in the last month, the owner of this barber shop says three of his barbers and his business partner werected with covid-19. taylor and another barber got the virus last year. none were vaccinated. it was a wake-up call. so dayler decided to continue his barber shot into a vaccination site. taylor partnered with state health officials to offer vaccine shots to clients coming in for a haircut. >> barber shop is a place of transparency, truth, debates and brotherhood. >> reporter: taylor says he wins them over with trusted voices and easing their fears. >> like you have people who will say, well, it is not 100%. nothing is 100%. it is not 100% that i'll make it home when i leave this barber shop, but i will put on my seat belt. >> reporter: the average number of new cases has jumped from 1 # 2 in early june to almost 700 and the average daily number of hospitalizations has shot up from 178 in mid june to more than 900. medical experts say this surge is driven almost entirely by unvaccinated people. >> this could have been prevented. >> reporter: and this doctor is director of infectious dis

bishop barber, your thoughts.and voter engagement drives. do you think that the democrats can hold the power of the federal government if we leave things the status quo? >> i question can we even hold america. that's how serious this is. the reality is biden only won by 40,000 cumulative votes in three states. he might have won by 7 million total but can you litigate your way out of this? no. you can't mobilize your way out of this. you have to have federal protection like they marched from selma and montgomery and said we need federal protection today. we have to have federal action. manchin has got to decide whether he's going to follow the u.s. chamber of commerce or the u.s. constitution. now, he signed as a co-signer on this bill, but he did it when mcconnell was in office. he knew it wouldn't come to the floor. so 79% of west virginians are against what he did. we marched on his office black and white together and they said, wait a minute, you're wrong on this. we got arrested at sinema's office. it makes ab

reverend barber, i'd like to start with you. about what it is that you have planned. the announcement that you and congressman o'rourke have made today about what your next steps are. >> well, thank you so much, rachel. you know, we won in north carolina. we actually took that mobilization into the court and beat back the worst voter suppression bill since jim crow. we announced today that we're going to have beginning in georgetown, texas, on july the 27th, ending in austin, texas, on july the 31st a moral resurrection and a march from georgetown to austin similar to the march from selma to montgomery. it is time to nationalize what's going on in texas and in this particular march from georgetown to austin, 27 miles, four days of marching, we're demanding four things. end the filibuster, pass every provision of the for the people act, which is actually the bill john lewis wrote. pass the voting rights act restoration and pass $15 an hour living wage because we've got to connect voting to economics and recognize this is not just

you took us into the truth debate and brotherhood of the barber shop.nk you very much. >>> with new covid infections rising around the country, reports of breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated, while rare, can be worrisome. my next guest and his family are going through this right now. and in a tweet he wrote this. he said my wife, 10-year-old daughter and i all have covid. my wife and i are breakthrough cases. we're not in the hospital, but it's no picnic either. be careful out there, friends. adam rotheman with us now to talk about this. adam, thank you so much for joining us. just tell us how you're feeling and what your breakthrough cases for you and your wife have been like. >> yes, thanks for having me. it's good to be here. and to be able to share our story. you know, right now i'm feeling okay. i have a little bit of -- little bit of cough and congestion, but it's not add was it's not as bad as it was. my 10-year-old daughter tested positive last tuesday, and my wife and i who are both vaccinated developed symptoms a couple of days later

barber -- guest: i appreciate the question. the poor people's campaign, we are not democrat or republican. i am an independent by registration. challenge both parties. we are organized, no person of elected office can stand on our stage or lead our coordinated committees. there are a lot of different names you could call it, democratic socialism, reviving democracy, we tend not to get into that linkage. what we say is we need to look at all public policy and deepest moral values, whether of the constitution that says we have provided the common defense and promote the general welfare and equal protection under the law, or look at moral values, which say how you treat the least of societies in the measure of the society. when you lay those values on top of every public policy and ask this question, how does this piece of public policy lift from the bottom? how does it lift low wealth? whether it is written by democrats or republicans, we can color subs a lot of things, but i want to know, which is why we wrote a moral budget, we

