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That. kate uingly stuff out there yesterday. >> chad, thank you. let's focus in on one area, the recovery efforts from kentucky from the outbreak of tornados there. president biden surveyed the damage and met with survivors. the president is promising that the federal government will cover the cost of part of the cleanup. joining me now for more on this is republican congressman james comber of kentucky, the most devastated areas in his congressional district. he traveled with the president yesterday. thanks for being here. we heard the president announce that the federal government is going t...

Vaccination, and they feel the messaging right now as we head into another winter surge is starting to get confusing for their residents on the ground. take a listen to my conversation with ed day, he's concerned about trying to focus on vaccinations but also what it would mean to enforce a new mask mandate right now. >> we run six clinics right now on a regular basis. we are stretched thin. we actually have people from other departments and county government coming down to help out in some of the clinics being held in the county offices. >> reporter: ed day and other county executives around ...

36 past the hour. the cdc is warning that the new omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the u.s. and could soon peak in a massive wave of cases as early as next month. despite that warning, some officials across the country are pushing back against public health mandates, including an incoming county executive in new york, who says he will not enforce a new statewide mask or vax mandate. joining me now from new york is antonia hilton. great seeing you. you spoke with the incoing nassau county executive last hour. what did he have to say? >> reporter: that's right, jose. i just spoke with...

Was their lives. i mean, it's awesome in its scope. >> reporter: yeah, katy, our teams here have been doing incredible work to try to really share and present what we're seeing on the ground. having myself just arrived today, it really is breathtaking what these storms have done to these communities. and that's exactly what the president is himself doing today, seeing that firsthand. it's something that he has prioritized. it's obviously very tricky for a president, you know that the package that travels with him, he didn't want to be a disruption to the recovery efforts that are under way her...

In full crisis mode. >> reporter: you know, jose, some of this is also about fatigue. i've been hearing from people all across new york and the northeast, that they have gotten vaccinated. they wanted to go to holiday parties to see family that they haven't seen in a long time. and that some of these announcements at times confuse them about what they should or shouldn't do or how useful vaccination was in the first place. and these county executives say that they get the same angry feedback for many of the people that they serve. and so they want to stay focused on vaccination right now. and ...