and i don't know about you guys, but here in georgia where i live, you can really see that. i mean, you really hear the stories of, oh, i know this person. i know this person. i know this person. to make matters even worse, the delta variant also seems to make you sicker. once you get it, it seems to make you sicker than previous st strains of coronavirus. people who get covid-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, more likely to be admit to the intensive care unit, more likely to die. i want to keep those words up there for a minute. if you're not sure yet if you should be vaccinated, those words should make you sure. you are more likely to die if you get the delta variant than the previous strains of coronavirus. getting vaccinated cuts the odds of you getting hospitalized or dying way, way down to a very, very, very small number. john? >> yeah. i think looking at the -- some of these graphics that we've seen from really what our public health officials at the federal level were looking at, it cuts it down to -- you have 25 times more likely to be in the hospital or to die

. >> in georgia, one of the states seeing more than 50% increase since just last week, only 40% of the population is fully vaccinated. the unvaccinated are prolonging this pandemic. the unvaccinated are accelerating this pandemic. the main reason the cdc says it was compelled to change its mask guidance and essentially punish the vaccinated was because of cases among unvaccinated. the surge risks a new hit to the economy. risking a smooth reopening of schools. risks the reopening of workplaces. and speaking of schools, it's risking the health of children. >> children's hospitals in arkansas reporting a record high number of children hospitalized with covid. that is the reality here. children, yes, they have been largely spared by severe covid cases, but that's clearly not the case with this delta variant. one more thing to point out here, while the reasons certainly vary for not getting the vaccine, one obvious one, a big one, is the political and consperitorial efforts by the right wing and social media. according to a new survey, 46% of republicans who most trust far right news refus

we know since yesterday, there are school districts such as gwinnett county here in georgia, okay, we'll do masks now. three larger school districts in the country, new york, los angeles and chicago said they will do masks. but there's going to be a lot of heated discussion about this, i think. >> sanjay, you're nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. dr. walensky is nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. i have forgiveness issues. i will stipulate that right now. i asked her whether or not we should be blaming unvaccinated people for this. take the word "blame" out of it, sanjay. isn't it just a statement of fact that this is happening right now? that kids are going to have to wear masks in schools again now that these communities are going to have to mask up again now? because people chose not to get the vaccine? it just seems to be a statement of fact. >> i think it's absolutely right, john. i think -- what is the problem? what you're asking here, what is the problem you're trying to solve? the problem fundamentally, again, you elicited this from her. unvaccinated people, w

i would beg any republican in georgia, anyone in the phone book, he comes from a very red district. anyone would be better than a fool like this who is doing you no good to be in congress. but what's so painful for these officers, i think, is they go to work everyday. with people they protect who they protected on january 6th. think what we realized, many of these members don't realize how close they came to real danger. how close these people were to -- if there had been one wrong turn, gone left or right, what they would have been in for with this very angry dangerous mob. and we also learned that there were weapons there. that some of the people there did have some guns. officer dunn talked about seeing a gun imprint on somebody and of course none of these insurrectionists and i will point out that gold medal the officers got, they got it for battling, quote, the mob of insurrectionists who violently attacked the capitol. so, these were insurrectionists. even jim jordan voted for that to say that these were insurrectionists. very dangerous people. but now the american people got

congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who of course represents congressional district 14, which is in northwest georgia. and she tweeted that this is called segregation. will you be testing everyone at the door for the flu, strep throat, stomach bugs, colds, meningitis, aids, hep a, hep c, staff infections, croup, ringworm or any other con contagions. tell what you say that response has meant for you? >> well, first of all, i would like to say everyone is entitled to their own opinion. i've certainly been guilty of not so civil discourse regarding this. really we're trying to put our people back to work. hard-working georgians looking forward to re-entering society and being able to make an honest living. unfortunately that this particular tweet is hindering that -- their ability to do that but putting them under unnecessary stress of infection and threat. >> how are you going to enforce this rule, armando? >> well, to be honest, the sign does a lot of the heavy lifting for us. i don't do -- i don't have the staff to check every vax card at the door. and i hope it really never comes to that. what we ar