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that's who's gonna be talking to the nation then. >> reverend doctor william barber, president of theach of the people's own cain, and o'rourke, the founder of better the people. gentlemen, thank you for helping us understand what is going on tonight, i appreciate you both taking the time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> again, the march that they're announcing will be held july 27th to july 30th. it starts in georgetown, texas it ends in austin, texas. they describe it in the selma gummer march. it's gonna be a 27 mile march they're gonna do this across for days. and then after that day, july for the 31st, a rally at the austin state capital in an effort to nationalize the voting rights test in texas will. be right back. be right back. (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. today the website uce promoted that the u.s. state department is staffing up to get afghan translators to get evacuated from afghanistan after they leave the country after 25 years of war. they're asking their employees for worldwide volunteers, volunteers work 12 hour shifts for logistical support. t

barber -- guest: i appreciate the question. the poor people's campaign, we are not democrat or republican. i am an independent by registration. challenge both parties. we are organized, no person of elected office can stand on our stage or lead our coordinated committees. there are a lot of different names you could call it, democratic socialism, reviving democracy, we tend not to get into that linkage. what we say is we need to look at all public policy and deepest moral values, whether of the constitution that says we have provided the common defense and promote the general welfare and equal protection under the law, or look at moral values, which say how you treat the least of societies in the measure of the society. when you lay those values on top of every public policy and ask this question, how does this piece of public policy lift from the bottom? how does it lift low wealth? whether it is written by democrats or republicans, we can color subs a lot of things, but i want to know, which is why we wrote a moral budget, we

to be honest, i think i might be an ok barber, but i i think i might be an ok barber, but it is my personalitye, we become like family, share a lot of stuff, up and down times, no matter what we are going through, it is good to see the kind of person that they are and the strong character they have, they are literally going out there and representing england at the moment and i think we are taking it home today. and i think we are taking it home toda . ., ., and i think we are taking it home toda. ., ., , and i think we are taking it home toda . ., ., , ., today. how do you see the game auoin ? today. how do you see the game going? you _ today. how do you see the game going? you have _ today. how do you see the game going? you have a _ today. how do you see the game going? you have a real— today. how do you see the game going? you have a realvested i going? you have a real vested interest in their performance, watching all your haircuts running around the pitch, how do you see the game going?— game going? england have to take it home and i game going? england have to take it home and i am _ ga

bishop barber, why are you marching? federal protections of the we have to have -- end the filibuster. we have to fully pass all the provision of the true john lewis bill, the for the peoples act, the one he wrote before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. we've got to -- you can't litigate your way out of this. mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators of the -- the other day through zoom. and they understand that, clearly. and what's happening is not just democrats. it's people of all races, creeds, and colors, and parties. 40 organization, my brother beto, who is down there, who said we would march from georgetown to austin. and then, on saturday, we'll have a massive rally. people will be invited there. we have limited doing the march but not for the rally. even willie nelson is going to be joining us on saturday because people know that 66 million people used mail-out ballots, this past election. 3 36

william barber, gentlemen thank you for being with me.ss and you have your texas state representatives who have been testifying, meeting, having zoom meetings, begging, pleading, cajoling your federal colleagues, members of the house of representatives in particular senators, saying save us. we can beat the tip of the sword but we need backup. it's like the alamo, you have to come and help us. we can't hold our own forever. >> you're right, that these texas legislators have done more than we could ever ask them to do, they've left their offices, they've left their families sometimes with very young children, they've left their homes and they've taken this fight to the one place it can be one, our nation's capital, specifically the u.s. senate. and when they come back, they potentially face arrest. now the texas has done so much and thanks to the poor peoples campaign impish a barber, and this march that 40 organizations have led, what we're doing, texas has done its part, and now it is time for the president and those democrats in the sen

he's a barber. he's not a barber. he's the nephew.mple of the kind of nepotism that runs rampant in the barbering industry. besides, mr. d'onofrio knows one because he has all my haircut records from my barber in texas.

congressman o'rourke, bishop barber, is that enough? >> we need to see action and we need the president to make the case for changing the, make an exception at a minimum to pass voting rights legislation, nothing good has ever come from that filibuster, but at a minimum, the president must call out the political courage necessary. so that will require to make that for the for the people act. >> we've been around this. i love the president. we need to see the data. because what will happen is, they'll make a small deal and celebrate it as everything. if you say you love john lewis, and he wrote the for the people act, pass the full voter for the peoples act. pass 15. we lost 15 to a filibuster. we've never going to separate these issues. i want to know how many black folk were in that room while you were talking. how many latinos, how many gay folk, how many disabled vote. are you going to meet with the people. switch this. so mr. president, senator schumer, speaker pelosi, we love you. show us the detail. we're tired of less than. we mu

