ben gupta, a critical care pulmonologist. the good news. have we reached the stage where it becomes more of an issue of demand and hesitancy than supply issue? i think we are getting there. not quite yet. at least to the end of may there will be plenty of demands. what i am mindful of from organizations from professional sports teams to work forces, younger people have questions and we have to meet them. they are reachable. as we talked about last week, they are worried about questions that need to be directly addressed head on. ideally we can do it, but i shall shoes about vaccine safety when it comes to pregnancy and child bearing or whether this might cause autoimmune issues. organizations are recommending that you get the vaccine if you are pregnant. these are questions i am getting and others are getting from younger people. and we have to address them directly head on because they perceive the benefit differently than older individuals. >> the j&j pause, we hear that a warning should be added that there is a relationship between blood

. >> joining me now is david henderson, eugene robinson, joyce vance and ben gupta. first, let's talk about the testimony today. was she successful in rebutting -- we don't know what he will testify, but from the autopsy himself. >> he is determined to be gold. but it's meaningful to hear witnesses like dr. thomas donate their time for free for this case. i think she has done a remarkable job of clarifying what did not cause george floyd's death. the only complication is she is a sophisticated person and she expresses her opinion in sophisticated words. like when she uses words like officers and not officer, singular. overall, i think she did fantastic. >> medical technical witnesses, yesterday's witness was extraordinary. martin tobin. let's talk about the jury's reaction. and, shaq, how are they reacting to today's witness dr. thomas? >> yesterday the jurors were following along as dr. tobin was referencing the neck, they were following along with the instructions. they said they were thoroughly engaged. we also know how tough it was for the floyd family who was in

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ben gupta. first the bit of reporting that 8% of the vaccinated folks skipped the second shot.at worry you? >> good afternoon. it absolutely does because we don't know the long term impacts of protection duration with one shot. so that's where we have to double down on messaging. i'll say i love what krogers is doing. they're providing paid time off if you get both doses but zero dollars to get one dose. get the full 80 to $100 i believe it is with two doses and show documentation of that. i think we need more incentives. >> i want to ask you about something you have been talking about on this show for many, many, many, many months and it is young people getting really, really sick with covid. this reporting in "the new york times." michigan's covid wards are filling up with young patients. it is now younger and middle-aged adults who are taking up the michigan hospital beds. a 37-year-old on a ventilator after giving birth. a 41-year-old father. we're so beat down said an intensive care nurse. quote every time we get a call or every time we hear another 40-year-old that we don

another civil rights lawyer, vanita gupta, awaits a senate vote on her nomination to become the justice department's assistant attorney general. from our, we go to ben president of people for the american way, former president of the naacp. welcome back to democracy now! also for gubernatorial candidate in maryland. if you can comment on this right wing smear attack on kristen clarke? >> first of all, happy birthday, amy. amy: thanks. >>he iro of hearing a guest on tucker carlsen's show accuse anyone of being anti-semitic, let alone racist against a group of people, just sits with me. earlier this week the anti-defamation league called for him to be fired because of his anti-semitism in the civil rights community has long been concerned about his racism. but that is what the right wing do. there has never been a woman of color to lead the united states department of justice civil rights division. there have only been two black men to ever lead it. and whenever one comes up, they make sport, quite frankly, of trying to destroy their character, trying to defame their character, destroy the reputation. they seeomen of color as being very vulnerable --