decision. in an interview with the new york times, the former nfl star also called trump a cancer for the country. cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is live on capital hill. lauren, that sends a message to republicans in terms of where the party stands. reporter: that s right, erica and jim. this is a very revealing and honest interview about why he is not running for reelection. he said that at the heart of his decision is really the fact that going back and forth between his district in washington, d.c. is really tough on his family. he said it s also worth noting the sacrifice you have to make in not getting to spend time with your family isn t worth it when you re coming back to a washington that is so grossly divided and also republican party that he said he just doesn t really recognize at this point. he said, while my desire to build a fuller family life is at the heart of my decision, it is also true the current state of our politics, especially many of the toxic
we urge you not to be tempted to go outside, to take a look at start sight-seeing and for goodness sake don t drive around right now. it just isn t worth it. the same really goes by for the immediate aftermath of the storm, after it has passed by, because there will be downed power lines. there s going to be standing water. there s going to be debris, other dangers and quite frankly we can t tell you yet how soon it will be before first responders are going to be able to respond to calls for assistance. so please don t go out and the extent to which individuals decide to get out and about will inhibit the flow of first responders and search and rescue assets, high water vehicles and so forth. so please be patient. once the storm has passed, you
leadership and decided instead he s going to withdraw. all you need to do is look at what is unfolding today, look at the interview we just heard. the fact that we re now somehow relying on the taliban to protect americans and the white house is denying what we know is happening on the ground which is americans are being beaten, prevented from getting to the gates of the airport, and they re probably being held hostage. ten years ago we had a poll that showed over 70% of americans thought that this was going to end without being able to leave a stable democracy in afghanistan. in some ways the american public foresaw this a decade again. the american public now who don t like what they see on the ground, 60% say this isn t worth it. that seems to be why there s no political support four presidents in a row have tried to get out because the public has not been with them. isn t that fundamentally why we re getting out? i actually look at it the other way, chuck. we need to have l
know and have accumulated evidence that not all vaccines are created equal. so we could be going to a country, you mentioned some other variants. peru has seen a growth of the lamb da variant. that could be a place people want to visit. but they are experiencing a variant that hasn t crept up in the united states yet and it hasn t been tested against our vaccines yet. so that, combined with a low vaccination rate in most countries, chris, but even countries like israel where we have higher vaccination rates, are also taking precautions. so number one, practically speaking, think about where you re going, but also think of our own risk. if getting out of the town or country helps you mentally, you re fully vaccinated, just take precautions. if it s too stressful it probably isn t worth it and you might want to stay until we see how this plays out in vaccinating the globe. some people have to stay home with their boyfriend netflix, right? dr. patel and rehema ellis, stay
american people. they expect us to end it s urgent. they expect us to end it s urgent as they inch toward each other, at this pace it will take many months to get anywhere close to a deal. if the president decides this isn t worth it, we are taking up too much valuable stuff from this, bill does he settle at the last white house proposal, or do we go back to what the original proposal was in the case of the jobs plan, the infrastructure bill? how do they approach it at that point? this was a mistake that was made during the obama administration where the negotiated with republicans that came down significantly, and no republicans went along and voted for that either we saw the package is far too small to do what we need it to do to jump-start the economy. i think the president has learned from that lesson, and the people around him have learned from that lesson. he has said, multiple times, the problem will not be that we