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Tweet. writing, quote, no matter the outcome, i've won. the outpouring of love and support from family, friends, and fans alike has been incredible, unquote. viewers also expressed concern about past harassment and discrimination lawsuits involving mr. richards. nbc news reached out to sony pictures television which produces "jeopardy!." the show declined to comment on the allegations made in the suits. mike richards was unavailable for comment. our panel is back with us. eric, let me start with you and your sense of what's happening behind the scenes. >> sure. so this report that "variety" ca...

Take a vaccine or not to comply with the vaccine in the midst of a global pandemic. joshua, i grew up in bangladesh in the 1980s. i was one of the last babies in the world to be vaccinated against smallpox and bangladesh is one of the last countries. i think about how we eradicated major pandemics like smallpox, like polio. i don't think it should be a choice. and i don't think we can afford for people to choose not to get vaccinated. >> eric, what about the way some companies are dealing with this, including some companies in the media industry. we mentioned the walt disney company. we learne...

Covid-19 cases this week. republican governor ron desantis is banning mask mandates in schools. he's depicted another shutdown as a greater threat than the virus itself. this week the governor also tried to downplay the outbreak by attacking the press. he accused reporters of creating hysteria. which brings us back to that number, 50. remember we said 57% of unvaccinated adults said the media was exaggerating this pandemic? well, another poll this week found that after fox news hosts shifted their tone on the shot, vaccine skepticism fell to an all-time low among their viewers. so how do we ge...

I don't know what's wrong with people. i feel like if you're not ready to be on a flight or if you feel like -- this latest incident, what's being shown right now on the split screen, i mean, i didn't know this was a real story. it almost seemed like something from, i don't know, "saturday night live." so i don't want to blame the pandemic. i think people have a lot of issues and if you're not ready to fly, please don't fly. >> seems like something from the universal studios tours. you go through a set of a crashed plane and then somebody starts getting crazy and the tour guide jumps off and g...

Again? >> i mean, i think for the first time a lot of it has to do with the fact that there's a sense of, like, choice being taken away, like eric was saying. and i think that, you know, the adjustments made during 2020 to be able to do comedy, like having comedy outdoors on rooftops and patios, that put a lot of people at ease. it also facilitated people feeling more comfortable. i think as we get to that threshold where we are, like, slowly creeping in the right direction, once someone's vaccinated, they're vaccinated, you know? so i know that it doesn't completely eliminate the threat and e...