it s going to take several months. pete williams live for us in d.c. thank you. an interesting breaking story coming out of the nfl raising questions about vaccination claims. that is because green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers is out of the team s next game because of what the packers coach called covid-19 protocols. watch this. i m not going to get into any of our coaches or players vaccination status. all i can say is he s in the covid-19 protocols. we re not i mean, we don t say who tests positive or whatnot. that is coming after reports rogers did test positive. after he talked in august about, quote, being immunized which implies vaccination, but doesn t explicitly state that, i want to bring in mike florio, nbc sports talk. the confusion stems from this. rogers is being placed in vaccination protocol for unvaccinated players. he said publicly in august he was immunized, right?
columnist at real clear politics. welcome all. jonathan lemire, the white house making an admission and touting vaccination claims. how is it going to play? two things are no doubt, there s disappointment. the president hoped the nation would reach by july 4th. they re saying this is good news. certainly the vaccination efforts since they took office can only be touted as a success story. hard to argue with that. there are, though, despite that triumph elements of concern, especially with the new delta variant, which experts believe will be the dominant strain of coronavirus before long. we have seen it wreak havoc across europe. you and i were on the overseas trip and united kingdom, his first stop raging there. and delayed the uk efforts to