and finally, now, barber britton was arrested and charged with murder.eve this woman? a woman whose hands literally shook. who's tears flowed at the mere mention of her departed ex-husband? do you believe the things she said? >> all the time we thought -- it's always been he's missing. >> "dateline" returns after the break. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... ...for 3!... ...so i can du more of the things i love. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. and can reduce, or even eliminate, oral steroids. and here's something important. dupixent can cause serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. get help right away if you have rash, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection, and don't change or stop your asthma treatments, including steroids, without talking to you

bishop barber, why are you palm beaching? >> well, we're trying to nationalize texas.tionalized to sigh we have to have federal protections. we have to have the end of a filibuster. we have to fully pass the true genres for the people's act before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. you can't litigate your way, mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators the other day from zoom. they understand that clearly. what's happening it's not just democrats, it's people of all race, creeds, colors, parties, for the organization. my brother down there who said we would march from george town to austin and on set we'll have a massive rally. people will be invited there. we'll be limited during the march. not for the rally. even willie nelson will be joining us on saturday. people know 66ple people use mailout ballots this past election. 36 million people ordered early voting and these are the things that these state legislators want to take all over the country. they

my dad allowed us to take his barber shop, and he was -- had some reservations.ite folks had done and that that was going to happen to us. we knew somebody needed to do something. we discussed all the short falls. one of the things that just got through happening. george floyd. things like that happened in our community. am i militant? am i hot-headed? yes, i am. i don't choose to be uncomfortable. reality has made me uncomfortable. >> i grew up in a black word. it was wonderful because we went to all black schools and all black churches and everything was black, so that's all i knew. integration as a kid, as a kid it shattered my world. >> you all have never witnessed integration. you witnessed desegregation where they allow you to come into now what they used to keep you out of. >> so greenwood, even when you were coming up, long after the massacre, had black businesses. when did it start to change? >> when negro removal came in and right before that when they built an expressway right through the heart of greenwood business district. ♪♪ believe in their dreams

taylor and another barber got the virus last year. none were vaccinated. it was a wake-up call.accination site. he partnered to offer vaccine shots for clients coming in for a haircut. >> the barbershop is a place with truth, and brotherhood. >> reporter: he wins them over with trusted voices. >> you have people, it's not 100%. it's not 100% that i will make it home when i get out of this barbershop. >> reporter: the cases have jump from 132 to almost 700. and the average daily number of hospitalizations has shot up from 178 in mid-june to more than 900. medical experts say this surge is driven almost entirely by unvaccinated people. >> this could have been prevented. >> reporter: she is the director of infectious diseases at university medical center in las vegas. only 40% of the nevada population is fully vaccinated. and with that, dr. assad offers an ominous warning. >> it's just a matter of time before you come across a variant where your vaccines do not provide that degree of protection. so, unvaccinated people pose a huge threat to the rest of us who are vaccinated because

with covid-19, taylor and another barber got the virus last year.accinated. it was a wake-up call. so taylor decided to turn his barbershop into a vaccination site. ♪♪ taylor partnered with state health officials to offer vaccine shots to clients coming in for a haircut. >> the barbershop is a place of transparency, truth, debates and brotherhood. >> reporter: taylor wins them over with trusted voices and easing their fears. >> like you have people who say it's not 100%. nothing's 100%. it's not 100% bi'll make it hom when i leave the barbershop but i'll put on my seat belt. >> reporter: the average number of daily coronavirus cases jumped from 132 in early june to almost 700 and the average daily number of hospitalizations has shot up from 178 in mid-june to more than 900. medical experts say this surge is driven almost entirely by unvaccinated people. >> this could have been prevented. >> reporter: dr. assad is the director of infectious diseases at university medical center in las vegas. only 40% of the nevada population is fully vaccinated and w

has a barber community program, and it works. representative waters: we have to come up with new ways to be creative. thank you, all. chair clyburn: thank you. do we have a person on the republican side for the next questions? you are recognized. representative: thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this important hearing, important to communities i represent, communities of color and underserved communities. i want to thank the witnesses for being here. recently, i introduced the building covid night -- building covid vaccine confidence active 2021 which directs cdc to direct grants to local health departments and nonprofits to conduct outreach, to conduct -- to combat vaccine hesitancy. what are the top three recommendations to create a successful, culturally competent, multichannel targeted vaccine campaign? dr. benjamin: the first thing is to make sure that you engage the community as part of your design . it is important that we not thank we know what the community needs are thanks. that is first -- community needs or thinks.

