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I've heard from friends of mine that didn't get the vaccine and went in there, and understood when they were alone and were facing death, just the -- there's just this feeling of regret that came over them that this could have been taken care of. they didn't have to be in a position where they were about to get a ventilator put down their throat and afraid they were not going to live anymore. i think that's just -- it's just such a tragedy that all of this is so avoidable. let's go to hawaii. >> the lieutenant governor there, josh green, has become the target of anti-semitic protesters who opp...

The situation is particularly vile in normally peaceful hawaii where protests outside the home of lieutenant governor josh green, where he has two young children under 4, have been going on for weeks, ever since hawaii mandated vaccines for state and county workers. some of them yell into bull horns and shine strobe lights into apartment units and flyers with his photo with the words, quote, "jew and fraud" have been plastered around the neighborhood because anti-semitism is alive and well even in the middle of the pacific ocean and a pandemic. when he is not leading the state's coronavirus re...

Unvaccinated. 90% of people in our hospitals are not vaccinated. and 99% of people vaccinated, are not feeling serious complications. this is posing other questions for local leaders, such as yourself. the mayor of dade county mandated testing for county workers. >> we did something similar. we did a mask mandate. all of our employees need to wear masks, unless you show that you're vaccinated. we're doing something similar. we want to make sure our employees are safe. we have less people vaccinated. we have to call out when they get sick. we don't want other employees or residents to be in jeo...

Again it is for some groups. it is not for everybody. it might just be for example in new york a state employees or health care workers or just along those lines or hawaii said county workers. it is not that everyone in those states have to get vaccinated. it is specific groups. unfortunately there are seven states that have said you can't do mandates. so these states have said, you can't do mandates and again it is for specific groups. one state might employers and another state might say businesses, so it depends on state. and all of the mandates or saying that you can't have a mandate, they...

Up and down the states, cities and counties are preparing and planning for the most needy and fragile. >> county workers have already become the call down list for those on our special needs list to make sure we have the right address for evacuation assistance. >> the governor said he spoke directly with the president last night and he's also asking for a free land fall major disaster declaration to facilitate faster federal relief. as of a couple hours ago, states of emergency are now in effect for all 67 counties which will make it easier to activate the national guard. >> bret: phil keating...