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brian kemp, governor brian kemp, is now a villain, so to speak, for many of the people here because oft makes it harder not to get registered, but makes it harder to vote. it limits the number of drop boxes in places like fulton county and the early morning voting hours and it's those restrictions that will be in place the next election that are already in place in many parts of the law, it's those restriction thas people are fighting out against. that's what lillian, the woman in the yellow that you heard from, that's what she was pointing to. she said, look, i don't drive. it's hard for me to get to a voting location. i use a dropbox. i get a ballot in the mail and do the mail-no voting. it's an added barrier for someone like me to cast that ballot. she said i'm going to vote, but there's many people that will not do what they need to do to get that vote in. that's what folks are pushing back against, the added barriers, not just the registration piece, it's making it easier, simpler to actually cast that ballot and that law makes it harder to do that. >> i've got to tell you, govern

we'll talk to governor brian kemp.brett giroir last hour and we had a lot of questions. robert redfield on monday with martha said sadly, former head of cdc under trump. sadly i will predict in 2 to 4 months we'll have another variant and more infectious than the delta variant. if he is right we're dealing with this thing for a year? two years after that? >> dana: already in south america another variant has been ravaging that continent as people are migrating and crossing the border illegally and being allowed to basically get on a bus or plane and go to wherever they'll go until they have their hearing, this is one of the ways that you spread. also one of the reasons you need -- >> bill: could be -- with every variation of the virus it could become more transmissible. >> dana: that's how -- viruses are smarter than we are. >> bill: can a mask protect you or can the virus, depending on the variant of the virus can it pass through the mask? questions for doctors that are smarter than we are. >> dana: the white house sa

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he goes, "it has something to do with brian kemp and doug ducey." and i said, "the whole event? and he said, "yeah, the whole event. >> seth: everything about that is perfect i especially love that he wanted to clarify if he'd been kicked out of the whole event, as opposed to just getting kicked out of part of it. and i bet that's not the first time it happened "i once got kicked out of the quiet car on amtrak and said, 'can i go to a regular car?' and they said, 'you got to go to the loud car.' then, they opened the door and they pushed me out of the train. but i just hit the tracks, and i bounced right back up. also, in what way was this a cyber symposium? from what i can tell, he spent a lot of the time complaining about getting kicked out of other events imagine going to see a man who admits this is the only room he's been allowed to stay in, and then, imagine if he was, also, asked to leave that room and then refused >> they attacked me. they buried it you think about that >> they got something they want to show you offstage here. >> okay. i gu

you know, as a republican i believe in local control just like brian kemp does.gree with a mask mandate i think the courts have ruled over and over again they're right to issue a mandate whether it be a city or school district. and that's their right to do. >> so you've got the mask mandate issue, the vaccine mandate issue. you said it's really a personal choice. so you do not like the idea of vaccine mandates. but what about like what the nfl has done, with essentially making it so difficult, putting so much of the onus on the unvaccinated that they really have no choice essentially but to get vaccinated. because the reality is and the numbers we're seeing with the vaccines that have been around for so many months, there are so many people millions of americans who no matter what you tell them, how safe these vaccines are, they're just not going to get vaccinated. >> certainly that's the nfl's right to do. they're a private operation and private organization. and there's hundreds of millions of dollars flowing back and forth from owners and players. and certainl

they understand back in march there was a law that brian kemp, governor kemp signed, that increased the amount of restrictions on voting and they say they feel like their voting rights are under attack and that's what brought them here today. i want you to listen to a little bit of how they put that in their own words. >> what's happening today is just -- it's just disgraceful, the way we're being treated and them denying us our rights to vote, which is automatic. >> the thing is 90 pages long and full of nothing, but ways to keep poor people from voting, to keep black and brown people from voting, to keep disabled people from voting. and if you fall into any of those categories, you need to be out here and doing whatever it takes to call your senators and congressmen and tell them the john lewis act and for the people act needs passed. >> reporter: they're calling for federal legislation again because they feel like their local voting rights are under attack. there's a little bit of contrast because we learned that georgia is leading the nation or is in the top few states of this count

