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all was great inside from reiner roth, 1st geo political analyst live from germany. this our thank you. thank you. education authorities in the u. s, are asking the government to use empty terror laws uninvolved, ordered to wear in the classroom. namely, face must. the national school boards association has sent an open letter to the biden administration, claiming the abuse its members have received is tantamount to domestic terrorism. the claim has caused outrage among parents. these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased. the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes for you to dare to try to sneer parents as domestics. harris just reflects just how tone death, school boards and school administrators become about the please of parents on behalf of their children. it comes after the u. s. attorney general wrote to the f . b, i on criminal attorneys to announce plans to combat what he called a disturbing spike and harassment, intimidation on threats of

jonathan reiner. welcome back.g we heard from vice president harris, and the question of those who are immunocompromised, the vaccines, and the reality of this virus. then let's talk. >> what happens in terms of his health situation is exactly what the doctors have told us can happen, right, in terms of people who are immunocompromised, people who have preexisting conditions. i think it's, that today is a day to really reflect on the life of the man and his extraordinary service and not to politicize the efficacy of vaccines. >> dr. reiner, both parkinson's, and this melanoma, multiple myeloma, i should say, the effectiveness of the vaccine, what can you tell us? >> first of all, i agree with vice president harris that, you know, today is certainly not the day nor is any day to politicize vaccines, but as it pertains to secretary powell, general powell, he really fell into the highest risk group. he was over the age of 80, and he had an illness that made him prone to infection and would even actually compromise the

chair reverend townsend and vice chair reiner. my name is stephen currier, i actually participated in the last two redistricting meetings years ago. and per our neighborhood in reverend townsend i'm soglad you brought this up . your district is big and district 11 is quite dark large and they were separated by it 80 so maybe if we had more than one meeting here in district 11 it would be very appropriate for all our discussions. i would like to say and i'm glad before. i'd like to bring to your attention 10 years ago it was monroe elementaryschool in district 11 . monroe elementary schools cafeteria is very small so my suggestion would be somewhat high school which has a large auditorium theater. which could actually fit people if they wanted to come to these meetings to have a discussion on these issues. so thank you so much and good luck in these next few months. >> thank you for your comments. could we get the next color please. >> caller: can you hear me okay? >> clerk: go ahead. >> caller: david philpell again. i appreciate t

reiner, what did you think of what dr. collins had to say? >> he really does. there's so much misinformation in this country, and people have been making their decisions not based on facts but based on deliberate, calculated misinformation being targeted at them. to put this pandemic down, we're going to have to reach those folks. we're going to have to tell them the truth, we just can't write them off. and the last 25% is going to be the hardest, clearly the hardest. everyone, essentially everyone who wants to get a vaccine has gotten a vaccine. now we'll see what mandates can do to essentially nudge people to getting a vaccine. but people who aren't subject to mandates and who are steadfast against it who have been misinformed are going to be very, very hard to convince. >> and pfizer this week announced it is seeking fda authorization for its vaccine kids ages 5 to 11. but it's looking unlikely that we'll see vaccines for kids that young before halloween. do you think kids in that age group will be able to get vaccinated before thanksgivin

reiner. i want to come to hospitalizations among those vaccinated.lization rates among unvaccinated people, significantly higher, way higher, dramatically higher among unvaccinated people. but you do see, dr. reiner, an uptick in hospitalizations of those who were fully vaccinated. that's why they're saying let's let 40-year-olds get the booster shot, right? >> that's right. i want to thank you for telling the story. i struggle telling people every day why they need to get vaccinated, and i've never heard a more poignant and pointed explanation than you have done, so thank you. >> i appreciate that. >> look, what we've come to understand is the efficacy of the vaccines wane over time, and many americans now have been -- received their second vaccine more than six months ago. and the consequence of waning effectiveness of these vaccines is increased infections, and the more people who get infected, the more people will have a serious infection or lead to a hospitalization. so i think the fda and the cdc are starting to understand what the israelis hav

