at the same time, defense secretary lloyd austin has informed seven republican governors their state's national guard members must be vaccinated against covid-19 amid an ongoing dispute between gop leaders and the pentagon over that mandate. pentagon press secretary john kirby responding right here on msnbc. >> we are rock solid and convinced that the secretary has the legal authority to mandate these vaccines, mandatory vaccines are not new in the military. we've been doing it since george washington at valley forge. this mandate is absolutely solid in terms of our authorities and we'll continue to pursue a mandatory vaccine regimen for the rest of the force. >> meantime, on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is calling for an end to the covid-19 state of emergency. >> it's time we accept that covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives. it's time for state of emergency to wind down.
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