the good sir from georgia, mr. vernon jones who is running for governor in georgia at this moment, why don't you go talk to them and others like him. >> i'm talking to you. you know what it sound like, it sounds like you and your client still believe the big lie. >> the big lie, what does that mean? 75 million people believe the big lie. >> mr. mcbride, i want to thank you for coming on new day. i hoped you would have a fact based conversation about an attack on our capitol. joseph mcbride. >> torture is not okay. >> keep yelling torture, we'll stick with the facts. still to come, football hall of famer, michael irvin criticizing his former team when it comes to coronavirus. >> and the move by ben & jerry's outraging some leaders in israel. >>> and the u.s. men's basketball team arriving in tokyo but without another one of its key players. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report.

the cities of provincetown, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, are announcing requirements for indoor masking. florida now the epicenter of the surge. 20% of the nation's new cases. every county in the state has high levels of community transmission. joining me now is dr. jerome adams. former surgeon general under president trump. thank you for joining us now. new cdc guidelines for mask wearing for individuals who are vaccinated. what should they do? >> i think the guidelines cannot come soon enough. we need to understand we tried the honor system and it failed. the cdc guidance said mask it or vax it. we know there are many more people out there going without a mask than the statistics suggest or vaccinated. that is number one. number two, the delta variant is 1,000 times more infectious. we are seeing breakthrough infections, not leading to death or hospitalizations, but it could cause the spread we are seeing. we have to take that into a account with masking. public health officials are left in a lurch. >> you like to see more mask wearing inside for vaccinated and unvaccinated pe

the city's of province town, massachusetts, of course in the middle of tourist season, savannah, georgia, st. louis as well, announcing new requirements for indoor masking. florida is now the epicenter of the surge we are seeing. cases have more than tripled in the past few weeks, and every coin county in the state has high levels of community transmission. cnn went inside one florida hospital where covid patients are pleading for vaccines after contracting the virus. >> we're getting ready to intubate the patient, putting them on a ventilator, and they say if i get the vaccine now, could i not go on the ventilator. so they are begging for it. >> bad? >> yeah, i cannot breathe good. i have shortness of breath. i feel sorry about not getting a vaccine. >> you're sorry you didn't get the vaccine. do you think you would be here if you had gotten the vaccine? >> no. >> all right. joining me now is politico reporter, gary fineout, who has spent the past two decades covering florida politics. it's tough to hear from patients in the jacksonville hospital. it's tough to see the numbers right now

the cities of provincetown, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, are announcing requirements for indoor masking. florida now the epicenter of the surge. cases have tripled in the past few weeks in every county in the state now has high levels of community transmission. now, cnn's randi kaye visited a florida hospital in jacksonville that's now really in crisis mode, randy, and i understand people there are more or less begging at this point for the vaccine. >> they absolutely are, and you will hear from some of them in a moment, john, but this hospital i visited, baptist medical center in jacksonville where nearly 100% of their new covid patients are unvaccinated. they're getting new patients every day, and even if they are eligible for the shot, they didn't get it. that's why they're in the hospital now fighting to survive. >> the increase started happening so quickly, and it's multiplying so fast every single day, we can't open up beds fast enough to meet the demand. >> we met chief nursing officer tammy daniel in jacksonville's baptist medical center on one of the hospital's covid fl

you know, let me give you the example georgia nationalists. they decide that the, this is the moment to take the land from the minority just from their projects, from their seconds. they're terrible. first president gums have tried to do it and she failed. and i must, there was at the west change because the west had the gods to condemn gums that they didn't make one when they found mr. so i should be back with the ah finance guy. when customers go buy, you reduce the price didn't help. well, reduce the lower cutting, but what's good for food market? it's not good for the global economy. ah, is your media a reflection of reality? the in a world transformed what will make you feel safer? type relation or community? are you going the right way or are you being direct? what is truth is breaking in a world corrupted? you need to this end to join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah ah! welcome back across all things considered. peter, this is the home edition and to remind you were discussing some real news. ah, ah, okay, let's go back t