brian kemp -- a pathetic governor of georgia -- he's a republican apparently.ghan refugees in his state. of course, the media is completely in favor of theyb this, they hate the population of the united states. and anybody who doesn't want this is a racist. so by the way, a lot of them are whiter than i am. it has nothing to do with race, to do with putting american citizens first, period. but they don't get that. as if we owe afghanistan a lot. we've helped afghanistan a lot. not simply by spending more than a trillion dollars -- where did that money go? l but also by letting an lot of afghans move here. more than 100,000 special visas to residents of afghanistan and iraq in the last couple of decades. we've issued a total of 300,000 green cards to residents in those countries. now we are told it's not enough, we are just -- we don't take enough immigrants. this country is getting so volatile and divided, maybe we have a moratorium on any new people coming and so we can sort out our own problems until we can learn to get along with each other. and after we've

brian kemp giving businesses a pass to ignore local covid-19 ordinances. >> georgians know the risk ofthey also know how to go about their advice. >> cobb county schools north of atlanta in the midst of a debate over mask mandates. a little less than double the active cases in a week. >> i don't know if there are a certain number of positive cases that you are looking for or do a certain number of kids need to die before you humble yourself enough to admit that you're wrong. >> reporter: in alabama, every county listed as high risk. >> you are hurting our children and these teachers that want to act like they have control of our children in dictating to them? no. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott still battling covid-19 himself and mask mandates. including those in schools to remain in effect at least for now. >> reporter: back here in florida governor ron desantis's battle continues. broward and lf ashua county said they will keep their mandates and respond to the governor in the next 48 hours. miami-dade, they start on monday with a mask mandate of their own. christi, boris. >>

georgia governor brian kemp says no more mask mandate in his state.o to call it quits, it 15 minutes from now right here on the channel you transfer morning news, turning it back over to todd and jillian. jillian: we spent a little time talking about former president obama's birthday bash on martha's vineyard that will attract 600 people? todd: here we have an update. jillian: a little bug in the corner. massachusetts governor charlie baker did not get invited to former president obama's birthday party but if he did get it rotation he says he wouldn't go. here's why. >> i can tell you if i were invited i would have declined because i think 700 people at an event like that is not a good idea. carley: that is his perspective but the obamas are requiring mandatory testing, you have to be vaccinated, the party will be outside. you know where i stand. i'm pro party. todd: i'm pro that house. todd: field trip. jillian: i thought you were going to say something. todd: jillian and i are paralyzed with fear. jillian: i will take it away. carley: confusing mess

. >>> georgia's governor brian kemp has signed an executive order that permits businesses across thegnore local covid-19 restrictions. >> public health measures. this action comes as a doctor in atlanta is warning hospitals there are seeing a tsunami of patients flooding emergency departments. cnn's ryan young joins us now from atlanta. ryan, are doctors there seeing any signs of hope now of turning this around? >> reporter: yeah, that is a really tough question here. i could honestly telling you, it is getting tense here again because it comes down to what science you believe and the mask. you thought that debate was over. and let's not forget, the school system here is started early. so you have kids returning to school so you're seeing the bounce in cases with kids returning back to the classroom. and you could see parents really upset and arguing, i went to school board meeting yesterday where parents were fighting for whether or not kids should wear masksar not. and let's not forget in the state of georgia yesterday, 7,000 plus new cases when it comes to covid-19. that has hospi

in georgia governor brian kemp has deployed the national guard to help with hospitals.art of the pandemic. in florida, more than 17,000 people are currently hospitalized

on thursday in georgia the state seeing its highest number of cases since january but governor brian kempocal covid-19 ordinances. >> residents know the risk of covid-19 and know how to go about their lives. >> reporter: cob county schools just north of atlantast of a debate over a mask mandate. >> i don't know if there are a certain number of positive cases that you're looking for or do a certain number of kids need to die before you humble yourselves enough to admit you're wrong? >> reporter: in alabama every county listed as high transmission for covid-19. but still some at a lauderdale county school board meeting wanting to make masks optional for kids. >> these teachers that want to act like they have control of our children in dictating to them, no. >> reporter: texas' governor, greg abbott still battling covid-19 himself and local mask mandates. the state supreme court allowing mask mandates, including those in school, to remain in effect at least for now. here in florida the battle continues between governor ron desantis and some florida school districts. the state's largest distr