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reiner, we thank you for being with us this morning.the day and reminder, severe breakthrough cases of covid are rare but expected especially among seniors. our special coverage on the passing of general colin powell continues right now. >>> good monday morning. i'm erica hill. we begin with breaking news. >> i'm jim sciutto. breaking in us this morning, sad news, general colin powell, the barrier-breaking former secretary of state as well as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during war time has died of complications fro

chair reverend townsend and vice chair reiner. my name is stephen currier, i actually participated in the last two redistricting meetings years ago. and per our neighborhood in reverend townsend i'm soglad you brought this up . your district is big and district 11 is quite dark large and they were separated by it 80 so maybe if we had more than one meeting here in district 11 it would be very appropriate for all our discussions. i would like to say and i'm glad before. i'd like to bring to your attention 10 years ago it was monroe elementaryschool in district 11 . monroe elementary schools cafeteria is very small so my suggestion would be somewhat high school which has a large auditorium theater. which could actually fit people if they wanted to come to these meetings to have a discussion on these issues. so thank you so much and good luck in these next few months. >> thank you for your comments. could we get the next color please. >> caller: can you hear me okay? >> clerk: go ahead. >> caller: david philpell again. i appreciate t

reiner, the white house says they will announce a nominee for the nih.d quickly to fill any positions. i mean, it is pretty stunning, right? you are facing the biggest public health crisis in american history and the fda's gone nine months without a permanent leader. now, obviously, dr. collins, incredibly respected leader and face of the nih stepping aside. and we are just going to have nothing? >> yeah. you know, i -- you know, we hear a lot of different voices and, you know, in recent weeks, we -- we've seen what happens when the folks speaking to the country aren't speaking from the same page. we saw the president announce an ambitious booster plan to boost the entire country essentially all age groups starting at the end of september. and then, in multiple steps, finally, having to walk that back as both fda and cdc advisory committees balked on the original administration plan. and this all speaks to a lack of -- of coordination. you know, we have -- we've seen cdc struggle with -- with messaging. as you said, there is no formal fda -- permanent fd

chair reverend townsend and vice chair reiner. my name is stephen currier, i actually participated in the last two redistricting meetings years ago. and per our neighborhood in reverend townsend i'm soglad you brought this up . your district is big and district 11 is quite dark large and they were separated by it 80 so maybe if we had more than one meeting here in district 11 it would be very appropriate for all our discussions. i would like to say and i'm glad before. i'd like to bring to your attention 10 years ago it was monroe elementaryschool in district 11 . monroe elementary schools cafeteria is very small so my suggestion would be somewhat high school which has a large auditorium theater. which could actually fit people if they wanted to come to these meetings to have a discussion on these issues. so thank you so much and good luck in these next few months. >> thank you for your comments. could we get the next color please. >> caller: can you hear me okay? >> clerk: go ahead. >> caller: david philpell again. i appreciate t

reiner roa is a researcher at the college and has been studying the digestive process in cow, and heomach not only vary from cow to cow, they determine how much methane the cow produces. a brief lesson on bovine biolog is useful here. cows don't actually digest what they eat. the bugs in their gut do. their food mixes a kind of microbe soup in the rumen, or first stomach, and then is rechewed before passing through the rest of the system. and reiner roa's work shows that genetics can predict which animals will have the right micrococktail to produce the least methane. in other words, you can breed low methane producing cattle. so you can select. you can say that cow, that bull, they have good stomach stuff. you can put them together g together and make another cow with the same stomach stuff. >> yes. >> reporter: how much less? >> we are predicting we are reducing emission about 50%. >> reporter: 50%? >> yes. >> reporter: these cows wll put out 50% than a normal group of cows would do it? >> yes. >> reporter: how do they know? they measure it. they put cows in hermetically sealed cha