taylor and another barber got the virus, last year. none were vaccinated. it was a wake-up call.ccine shots to clients coming in for a haircut. >> the barbershop is a place of transparency, truth, debates, and brotherhood. >> reporter: taylor says he wins them over with trusted voices, and easing their fears. >> like, you got people who will say, well, it's not 100%. nothing's 100%. it's not 100%, that i will make it home when i leave this barbershop, but i will put on my seatbelt. >> reporter: the average number of daily coronavirus cases has jumped from 132, in early june, to almost 700. and the average-daily number of hospitalizations has shot up, from 178 in mid-june, to more than 900. medical experts say, this surge is driven, almost entirely, by unvaccinated people. >> this could have been prevented. >> reporter: dr. assad is the director of infectious diseases at university medical center in las vegas. only 40% of the nevada population is fully vaccinated. and with that, dr. assad offers an ominous warning. >> it's just a matter of time, before you are going to come across

bishop william barber is joining me now. keech chair of the poor people campaign.ies of events. they're aimed at protecting vote rights. thank you so much for being with us today. i think that congressman jay powell represents the energy i got when it comes to putting pressure on this administration. i want to play this script and i want to get your thoughts. >> this is urgent. but in full view of the american people who are watching their rights to be stripped away. >> i take it that you don't think he's done enough publicly? >> he has a tremendous amount when he came in front of him. yes, i this hi he needs to do more on this issue. >> bishop, i want to hear about voting rights every single day. if i were in the administration, i would find some long, municipal line, i had joe biden standing there for six or seven hours, just to demonstrate how serious it is. at the state level to push back some of these horrific voting restrictions that it had been passed. >> first of all, i think that -- it is not trump's country. it is our country. he needs to disaggregate of

i think the point the reverend barber and others made is, look, we see what the playbook is. we see what's in legislation like h.b. 3 here in texas. we see the need to make sure that we have a robust voting rights act that restores what the supreme court took away a few years ago. and also the for the people act, to cut out the extreme gerrymandering, for instance. and so the question is, does any proposed legislation in d.c. get there or not? that's a yes or no answer. and so you -- i think their concern is you can't water it down so much that we went through all of this for nothing. and i do think, though, that the efforts of texas legislators and the efforts out here are -- are calling the nation's attention to the need to pass the for the people act. and i think most of us expect that some amount of compromise is going to happen. it usually does in these types of legislation. but at the end of the day democrats have to understand that they need to hold form to make sure that everybody has access to the ballot box and that we turn back the voter suppression efforts >> i wa

nbc's allison barber has been looking into that. what have you learned? >> hey.e. one that has the potential pit those who survived the condo collapse against those who lost loved ones in it. a judge ruled that the property where this condo once stood could be sold and it is valued at over $100 million. they appointed a steering committee to try to establish a track for property litigation saying there is simply no time to waste here because survivors, they need money to try and rebuild their lives. the building itself had very inadequate -- it was woefully under insured. the families, though, of those who lost loved ones said this is all happening much too fast. we spoke to three people, all of them connected not just by this nightmare but the people they lost, they were all related by blood or by majo -- marriage. nikki and luis got married in january. they planned to have a bigger wedding after the pandemic. they both recently graduated from the university of florida. they were all cousins. their families are now pleading for permanent memorial at the site wit

. >> reporter: in missouri, beauty salons and barber shops around st. louis will soon be places where residents can learn more about vaccines. >> barber shops and beauty salons are trusted places in many communities. places where people go not just to take care of their hair but to catch up on current events and exchange information. >> reporter: fewer than 50% of adults in missouri are fully protected against covid-19. and olivia rodrigo met with president biden and dr. anthony fauci to record a joint social media message. she will share it with her followers, all 28 million of them, new tools in the fight against coronavirus. >> that ought to make a difference. bradley blackburn in new york, thank you. >>> a new watchdog report finds the fbi made significant errors when investigating sexual abuse allegations against the disgraced usa gymnastics doctor. the just department's inspector general found the agency did not treat larry nassar's case with the utmost seriousness. the fbi first learned of the accusations against nassar in july of 2015 but did no

alison barber here, she has been covering the story from the beginning.ere it all stands right now. you heard the governor talking about el is a now. strong winds, tropical storm like winds. they were talking about how they were monitoring el is a. they felt like they would be okay through saturday. the big concern is this strategy here. the rescue efforts under way today but they were stopped yesterday for 16 hours because of concerns that the building, the remaining part of the building that it could collapse. there is apparently a large column that shifted six to 12 inches. firefighters on the scene going about their scene and search efforts felt heavy movement. there is some talk about the possibility of demolishing what remains so search efforts are not impeded again. is is unlikely that something like that could happen. we know at least 145 people are unaccounted for and this seems to be kind of the next big obstacle for the efforts here. we expect to get a update on whether or not any additional victims have been recovered. but the latest update we