anything else is leading them into perilous conflict in georgia and the same? what does it prove to be in ukraine? i mean, it's never been thoughtfully explained. has been you, you can want to have more transparent senior government. you want to have a government that respects rights, basic rights that are expected around the world. but you have, but to have that you have to be anti russian. it never made any sense to me whatsoever. want to change gears a little bit. you know, you said you focused on europe and i think you're absolutely right. but not mistaken fema russians. good relations with japan, south korea, philippines, l. street. i mean they, there are no issues there, it's only in europe. ok. but then again, when you shifted to the east, there's a top prosy versus democracy argument called class. i think that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. it's only focused on europe at this point in time. go ahead humor . well, the night the states use the same argument against china. i mean it's, it's terrible. in the last few decades, china has been many in ties

you know, let me give you the example of georgia nationalists. they decided that this is the moment to take the land from the minority, from their projects, from their agents, their terrible 1st president. gums have tried to do it and she failed. and i must, it was that the west change because the west had the gods to condemn gums or they didn't make you one when they found mr. so actually the better we go to a short break break, we'll continue our discussion and some real new stay with our ah ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon show. when i was speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business, i'll see you then me. i haven't been in my phone since i don't i just saw up the format isis fighters and now voting a philippine naval ship with 900 dollars. just aren't abdulla still don't know, watch waiting for them. can i get a hold of me . ready ready i welcome back. across all things considered. peter, this is the home edition and to remind you, we are discussing some real news. ah, ah okay, let's go back to jim

you know, let me give you the example of georgia nationalists. they decide that the, this is the moment to take the land from the minority just from their projects from their agents. they're terrible 1st president gun. so try to do it. and she failed. and i much there was at the west change because the west had the gods to condemn gums and they can make one when they found mr. so casually, we go to a short break break. we'll continue our discussion and some real new stay with our on the the ah, me rather driven by dreamer shape those in me i think we dare to ask me. ah, the the welcome x across are all things are considered. peter, this is a home addition and to remind you were discussing some real news. ah, ah, okay, let's go back to jim in moscow here. well, we went to a quick break here. you want to finish up your point. go ahead. so some of the 1st wave off was so it was, was in the ninety's, the by the 1994. the situation stabilized, you know, the tools was find in the car box, georgia for some time stop their attacks against the party. and

what interesting georgia is that remember samantha power, she lamented russia's use of the beat. and it's really quite incredible i would say to samantha, how it shows the system works because that's how it was supposed to work with the that was the whole point. that's why they put that in the veto. they don't want to do what they, why, and the legal nations rule that failed. so we can't do this again. you know, if you know this, this, this is hiding behind the close of democracy. but well, let's look at the record yugoslavia. let's look at iraq. let's look at syria, afghanistan, we go on and on. i mean, it's really quite incredible. there's this idea logical offensive his garnered very little games. ok. and ends in failure every single time. and we have, we have to buy administration actually doubling down on it and, and if you just pointed out in the 1st part of the program, no interest section whatsoever. why didn't work, go ahead. well, you're right. and not only did fail spectacularly in the, in libya or in a game where it's obvious. but it also failed the former soviet unio

constantly reviewing guidance we get from other local and state health partners as well as the cdc and georgia department of education. >> reporter: could the mask policy change between now and the start of school august 4th? >> yes. >> reporter: in neighboring dekalb county and city of atlanta, school districts there taking a stricter stance, requiring masks for everyone. this is an issue that superintendents and school leaders are grappling with across the country. in dekalb, low vaccination rates statewide were factors in the decision for a mask mandate. >> overwhelmingly, i've received positive feedback from families who were so nervous about sending their children back to school. >> reporter: piece meal approach over masks in schools is causing confusion across the country. at least eight school districts from vermont to arizona miami, houston, hillsboro county are keeping it optional. >> monitor hog is vaccinated, who's not, that is just fraught with error. universal masking works. we know it works. >> this one, i love it because it has crowns. >> reporter: uncertainty is all that certai