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reiner joins me now.reaction to the new mandate for all eligible k through 12 kids in california? >> i hope that's the start of every state adopting that. every child going to school anywhere in the united states has to be vaccinated for about ten different diseases. so every parent who sends their children to school is accustomed to vaccinating their kids. so what's different about this disease. why would we not vaccinate our children once -- in particular, once the vaccine is available widely for younger children. i think it should be mandated across the country, and i expect it will be. it may take a little while but i expect every state will eventually adopt a covid vaccine mandate. >> so i'm vaccinated. my 14-year-old is vaccinated. my son, as you know, is about to turn 12. he's going to get vaccinated. let me play devil's advocate. one of the arguments is, well, this vaccine is just so new and there's other vaccines, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, et cetera, they were -- it was a much longer proces

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reiner. i really appreciate it. >>> across the united states, supporters of women's rights, particularly abortion rights have been marching through major cities and demanding justice. they're infuriated by the supreme court allowing texas to ban abortion if less than six weeks. it's unfolding in washington where the supreme court is about to take up another critical case that could weaken reproductive cases even more. suzanne malveaux explains. >> reporter: i covered the march here five years ago right after president trump's inauguration. there were thousands of women who gathered, many in those familiar hand-knit pink caps. madonna, alicia keys were part of the lineup. at the time there was a lot of anxiety, rage, and concern about the turnover of the administration. today was very different. the numbers much different, in the thousands or so in the crowd, and very specific, targeting reproductive rights, abortion rights, very focused on that and the supreme court's role, and that matter, r

jonathan reiner. he's the director of the card yak catheterization program at george washington university hospital, also presidential historian douglas brinkley. doctor, i'm going to start with you. let's discuss the former president and his hospitalization in california tonight. urinary tract infection spreading to his bloodstream. can you tell us about his condition and how dangerous this is? >> good evening, don. it's been reported that he's doing well, and his team is considering switching him from intravenous antibiotics to oral antibiotics perhaps as early as tomorrow. so sepsis is an infection that has spread to the blood. a lot of things can do it. it's much more common as we get older, and it's very common to have the urinary tract as the source. commonly the kidneys or the bladder. sometimes there's, you know, no underlying cause. sometimes there is. i suspect that the president's physicians both in california and new york will search for whether there's an underlying cause for the infectio

jonathan reiner. good to see you. take a listen to the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky this morning. >> we'll not boost our way out of this pandemic. even after you boost, it remains important for us to remain smart about our prevention strategies while we still have over 93% of our counties with high or moderate community transmission. >> how much urgency should people eligible for a booster shot take to get that extra dose? >> i think they should do it right away. what we know is after six months the efficacy of this -- of these vaccines to prevent infection wanes significantly. and the sooner you get boosted, the more your protection is. i think if you've been -- not i think. we know if you've been vaccinated, you're very unlikely to get severely ill, should you get a breakthrough infection. but it's going to take you out of action for a couple of weeks. and more importantly, it then makes you more likely to infect somebody else who may be vulnerable. either unvaccinated or immunocompromised. so everyone who is eligible for a booster should get a bo

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jonathan reiner, a cardiologist and trans george washington. deadlier, more contagious. it was doing that, but it wasn't necessarily -- that wasn't necessarily the intent of this experiment. when conservatives say this all proves that fauci has not been honest, is that right? is that what it proves? >> no, it's important to understand the intent of the research and the effect of the research. so the intent of the research was to understand whether certain bat coronavirus spike proteins could infect human cells. and the way they did the experiment was they took a well-known bat coronavirus called wiv-1 and added to that some other bat coronavirus spike proteins. and they gave that to mice altered to have the receptor, the ace-2 receptor that the virus uses to enter human cells. they found, yes, they could. those spike proteins could enter human cells, but they also noticed that the enhanced virus then was more virulent. >> okay. >> so they proved that those spike proteins could enter human cells but in so doing they made the virus they used more

