People are positioned and ready accordingly. Bill so part of that, the workers putting boxes and viles in freezer cases to be shipped across the country. The president calling it a modern day miracle. And Restaurant Owner Angela Marcon is here again. And first, be marc siegel with the vaccinations are underway. They continue. Doctor, how is it going . Bill, it was an honor to be invited into my Medical Center to witness this historic event. The trucks rolled as promised by general purna. Its v day. If first nurse here to be vaccinated, tara easter. I interviewed her. She said to me, you know, its an honor and she was shirks and side effects. Shes not worried about it. Shes going back to work tomorrow. Lets hear what she had to say about the vaccine. How do you feel about those that didnt make it this day to get the shot because it wasnt here . I think, you know, it was a very challenging time. Lots of patients and families went through a lot. Today is really exciting that we can move f
cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we re so grateful you re waking up with us. good morning, amara. good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. more than 12 million people under flood watches. yeah yesterday s search and rescue crews were out looking for a missing person in utah s zion national park. rangers say hikers were being swept off their feet by flash flooding on the virgin river. rescue teams were out in the mojave county area of arizona after rushing water washed out roads and trapped vehicles across that region. cnn meteorologist
This point. look, pete, this is very dear to your heart and you know there s back door dealings going on with kevin mccarthy and the secretary of defense with this disgraceful idea of keeping this mandate in place when over 8,000 of our military have been kicked out as a result of this. not to mention how many people were afraid to join as a result of this thinking they d be kicked out. but the vaccine itself, you re talking about a vaccine that s over two years old now. you know what the science shows? it shows if you have a vaccine over two years ago, the chances are it s doing almost nothing. so why can somebody show that card and get into the military and somebody else without that card who i might say you had covid a few times you re protected, i m not worried about you you re young and healthy how come they get kicked out or can t go in. that kind of inconsistency or hypocrisy is at the heart of this problem. they re dealing with a vaccine that still has some value, but not for
Cdc via email and they were supposed to respond to me in 24 to 48 hours, but it is pretty nerve-racking because aggressive treatment needs to happen at the very beginning, not when the patient has gotten better. so you mentioned the tpox treatment, the manufacturer of the vaccine itself, they say they likely cannot keep up with demand with these different treatments and the vaccine. we have seen the white house invoke the defense production act during covid to boost production. is that something they should explore again in this situation? yeah, absolutely. whatever it takes to get enough vaccines into arms. you know, the european company you mentioned, hopefully what the ceo said is they will be actually outsourcing, if you will, or getting other manufacturing companies to help with the production of vaccines. remember, it is two shots given four weeks apart. so we re going to need a lot of
Was, you know, thank you for asking this question about whether the american people have more or lets confidence two years, in the cdc, two years into this pandemic. she said thanks because, look, it s an evolving issue. the science is evolving, the crisis is evolving, and i m trying my best. on that level, i guess that s the best she could do. but, you know, people do have questions about the extent to which we should quarantine, whether or not a negative test is required. there s no question about the efficacy of the vaccine itself, about masking, social distancing. you know, we still have, i think last week it was, like, three-quarters of a million people, you know, getting sick with this covid. so this is an ongoing pandemic, but she did the best she could with tough questions. bret: we have to take a break here. when we return, two major announcements for republicans in their quest to regain the senate in 22.