wants to dismantle the world order that we know since the end of world war ii. and he wants to demonstrate that he is he is king. he can do whatever he wants on the territories he believes belong to him right or wrong. gary, so great to have you on the show. thank you for sharing your analysis on this. clearly you re very passionate about this issue. we hope you ll come back soon. thank you very much. well, amid the potential for war, inflation hurting americans and a pandemic that seems like a won t end. president biden has a lot to talk about in his state of the union address. it s less than two weeks. so the chief strategist for president obama and cnn senior political commentator david axelrod joins me next with some advice for biden. plus california has a plan for life after covid. and hear from a man who says a helicopter almost hit him and his teen daughter on the beach.
well, you know, as you said previously, covid has thrown many curve balls. however, having said that i will say so many people got infected during the omicron wave, and so the percentage of americans vaccinated, the institute for health care metrics and evaluation estimates about 75% of americans are now going to be protected from covid. so that means we ve not yet reached and we may never reach so-called herd immunity, the likelihood of having a major significant outbreak like we had with omicron goes dramatically down with the number of people who have been infected or vaccinated. or both, infected after being vaccinated three times. doctor, thank you so much. and up next cameras capture the moment a helicopter crashes into the water off the busy
empathy that that will help, you know, boost americans confidence in him as a leader during this tough time, during like you said this not tragic but just a really traumatic it s trauma. it s been a traumatic time for a lot of people. right. and we all feel it. yeah, i think it will help. i m not suggesting that that s the whole mission, and i m also not suggesting that he not report to the country on the things he s done and congress has done to try and alleviate some of the pain that people in the the challenges that people are feeling. certainly he should do that, but he s going to get a better hearing if he talks about what we ve been through together than if he simply sets out to brag about the things that he s done. and we should say no one speech