you know, let me give you the example of georgia nationalists. they decide that the, this is the moment to take the land from the minority just from their projects from their agents. they're terrible 1st president gun. so try to do it. and he failed. and i must, there was at the west change because the west had the gods to condemn gums and they can make one when they found mr. so we go to a short break break. we'll continue our discussion and some real new stay with our ah ah, ah, the either financial survival guide. stacey, let's learn about fill out. let's say i'm a show i get any or i'm grief based on the site walk 3 prod. thank you for helping ah. enjoy that right. fell out that way. ah, welcome back. across all things considered, peter, this is a home addition and to remind you were discussing some real news. ah, ah, okay, let's go back to jim in moscow here. when we went to a quick break here, you want to finish up your point. go ahead. so some of the 1st wave off boss, so it was, was in the ninety's, the by the 1994. the situation stabiliz

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i mean in georgia, i know that the election fraud is being uncovered as we speak. that would causes bologna. that's a lot. that's our law. you can go on air regarding debbie. debbie didn't interrupt you. alright, debbie up to go drop there because i live double standard, a democrat. why asked year there were 25 people killed and she and b l a. m drive? yes. i federal courthouse in portland, oregon was sad oh bar in try can over during the hearings on not confirming brit cabinal, democrats invited capital buildings. what about january? yeah, instead of about january 6th, your thoughts? all right, i'm gonna jump in here, but are you didn't talk about that already. you didn't talk about january 6 either . ok, so let me go to jennifer. talk, go to mission. let me go to the other part of the commission, but it's race baiting and got to work. okay. race baiting. okay. we're talking about january 6, jack jennifer here. why doesn't nancy pelosi want to be asked hard questions because it was she was in charge of the security of the capital and. and the sergeant at arms requ

i'm in georgia. i know that election fraud is being uncovered as we speak, that we're the calls is bologna. that's a lot. that's a lot. if you go on air regarding debbie, debbie didn't interrupt you. alright, debbie interrupt. you going to stop there because i live double standard of democrat. why year there were 25 people killed and she and b l a. m drive. yes. a federal court out in portland, oregon was set on bar in. try can over during the hearings, on not confirming brett cabin, all democrats invited the capital building one by january instead of about january 6, one your thoughts? okay. all right, i'm going to jump in here, but are, you didn't talk about that already. you didn't talk about january 6 either. ok, so let me go to jennifer. talk, go to mission. let me go to the other part of the commission, but race baiting. hang on to work. ok. race baiting. ok. we're talking about january 6, jack jennifer here. why doesn't nancy pelosi want to be asked hard questions because it was she was in cha

i'm in georgia. i know that election fraud is being uncovered as we speak. that weather is below nice. that's a lot. that's a lot. if you go on air regarding laurie, debbie, debbie didn't mean interrupt you ari debbie did have to go up there because i live double standards of democrat. why a year? there were 25 people killed and she and b l a. m drive? yes. a federal courthouse in portland, oregon was set on bar in. try can over during the hearings on not confirming brett cameron, all democrats invited capital building. what about january? yeah, instead of about january 6, one your thoughts? okay. all right, i'm gonna jump in here, but are you didn't talk about that already. you didn't talk about january 6 either . okay, so let me go to jennifer and i told him i go to michigan, let me go to the other part of the commission, but it's race baiting. hang on to work. okay. race speeding. okay. we're talking about january 6, jack jennifer here. why doesn't nancy pelosi want to be asked hard questions because it was she was in charge of the security of the capital

there ladies in georgia and one in colorado, wisconsin, the democratic party, president biden, one, both states fair and square. i'd like those ladies to actually say that that the president of the united states is actually the elected and legitimate president they want. and they won't. i'd like them to say that president, by the one day like, are let me finish. you didn't talk about what we want to be fair talking about where you're going to lecture, guess finish. it's not my 1st rodeo, so you got to let people finish. secondly, on january 6, after months of this fraction of a man named president donald trump, who lost the election and he would refuse to step down. we have general milly, a 4 star general man. if you look at a stripes, that's every 6 months served overseas. that man was bored about a crew. that man was worried about a crew by a man. trump, who was unwilling to believe that he spent his thugs and i use that word purposefully and wilfully thugs. to store the u. s. capital, you know what? the democrats and republicans agreed in may on a non partisan independent commission.

