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political correlation between certain areas of vaccination rates being high. and certain areas being low. is this a consequence of our poisoned media ecosystem? >> i certainly think that adds into it. and i'm at a loss to understand why people are as they are after all of this time. you know, we've had 10,700 deaths in louisiana. we have had a day that we reported zero deaths. 99.9% of those 10,700 deaths were among the unvaccinated. and yet, we still have people out they're not engaged or if not engaged they're getting their information from unreliable sources.
and we're working as hard as we can to dispel the myths out there. and we obviously have a lot of work to do. chuck, we're not giving up. we're going to work extremely hard so people will make the choice to get vaccinated. >> speaking of unreliable information, you set to veto a bill that i guess would make it harder for trans-kids to play sports in school. in your veto message, you said you seem to think this is a solution searching for a problem. again, this feels like a legislature that is responding to a broken media ecosystem? >> well, look, the bill was a solution in search of a problem, because it was not any testimony in the legislature. even though the bill indicated that any of this is happening on louisiana. but we know that the bill itself presents a problem because these
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from seattle, washington. >> thank you, chuck, come visit us. >> oh, we will. up ahead, president biden speaks on crime. we'll hear from the law enforcement veteran about the latest from congress on the police reform. plus, the delta variant keeps spreading, we're going to talk with the governor of louisiana, governor edwards. but first, president biden was those honoring the legacy of the longtime senator john warner. the influential republican died last month at the age of 94, he was known as a statesman of willingness to reach across the aisle. >> every senator wears the pride of his or her state on their leave. but john's love for the people of virginia was something special. and they loved him back, kept re-electing him. because they knew john
licensure of the vaccine. because we have a number of individuals with the influence of when they get vaccinated as well. we obviously have a lot of work to do. in terms of the feds, i will tell you, they've been really good partners. and we just -- we just have more to do here in louisiana. you know, for example, there's over 1500 locations in the state of louisiana where people can get vaccinated. we're doing community events. we'll go to places of employment. we'll go to churches. we'll go to homes, of people who are home bound. we just have more work to do. i'm optimistic that i win back the louisiana campaign. we'll continue to increase. and we're just shy of 50% of 18 and over of at least one shot. i think we're going to get there in the near term. and as you probably know, we want the shot at 1 million to get more people vaccinated
are children by definition. and they're some of the most emotionally fragile people in the state. so the full weight of the state behind them and i believe it's unnecessary to use a sports metaphor, and on top of that, to be the host of ncaa championship events and so forth going forward which is really an anchor of so much of our economy mere in louisiana. so, it just didn't seem like there was any real reason to do it. i know the author of the legislation. she's a good person. i mean, we just see this issue differently. but i'm hopeful that the legislature will reconsider what they did. and we won't pursue that path because it is totally unnecessary. and i believe would create a problem where otherwise isn't.
>> john be bel edwards, thank y. governor of louisiana. i look forward to going to new orleans to watch my hurricanes win a national title. >> let's get it done. coming up, we're live in another part of the country struggling with vaccinations. that happens to be the area represented by the controversial congresswoman lauren. that's next. congresswoman lauren that's next. it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win.
one of those states is louisiana. their governor edwards joins us now. governor, i know it's not a list you want louisiana to be on. so, tell us, tell the feds, what do you think isn't being done that could be done that would help increase your vaccination rate? >> well, first of all, chuck, thank you for having me on. this is an extremely important topic. there's not a more important thing going on in the state of louisiana and in the country. you're right, we need more people to be vaccinated and happen quickly. here in louisiana, we're not where we want to be. we do understand that individuals have a choice in this matter. obviously, we want to dispel hesitancy, and that happens in large part when you answer people's questions about the vaccines so that they have can confidence about safety and efficacy. but also, i believe it will help warrant the emergency use authorization for the full
the neighborhood signatuurrounde plant. they're finding out how much the toxic chemicals are in the area. epa found concentration of chlorophyll. and one workplace more than 700 times the amount of upper limit and acceptability for cancer risk. the epa found average -- at one time, more than 49 times o f the recommended amount. >> he will say ten times or 20 times or higher than what a standard is. well, there is no standard. >> chuck carl brown is louisiana's secretary. he's right about those spikes. the epa has not set a legal limit for the mission. it is a year's long process. according to may 2016 internal
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