americans are fully vaccinated. believe it or not, a significant number of health care workers are among the millions of americans still unvaccinated against covid-19. nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez caught up with staff members and asked the obvious and important question, why. show of hands, how many of you have gotten a covid vaccine? these are four health care workers from different hospitals in north carolina. why not? we don t know what the long-term side effects are. it also hasn t been proven to be effective? the cdc says it s more than 90% effective. they do say that. that hasn t proven to me to be true. i m not going to jump on a band wagon with something that hasn t been tested. it has been tested, though. if you look at the normal year span of how long something is tested, it s usually 12 to 14 years before it comes to humans. across the country, about one
conservative democrats within the house democratic caucus who all understand that in the 21st century infrastructure has a much broader meaning than simply bridges, highways and so on and so forth. it includes things like the care economy. so, that s why we re seeking to expand medicare to include dental, vision and hearing. it s why we want to address climate change which poses a threat to the planet and human civilization and, of course, why we re fighting to ensure that child care is affordable for every family in the richest nation in the world. these are the things that must be in the larger reconciliation package and it is going to get me to the table to support that much, much paired down bipartisan infrastructure pack package that leaves out so much of what americans need this week. everyone was celebrating the fact that the senate was able to get it together to get
them, one group we may not be able to convince and america needs to wrap our head around that. but the other thing i need to talk to both groups is the virus, covid-19 is not why you don t want to have the vaccine. what we do know is younger and younger persons are being hospitalized and our cases are increasing 148% over the last two weeks and our hospitalizations are increasing 73% and our deaths are starting to climb, again. this is not the time to be hesitant. if you are thinking whether or not just know that there has been millions of americans at this point who have been vaccinated. you can look globally and know that you can have additional millions of persons and this vaccine has proven itself to be safe and effective at keeping you alive, keeping you out of the hospital and off of those ventilators. and that is what is most important right now in the middle of this pandemic. so, i have certainly started wearing my mask more than i was when i m in public a couple years ago. t
the pair of democrats from arizona and west virginia have sparked controversy over their unwavering support of the senate filibuster and for their views. their colleagues in the democratic party see them as legislative road blocks, people who need to be appeased to get a single law passed. sinema and manchin are both popular with republicans right now, more popular than they are in their own parties. they represent two very different states with vastly different demographics, but both senators prioritize bipartisanship, and in doing so, they re actively stifling legislation that critics say would make a world of difference to millions of americans both in their home states and beyond. joining me is steve benin, producer on the rachel maddow show, prolisk blogger for the maddo blog. the author of the great book, the impostors, how republicans quit governing and seized politics. good to see you. we honed in on you quickly when we said we need to have this conversation with people. democr
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