buddy carter, georgia republican, he's a doctor, he's been pushing people to get the vaccines and he was asked on cnn whether he would push back on marjorie taylor greene whose twitter account was recently suspended for spreading misinformation and he said, well, she has the right to her opinion even though i disagree with it. >> an opinion? >> it's not an opinion. >> she doesn't have the right to her own facts. >> exactly. everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts. you think a doctor would get that. it raises the question, though, at what point if they're trying to turn around this ocean liner of disinformation, at what point will they actually start trying to punish or call out members of their caucus who are still spreading this disinfo? >> well, i think you have seen from minority leader mitch mcconnell, he was pretty fed up this week. i saw his strongest statement yet and he talks about vaccines a lot. polio survivor, this has been an issue he cares a lot about, but he basically said there's no excuse at this point for not getting a vaccine. you saw some rep

i mean go back to georgia, 2015. they opened the doors, the immigration to europe at that is, i think that is really the hallmark of history 100 years. now remember her that yes because of course it was the policy an absolute disaster in itself. but. 2 he led directly to the breast, and i mean, i have not been, she hadn't opened the door. the british was none of them to leave you. and that was a huge calamity for you because it helped fuel the orbit, who hunger. now, all of the europeans, a little tearing their hair, all this horrible, horrible person, you know, creative, you know, he sees on this issue. he was always the nationalist, but this was, that was, you know, meat and drink room with him is the things is that she lives every calamity. i mean, she bungled. also leave the energy policy because of the book. she mostly got to close down all the sort of the nuclear power plant. she said, okay, we're going to get rid of all the fossil fuel energy, the energy, which is one of the reasons why you move for this not s

they never do in georgia. what i think is very interesting here is that let me approach it with, with great detail and a lot of research in time. and i've been told me actually wrote it to but this is a intro family issue. the need is talking about here. but when you look at, when you look at western policymakers, i think we from nato countries, there interesting you, crane or ukrainian is scant. it's best because your brain is from, from the western perspective, it's a cudgel and burn the russians. i mean, i've always told this to people, for many russians, ukraine is not a foreign policy issue. it's a domestic policy issue because of the familial relations they have people's relationship to the dom bout and even further into the hinterlands of ukraine. and that's why it's so very important to russian for the west. it's just an idea. it's a policy, it's a country. go ahead. yes, that's exactly the point. and that's the point that makes the gain of the game in this article that the western. and he says, the we

i mean, let's go to georgia in budapest. well, georgia, russia always seems to be in the news one way or another. but it's an, it isn't a very different way. this time. vladimir putin, the russian president, penned to very, very long article, a very studied article. i would say about the relationship that russia has with ukraine. now it's a, it's that the kremlin dot r u website. it's in english, ukrainian, and of course, russian. it is a vocal enormous outcry and discussion and obviously criticism here. why did he write this article? what's it about and who was directed to go ahead? well, i think the reason he wrote the article is that he is very concerned about the recent development of the, particularly since my diamond 2014, mainly the use of ukraine as a battering ram against russia. and there's no sign of a bating, whoever is in the white house is continued to be used. and he wants to place in historic context this has gone on for quite a long time, russia and ukraine, the russians in the ukrainian people all want peop