john rr reiner's opinion. where is the head of the nih?ation apparently was very interested in having janet wilcock, who is the current acting commissioner to be the permanent commission ers commissioner of the fda but current senators are blocking her. i think it's key that position be filled, and i think it's key that the nih position be filled expeditiously. who would have thought a year ago that something as apolitical as the director of the national institutes of health, really the preeminent research organization in the world, would be so politicized and so subject to, you know, the craziness in the united states senate, but here we are. and i think anything is possible. >> yeah. to the vaccines now. johnson & johnson asking the fda to authorize a booster shot for their covid vaccine, but the company is leaving it up to the fda and the cdc to decide who should get them and when. who do you think should get that shot? >> i you know, it's unclear. there are sort of two sets of data as it pertains to the j&j vaccine. one data suggested

jonathan reiner. doc, can you just explain first off what this condition is, sepsis, and how unusual or usual it is to come from a uti. >> good morning, brianna. simply stated, it is an infection that can be detected in the blood stream. it can begin in a lot of places. with the age of the former president, it originates in the kidney, plaider or lungs, if someone has pneumonia. the implication is the infection becomes much more severe when it spreads to the blood stream. if left unchecked, that can cause significant decreases in blood pressure, shock, and organ damage. the elderly often present with subtle symptoms. it seems like former president clinton is following it is following that path. it can be increased fatigue. these are subtle clues. it prompted them to treat with antibiotics. he is on the mend now. >> it was days before we found out about this. what does this tell you about the possible significant concerns they had about the former president's health that he went into the hospital tuesd

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jonathan reiner, a cardiologist and professor at george washington university medical center.the fda telling people they can mix and match, but then saying, but you probably shouldn't? >> i think it's insufficient for them to do that. i read about this topic continuously. and i'm not sure i know what to tell people, someone in my family that's gotten the j&j vaccine and i try to figure out what's the best booster? j j&j, pfizer? i think it's actually not jj&j. it's probably moderna or pfizer. if i don't have a clear feeling for how to boost each of these vaccines, how much can the average american who is not in medicine understand it. so i think if the fda and cdc are going to allow mixing and matching, they should give some guidance on which combinations make sense and when. >> if i got the johnson & johnson dose and research shows that moderna and pfizer's boosters might be stronger, why would anyone opt for the johnson & johnson booster? >> i think there's not a lot of reason to. if you look at -- there was one group of original folks who got the single dose j&j who had thi

jonathan reiner, cardiologist and professor at gw medical center. thanks for doing this. so if the cdc approves the vaccine for young kids on tuesday, which is anticipated, how soon can shots be administered and kids 5 to 11. >> wednesday. i think this is a big moment for the 28 million kids who are vulnerable to infection, to their families. it's a big moment for keeping schools open around the united states, particularly as we get into cold weather and people move indoors and typically respiratory viruses increase in frequency. and it's a big moment for protecting the vulnerable people in the community. people who are immunocompromised either as a consequence of their illnesses or treatment for illnesses. so it's an important step forward. cdc will certainly approve it and the cdc director will sign off on that on tuesday night. >> when it comes to vaccinating kids 5 to 11, which is obviously important, how much of it is about protecting these kids, 5 to 11, versus how much is it about slowing the spread so that other individuals who are immunocompromised who might be 1

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jonathan reiner, a cnn medical analyst. >> unlike monoclonal antibodies which are always effective, this drug is orally available, so we'll be able to prescribe this to folks. they'll take a five-day course and hopefully be able to stay homes not come in for an intravenous infusion and keep folks out of the hospital. it's really very promising news. merck has promised the united states 1.7 million courses of this drug. they'll produce about 10 million courses over the next several months and they're already producing the drug -- getting ready for eua and potential approval. >> but it doesn't take the place of a vaccine, right? >> no. >> and are you concerned that this could give people who are still vaccine hesitant having gotten vaccinated with a false sense of security and one more reason, one more excuse to not get vaccinated? >> i am concerned about that and i think ultimately it's better not to get infected than to try and treat an infection, but it's another tool in our toolbox. we're never going to be able to vaccinate everyone in this country. we're just not going to be able to p

