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Vaccine we're on a glide path to return to normalcy. and the delta wave of upending that and creating this uneasy, open ended kind of structure where we don't know where and how this is going to end, i think that is the biggest weight over the biden administration. and it's hard to see him fully recovering until the vaccine -- until the virus gets under control, which is in turn the key to getting probably inflation and the economy more straightened out as well. >> well, a wait for the presidency, a sort of damocles for people who are eager to have a sense of normalcy. is it us as a society wa...

Thank you. now i want to bring in dr. esther chiu. thank you for joining the show. i want to dig right in here because let's talk practicalities, what people need to know to really keep themselves safe this christmas and into the new years. i mean, not every case of covid has symptoms, but i'm going to put up a list on the screen here of very typical symptoms we hear about. there's scratchy or sore throat, nasal congestion, dry cough and muscle pain. what should people be looking for, dr. chiu? >> yeah, i think any and all of those things particularly the up upper respiratory symptoms that are...

Particularly low income children, children of color, children with special needs, we cannot afford to not get them back into school. and it just pains me so much that they are being kind of sacrificed as collateral damage in this political debate around masking. the idea we won't mask people just because it's an expression of our freedom not to mask is absurd. >> let's talk practicalities, what can parents do to keep their kids safe? how should kids get to school? is a school bus safe? carpooling safe? should parents be taking their kids and only their kids every day? talk to me about that. >>...

Half. >> mm-hmm. >> and it's reached a critical point. we already now know that depression and anxiety rates in children are twice what they were pre-pandemic. we know that children are 10% to 15% behind where they were supposed to be. distance learning has not been working for many, many children, particularly low-income children, children of color, children with special needs. we cannot afford to not get them back into school. and it just pains me so much that they are being kind of sacrificed as collateral damage in this political debate around masking. the idea that we're not going to mask...

Get to decide whether someone like jodi arias is eligible for the death penalty. jenna: do they have a case or not? >> i don't think they have a case for getting rid of the penalties, but let's talk practicalities about the prosecution. jenna: well, we can, but about the crime, especially cruel, doug, if any rational person looks at this case, whoever murdered this person -- which they found to be jodi arias -- did it in an especially cruel way. >> absolutely. >> let's step back a minute. you have aggravating factors and mitigating factors. a jury in a death penalty case, this is when the u.s....