thank you, dr. eklin, for sharing your thoughts. we will share more of your stories throughout the hour but first richard lui here with the headlines. some of the stories we are watching for you at this hour. u.s. capitol police concluded int...

>> her bedroom is dark, and it looked like no one had been there. >> tell me what was going on in your mind when you saw that? >> my mind was probably in a million different places. i thought it was the weirdest thing. i was like, "all right, she didnt come home, so where is she? " >> had to be a reasonable explanation. pam zimmerman was so reliable. two years divorced, a successful businesswoman and fully engaged mother. a pillar of the neighborhood. david and his 15-year-old twin sisters, heid...

Its the unvaccinated folks who are letting us down. >> how difficult is this for us to understand? why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas that the vaccines have something in it, and its tracing people wherever they go? and the same people who are saying that are carrying cell phones around. i mean, come on. >> does that play to the republican base, pro-vaccine, but anti-mandate? >> yes, i think there is something there for republicans. 8 of 10 democrats support a harder li...

>> what we just saw from joe biden is more authoritarian than anything donald trump ever tried. >> you have republicans and the right-wing media who framed president biden at tyrant and authoritarian after he announced outstanding mandates, some of the most outspoken gop governors, many of which are threatening to sue the president. despite this west virginias governor jim justice has been pleading with his residents for months to get vaccinated. >> for gods sakes a living, how difficult is this...

Take a look at some republican governors say its time to get vaccinated. >> its time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. its the unvaccinated folks who are letting us down. >> if you are not vaccinated, you are part of the problem. how difficult is it to understand? why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas and theyre crazy ideas that vaccine got something in it and its tracing people where ever they go. in the same people who are saying that are c...

>> get vaccinated. >> absolutely get yourself vaccinated and were running out of time. a bunch of people will die. i dont know how we can more explicit. oh, boy, we have got to get vaccinated. more people will die. all youre doing is entering the death drawing. what in the world? death after death after death. if we dont get ourselves vaccinated, you know, for gods sakes, why is this difficult to understand? why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas?" and theyre crazy ideas, ...

Of time. a bunch of people will die. i dont know how we can be more explicit. oh boy. more people will die. all you are doing is entering the death draw. what in the world? i mean, i would run over on top of somebody. death after death after death if we dont get ourselves vaccinated. ... for god sakes, how difficult is this to understand? why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas and they are crazy ideas. that the vaccines have something in it. and its tracing people wherever...

And theyre crazy ideas, that the vaccine has something in it and its tracing people wherever they go. and the same very people that are saying that are carrying their cell phones around. i mean, come on. come on. >> this is all so much common sense, doctor. how significant is it, though, do you think to hear from a republican leader right now, especially when you have the likes of ron desantis saying things like, whether or not you get vaccinated has no impact on me. >> it is important that gove...

Why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas and theyre crazy ideas, that the vaccine has something in it and its tracing people wherever they go. and the same very people that are saying that are carrying their cell phones around. i mean, come on. >> joining us now cnn political commentator michael smerconish, host of cnn smerconish and general star of the radio. so let me ask you what you think about this? >> well, im a howard super fan. when he said it, i was cheering him on ...