jonathan reiner, always appreciate your guidance. thank you for sharing your expertise and your time with us today. >> my pleasure, ana. >> we turn now to disturbing new details in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of an alec baldwin movie. "the rap" is reporting hours before halyna hutchins was killed some crew members were using guns with live ammunition for target practice to pass the time. this is according to person with knowledge of the set. cnn's lucy kafanov is joining us from a indwe santa fe, new mexico today and we're also learning about spent casings and ammunition found on this set. tell us more about that. >> that's right, ana, and i have to say there's a reason why they film the western films out here, high desert out here and cnn has obtained court documentslition some of the items that authorities seized from that santa fe, new mexico movie set. they include things like a fanny pack with ammo. three black revolvers, spent cases as well -- casings as well as boxes of ammo. now i have to stress that we

. >>> lets a bring in jonathan reiner, professor from george wash university. doctor, welcome back. j&j was supposed to be the game-changer because it was one and done. but you heard from dr. paul offit that it should have always been a two-shot regimen. do you agree with that now that you know that boosters are recommending two months after the first shot. >> yeah, it seems like that is pretty clear now and some of my colleagues like peter hotez have been saying this for a very long time. this is a two-shot vaccine. and the fda advisory committee today said basically is in contrast to the pfizer and moderna vaccine, that all people 18 and above who are vaccinated with the johnson & johnson shot more than two months ago should get a booster and i think that makes great sense. now, it will be interesting to see what the fda does going forward with this concept of mixing and matching. because particularly with the johnson & johnson shot, you could get a much greater augmentation in the production of antibodies if you boost with a vaccine other than the j&j. so it is an intriguing conc

this is what rob reiner, actor rob reiner who is also a very strong political activist tweeted. >> the only reason a prosecutor would choose not to indict trump is the near if he did, it would start a cult of civil war. this is what laurence tribe respond, how he responded. he said a sobering thought. so let's hope ag garland hasn't already decided not to bring criminal charges against the probably guilty former president. do you worry as i do that he has already made that decision, and it is a political decision, that he does not want to go after the supporters of the former president? >> i don't think he is making that decision based on politics. i actually think what he is saying has some merit. the problem with what he is saying is it is very selectively targeted at the trump supporters for january 6. i think it's generally true that black and brown people across the country who are put in jail for extensive narcotics, nonviolent offenses, and other minor offenses as you point out go to jail and they are radicalized. i think we need a lot of reform as it comes to our system. the bi

reiner, is there anything in the data i get, i have a 10-year-old.there anything in the data, let me start here, that suggests if a kid now ages 5 to 11, boy or girl, gets this covid vaccine they might have fertility problems? >> no? there's nothing in the data to suggest that and nothing to suggest that that happens with adults are either. this is facebook medicine. what parents need to focus on is evidence based medicine. there's no biologically plausible medicine and if you were constructing a disinformation campaign, boy, that's exactly what you would tell parents of a young child we don't know what this will do to your child's fertility, basis on noest. it's zero. >> people should talk to medical profession als they trumpet i'm a parent of a 10-year-old. i've been reading for the last week or so about this rare potential heart issue so 76% say they are worried about long-term side effects and others are worried about serious side effects. what's your message to parents and what questions they might ask legitimately and where they might get the a

professor reiner. doctor, once again the numbers and data don't lie.ocratic states were more aggressive with things like masking and things like shutdowns and other covid restrictions. the republican states were not and it shows up when you look at cases and you look at hospitalizations without a doubt, right? >> right, and it's not a surprise. you know, a governor has a very heavy hand in a state and a governor can either help or can actively hurt so if the state prohibits, for instance, mask mandates for schools it has an obvious impact, if the governor promotes testing and if a governor during the darkest parts of this pandemic kept the states relatively closed for a long period of time, you know, those closures had the greatest impact on preventing spread, so we've seen -- we've seen governors particularly in the northeast have a very, very proactive beneficial role in preventing the spread of this virus and we've seen governors in the south. i think the one notable exception to sort of the red-blue gubernatorial impact is the state in which i live