>> ellison barber, thank you. kit, it being at nighttime, is that unusual? >> well, most definitely. an unusual fact is they will probably record-setting depth implosion plan. they'll probably start doing this on a thursday, and three, four, days after. usually it takes many efforts. -- by the charges and bring down implosion. it takes a lot of effort, but those guys are very competent. i know they're working 24/7 t get to this thing. without it, it's affecting the rescue operation quite a bit. this building is very fragile. they could have access to many areas they need to go. not only is the hurricane threatening the building, but this, must be done. >> does it worry you? i know you said these are dependable folks. they've been working 24/7. nonetheless it's been a quick preparation. does that worry you? >> most definitely. there's always rink, but rescue workers cannot access most of the debris sites. because they have to get to this, but they cannot take the risk to expose their lives too much, so those are so-called risk, and risk that they analyze that

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reverend barber will be in texas tomorrow to launch a four-day selma-to-montgomery march.ay state representatives left texas to go to d.c. to restrict voting access in that state. that group of texas democrats have met with the vice president, kamala harris, house majority whip james clyburn but they have not been able to get a meeting with the president himself, and their frustration is starting to bubble over. during a remote office call with a member of congress, texas state representative richard raymond said he won't meet with us on zoom like this. i'm trying to be tactful, but i don't know how else to say it, man. i'm just pissed off at this point. here's what leticia brown told politico, quote, hope is constantly turning to frustration. when in the hell are those who claim they are committed to democracy going to show up to protect those that protect democracy? joining me now, latosha brown, co-founder of black voters matter. you have spoken patiently with us for a very long time. you, too, are running out of patience but you are being joined by this direct action.

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if phoenix, william barber and jesse jackson held a rally at the sinema's office.e entrance as they sang "this little light of mine." both civil rights leaders were arrested at the sit-in. barber posted this photo of him in zip ties with the caption "we've got to get these shackles off our democracy." and senator sinema's spokesman said there could be stricter voting laws down the line. reverend barber will be in texas tomorrow to launch a four-day selma-to-montgomery march. today state representatives left texas to go to d.c. to restrict voting access in that state. that group of texas democrats have met with the vice president, kamala harris, house majority whip james clyburn but they have not been able to get a meeting with the president himself and their frustration is starting to bubble over. during a remote office call with a member of congress, texas state representative richard raymond said he won't meet with us on zoom like this. i'm trying to be tactful but i don't know how else to say it, man, i'm just pissed off at this point. here's what brown told pol

with us now from surfside is nbc correspondent ellison barber, and what are the families telling you are different opinions here, and this is a very complex legal battle, and one that could ultimately pit those with the condo collapse against the families who lost loved ones. the judge here ruled that this property can be sold, and he formed a steering committee to try to come up quickly with a track in terms of how to deal with all of the different property litigation that is coming from this. this property is a beach front property valued over $100 million and this property will sell, and it is to likely sell soon, because you have people who according to the judge and others, they need the funds, and they need them quickly to try to rebuild their lives, and this building when it was still standing, it was woefully underinsured. the question is what happens in terms of who buys it, and what do they do with the site? is it a developer who comes in, and buys it and builds another brand-new condo building or does someone else step in, a government official maybe or a private philanthr

at as a health officer we use lay barbers and others to educate the community about a range of health threats. we believe this will be effective. the university, the dean at the university of new orleans at juul'ing also has a barber program, unity program. it turns out it works. >> thank you so very much. i guess that i know we've all been preaching at talking so we've got to be created. we have to come up with some new ways in which to do. thank you very much for being here today. thank you all. >> thank you very much, chairwoman waters. the next -- do we had anyone present on the republican side for the next question? ms. velazquez? >> thank yous -- >> you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this important hearing, important to the kennedys that i represent, communities of color and underserved communities. and what to thank all the witnesses for being here. so recently i introduced covid-19 vaccine act of 2021 which directs the cdc to fund grants to local health departments and nonprofit organizations to conduct outreach. to combat vaccine

