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Businesses, you can't intend the funds on a tax cut and you can't use the funds to prop up your pension program. >> reporter: but opponents say just because it might be legal doesn't mean it is the right thing to do. >> we haven't done our due diligence in terms of responding to the covid crisis. it is in my view morally reprehensible for us to even consider using those funds. >> reporter: alabama is among the states that get more federal funding than they provide in federal taxes. the state currently has the fourth highest covid death rate in the nation and in the top ten when it comes to the...

State will become the first to require a covid vaccine for k through 12 to attend school in person. the governor announced the measure on friday. the requirement will go into effect in the school term after the fda gives full approval for the age groups to get the vaccine. it will apply to students in both public and private schools and is subject to medical briefs. he explained it to cnn's on that cabrera. >> we want to get this pandemic behind us. while we made great progress, california 84% of californians eligible received one dose, with the lowest case rate in america. we have a cohort to...

Right thing to do. >> we haven't done our due diligence in terms of responding to the covid crisis. it is in my view, morally reprehensible for us to even consider using those funds. >> reporter: alabama is among the states that get more federal funding than they provide in federal taxes. the state currently has the fourth highest covid death rate in the nation and is in the top ten when it comes to the covid case rate per 100,000 people. >> our nursing homes need this money. our rural hospitals, especially, need this money and because our rural hospitals are failing our urban hospitals need t...

Comes to vaccination progress in that department as well. the cdc says 77.3% of u.s. adults have now had at least one covid vaccine dose. do you think that's why we're seeing a decline in new cases because today if you look at the average daily case rate it is at the lowest it has been in more than seven weeks? >> well, you know, i -- i can't answer the back end of that, but front end of that, this is really encouraging news, you know. that is a great rate. the kaiser family foundation put out data that breaks it down and looks to see, okay, how are we doing by group and one of the things that...

For grades grouped at k-6 and then 7-12. right now, as you know, pfizer's vaccine for 12-15-year-olds is still emergency use authorized, and so this will apply to students at both public and private schools. it will be subject to exemptions for both medical reasons and personal beliefs, but this is a first in the country, and it comes on the heels of the governor's recall election, a recall that began over his covid-19 restrictions so let's get to the california can have gavin newsom who joins us now. thanks for making time for us, governor. this is a big announcement. >> absolutely. >> why is...