mccullagh who is running for that position again in november. but what really stood out to me were some comments he made about a different governor, a republican one, kay ivey who just over the last couple of days has been talking about how low the vaccination rates are in her state and urged those americans who are sitting on the sidelines waiting to get their shots to do so. in fact, she was so kpas separated, she said i don t know what else i can do to motivate this population. the president said he applauded her, that more republicans essentially need to come out and send this urgent message. this is something, again, that s significant because in just the last couple of days the president hasn t always been that precise in his language. at the town hall we saw earlier in ohio, he seemed to imply if you got the vaccinations you won t get covid and you don t need to worry, and we know that s not the case given breakthrough infections, something we ve pressed the white house to give
terry and i share a lot in common. i ran against donald trump and so has terry. [ crowd chanting ] it s not a trump rally. let them holler. no one is paying attention. the president, former president, is expected to speak today in arizona, one of the swing states that in fact cost him the white house in november. and on the covid watch this hour, we have nbc s monica alba. monica, you first, as we have president biden with some of his strongest comments for the rise in covid cases. what exactly did he say? reporter: it s something, alex, the white house is following very closely. the president just got a lengthy briefing from his covid response team yesterday in the oval office. that was behind closed doors, but what we do know is they re evaluating and weighing whether to change any recommendations or guidance when it comes to masking or social distancing. as of now they say there s no