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quarantine at the end of the month. countries are tightening restrictions. here in the u.s., give us your analysis as to what we see there and the economic impact of the potential restrictions and this ongoing incredible surge in covid infections. there s the human issue which is there s going to be deaths. we spoke to the former head of the fda and member of the board of pfizer about this this morning. scott gottlieb. a lot of the west has been asking china to open up, but at the same time we re seeing this remarkable surge. dr. scott gottlieb suggested he doesn t think the surge is going to be a one or two-month situation, but may last six months or more. that s got huge implications for
to note i think nine, nine and 10 democrats are in favor of an assault weapons ban. john, when you look at polling, the american public is in favor of background checks. they re in favor of tightening restrictions on guns. not in favor of getting rid of guns but tightening restrictions. but when you look at congress, it seems like nobody is in favor of it, because, well not nobody, but that a good portion of the population is not in favor of it, and i wonder, is it the single issue voters that the republicans have that are holding them to not changing at all on this, or is it the gun lobby, the money or both things tied together. i think they re tied together. so much energy in that single issue set that you talked about, they will show up and vote, they will donate money, the nra is a shadow of its former self and yet this issue remains potent on the republican side of the aisle, because it s the voters that care so much, with that set. i think, you know, with the
as covid cases and hospitalizations are surging across the globe, france s president wants to infuriate the unvaccinated by tightening restrictions further. in israel, a fourth vaccine shot is introduced. in australia, backlash over a medical exemption for a tennis star has some folks there saying bugger off. cnn has this covered coast to coast. reporter: i m jim bittermann in paris where president macron caused a stir last night with covid comments. in an interview with the widely circulated newspaper, he expressed his frustration with people pwhor stiwho are still n vaccinated and said his strategy is to piss them off. the president has been trying to get lawmakers to approve changes in the nation s health pass which would make it almost impossible for the nonvaccinated to engage in all activities like