>> leyla. >> leyla. beautiful name. first of all, kids don't get the vaccine -- don't get covid very often. it's unusual for that to happen. so you're the safest group of people in the whole world within number one. number two, you're not likely to be able to be exposed to something and spread it to mommy or daddy. and it's not likely mommy and daddy are able to spread it to you, either. so i wouldn't worry about it, baby, i promise you. but i know it's kind of worrisome. >> david, what did you see there? >> just a compassionate person. an old-fashioned politician who knows how to talk to people, adults and children alike, and understands that there has been a real missing part of compassion in our national dialogue around this pandemic, to have leaders say, we understand what you're going through, we understand this is really hard. and that's what we're hearing from everyone. and i think biden is able to do that. it's a good forum for him. he wants to be able to speak to the american people, as he said, to level with t

>> leyla. >> leyla. beautiful name. first of all, kids don't get covid very often. it's unusual for that to happen. and it's not likely mommy and daddy are able to spread it to you either. so i wouldn't worry about it, baby. i promise you. but i know it's kind of worrisome. are you in first grade, second grade? >> second. >> you're getting old. second grade. well, have you been in school, honey? >> no. >> no. see, that's kind of a scary thing too. you don't get to go to school, you don't get to see your friends, and so what a lot of kids -- and big people too, older people, their whole lives changed from when it used to be. you used to go outside and play with your friends and get in the school bus and go to school and everything was normal. and now when things change, people get ready worried and scared. but don't be scared, honey. don't be scared. you're going to be fine. and we're going to make sure mommy is fine too. >> important to see that empathy coming from the president of the united states right now? >> so important not only for kids, for average americans

>> leyla. >> leyla. beautiful name. first of all, kids don't get the vaccine -- get covid very often. it's unusual for that to happen. so you're the safest group of people in the whole world, number one. number two, you're not likely to be able to be exposed to something and spread it to mommy or daddy. and it's not likely mommy and daddy are able to spread it to you either. so i wouldn't worry about it, baby. i promise you. but i know it's kind of worrisome. >> joining us now, cnn senior political analyst, john avlon. also with us, cnn political analyst, margaret talev. i'm glad we got a chance to play that before the discussion here. and couple that with the last thing in jeremy's piece, where president biden said, the last four years, we talked about the other guy. the next four years, we're going to talk about the american people. to me, that was the biggest takeaway, john, from this town hall where there were a lot of news items. there really was. but the biggest takeaway was the tonal shift. >> i agree. it was the

>> leyla. >> leyla, beautiful name. first of all, kids don't get covid very often. it's unusual for that to happen. they don't -- the evidence so far is children aren't the people most likely to get covid, number one. number two, we haven't even done tests yet on children as to whether or not the certain vaccines would work or not work or what is needed. so you're the safest group of people in the whole world, number one. number two, you're not likely to be able to be exposed to something and spread it to mommy or daddy, and it's not likely mommy and daddy are able to spread it to you either. so i wouldn't worry about it, baby. i promise you. but i know it's kind of worrisome. are you in first grade? second grade? >> second. >> oh, you're getting old. second grade. well, has your school -- have you been in school, honey? >> no. >> see, that's kind of a scary thing, too. you don't get to go to school, you don't get to see your friends, and so what a lot of kids and big people, too, older people, they just -- their whole lives have sort of changed like when it used b

foreign ministers most concerned about until now leyla the european union has been somewhat limited in its sanctions toolbox when it comes to human rights abuses there are sanctions available for all kinds of things but when it comes to cases like the case of election of only like the case of undue abuse against demonstrators that you hasn't had a lot to a lot of tools to work with now it has this global human rights mechanism colloquially referred to as the european magnitsky act and that will allow it to to punish individuals seem to be responsible for human rights abuses and that's why this is a really important move in experts i spoke with leading up to this decision said it's very symbolic that the 1st time this mechanism is used is against russia sergei magnitsky was a victim of russian abuses and this mechanism colloquially carries his name does indeed but what impact will it have what are they hoping to achieve specifically when they're targeting these 4 individuals that you reported on at the start of this conversation. well these high ranking officials are not by any means in

foreign ministers most concerned about until now leyla the european union has been somewhat limited in its sanctions toolbox when it comes to human rights abuses there are sanctions available for all kinds of things but when it comes to cases like the case of election of only like the case of undue abuse against demonstrators that you hasn't had a lot to a lot of tools to work with now it has this global human rights mechanism colloquially referred to as the european magnitsky act and that will allow it to to punish individuals seem to be responsible for human rights abuses and that's why this is a really important move in experts i spoke with leading up to this decision said it's very symbolic that the 1st time this mechanism is used is against russia sergei magnitsky was a victim of russian abuses and this mechanism colloquially carries his name does indeed but what impact will it have what are they hoping to achieve specifically when they're targeting these 4 individuals that you reported on at the start of this conversation. well these high ranking officials are not by any means in

. >> reporter: it's been more than a year since leyla scored a goal with her high school teammates. >> half of your face is covered. i have not seen my teammates nostr nostrils, mouth or anything in a while. >> reporter: high school sports were banned due to covid-19, but on friday the ban was lifted in california on some outdoor sports. but extra protocols in pce for high-contact sports like football. >> a mountain of evidence that supports that outdoor youth sports done safely is not a threat to the community. >> i know i will get to have that portion of my senior year soccer wise and being able to practice with the girls i have been playing with is exciting. >> reporter: she made the varsity team as a freshman. she's been sending out recruitment but losing her senior year due to the pandemic means potentially lost opportunities to being recruited to play in college. >> for me soccer is a big influence on where i go because such a big part of my life for so long. >> reporter: her father sitting by her side said it is tough to watch his daughter miss out on her final year of club aft

. >> reporter: it's been more than a year since leyla scored a goal with her high school teammates. >> i haven't seen my teammates. >> reporter: high school sports were banned due to covid-19 but on friday the ban was lifted in california on some outdoor sports, but extra protocols in place for high contact sports like football. >> a mountain of evidence that supports that outdoor youth sports done safely is not a threat to the community. >> i know i will get to have that portion of my senior year soccer wise and being able to practice with the girls i have been playing with is exciting. >> reporter: she made the varsity team as a freshman. she's been sending out recruitment but losing her senior year due to the pandemic means lost opportunities to play in college. >> a big influence on where i go because such a big part of my life for so long. >> reporter: her father sitting by her side said it is tough to watch his daughter miss out on her final year in club after dedicating her life to the game. >> you get knocked down and back up and it just makes you that much stronger of a perso

foreign ministers most concerned about until now leyla the european union has been somewhat limited in its sanctions toolbox when it comes to human rights abuses there are sanctions available for all kinds of things but when it comes to cases like the case of election of only like the case of undue abuse against demonstrators that you hasn't had a lot to a lot of tools to work with now it has this global human rights mechanism colloquially referred to as the european magnitsky act and that will allow it to to punish individuals seem to be responsible for human rights abuses and that's why this is a really important move in experts i spoke with leading up to this decision said it's very symbolic that the 1st time this mechanism is used is against russia sergei magnitsky.