how did this become so i think in this environment today, you are unlikely to see at least any state where republicans hold any levers of power, a winding back of any of these laws. when you ask voters do they feel more concerned about crimes, about their own personal safety, the answer is yes. after big shootings, after big crises, you see sales of guns go up. so this you know, two years ago, we had talks of bipartisan criminal justice reform and these sorts of things, and we re a long ways away from where we were two years ago. i m going to assume in about a month we re going to all hear about gun sales and what happened after this verdict. i have a feeling we all know which way the arrow is going to move. when we come back, covid cases back on the rise. has the government done enough to combat disinformation about mandates and vaccines. that s among the questions i have for transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he joins me next. ugh
transportation secretary, pete buttigieg.hi and the new covid surge. i m worried that people are going to die and they never had a chance at getting a bed. new cases averaging near ri 100,000 a day, this as the government endorses pfizer and moderna boosters for all adults. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, the reverend al sharpton, host of politicsnation on msnbc, republican pollster kristen soltis anderson, and civil rights attorney david henderson. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. good sunday morning.e this past week we got more evidence of just how divided t we ve become as a country. on friday, wisconsin jury found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all counts of shooting three r
older, all welcome back. the government announced on friday that americans 18 and older, all americans 18 and older are now eligible to receiver a pfizer or moderna booster shot. cases on the rise, seven-day average now approaching 100,000 a day. the other big news on friday, house democrats finally passed the president s social safety bill. [ cheers and applause ] it now goes to the senate where it faces an uncertain future. you heard the optimism from senator jon tester, one of the moderates in the caucus. joining me is president biden s transportation secretary pete buttigieg. welcome back to the show. good morning. good to be back. i want to talk with you about the president s agenda, but the mandate for vaccines for federal workers goes into effect tomorrow. i know tsa, while a part of our transportation infrastructure is technically under homeland security, but there have been some concerns that we re not going to have enough tsa agents meeting the vaccine requirement.
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ultimately upheld. tennessee governor bill lee was handed a second blow this week to his controversial order allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements, amid the spiking case numbers in that state. a federal judge blocked the rule from being implemented while the legal battle moves its way through the courts. and a new phase in the vaccination drive now under way as the cdc endorses pfizer booster shots for adults 65 and older and for those people with underlying health conditions. frontline workers are also eligible for a booster six months after their last shot. now let s bring in dr. chris, public health physician and an american college of preventive medicine fellow. doctor, thank you so much for joining me. as we look at cdc director rochelle walensky, who overruled her advisors to include adults 18 and older who work in the high-risk environments to be eligible for the booster shot, do you think that caused more confusion to the rollout process and what kind of