anderson and to our dr. gupta earlier. and he was asked, you know, why not just do the vaccine mandate, instead of allowing weekly testing as an alternative? here is his answer. >> well, i think the president is -- is -- is -- you know, being somewhat moderate in his demand if you want to call it that. in that there are some people who really don't want to get vaccinated but they don't want to lose their job. you have got to give them an off lane and the off lane is if you get tested frequently enough and find out you're positive, you won't come to work and you won't infect other people. so it really is somewhat of a compromise there. myself, i would make it just vaccinate or not. but he was trying to be moderate in what his pronouncement was. >> so, dr. fauci there saying that he would not let workers opt out of vaccine requirements with testing. so, was this biden policy made based on public health or political considerations? or both? >> a little bit of both. i agree with dr. fauci. tonight, the president removed the testing option from the