nbc's alison barber join us from surfside, florida. stood. it is a very valuable piece of property, it's an ocean front property valued at $100 million. a judge has approved the sale of the property. they have to sell it because the people who survived this collapse they need money and they need funds to try and rebuild their life. the question, though is, who buys it and what do they do with it? is it a developer who turns it into a new condo building or a philanthropist, a group of people, someone stepping in, buying it and then turning it into a public memorial? we spoke to three people all impacted by this tragedy and all connected not just because they lost someone in the condo collapse, but all of the people they lost were related by blood or by marriage. there is nikki and her husband luis. they'd just gotten married in january. they had plans to have a bigger wedding after the pandemic. they lived on the eighth floor. then there was moises and andres. they were cousins and they were cousins with luis. andres was supposed to get

w corresponded barber, basal is there and pump on staff. barbara pep on stairs. it's right on the confluence of 2 rivers that ultimately inundated the town. what are you seeing there on the ground where you are? we had to climb up on the hill, michael, in order to talk to you because down there in the town you see behind us here in the valley, there is no mobile network. there is no gas, no electricity, no, nothing to tell and was really inundating. it looks like a war zone. cars overturned? how is this broken down and it's just delivery everywhere. sick kid tests are catastrophic images and people are now on this day because the weather is turned. as you can see, the sun has come out. i know trying to start in slowly clean up the buildings, bought a lot of heavy machinery down the work in and pushing a broken down car, threes and everything together in order to at least clear the streets. because from where we are, there's only one way down into the valley and everything else is blocked off. it's a broken record from town or town and country to country in the we

a dean at the university of new orleans at tulane also has a barber program, a community program. it turns out it works. >> thank you so very much. i know we've all been preaching and talking so we've got to be creative, we've got to come up with new ways by which to do it. thank you very much for being here today, thank you all. >> thank you very much, chairlady waters. the next -- do we have anyone present on the republican side for the next question? ms. velazquez. >> thank you. >> you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this important hearing, important to the communities that i represent, communities of color, underserved communities. i want to thank all the witnesses for being here. so recently i introduced the building covid-19 vaccine confidence act of 2021 which directs the cdc to fund grants to local health departments and nonprofit organizations to conduct outreach to combat vaccine hesitancy especially in communities of color. dr. benjamin, what are the top three recommendations to create a successful, culturally competent, mult

patients health officials now say they're treating much younger people in west columbia, here's ellison barber >> reporter: while we were on that icu floor, a ninth covid patient arrived, needing intensive care of the nine in the icu when we were there, all but one of them were unvaccinated. in the first room, there was a 26-year-old. directly across from him there was someone in their 40s in the room next door to that person there was pa pa patient n their 30s. all of them on ventilators one man spent nearly two months in this hospital on a ventilator in the icu at one point did not think he would survive. he was eligible to get vaccinated months before he got sick but didn't do it. he thought the vaccines were too new. it's a decision he says he regrets every day. he's hoping if people won't listen to their doctors they'll listen to him. >> i would tell them right here, go ahead and get the vaccination, because the covid, it's for real. it had me on my dying bed. and i didn't know if i was going to make it back or not >> reporter: we also spoke to one patient who was a break through case she

i will be joined by beto o'rourke and bishop william barber to discuss their walk from georgetown, to austin. so you can watch us on msnbc. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. starts right now. good evening once again, i'm chris johnston in for brian williams, day 192 of the biden administration. and this urgent and critical phase of the pandemic, the white house has stepped up its response to the surge, doubling efforts to get more vaccinated. and also recommending masks, even for those who are gotten their shots. tonight there is a new indication the white house could be weighing even tougher tactics to stop the spread. >> should americans expect more guidelines coming out, more restrictions because of covid? >> in all probability. we had a good day yesterday, almost 1 million people got vaccinated. about half 1 million of those people for the first time. we're >> also learning that an explosive delta variant outbreak in province town, massachusetts push the cdc to change mask recommendations for people who have be three quartes of those infected in that outbreak wer

