as i mentioned, the anchorage assembly did pass this mask ordinance by a 9-1 vote. then the mayor came in and vetoed it. he said immediately he would veto it and he did. as far as i understand, the assembly is meeting tonight to try to override that veto, which effectively would put the ordinance back in place. do you expect they will do that? >> i do expect they will do that. that meeting is actually happening tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. because they only need eight votes to override his veto with the super majority and the ordinance passed with nine votes it is clear it will likely pass. currently the ordinance is not in effect, but it will go back into effect as soon as that veto override passes. >>> emily goodykoontz, reporter at the anchorage daily news in alaska, we've all been reading every day following your reporting and your colleagues of this situation and the situation in the health care system here. thank you so much for all the shoe leather work you are doing and thanks to you and your colleagues for covering this and for being here tonight. >> thank you. >>

let me just ask you one last quite procedural question on this, as i mentioned, the anchorage assemblyinance, by the 9 to 1 vote, and the mayor came in and voted vetoed it. as far as i understand it, the assemblies meeting tonight is trying to overturn that veto, override that veto, which effectively really would put the ordinance back in place. do you expect that they will do that? >> i do expect that they will do that, that meeting is actually happening tomorrow at 5 pm, and because the only need eight votes to override his veto, with a supermajority -- it's clear that it will likely pass. currently the ordinances not in effect, but it will go back into effect as soon as that veto override passes. >> emily judy cohen's, reporter at the anchorage daily news, in alaska. -- following your reporting and your colleagues on this front situation, and the situation in the health care situation there. thank you so much for all the work that you're doing, thanks for you and your colleagues for covering this, thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. , all right we'll be right back, stay wit

an arrest made at an anchorage assembly room where a mask mandate was being discussed. that said, do not comply. the mayor is apologizing for defending the group. he said using the star is a discredit to jewish people. an assembly member disagrees. >> it was heart wrenching to me to see individuals wearing yellow stars of david mimicking my ancestors who perished during the holocaust. for myself and most jews seeing the yellow star of david is like seeing a swastika on a flag or ss insignia on a uniform. >> all these fights over masks and mandates street concerning the former fda chief scott gottlieb. he's suggesting mandates may be the wrong idea just as a national mandate is set to go into effect soon for bigger businesses. >> i think where this gets touchy is when you mandate vaccination for private businesses down to the level of 100 employees. that's where you're going to get resistance, you're going to get lawsuits and you're going to turn this into more of a political issue. vaccines become another political issue we divide ourselves on as a society. that's not j

. >> reporter: so again, there has been in recent days some very contentious assembly meetings here in anchorage over an indoor mask mandate. and physicians who spoke out in favor of an indoor mask mandate at some of those meetings, they were berated and harassed in person and then some of them, we've been told by local hospitals, even felt so uncomfortable afterwards that they were asking their employers to take their names down from photos on websites because they were getting so much online harassment that they didn't feel safe. we had people who didn't want to do interviews with us because they did not feel comfortable. but again, they say this has been building for quite a while now, and kind of the big picture question is what does this mean for the industry at large. we already have a nationwide nursing shortage. it is really hard to recruit health care workers to places like alaska. when you're dealing with an unprecedented health crisis in addition to verbal and physical assaults, a lot of people are just walking away, geoff. >> ellison, in these instances where you have these ungratefu

. >> in recent days contentious assembly meetings of an indoor mask meetings, i really shined a light on the harassment anchoragelth care workers are facing. -- it's not just something that is just now happening, if they say it has been building for months. the big picture question is how will this impact the industry moving forward? they're already dealing with a unprecedented health crisis. add in verbal, even physical schultz, and some people are walking away from the profession. we already have a nationwide nursing shortage, it's difficult to recruit health care workers to places like alaska. and some worry that all of this will make people think twice about entering the health care profession. brian. >> what a situation there, alison barber reporting from alaska for us tonight. with our thanks. for more on what we just heard, we welcome back dr. dr. vin gupta critical claire in seattle, who's advised us he's -- on the faculty in university of washington center for health metrics and evaluation. doctor, your evaluation in that report we just saw? >> good evening, brian, it's sobering to hear that, i've heard

anchorage, operating under a crisis standard of care. so this is the rare state right now where things are not good as it relates to covid-19. and in recent days contentious assembly meetings over an in-door mask mandate have shined a late on some of the hostility and harassment workers are dealing with. we spoke to health care workers who say they are not just experiencing hostility speaking out at public meetings, but this is something that has been building for months. >> i got assaulted when i swabbed somebody for covid who was literally on the verge of dieing from covid. she didn't believe she had it. and she struck me and another nurse after we swabbed her. the last surge, i think, people are just sort of over it. and the conspiracy theories have really gained a lot of momentum, and that small population has just gotten very loud and emboldened, and it's -- it feels like we went from heros to martyrs to enemies now. >> and she's an er nurse in anchorage. she's finishing up maternity leave right now and it ended up being a helpful mental reset for her. health care workers, respiratory therapists, nurses, doctors are dealing with an unprecedented health crisis

stars of david to protest the mask ordinance that the anchorage assembly was taking up, comparing a mask mandate to the holocaust. it's shocking. and at some of the assembly meetings -- and it's not just in anchorage; we're seeing it in other communities as well -- it is neighbor against neighbor. we have had providers go to provide testimony before in these public meetings, and not only have they been ridiculed and mocked, but we hear the stories, we read the stories that they've been spit upon. this is not how we show appreciation for those who are trying their absolute best to be there for us. and they will literally turn the other cheek and make sure that the care that they are providing in that i.c.u., in that e.r., is without discrimination as to whether or not you have been vaccinated or not. they are going to be there to take care of you. so, please, can we please show some kindness to one another at these times of stress and of anxiety to families? we in alaska are pretty hardy. we're independent. we can handle things on our own. but we're better because we're also good neig