the committee seeking communications between the white house and gop state officials, folks like brian kemp, arizona governor ducey, all key figures, of course, in trump's pressure campaign. walk us through their roles. >> right. at the same time the president is pushing officials in the justice department and elsewhere to support his claims of fraud in the election he's also making similar pushes on state officials, georgia being the one we know the most about because we've heard that phone call and other phone calls. a lot of this is to underline what the president's state of awareness but what he was doing and trying to get people to do for him. people were saying no to the president but the committee will be very interested in the degree to which anyone said yes to what the president was trying to do. >> betsy, to the point about those phone calls, the committee is asking for communications with georgia's secretary of state. just to remind our audience just a trip down memory lane i want to play a little bit of that phone call. take a listen. >> the ballots are corrupt and they're brand

yet, your governor, brian kemp, says he will not issue any mask mandates or lockdowns.how difficult is it to change the course of this pandemic with a message at the state level contradicts your message? >> well, it is the reason that we are so low in vaccinations and transmission is still so high. this is not a political issue. it is not a partisan issue. we are looking at data and metrics, and that's what our decision is based upon. so not only is the government not requiring a mask mandate, he's doubling down on his position that somehow there is something wrong with our mask mandate in the city of atlanta. and this is nothing new. i have been embattled with this governor before. as you recall, he filed a lawsuit against the city of atlanta and me personally when i last instituted a mask mandate. it is my hope that we won't go down that path again. and i would just simply ask that he look at the science. this is about keeping people alive. i have four children. two of whom are not vaccine eligible. one who has severe asthma. so this is a great concern not just for pe

in georgia, governor brian kemp has said the state does not need a mandate for citizens to, quote, do the right thing. meanwhile, on the local level, there is a push to increase vaccine confidence, especially among communities of color. here, in beaufort highway, which is a predominantly latino district of atlanta, core, community organize relief effort, is giving out vaccine for those 12 and up. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> so as nick mentioned in his report, the annual motorcycle rally in sturgis, south dakota, got underway on friday. about 700,000 people are expected to attend the ten-day event, far more than in 2020. yet, out of last year's smaller crowd, the cdc documented 649 new covid cases. experts say, whether this year's rally becomes a superspreader event will depend on how many people are vaccinated, and how many choose to wear a mask. >>> so, one of the most frightening aspects of the delta variant is the number of young children who are becoming sick. and as millions, now, head back to school, the country is locked in a heated debate over whether they should wear mask

governor brian kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt mask mandates and in texas, where health officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has yet seen. the head of texas medical center says that with nearly 20% of new cases in children, it's a recipe for disaster. despite the threat to texas children, the thrice vaccinated governor, greg abbott, is blocking schools from mandating masks for kids while he receives the cadillac treatment for covid himself. cue this clip from titanic. >> i have a child. please. >> go on. step back! step back, i say. >> give her to me. >> if you haven't seen the movie, that was not his child. the covid lifeboat is for me. the rest of you texans better learn how to tread water. which brings us to florida. where perhaps america's cruellest governor, the always mercenary ron desantis isn't promoting vaccinations. oh, no. he's threatening to financially punish local school boards who try to enact mask mandates and he's spending more time attending fund-raisers appearing on fox news and selling anti fau

from that georgia law that was passed and signed back in march, that was signed by the governor, brian kempelt attack by that law. they felt it was a threat on their voting rights, and they see that happening in other states across the country so they came out to really speak against that and provide a counterpoint to what you are seeing in different legislatures. so that's what is happening here in atlanta, some big names. it started with the rally, it was then a march and now you see the performance happening on stage. lindsey. >> nbc's shaq brewster in atlanta. thank you. >>> some of the biggest crowds for today's marches have been here in d.c. at mcpherson square where protesters have been gathering since early this morning, that location is close to where a 23-year-old john lewis introduced martin luther king jr., one of the most pivotal moments of the entire fight for civil rights in the u.s. it is also close to where a new voting equality act bearing lewis's name will be headed to the senate where it faces an uphill battle. i'm join now by andrea hailey, the ceo of vote.org. andrea,