rather reiner, elderly, kiner, b learners of africa are so the most valuable assets that the world has migrated. he's not loading all you from fears. with the same time the memories of the african people firms soluble can contain the exploitation which they've been subjected to. parkland looks good on with be argued, retailers comp make. they are still trying to hold the continent much to have control over the continent, unit of care, bookish. it, but the suffering that the african continent has endured. in recent times, there is still fresh in their memory, but our african friend's son met his the are close to missouri lot up, but it was the group. we do apologize for some of the distortion in that translation, but we will move away from ankara and tell you about what's going on in afghanistan . because the you and his warning that have gone to stand is on the brink of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and millions of people could die because of food shortages. the un food program is asking world leaders to take action and release billions of dollars of frozen humanitarian

jonathan reiner. doctor, good evening. thanks for joining us.e spoke just last night about former president bill clinton being hospitalized after an infection that spread from a uti. doctors are saying he's trending in the right direction, but he will stay in the hospital. how long do you think that will be? >> it's hard to know. but he was hospitalized, i think it was three days ago. and he remains hospitalized now. so he was sick. and they want to give him a full course of antibiotics. and as we said last night, sepsis kills about a quarter of a million people every year in the united states. you can die from this. a 75-year-old man can die from this. so they're taking their time. what we're not sure about is how sick he was when he was admitted to the hospital. we often get kind of a rosy story, you know, from the publicity folks when they try and paint the picture. it sounds like his medical team wants to give him the full course of iv antibiotics, and it sounds like a good plan. >> and i want to get to the news about johnson & johnson, that

jonathan reiner. what we learned from colin powell's family in their statement that he was fully vaccinated but had died from complications of covid-19. we've now learned that he had multiple myeloma according to a source familiar with the matter. this is a cancer of the plasma cells. it can suppress your immune system. it's important to put this in context. >> right. multiple myeloma is a disease that itself suppresses the immune system but it's also important to understand that the treatment for multiple myeloma, which patients often take every day, itself can suppress the immune system. so general powell respected our most vulnerable population in this country. he was over the age of 80. he had cancer, and a treatment for his cancer made him vulnerable. when we try to convince young people why they need to be vaccinated, it's to protect our treasuries, our people like general powell, our grandparents, because while, you know, a 25-year-old may do quite well with the infection, if they spread it to

jonathan reiner. good evening to you. we know that vaccines work. right?ublican resistance to life saving public health measures while we're in the middle of a pandemic still? >> it almost like these politicians are trying to sabotage our recovery. there is some interesting stats that relate -- that i think answer some of these questions. april 19th vaccines were made available for all americans. and on that date, texas and new york had very similar numbers of deaths. new york had about 52,000 deaths, texas had i believe around 49,000 deaths. and since that time, since vaccines were available to all adults in the united states, new york has had an additional 3,000 deaths and texas has had almost 20,000 additional deaths. and the big difference is that new york has fully vaccinated 72% of its population and florida only 60% and now what we see is the -- excuse me, texas. and now what we see is the texas governor really trying to prevent these mandates, which had been shown to increase vaccination uptake in the united states. it's almost as if he's trying to

reiner, we thank you for being with us this morning. we'll lean on you throughout the day and reminder, severe breakthrough cases of covid are rare but expected especially among seniors. our special coverage on the passing of general colin powell continues right now. >>> good monday morning. i'm erica hill. we begin with breaking news. >> i'm jim sciutto. breaking in us this morning, sad news, general colin powell, the barrier-breaking former secretary of state as well as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during war time has died of complications from covid-19. he was 84 years old. his family confirmed the news in a statement on facebook, saying they have lost "a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and great american." >> the powell family says he was fully vaccinated. they thanked the staff at walter reed national medical center for their caring treatment. powell served in multiple republican administrations, shaping american foreign policy over the last 20 years, also marking a number of firsts. wolf blitzer honors

