and so importantly, forward with a deeper sense of fairness and a commitment to equity. forward by rejecting the divisiveness and chaos that permeate too much of our politics. reporter: and i will just quickly note that the ciattarelli campaign last night as the race was being called for governor murphy, they said it was too close and too early to call the race, and we know that he has still not made that phone call to concede the race to the governor. let s look down ballot to potentially our favorite race. oh, yeah. we need to hear about how this trucker might win. yes. spent, what, 150 bucks to unseat one of the most powerful democrats in new jersey? explain this. reporter: yeah, that s exactly right. this is a fascinating down ballot race here in the state. if you re familiar with new jersey politics, the name, steve sweeney, is a name that you re
individuals who go get their vaccine. what does it actually cost? we dug into that. medicare will reimburse 150 bucks, 40 bucks per shot, administrative costs, 35 more dollars if they come to your home to administer it. on average, and 98% through june and july of covid patients were unvaccinated, on average what does it cost, about $22,000 for this hospitalization, 150 times as much as what medicare reimburses for the shot. someone goes on a ventilator, it can be up to 300 times the cost here. so, i mean, in terms of if you just look at this from a purely financial standpoint, there is no question in anybody s mind, it s free, really, you might get 150 bucks back in some states to get the shot compared to tense of thousands of dollars for the hospitalization. i have never been good at math. i was just going to say the same thing. but the math here is extraordinary. it s obvious, you get paid in some instances to get vaccinated. that s why it blows my mind,
so three times as many children have died, thousands are in the hospital right now, and i have to tell you, we still don t know the long-term impact of this virus. we just don t. you hear about kids taking covid naps for hours and hours after being diagnosed with covid. you don t want this, and there are ways to prevent it as these statistics show. and obviously this is such a frustrating parent for parents because they don t have the option to get their kids who are young vaccinated right now as we are waiting to see what determinations the fda and the cdc makes on that, but sanjay, there s also a new cnn analysis that looked at the cost of treating covid-19. comparing what it costs to be hospitalized to just getting vaccinated and what did that analysis show you? this is kind of mind boggling, really, to think about, especially when you look at these numbers, keep in mind, there are states that are offering visa gift cards for 150 bucks if you show up as well just to get vaccinat
bright at the christmas capitol. voting to call the capitol evergreen a christmas tree and not a holiday tree as declared by the democratic governor tony last week. symbols from other religious holidays like a hanukkah menorah will also be on display in the rotunda. jillian: a bloody sheep sticking out the front and back. the sweater shows the ugliness of the wool industry cost 150 bucks. rob: woman leaves her car window open and turns into quite a catastrophe. watch this. [laughter] look at these cats. catastrophe, yes. woman walked up to the car they crawled inside from a farm in california and went nuts. close those windows. jillian: have a good day. clap your hands
face $100 in fines. 150 bucks is the price tag for a six pack of dior s version of reusable straws. the fashion giant selling the stylish glass straws which are hand painted with gold. they say they are more environmentally friendly than plastic straws. pete: be honest, dean, do you own. dean: not a glass one but a bamboo straw. pete: patrolling the rio grande shot at by gunmen from the mexican side early friday morning, agents on the city station marine unit reported at least 50 rounds were fired at them by four gunmen. there are shots in the side of their boat right there. luckily no one was injured and the incident is currently under investigation. here with more is president of the national border patrol council brandon judd thanks for being here this morning. something like this four gunman, automatic weapons fired at them. 50 rounds. not another day on the job but you know that our guys