georgia is finally finally leaving the political stage. you know, i have to admit, i had a lot more hope for her in the beginning. mostly for the reason that she comes from eastern germany and i now you play in retrospect, i'll be honest with you. thought that you could be more of a bridge, a beach for between east and west, and i was been proven disastrously wrong. ok. she's been in power a long time and i think she leaves with a pretty scanty legacy about a negative one. go ahead. george. very scanty legacy. it really what she's been about is just staying in power, not making any decisions and trying to have it both ways of old times. so she goes to. 2 washington law trip to washington. 5 and sign a washington declaration with joe biden, which others, the usual nato pious is about democracy and so on. but basically, what's most important is that the name is the call of european security that she's actually appears to that. and then she has the insolence to demand that russia continue to provide a gas via the ukraine route. and so no, no,

marjorie taylor greene is in georgia. look, i think these speaking tours and rallies, trying to get attention. marjorie taylor greene doesn't have committee assignments back in congress, gaetz is under federal prosecution. so they're doing rallies. i can just see them fundraising off of this. i think for them this is just going to feed into their narrative that the left is canceling them. unfortunately as we have seen with the fundraising reports, being extreme and being outrageous san effective fundraising tool. >> to be sure. we saw their supporters take to the streets after the cancel cancellations. is that why these cancellations are a political benefit to them, not just the fundraising numbers but raises their notoriety? >> in some ways makes them martyrers. you saw their supporters rallying in the streets. they have been on twitter talking about this. for them, it's no skin off their backs. >> liberals say orange county kind of pretty purple, historically conservative, and they cancelled on them, but maybe they want

in the 1830s there was cherokee nation versus georgia where the supreme court sided with native americans. that's the case where president andrew jackson supposedly said, john marshall has made his decision. now let him enforce it after brown versus board of education, president eisenhower had to sent 101st airborne division into arkansas because the governor had ordered the state militia to block the schoolhouse doors. justice breyer thinks the way you maintain the credibility that the people will honor the decisions and today we do. whether it's bush versus gore, the death penalty or abortion, once the supreme court speaks, the people listen. and we follow the decision. >> can i just ask, what do you think the pressure from liberals, what do you think the impact of that is on justice breyer? is he aware that there are people out there who feel this way? >> yeah, look, jus tice breyer pays attention to everything. but just as he is aware of the overriding political climate, i think he's aware of it, but he has the muscle memory of years on the court to put that to the side and make the d

to colorado because of georgia passing the restrictive voting laws there, but this is a whole chicken and egg thing here, right? >> that's right. they've said over and over they don't want the politics in sports, but now they're participating in it. >> shut up and dribble but we'll run a campaign ad here. >> the message was very clear. >>> this morning, a series of brand new books, frankly we did win this election by michael bender and landslide by michael wolf, they shed new light on the final days of the trump administration. brian stelter has the details. >> i alone can fix it. >> reporter: from 2016 to 2020 -- >> frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trump went from deceptive to down right dangerous. >> we won this election. and we won it by a landslide. >> reporter: and three new books using trump's words as titles underscore just how ugly his final days in office were. >> everybody knew that what was going on here was abnormal and dangerous and on top of everything else, ludicrous. >> reporter: in michael wolf's landslide, trump is portrayed as incompetent and al

in georgia, republican secretary of state brad was censured to find 11,000 votes. an audit confirmed the election results. in texas, indicted republican a.g. ken paxton had a special team. spent 22,000 hours searching for voter fraud. and after all that time and taxpayer money, they found 16 minor cases out of 11 million ballots cast. that $1 million reward from texas governor patrick which he offered for evidence of voter fraud still hasn't been paid out despite pennsylvania's lieutenant governor pushing for payment in exchange for his state's three documented cases of voter fraud which were all from republicans. that hasn't stopped some keystone state republicans from trying to keep false claims alive even after the audits showed the results were accurate. they're one of five states trying to follow the arizona fraud-it being announced by local republicans as a grift disguised as an audit and insane lies. it's even more absurd because the audits were done in arizona and found no fraud. so take a step back. look at the results of these audits and recounts and repu

