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Women's rights to the stone age. on thursday, west virginia senator joe manchin threw yet another wrench into the biden agenda saying he wasn't so sure about the $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan. and then a very disappointing jobs report. and of course the damage is not just economic, but human. florida broke hit covid death record again this week as nationwide children with covid are filling up pediatric icus. this morning i spoke with white house senior adviser cedric richmond to find out how the biden administration is addressing so many crises. joining m now is cedric richmond. thank you ...

>> well, first of all, thank you so much for having me on, jonathan. and sophia, i'm glad to hear you are feeling better. so, i wrote this piece because, you know, when my child was 3 weeks old, he required a pediatric i.c.u. at the time he only had to wait a few hours for his bed. what we're seeing now across the country, especially in the southeast, our pediatric i.c.u.s are at capacity. we're seeing a surge in cases overall of hospitalizations and i.c.u. admissions, which means that we are doing a very poor job of protecting our most vulnerable. and right now our most vulnerable are our chi...

To wait until another child dies in order to get that. that was a stark example. but if you're a parent who doesn't think your kid is getting covid, you always want to know there is some ability to treat your child, right? at that moment when your child needs a hospital bed, that's not the moment you worry about the capacity of the hospital. >> exactly. we are in such dire times right now. and the fact is there are relatively few pediatric icus throughout the country. starting out there are not enough icus to meet the demand of the surge we are seeing right now. essentially we are not protecti...

Florida reported more covid cases in the past week than any other week since this pandemic began. there have been more than 17,000 covid cases reported in schools. nearly 30,000 students have been quarantined. i can't even believe i'm reading that. 30,000. is this all because of attitudes like the governor's? he's saying, joe biden didn't stop the pandemic, but he's doing it. he's putting so-called freedom over not only keeping yourself healthy but your community too. >> don, thanks for having me back. amanda's right. you know, the pediatric icus all throughout the south are filled with childr...

Caught up to him. he is trying to blame joe biden because biden don't stop the virus. but when you have a decision against simple medical advise, it's hard that it comes back on you. >> dr., amanda's right. the numbers are florida are horrible. florida report more covid cases in the last week than any other week since it began. 17,000 cases reported in schools. 30,000 students have been quarantined. i can't believe i'm reading that. 30,000. joe biden didn't stop a pandemic but he is calling freedom over putting yourself healthy, but the community too. >> thanks for having me back. amanda's rig...