push bach on the appointments? do you see any that might not make it through? tillerson for secretary of state, because of his ties are putin. but marco rubio saying friends of vlad and my the pulling back. tillerson has got incredible resume . you don t run exxon without, you know, really obtaining not just power but success. so look, again, barring something we don t know today about those ties to vladmir putin, that, something that is unsavory we don t know, just because you re friends with someone, doesn t mean you shouldn t be the secretary of state. so. pete: new congress comes in. with the ethics rules change. some of the old business you see in times at washington. republicans are split. paul ryan said he was against it. what would it need for business as usual to change on capitol hill? this is why presidential
seek risk? if you re a guy who goes to harvard and harvard law school and has a nice opportunity to work at a corporate law firm you re not going to start your own company, you ve got too much to lose. you ve got this clear line clear income for the rest of your life. it s the guy who doesn t who is going to be willing to take that risk. that is a very interesting argument that i got into a little bit in david and goliath. what are the down sides to affluence? we know the good parts of affluence. we re well aware of them. do you also entail take on certain liabilities? when you raise a child in a culture of comfort where every need is taken care of. the answer is you do. that doesn t mean you shouldn t raise a child in comfort, it just means the path to doing something extraordinary is going to be a little more difficult, not impossible but a little more
wow. so that doesn t mean you shouldn t get vaccinated poppy. vaccines can still be very helpful because of cross-protection. so i think people should be wary don t take the fact that it isn t a good match this year as an excuse not to get vaccinated. vaccination can be very helpful. so 100% people should get it even though it is not as effective as people would have hoped? absolutely. because it s effective against the h1n1 although that s not circulating very much now, as well as some of the b influenzas. and even though it doesn t match, you can get enough cross-protection and boost of already existing immunity that it could be beneficial. it may not protect you against infection but could certainly prevent you against serious disease, hospitalization and other complications. all right. doctor stand by because i want your reaction on the other side of this. we talked a bit about the widespread how widespread the flu outbreak has been and how deadly it has become this yea
hispanics that are left are going to keep walking out. late today speaking to al sharpton s national action network where i was privileged to speak this week, president obama delivered a fiery call to arms on the issue of voting rights. he started with attack of the republican party s tactics to suppress the voting rights especially of minorities by making them show their papers as he put it, something the president is all too familiar with since he had to show his. folks may learn that without a document like a passport or a birth certificate they can t register. about 60% of americans don t have a passport. just because you don t have the money to travel abroad doesn t mean you shouldn t be able to vote here at home. and just to be clear i know where my birth certificate is, but a lot of people don t. a lot of people don t.
a document like a passport or birth certificate, they can t register. about 60% of americans don t have a passport. just because you don t have the money to travel abroad, doesn t mean you shouldn t be able to vote here at home. reporter: republicans counter and say that voters don t have to have a passport and that there are many ways to get a valid photo i.d. how many states have these voter i.d. laws? according to the national conference of state legislatures, 16 states require a photo i.d. to vote. 16 other states require some proof of identity to vote. but it doesn t have to be a photo i.d republicans say it makes sense for election officials to be able to verify that the people who show up to vote are who they say they are. this whole idea of asking people to show an i.d., let me go to the white house and walk in without proving who i am without a photo i.d nobody can even go to the event that he spoke at without a photo