bernier referred to him as mr. anti-vaxx. and he died from covid last month. >> hi, everybody.ng. >> reporter: back in february christian radio broadcaster jimmy deyoung espoused anti-vaxx ideas. >> could this be another form of government control of the people? >> yes, it will be a measure of control. >> reporter: according to the chat nooan deyoung contracted covid last month and died from it after eight days in the hospital. the most prominent example was phil valentine, a popular tennessee host who dismissed the need to get vaccines. but when he wound up in the hospital, he had regrets, saying he wanted to be pro vaccine when he was back at work. valentine died last month. >> and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: in florida radio host dick farrell mocked the vaccinated, asking on facebook, why take a vax promoted by people who lied to you all along about masks, where the virus came from, and the death toll? but when he got sick he had a change of heart as well, encouraging a friend to get the shot according to the post. he also died last month. trusted righ

mark bernier dubbed himself mr. anti-vax.e would not take the shot. >> i'm not taking it. >> come on. >> are you kidding me? mr. anti-vaccine. >> ever? not taking it? >> no. >> bernier's station announced the 65-year-old's death. radio host phil valentine told his listeners he wouldn't get the vaccine, either, believing his risk of dieing was low. but he had a change of heart once he was hospitalized from the virus. before he died, he asked his brother, mark, to share one last message with anyone who would listen. >> the message is go get the dad gum vaccination. >> reporter: those radio hosts who have died not being spared howard stern's withering attacks. >> the radio guys are the best. they were on fire. day after day, they were all dieing and then their dieing words are i wish i had been more into the vaccine. i wish i had taken it. >> reporter:: so cumulus nashville, the company that owns the station where phil valentine worked is also asking people to honor phil's memory by getting vaccinated. >> wow. that's just kind o

mark bernier was a conservative radio host from florida who told husband listeners he would not get ther did not list a cause saturday but the station who broadcast him previously said he would not be on air quote due to complications from covid induced pneumonia. we have been unable to reach a family member. his story is one of several of prominent vaccine skeptics on the right. >> do not be vaccinated. you must survive the genocide. >> reporter: there is a growing number of conservatives who have used their platforms to bad mouth covid-19 vaccines but did not live long enough or are too sick to tell their public just how much they regret it. >> i didn't want to be a guinea pig. he didn't want to be a guinea pig. >> reporter: amy lee hare is talking about her friend florida conservative radio show host dig ferrell who repeatedly told people not to trust the vaccine. why get a vax promoted by people who lied to you he posted. and vaccine bogus bull he proclaimed. that was early july. a few weeks later he was in the hospital dying from covid-19. >> they told me this pandemic ain't no jok

mark bernier, dynick farell phi valentine, do you think these deaths will have any impact on their listenersthat's going to have any impact? >> honestly, don, i don't think so. these conservative radio hosts who have died in states like tennessee and florida, we hear about them, but i'm not sure the fox audience does. i'm not sure the audience that is anti-vaxx actually hears about these cases. hopefully dr. reiner is more optimistic. i'm pretty pessimistic on this. i'm not sure the people who need to hear the message are hearing it at all anymore. >> yeah. listen, this is what the current modeling shows, dr. reiner, that u.s. may see another 100,000 deaths by december, and we keep saying it, but i mean, you know, each of their deaths were likely avoidable, and i want you to respond to that. by the way, dick farell, the r radio host on his death bed who texted his long-time friend and advised her to get the vaccine and says he wished that he had. >> right, and this is the missed opportunity for people like mr. rogan. he has all of these listeners and the people that are listening to him are

multiple suspicious fires in heels bernier some reported that there may be 15 different fires that were. >> found burning people being warned to be on the lookout again, as daryn mentioned, suspicious, that's what they're saying. you know, let's go to kron. four's will tran in hillsborough can see why why these look suspicious. well. >> why is because they're happening in remote areas, especially when you're talking about the number i mean, we're running about 15 fires. i mean, one or 2, maybe, but 15 fires out of the blue at around the same time. that's why they think is suspicious. that still under investigation. this all happened within this facility. this is mill creek road and you can see the needle right behind me extreme fire conditions. they don't need anybody intentionally. they don't know yet. but let's just say it's intentional. they don't need that on their plate, especially with all the wildfires that are happening in our state. this crew here. and i want to show you video. this crew is part about 4 miles from this location where i'm going to you live. the reason why we're

this week a conservative talk show host naked mark bernier, a guy who spoke out against the vaccine diedto die of the virus. he was only 30 years old. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and three children. you know, i want to be clear here about these stories and they come in every week, multiple weeks. getting covid is not some kind of comeuppance or some revelation of personal moral failing. these are excruciating human tragedies every single one of them. and especially because the outbreak right now in this nation is being driven by the unvaccinated. and the safe, effective, available free vaccine can prevent so much of the suffering we are seeing. the alternative information ecosystem that caused this suffering in large part has grown over the decades. it's the same one that's been saying climate change is not real. they're faking the temperatures and yada. >> honestly my friends it never occurred to me we'd have a challenge getting people to take the vaccine, but that's where we are. we're all i think perplexed as to how we cap this problem. >> aw, shucks, how had that happen? for the

maxime bernier is speaking to reporters. he lost his seat.'s listen to his message to supporters. >> thank you. stay strong and free. merci! [cheers] thank you. >> really he had more to say than that. we will bring you more of his response. there has been increasing support for him, just nuts nothing that would translate to any seats. -- just not something that would translate to any seats. the question would be whether his movement is deeply attached to some of the response around the pandemic or whether there is something else they can work off going forward. we are waiting to hear from other leaders. typically after government has been projected, as we have in this case projected the liberal government, we will then start to hear speeches from those who did not win tonight. they should come around pretty quickly. justin trudeau and his team have signaled he will speak around 12:30 a.m. we will see. let me show you the map of canada as it looks right now. if you are a bit of a political nerd, you are probably seeing some familiar colors fro