government. can the federal government issue a nationwide vaccine mandate? >> the answer is absolutely yes. the cdc director said the biden administration was looking into a federal vaccine mandate and ran it back and say there will be no federal mandate. we have the same supreme court case i talked about before that had to do with the state's authority but it applies to the federal government and there's a specific federal regulation that gives the federal government through the department of health and human services to make and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission or spread of communicable diseases. >> when it comes to mandates, does it matter legally that the fda has only given emergency use authorization? >> it does not matter. that is not a legal designation. that's a scientific and medical designation. all you need to show is a