jonathan reiner, the director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. doctor, good evening. thanks for joining. so we spoke just last night about the former president bill clinton being hospitalized after that infection that spread from a uti. his doctors are saying he is trending in the right direction, but he's going to stay hospitalized to finish his course of iv antibiotics. how long do you think that's going to be? >> well, it's hard to know. but, you know, he was hospitalized, i think it was three days ago, and remains hospitalized now, so he was sick, and they want to give him a full course of antibiotics whether that's intravenous antibiotics, whether that's for a total of seven days or a total of ten days has yet to be seen. as we said last night, you know, sepsis kills about a quarter of a million people every year in the united states. you can die from this. a 75-year-old man can die from this, and they are taking their time. you know, what we're really not sure about is how sick he was when he was admitted to the hospital. we often

i want to read something by jonathan reiner from the uw school of medicine.sha blackburn stinks essential workers should be exempt from the vaccine because they figure out how to protect themselves, what the senator doesn't seem to understand is the becks majority figured out how vaccines work. not all of them want to or think they need to, what is your legislation about briefly if you could tell us? >> the legislation is very simple. that said if you are an essential worker, you showed up and did your job during the covid-19 pandemic, you do not want to take this vaccine for medical or religious reasons. you should be exempt from the federal mandate. we think that's important, it will help to preserve the jobs of first responders, our front-line workers, law enforcement, airline workers, the trucking industry, we are facing a supply chain shortage. we are going into the holidays, shelves are empty in stores and this is going to make it worse because there are 10.4 million jobs that are unfilled in this country and if joe biden gets his way with the mandate,

. >> jonathan reiner was here and compared it to the hhs ads or government ads about tobacco and whato you, showing real-life harm. the white house announced their plan to quadruple the number of at-home tests available by december. can people feel confident in the accuracy of these tests? >> jake, you can feel confident, but i will say, these are not pcr tests. pcr tests have much better accuracy. so if you have the time and if you can get out and do it, a pcr test is a better idea. but the at-home tests have some real advantages. they take about 15 minutes. they're not nearly as expensive. if the government is going to subsidize them, then they're even less expensive. and so what you gain in expense and gain in time you lose a bit in accuracy. so these tests, these at-home tests can miss about 15% of positives. in other words, 15% of the time when someone is positive, it might say that you're not positive. now if it says that you're negative, you can trust that much more. so again, they're accurate, but pcr tests are better. >> and the fda is now saying the swollen lymph nodes some

reiner, a cnn medical analyst, he was talking about this number that nobody wanted to hit, 700,000 people who have died from covid just in the u.s. >> we've lost 700,000 americans now and fully 200,000 of those folks have died since vaccines have been available almost to everyone in this country and every one of those deaths is unnecessary. even though the news is great for the antiviral agent, really, the message that people need to receive is, get vaccinated. no one needs to die from this virus. >> is there anything different at this point that could be said to entice people who are hesitant about the vaccine to go ahead and do so? to get it? >> i don't know that there are new words, new emotions, new stories, but i do know the power of continuing to speak the names, to continue to speak about the souls who have lost their lives. people are still on the decision front and as long as we as health care providers, fellow americans, can bring home the message that this is a national loss, yes, i lost my dad but the nation lost my dad, the more we lose the less we are as a whole of society.

