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real news, then you re living in a society that has long used these vaccine rules to keep people safe. for many decades, it just want the controversy that some are claiming it to be, including people who previously followed their own vaccine rules, either at school themselves, because they went to school in this country, or for their kids lately. that brings us tonight to the so-called adults in the room. because the rubber is hitting the road. tonight the deadlines arrives, for example, for new york city workers to get vaccinated. there may be a shortage of public officers and firefighters, first responders, people who serve in the public sector, who are resisting these rules, especially interesting whether they re usually people who require others to follow the rules. you see this week it s had some antivax protests, roughly 1900 holdouts. over in red mississippi, the
saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask how you get xfinity mobile included with your internet. plus, get $200 back when you when you buy a new smartphone. xfinity mobile. it s simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. just when you thought it was over, i m here to remind you that election day is still upon us, with a senate showdown in reliable red mississippi. tomorrow voters are heading to the polls again for a runoff between republican senator cindy hyde-smith and democratic challenger mike espy. understanding the stakes, president trump is heading down there today to head two rallies for hyde-smith. over public hangings, past praise of a confederate soldier and suppressing voter turnout. here to discuss, joe trippy, working with the espy campaign,
mississippi, a state that president trump won by 18 points have a shot in this run offtomorrow? well, he seems to have more of a shot today than he did a month ago, but he appears to be at a disadvantage in mississippi in part because republicans have such a natural built in advantage in that state. it s one of the most conservative states in the union. you know, strategists are expecting the vote to break down largely along ethnic racial lines with espy trying to turn out as many african-american voters as he can to support him. the problem he faces is a simple one of math. there s many more white voters in mississippi than black voters. that being said republicans are nervous about cindy hyde-smith. they feel she s a weak candidate. she s had a number of stumbles. if she doesn t have high turn out in the election this week that s going to be a problem for her. the public hanging comment has now opened the door to a
you do have a situation in alabama where donald trump wrapped his arms around moore and this coalition, an unprecedented turnout of african-american voters in alabama and african-american women, aligned with a bunch of suburban prosperous up wardly mobile voters who looked at roy moore, this is not the image we want of our state in 2018. i think there s no doubt that mike espy is still the underdog in this race but there s a way in which you could see that particular combination of geographics and symbolic moment. don t be surprised, again, not where you want to bet the mortgage, but don t be surprised you could see a similar thing play out in mississippi. again just two years ago president trump won the state by 18 points. we ll see what happens tomorrow. the race in california s 21st district is tighter with the republican congressman