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And welcome back to "morning joe." it's wednesday, august 18th. that is the ominous sky behind the comcast building. so we were talking before about greg abbott, the governor of texas, and you know, i was saying, oh, you know, if you're inside, and even if you have the vaccine, you should wear a mask, and just a warning also, just to people who haven't gotten the vaccine yet. i know there are a lot of reasons people haven't gotten the vaccine. we have been talking every day about the need to get a vaccine. somebody very close to me had not gotten the vaccine, had a family member come to their ...

Storm complicate earthquake relief efforts? and after banning mask and vaccine mandates, texas governor greg abbott has testified positive for coronavirus. despite being fully vaccinated. the news come as a breakthrough in infections in a handful of states. the question is what does it mean for vaccinated americans? it's "way too early" for this. good morning. welcome to "way too early," the show that wishes the baseball season was over already. i'm john lemire on this wednesday, august 18th. we begin with the race to evacuate thousand of americans in afghanistan following the taliban's ta...

>> well, that's what we're understanding is that the three educators who died were not vaccinated and it's unclear if the graduate who died was vaccinated or not. >> are there others that work in that district that have tested positive in this latest surge? >> reporter: yes, since august 1st, actually, they've had 138 people, employees from that school district from broward who have tested positive. what's really important to note from the union, the teacher's union president is that none of the people who indicted earlier this week got covid at school. the school hadn't reopened yet. they all...

Died, earlier-this week, got covid at school. school hadn't re-opened, yet. and they all died before wednesday. teachers first went back on wednesday. students go back on wednesday of next week, august 18th. so, they didn't get it at the school, anderson. >> and what's the latest on the mask mandate in place for broward school district? >> well, right now, as you know, the governor here has issued that executive order. so there -- he was banning mask mandates in school. but broward did put a mask mandate in place giving parents the only option they could opt out was through a medical reason or...

And the way to avoid that is to get vaccinated. >> you are looking to have the surgery pushed back until august 18th. that is two weeks later that was recommended for removing the cancerous lymph nodes that are in your neck. do you worry that could get further pushed back? what is two weeks delay mean for you? >> i have been told that there is no guarantee that i will have the surgery next week. i am on pins and needles this week. and until they checked me into the hospital to make sure it is not cancer again - cancel again . but my wife and i have talked about some possibilities but the reali...