side, the 19 states where less than 50% is vaccinated, everyone voted for trump, with the exception of georgia. mississippi and louisiana have vaccine rates less than 40% along with idaho, wyoming and alabama. it's stark and worse at the county level. 20 counties that voted most heavily for donald trump had an average vaccination rate of over 20%. there's a lot of noise in the data. overall trends are clear and ominous. cdc graphic, joining counties with case rates less than 40% of the population fully vaccinated. those dark red counties are a covid tinder box, especially in arkansas. paranoid style politics that's infused the vaccine debate. runs the risk of killing people just to own the lips. how many times do we need to hear about people who were hesitant of the vaccine, got sick and instantly regretted it? the right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. and the decision not to get vaccinated puts other people at risk. this should be called the freedom to infect you crowd. the real blame, those hyper-partisan hucksters who are trying to profit politically from this polar

what is the name of georgia? >> it's formed in latin from a swedish name. >> murraya. m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right. i love the spin after victory. i love the bill murray reference. joining us now is the national spelling bee winner, zaila avant-garde. congratulations. that was phenomenal. and i have to say, did you only start this whole spelling bee thing a couple years ago? zaila, can you keep on trying to speak? all right, we're having problems with the audio here. we're going to fix it. you know what, can we talk while women get the microphone fix? she will probably be able to fix the microphone. there is almost nothing on earth she can't do. >> i know. >> in addition to being a world champion speller, she holds several guinness world records in basketball like dribbling. do we have video we can show people? ♪ ♪ >> she is so amazing and funny, too. we're going to take a quick break. stick around. you want to hear from zaila avant-garde. we'll be back in a moment. >>> we're back now with zaila avant-garde who is the scri

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i do think you see in the georgia runoffs, you could say how much of it was stacey abrams motivating the black votes, how much was donald trump messing things up on the republican side. you can slice the pie in many ways. there are smaller scale examples of democrats using voting rights, using the stakes of an election to motivate people to vote. can you do it on essentially a national scale in midterms where history says dynamics are against your party? 2022 will not be a good year for the democrats. joe biden needs to defy history. the margin in the senate is small, the margin in the house is even. history says they must use this to mobilize or else the biden presidency becomes a two-year presidency, they get the house or senate and we slog into 2024. >> we'll see if they can do that. john, love having you wake up early with us. you can have your lunch break with john king. watch "inside politics" with john king every week day at noon. good to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >>> right wing critics are attacking the biden administration's door to door vaccine push. the pr

and damage reported after a suspected tornado touched down at the naval submarine base in kings bay, georgia. it comes as tropical storm elsa works its way up the i-95 corridor. meteorologist chad myers tracking the storm's path. a lot of people in its path. >> absolutely. we have storm warnings to boston at this hour. still 40 miles per hour storm, very close to columbia, south carolina. this weather is brought to you by carvana, the new way to buy a car. so let's get it to. grand strand, you're seeing the rain fall now. some wind pushing on shore. still the potential for a small tornado or two. some of these storms are, in fact, rotating. myrtle beach 37 this hour. it was 48 miles per hour last hour. so this is not over yet. dropped a lot of rainfall. look how much rain has come down all the way from southwestern florida up to north carolina. and there it goes. taking an aim at new york city. now, it's not going to be a big storm by the time it gets there, but a lot of rain in the city, into connecticut, new jersey as well and then on up toward the bay of fundy our neighbors to the north.

tropical storm watches and warnings are stretching now into georgia and also the carolinas. so let's get right to meteorologist chad myers to tell us what we're keeping our eye on here, chad. >> brianna, the very latest, the 8:00 advisory is out. . still a 65 mile per hour windstorm near cedar key 65 miles ore so. it should make landfall in an hour or so in the northern part of florida. as we talked to dr. ken graham from the national hurricane center yesterday, there is no such thing as only a tropical storm. this storm will produce winds 60 to 65 miles per hour in an area that is saturated from weeks of rain and some of these trees will fall. some of these things will come down on houses and power lines and maybe even your car. winds right now aren't as strong as they will be because the storm is still offshore, but we have some gusts earlier today of around 40 to 45 miles per hour. the storm will eventually get very close to savannah, and just west of myrtle. and still a 40 mile per hour storm. this is still going to pack a punch as it rolls over georgia, as it rolls over