jonathan reiner. so much to respond to and unpack in amara's reporting there.accine travel mandate. take a listen. >> by the end of november, if you are 12 or older and want to fly or take the train, you'll have to be fully vaccinated, as will staff. testing will no longer be an option before boarding. >> jeff zients, the covid response coordinate owas just asked if the u.s. would ever take such a step. he said the administration is already taking, quote, strong action. do you think what biden is doing is strong enough? >> no, and many of us have been asking the administration to do just what canada has done for the last several months. the holiday season is upon us. but we still have time to impact the potential, really horrible effects of unvaccinated americans traveling around the country over the thanksgiving and christmas breaks. this administration should immediately institute a plan to mandate vaccination for everyone traveling, i'd say, by the middle of november. so that gives us six weeks to get shots in arms, give people warning if they want to fly or

reiner and the medical communer as a whole stressing while the pill could be a game-changer, it is notute for vaccines that will prevent most of the serious illnesses. and spread for that matter. since the pandemic, it is just been so confusing for many women and their child bearing years. and men. especially when vaccines became available under emergency use authorization. pregnant moms worried if it was safe for them and safe for their babies. now the cdc wants to make it crystal clear, if you are pregnant, please get vaccinated. and joining me now with more is fertility physician dr. natalie crawford. dr. crawford, good to see you again. we love having you as a guest on the show. the cdc director rochelle walensky said just 31% of pregnant women in the u.s. are vaccinated. what do you make of that number? why is this such a concern? >> i think to put this in perspective, what we know is about 75% of the population has received at least one dose. so this is staggeringly low for pregnant people. and i think it really is fear and fear of harming your baby and i understand hesitation a

jonathan reiner is here for our friday night house call. good evening, doctor. how are you?ving me. >> thank you for joining. a friend that i know, two of his children, you know, got covid, asymptomatic. surprise to them. so kids can get it. they happen to be asymptomatic, but not all children are, so this is very important. we're getting so close to what parents have long been waiting for. the cdc's going to meet on tuesday. if they approve vaccines for young kids, how soon could we see doses going into arms? >> i expect that dr. walensky will approve the acip committee's almost certain recommendation for this vaccine on tuesday. i expect that dr. walensky will approve it on tuesday night. and as vaccine is already shipping, i expect children will start to receive the vaccine on wednesday. so i expect next week we'll start to get shots into arms. >> yeah. recent polling shows that a majority of parents say that they won't vaccinate their kids right away. with cases going down, some parents wouldn't ring if it's even worth it. i think the example of what i just said, you kno

reiner. how big of a difference could these extra boosters make in the fight in the u.s.ifference, jake, is they will prevent more people from getting sick. they won't probably prevent more people from dying. the current vaccines have -- seem to have a very durable benefit in terms of severe illness, hospitalization or mortality. but these vaccines clearly have a waning efficacy in terms of infection, and it's no joke. i mean, i work with someone whose husband has a public-facing job in d.c. and he had a breakthrough infection and my colleague this a breakthrough and both her children had primary new infections since they are too young to be vaccinated and my colleague is out of the work for the last to weeks taking care of her family, now taking care of herself. so she'll be great. the point is, it's a giant burden. even if you do well, it could be an economic burden, family burden, and some people will have long covid symptoms with a breakthrough infection. so i think there is a lot of reason to want to boost people and prevent people from getting sick, even if they are

always with -- with carroll o'connor and jean stapleton, but the first two times absent, the -- rob reineras a blessing that the network didn't pick it up, because by the time it came -- by the time we found rob and sally, the chemistry between each of those four, in every direction, was so glorious and so -- that was, you know, the fate of the gods >> seth: it was not universally loved by critics when it first came out you would respond to the critics when this happened do you remember any of that back and forth, or do you remember why people didn't like it right out of the gate? >> well, they didn't like -- you know, didn't understand the reason for a -- a bigot as the center of a show and there was a review by the name of a very well known author and critic, a woman i can't remember her name for the moment anyway, she gave it a terrible review in "the new york times. and then about six weeks later, she wrote another review and took back what she had said the first time, 'cause she understood the show better >> seth: that's really amazing that doesn't happen. how many times have you had