the southern of border. i m a believer, a democrat, i m double-vaxed. i can t wait to get the booter when i m booster when i m able to. i don t think it should make any american outside of south texas, black, white, whatever race they might be from getting the vaccine. i think what president biden has been done is controversial. it will be challenged. i support him for doing it. we want to tell the chinese that you were wrong, that thing might have leaked from a lab, get vaccinated. we want the economy reopened, everyone should get vaccinated. howie: some pundits are saying biden is doing this as a political distraction. at the same time, 1600 americans are dying every day on average from covid-19 and the fate of his presidency may well depend on this particular war. bill bennett, harold ford, great to see you this sunday. thanks so much.
don t think that president biden should be participating in the 9/11 speeches. no, i don t. look, i think first of all i do say with sadness because i m a believer that regardless of the policies of the president you respect the office even if you don t respect the man who is there. when a president goes to a ceremony he is there in his capacity as the president not in his personal capacity but representing the country. this is different because joe biden is the president who surrendered to the enemies who attacked us on september 11, 2001. not only did he surrender but he surrendered with dishonor. left thousands of american citizens and american permanent residents and thousands the majority of our afghan allies who fought with us in the battle behind and didn t do it by accident. he did it intentionally. he ordered that last plane to take off knowing there were americans trapped behind enemy lines and the majority of the afghans who helped us were trapped behind me lines.
but there are people, as you know, ceos of banks, for example, who say, look, a lot of the work that happens is the accidental encounters, the teamwork, and you ve got to be in the same place at the same time. you know, the ceos of jp morgan and morgan stanley and such say if you want new york wages, you have to work at the new york office. what are they trying to get at, and are they right? i m a believer there is a lot of these sort of incidental meetings that are very, very important. however, that said, there is a lot of that that can be done remotely, but also you can have a sort of hybrid model. and i think that when you talk to people, when you talk to workers, the vast, vast majority of people would prefer a hybrid model where they are sometimes in the workplace, but sometimes being able to work at home. i do think there is a danger in the executives who are saying
example, who say, look, a lot of the work that happens is the accidental encounters, the teamwork, and you ve got to be in the same place at the same time. you know, the ceos of jp morgan and morgan stanley and such say if you want new york wages, you have to work at the new york office. what are they trying to get at, and are they right? i m a believer there is a lot of these sort of incidental meetings that are very, very important. however, that said, there is a lot of that that can be done some of it can be done remotely, but also, you can have a hybrid model. and i think that when you talk to people, when you talk to workers, the vast, vast majority of people would prefer a hybrid model where they are sometimes in the workplace, but sometimes being able to work at home. i do think there is a danger in the executives who are saying you have to have face time. i think that is an outmoded, outdated way of thinking about things.
overall vaccination numbers given those attitudes solely with carrots. i m a believer more elections are being decided by motivation, not persuasion. there aren t many people left in the country that are persuad persuadable. wherein lies the passion? look forward to 2022 on this issue. is there more passion among the unvaccinated who say don t tread on me or the vaccinated, like me, who are saying go get your shot in. obviously, the unvak si flflat unvaccinated have taken this. they have made this into a culture war fight. we know as a general prop proposition, president biden is trying to lower the temperature on all culture war fights.