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Coming from new york city bill de blasio on sunday saying the bringing back of some of these mitigation efforts, also this increase in numbers, yes it's happening right now, it's a new reality, but it is a temporary one. but when you speak to new yorkers, there is a concern and a fear that things are possibly going to get worse before they get better. and so we have seen just massive crowds at covid testing sites throughout new york city. people who are trying to at least secure an appointment to actually get those tests. it is a requirement if they're going to be traveling soon. but for many,...

Accept that president biden is the dually elected president of the united states. it's not impossible to think it's going to affect the armed forces. we draw our women and men with u.s. societies, so it's not unlikely some of them would be infected. finally it outlines some of the mitigating opportunities that are available to america, to the united states, to the federal government and to the armed forces to mitigate the challenge posed by a highly partisan divided america. >> we are going to go into the mitigation efforts in a minute. let's talk more about what you talk about in your op-ed. ...

Say that the mitigation efforts that california uses works that outcomes are measurably better in states that clamp down early and hard? >> well, certainly, there's a big relationship, kim, between vaccination rates and hospitalizations and deaths. but the relationship between the other mitigation factors like masking, et cetera, is much more controversial. and probably only helps to a certain point. but they do sort of temper -- the way i think about it, the vaccine is the cake. and the masking, the social distancing, that's the icing on the cake. but there's so many other factors like immuni...

Bet against this variant and others. we also heard from the execs at pfizer and byiotech saying they could modify it to fight the variant but it could take time. so the mitigation efforts, the best, for a long time, phil, are the ones the health experts say we should do. getting the vaccine, getting the booster shot. wearing masks. >> thanks so much. tonight, president biden honoring his friend and long time u.s. senator bob dole, the president, ordering flags across the country to fly at half staff as a tribute to the former senator, former veteran and presidential nominee who died at 98. t...

Presidential contenders and they should stick to what that do best, writing legislation that will never become law. absolutely not. mike: bail reform, christmas parade massacre in wisconsin where the suspect had long criminal record and lots of smash and grab cases in california, robbie, are those signs we should not be easing up on law enforcement tools? >> yeah, look, it's difficult because there are a lot of criminal justice reform measures that i support, that republicans support and democrats, that have bipartisan, have support of the american people but, you know what, we can't -- we are...