. >> tropical storm watches and warnings are stretching now into georgia, also into the carolinas as elsa is churning across the eastern sea board and we're expecting an update from the national hurricane center in just a moment. we have reporters on the scene including randi kaye in clearwater beach, florida. randi, this rain and storm surge is still very much life threatening. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. luckily, brianna, things are looking up a little bit since we last spoke last hour, that sideways rain we were experiencing has disappeared, at least for the moment. also, that memorial causeway which leads from the mainland to here in clearwater beach where we are, that has reopened. that's good news. there's beach access once again. and i mentioned those boats we saw yesterday last time we talked it was still dark out so i was wondering if they were still out there. the good news they are still out there and i'm told they moved them out there and put them under these very large concrete anchors moved them out of the marina because it's safer to be there. the worst of the rain

. >> tropical storm watches and warnings are stretching now into georgia, also into the carolinas as elsa is churning across the eastern sea board and we're expecting an update from the national hurricane center in just a moment. we have reporters on the scene including randi kaye in clearwater beach, florida. randi, this rain and storm surge is still very much life threatening. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. luckily, brianna, things are looking up a little bit sinc

and meanwhile, in georgia, brad raffensperger does take the call and we all got to hear the sum and substance of it. so this was a guy who voted for donald trump, wanted donald trump to be reelected but knew enough to stay away when the former president who was then the president tried to meddle in the election outcome. >> i want to get your thoughts on something that i know has been weighing on your mind, mook l, -- michael, something that is relevant post fourth of july, the politicalization of the american flag. >> so it's funny because on radio recently going into the holiday weekend, i wondered aloud whether you could discern the political stripe of a neighbor by whether they were displaying the american flag, and brianna, i had a great conversation with the radio audience, and people would call and say, if i see one on the back of the pickup truck, i premium it's a trump supporter. i'm not sure i want to be perceived as a trump supporter. "the new york times" writes about this over the weekend, and of course it becomes a meme over on fox, oh, "the new york times," can you believe now th

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but it's really interesting, georgia for 5 years. this is their red ticket. and so we are there, you know, there's a new president and, and he wants to change why everything was going so well for careers were made. okay. you know, advancements, you know, cable news, the gigs and all of that. i mean they, they in an institutional way, i'm going to think collectively, really dishonest, but it's additionally this has been great me trade for them and why should change ok, go ahead. well, i think that the india, they don't want to change anything. there is the inertia, and that's really dangerous because it's a bad inertia. i mean, and sorry, i mean, i'm not going to court here what mike on pale and one of the american sectors of state recent decided that will be that, that would be see in the, you know, some control in boys in the west would say all your sprague, hatred, it was that was pure hate that you know what michael said about the china was buick agent. but if we go to parallels with terry and isn't just reminds me of how not to join them any, make up its

ok, i mean we get to georgia, take care. i like what i'm going to kind of re, jake, what demon just had to say, because i really liked it a lot. i don't, i don't, you know, joe biden is bought an idea log. okay. you may be locked in a secretary, not, not very bright on top of it, but he is hosted use a hostage to idea logs around him. ok. because if you know anything about him, i mean, he's basically, if you take away black lives matter and keep it all, but he's basically a liberal republican and he served that way all in the senate for half a century here. but that is my mind, my point is yours. you can be someone like trump that had certain basic instincts and inclinations that were very rarely formulated clearly. and then you have joe joe biden, which is basically he's, he's basically getting passage whoever has the, the power, because he saw what they did to trump. he doesn't want that to happen to him. ok. but nonetheless, it means he gives up his agenda. go ahead and george. yeah, it is very interesting. there is, ther