in georgia governor brian kemp has deployed the national guard to help with hospitals. louisiana reported 139 deaths, the most in a single day, since the start of the pandemic. in florida, more than 17,000 people are currently hospitalized with covid. with more than 3,000, 3,000 icu patients. emergency services around tampa bay are being pushed to the brink. ems workers are waiting hours to transport patients to hours. in a disturbing flashback to the spring of 2020, broward health center is adding temporary mortuary facilities. despite all of this unnecessary death and agony, florida governor ron desantis who has emerged as a kind of dr. death continues to wage his war not against the virus but against the people who are fighting to stem the tide of this delta tsunami. and people are getting frankly tired of it. a new quinnipiac poll of floridians say 59% of the adults say the delta variant is out of control. local corporations are losing patients with a seemingly pro covid governor. disney, a huge money maker in the state, has struck an agreement with their 38,000 str

but yeah, it's hard here in georgia governor brian kemp sent members of the national guard to assist hard hit hospitals in atlanta jonathan siri ktvu fox two news, san jose city leaders approved a controversial ordinance that requires anyone to show proof of vaccination before entering a city owned facility for an event ktvu azenith smith shows us the tension inside the room leading up. to that vote no mandates no dangerous vaccines outside san jose city hall opponents of the mayor's proposed vaccine mandate came out in droves taking their frustration inside city hall chambers, most refusing to wear masks once inside the chambers. chaos unfolded. yeah as chance of a recall erupted the mayor and city council retreated to safety as police escorted the crowd out of the building. audience capacity was capped to a few dozen i certainly appreciate and understand that people are frustrated. we're all frustrated this pandemic has gone on so long the mayor's mandate visitors and staff of events of 50 or more people must show proof of vaccination at city owned buildings like the s a p center t

georgia's governor brian kemp recently signed an executive order that allows businesses to ignore localks and vaccine ordinances even though cases there are up 70% over the last two weeks alone. in texas, some schools have been forced to add masks to student dress codes just to get them around covering -- around george abbott's -- greg abbott's nonsensical mask mandate. you can tell i'm annoyed. it just puts people in danger. he himself, the governor, is fighting covid as we speak. one of the worst situations is in florida where this weekend it became just the third state to reach 3 million total covid cases. according to "the new york times," the state tracked more than 33,000 new cases on friday alone. anyone else may look at the situation as a dire emergency. but governor ron desantis has no problem playing politics with american lives. more specifically, the lives of children are too young to get a vaccine. in the most recent seven-day period in florida, 1 out of every 4 covid infections was someone 19 or younger. desantis has repeatedly shown he can't be trusted to keep children sa

. >>> we want to tell you in georgia a group of mayors is sounding off on brian kemp over his executivethat allows businesses to disregard local covid safety measures. >> later this morning, we'll talk to the mayor of savannah. he has something to say to the governor and he'll say it here. >> yeah. >>> right now, we do want to update you on the status of civil rights leader jesse jackson. he and his wife were hospitalized after testing positive for covid-19. doctors are monitoring their conditions. they've not released much more information than that. the 79-year-old, we know, is at least partially vaccinated. jackson received a dose of the pfizer back in january. >>> strong storm surge and winds, heavy rain. new england is getting ready for hurricane henri which is already starting to show a little bit of the punch it's got. we'll be right back. , we can he. okay, imagine this... your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files, asap! so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee... yeah

governor brian kemp in georgia giving businesses a pass to ignore local covid-19 ordinances. >> georgians the risk of covid-19, and they also know how to do about their lives. >> reporter: cobb county schools, north of atlanta, in the midst of a fiery debate over mask mandates in the classroom. friday, the district reporting a little less than dpoouble the active cases from last week. >> i don't know if there are a certain number of positive cases you're looking for, or do a certain number of kids need to die before you humble yourselves enough to admit that you're wrong. >> reporter: in alabama, every county listed as high transmission for covid-19. but still, some at a lauderdale county school board meeting wanting to make masks optional for kids. >> they're hurting our children. and these teachers that want to act like they have control of our children in dictating to them, no. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott still battling covid-19 himself and a local mask mandate. the state's supreme court allowing local mask mandates, including those in schools, to remain in effect, at least

