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The majority of the supreme court's conservatives seem to be concerned about sort of three things. number one, the fact that this is such a broad mandate, it's not targeted to any individual industries, it doesn't make a differentiation between someplace that has workers all spread out and some places where it has assembly line workers standing shoulder to shoulder. secondly, that covid is not strictly a workplace hazard, that seemed to bother some of the conservatives. osha certainly can control workplace hazards. but these conservatives said covid is everywhere, it's not limited to the workp...

Here which i'm going to read to you is this idea that it's not specifically a workplace hazard. and ergo can't fall under observera purview although covid-19 is a hazard. it does spread at home during schools and supporting events and everywhere people gather. that universal risk is no different from the day to a day dangerous that all face from crime, air pollution or any number of communicable diseases. i mean, the thing striking to me here is, a, you are not required to go to supporting events or other things. and second of all, like, half the -- a huge% of the country has been working from...

Three-pointer with no one covering is the question of requiring businesses. osha can regulate just about anything. construction worker on a ladder is regulated by the government. it's the same legal sphere that would cover that. it's hard to attack that if it's about making people safer in the workplace. the argument that the president will make is that covid is a workplace hazard, and protecting people against it is -- >> a lot of people go to court knowing they're probably going to lose. >> yes. >> they try things to stall and delay. can you delay this, get in the way? >> you always can. the...

Change. that's because i think for so many years men like harvey weinstein or men like some of the accused in the story i wrote yesterday with katie rogers, that they were able to operate in the shadows. now what we're seeing is a public naming of people. we're seeing victims come out and stand up and testify and talk about it and talk to reporters like me and go to reporters like debbie and reach out to congress "people" like senator boxer and say we're not going to be silent anymore. there is strength in numbers. even after the story i published yesterday, i've heard other stories and the st...