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In one of the nation's biggest hot spots the governor there is actively opposing mask mandates measures. let's go to austin, texas. >> steved aler earlier this morning painted a bleak picture for what hospitals in this area lock like right now. he said he visited an icu yesterday. i can't tell you how many times he used the word scary to describe what he saw. there is 2.3 million people living in the greater austin area and currently nine icu beds available. it is a real problem for hospitals. they are starting to put in some of their surge plans which include moving some patients to the hallw...

Individuals to hospitals during the pandemic. while many are vaccinated, others are not. that brings me to my next guest, president of local 2507 the uniformed em, paramedics, and fire inspectors. thank you to you and what you and yours do for us over the last months, and all time. mayor dedeblasio mandated all municipal employees to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. you said vaccination should be a personal choice and not be mandated. why? >> good afternoon. yes, thank you for having me on. it should be a matter of personal choice. there is no conclusive evidence showing that this is ...

And there were also 40,000 or so candidates during the trials. so it's not like they did it on 10 people. there was a number of people. so putting that altogether, do you know how many of your union members are vaccinated? is that something they disclose to you? >> roughly 50%, half. and just to -- again, to add to what you're saying, we're not telling our people not to get vaccinated. >> right. >> all we are telling them is that it should be their choice. it should be our choice of what we place in our body until there's more clinical tests. and the last thing that will make things easier for...