our next guest is running against georgia's governor brian kemp. georgia. vernon, why are you challenging governor kemp? >> well he has failed georgia. he has failed with his leadership. he has failed election integrity. he has failed with the mandates that we have upon us now. you see more recently he has failed as it relates to allowing potentially taliban terrorists to come into our country. stuart: wait a second. you object if georgia allows afghani refugees into the state? >> unvetted, clearly they need to be vetted. you cannot tell me that the taliban has not, they're not sending people to be a part of these refugees to come over to our country to try to attack us, to try to destroy us. they need to be vetted. what is wrong with that? this governor campaigned with a shotgun and truck, throw it throughout georgia, said he would round up all the illegals to protect georgians. why is protecting georgians with this particular situation where taliban and terrorists could be a part of those refugees? who can say they aren't? to come into our countr

sb 20 two, which was signed into law by governor brian kemp breaks down crucial safeguards for independent election administrators. under sp 202, the georgia state election board has the power to replace county election board members that it decides are underperforming. giving partisan election officials far too much control over the administration of elections. partisan pressure and subversion tactics have no place in our elections, plain and simple. unfortunately, election subversion is not -- republicans in georgia are actively working to replace -- fulton county, which includes the city of atlanta, just this week. this monday, the secretary of state said after he repeatedly called the state election board to use its authority to replace fulton county's election leadership. this is despite the secretary previously certifying the georgia between 20 election results, fighting against accusations of a lectern fraud. -- election fraud. house speaker david roston set a letter to director behrens, requesting he ask for the georgia bureau of investigation's to conduct an investigation into the

georgia governor brian kemp saying earlier mandates don't work.s haven't worked. it makes it worse when governments are not consistent. i've been consistent for 15 months. we have mixed messages coming out of the white house and cdc and other places, national institute of health. that's why people don't trust the government anymore when it comes to covid guidance. >> bill: here is the man who tried yesterday with a question to the president. >> i'm doing well. good morning, president biden has particularly harsh words for the leaders of texas and florida. but his message for any place in the country now that is not promoting masks or vaccines is this. >> president biden: i say to these governors please help. if you aren't going to help, at least get out of the way for people trying to do the right thing. use your power to save lives. >> as the delta variant spread barack obama's 60th birthday party is off. a spokeswoman says president obama is appreciative of others sending birthday wishes from afar and looks forward to seeing people soon. many in

host: listen to republican governor brian kemp on two local stations this week saying, as i stated iny letter to the fda, stated my hope more georgians will become comfortable getting vaccinated once the effective vaccines have full federal approval, today's move to grant full approval in the pfizer vaccine is a welcome step in that direction and i encourage them to take similar actions with the covid-19 vaccines under emergency use authorization. i continue to urge unvaccinated georgians to talk with a medical professional about getting their shots. darlene, oregon. you support. caller: i support the mandate. there are over 600,000 people dead in this country from this disease. contrary to what these internet people say, there are not 600,000 people -- all my life i have been protected by vaccines. i have seen all over the world people who have been protected by vaccines, people who were dying from smallpox, children that are crippled from polio, children that are deformed from rubella. these vaccines work. these vaccines are developed over a long period of time, contrary to what fol

governor brian kemp said they'll be going to ten hospitals to assist with the overwhelming number of cases. last week, governor kemp signed an executive order to prevent local officials from enacting covid relating mandates and other restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. >>> johnson & johnson said it has evidence that people who received a one shot dose could benefit from a booster shot after six months. tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: new protection could be on the way for the 14 million americans who received the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine. last month j&j reported its single shot still provides protection against covid strong and stable through eight months of immunization. now it reports that an added booster shot increased antibody protection nine times. >> this is a fabulous vaccine. it is. the data out this morning suggests a second j&j shot six months later gives you a huge increase in your antibody levels. >> reporter: relief for those who received the j&j vaccine. keith alberts admits he's been concerned. >> i feel a whole lot better. i feel