>> all right, ellison barber there in jackson, mississippi. let's go to gaud now. it's been about a month since los angeles county dropped most of its restrictions for vaccinated people. now they're reinstating the mask mandate for everyone regardless of vaccination status. what are you hearing from folks about that move? >> reporter: craig, a lot of people are surprised they're going to have to wear the mask again. moments ago we went into one of the coffee shops and one of the first things they told us, we're surprised but also not surprised they decided to do that because they say a lot of people that were unvaccinated were choosing to take off the mask. health authorities here in los angeles had a press conference where they shared statistics to try to justify why they think it's necessary to implement this mask mandate for all of those vaccinated and unvaccinated when going indoors. we'll hear part of this press conference. >> it really is about making this a universal practice. it's the easiest thing to do in terms of ensuring that we're all protected. regard

with that let's bring in nbc news correspondent ellison barber in jackson, mississippi. ellison, we just heard gabe there in little rock. i understand it's a similar story where you are. you've got these unvaccinated adults putting unvaccinated children at risk. >> reporter: yes, this hospital where we are is the only designated children's hospital in the state of mississippi. they are medical system-wide. they're one of the largest hospitals in the state. the university of mississippi medical center. and they tell us that as of this morning they had six children in the hospital because of covid-19. three of them in intensive care. the vast majority of those children under the age of 12, which means they are not currently eligible to get vaccinated. doctors here say the issue is that people around those children are not getting vaccinated. adults, older children, who are eligible in this state, many of them have opted not to get a vaccine, and because they have not gotten vaccinated, there isn't a bubble, if you will, that can protect those who are not able to get vaccin

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>> allison barber live for us in surfside, florida. thank you, as always.our for me. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline white house with nicolle wallace" starts after this quick break. s after this quick break you already pay for car insurance, why not take your home along for the ride? allstate. here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands. click or call to bundle today. (upbeat pop music in background throughout) we were alone when my husband had the heart attack. you're in good hands. he's the most important thing in my life. i'm so lucky to get him back. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east on a giant news day in the world of politics. surrendered -- the disgraced ex-president's company has been indicted today in manhattan. the trump organization's top money man allen weisselberg surrendered to the manhattan d.a. and has made an appearance in court and pleaded not gu

i was getting my hair cut the other kay and when it was finished, the barber says you're in the mediaou know things. i said you would be surprised. and i said what's the question. he says what is the deal with delta and are they going to shut my barber shop down again here in new york. and people are scared katie because they don't know what's coming because we're just getting all these mixed signals. right now there is no spike in cases. it is not a spike. we were at record low in cases and then there was a small rise in cases, and they're calling it this huge spike. it's not. deaths are at an all-time low. repeat. all-time low. and masks are not going to flatten the curve. they never did. it was the vaccines that did it. so you can't ask vaccinated americans to wear a mask, it destroys vaccine confidence, and it actually punishes you for getting the shot and doing the right thing and they already destroyed vaccine confidence when they screwed up the j&j stuff and that sent the vaccination rates way down. if biden wants to destroy the recovery and ruin my summer and everybody else's

alsan barber in jackson, mississippi, and brandi with her new reporting on social media and misinformation, along with nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. alison, new warnings about kids and covid and the time line or at least updated time line on when vaccinations could get to kids under 12. >> reporter: i just got new numbers from this hospital, the only children's hospital in the state of mississippi, the only one specifically designated for children. they have six children hospitalized with covid-19, three in intensive care, most of them are under the age of 12, which means that at this point they're not eligible to get vaccinated. the problem is the people around them, be it family members, adults or older siblings or members of their community are choosing not to get vaccinated. this state is one of the least vaccinated states in the country, they tend to rotate between alabama and mississippi for very last place, fully vaccinated adults, only 33.6% of mississippians have been fully vaccinated. right now, health officials here say that delta variant makes up about

. >> kate barber was like a mother to murray. hers, the second family to take maria and when she was 18 and struggling. >> murray's nickname that i gave her was rosie because she was always peachy and rosy and happy. >> like she was when she met jeff carlson, and he fell hard. >> and it was like instant. and we spent the night talking. >> one of the chances in that? >> i don't know, faith. . fickle finger of fate, i don't know. >> you know right away? >> yeah. >> so they married and had a daughter named paris. they thought their life together would be grand. murray got a college degree in criminal justice and became a deputy sheriff. >> her ultimate goal was to get into the fbi. but then for all the love between them, there were issues. jeff learned that there were more secrets and as a girl murray had been sexually assaulted in sometimes your love enjoy were chased into a darker place. >> she carried some baggage around and when you're in love with somebody you tend to overlook certain behaviors. >> the biggest issue was she did