Last week the u. S. Carried out air strikes in syria targeting iranianbacked militias in response to attacks on American Forces in that region. Are diplomats at the u. N. Questioning whether this was justified . I dont think so, and weve made clear why we felt this was necessary. Americans were being attacked. Our interests were being attacked. Our allies were being attacked. And this was a defensive action to stop those attacks from happening. Yeah. So as you mentioned, youre the president , right . Youre officially the president of the u. N. Security council for this month. North korea is still developing a nuclear program. What are you going to do about it . Were going to continue to try to find solutions to the north korea problem. We see them as a strategic threat to our interests. They are a strategic threat to the interest of our allies and more broadly to the american people. And we will work to try to prevent them from moving forward with their nuclear programs, but also try to work with our with our partners. So in my first three days in new york, i met with all the members of the security council. Many of those members are neighbors to north korea, and we talked about what kinds of strategies we might develop to address these issues. But i made clear that its a priority for the u. S. , and i wanted to deal with it as a member of the security council. Washington post journalist jamal khashoggi, i want to talk to you about that. His fiancee released a statement today, and it says this in part. It is essential that the Saudi Crown Prince who ordered the brutal murder of a blameless and innocent person should be punished without delay. This will not only bring the justice we have been seeking for jamal, but it could also prevent similar acting occurring in the future. Whats your response to her and to those that say the Biden Administration is giving a murderer a pass . That is not the case. I think our positions have been clear. The relationship with saudi arabia is not going to be the same. It has changed significantly, and President Biden has made clear that we will hold those people accountable. And youve seen some actions that weve taken. The president announced that we would release our report, and he has done that. Weve taken some actions against those who were involved in terms of visa bans, sanctions as well. And we have changed our approach to saudi arabia. The president decided early on that we were going to stop supporting the saudi actions in yemen, and we made a decision that we would become actively involved in finding a solution. So things have changed so that no country will ever be able to do what the saudi government is accused of doing and get away with it in the future. Okay. But there are people want to see something stronger happen, right . They will say, well, this is essentially no different than what the Trump Administration did and that you are that the Biden Administration is letting the crown prince and his family off the hook for the death of an american, a journalist who was there the Biden Administration has been in power less than well, about two months, not even two months. March 20th will be two months. And we have taken strong actions already, and those actions have been taken in public. And those actions will continue to be strengthened over the coming months. I think that anyone who has any doubt that the president is not serious just needs to look at what hes done in the short period of time that we have been in the administration. And theres more to come. We will be watching. Ambassador, thank you so much. I really appreciate you joining me. Well, thank you so much. And i wish you a happy birthday, and i know you have a new book coming out. I cant wait to read it. I look forward to seeing all the stories of your life in baker, louisiana. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Now i want to bring in cnn political analyst Astead Herndon and anthony scaramucci. Gentlemen, thank you for coming on. Astead, as i just mentioned with the ambassador, some of President Bidens nominees facing a lot of resistance from republicans. Theyre being painted as extreme or radical. I want you to take a listen. This is about haaland and gupta. I am troubled by many of representative haalands views, views that many in my home state of wyoming would consider as radical. Biden promised unit, but this is a dangerous appointee at a dangerous time. What is this all about, astead . Yeah, i mean this extends further back than this nomination. I think about the midterm candidates of color. I think about the Senate Candidates of color. This has been a kind of through line between what we know. This is a Republican Party that is oriented around painting all democrats as radical. But we know that that overlaps with both issues of race and gender and that is the kind of core of what the attacks on democrats have been. So we have a Republican Party that frankly is one that is telling democrats that if they nominate someone who is a barrier braker, who is someone who pushes those boundaries and kind of is the first of their name, that it is easier to paint them as a radical. Those words overlap with things that we know to be bigoted, the things that we know to be to be not in congress with the kind of history of their own experiences and their own power. So i feel like it is important for us to make clear that these are attacks that are coming from a party that has decided to paint every democrat as radical, but especially those who are women, who are people of color, and who experience those harms on a different scale. Anthony, lets talk a little more about that. Lets dig in on what astead just said. The gop playbook has been to describe democrats as radical. The problem is no one believes President Biden is radical. It just wont stick. Well, they couldnt sell the biden is your dictator merchandise even at cpac because no one can buy that stuff or even believes it. But i think astead is on to something. I just want to explain what theyre doing. Its become a white, christian, nationalist party. So that is signaling to their supporters, signaling to their donors that theyre going to block women and theyre going to block minorities, and theyre going to champion in the stuff they think thats going to get them reelected. Remember, Lindsey Graham said it. Were going with trumpplus. So that means theyre going to dig up as many people as they possibly can inside their base. You know, remember in the old days, don, if you were trying to expand your electorate, you would seek independents or rightleaning democrats, but not these guys. They want to go very hard core into the White Christian nationalism, and they believe that they can get that 74 million number up to 83 million and then beat the 81 million. And thats the move, and thats the signal that theyre sending right now. So astead is right, but i just want to explain what theyre doing and what the logical sequence is behind it. I mean its disgusting, but i just want to explain it so we can combat it better. Gop senator josh hawley has opposed every single one of bidens nominees despite telling cnn he takes the nominees one at a time. Thats not generally how this works, so what is he doing . I mean hes trying to run for president. I mean we know very clearly that theres a bunch of senators, particularly those who are looking towards 2024 and saying how do i position myself for that trump wing . So there is a calculation from some of those senators to say, hey, im going to oppose biden at every front. I think that is an outgrowth of a larger gop kind of mantra. You had Mitch Mcconnell positioning himself in the obama era as someone who was going to oppose barack obama at every front, make him a oneterm president. You can go even further than that to the Newt Gingrichs of the 90s to say that has been the kind of mantra of the gop for the last 20 years. I think this is a strategy for folks who are looking ahead to say what is the posttrump Republican Party . The funny thing is theyre not posttrump. Even if for the hawleys and the cruzes and the others who have kind of looked towards 2024, at the same time this is a party that is so tied to the former president that even at cpac they are pledging to say that they would support him if he runs in 2024. This is a party that is not wrestling with trumpism but is devoted to it. So all those other folks are trying to play catchup to try to reach up to that game. But we know that who the embodiment of it is, is the former president and whether he runs or decides to run is the foremost and only important question for the 2024 primary. Listen, while all of this is happening, which, you know, many see as admirable, anthony, President Biden is just pushing ahead with what he needs to do, and democrats are pushing ahead with the covid relief bill. Theyre going to need every hes going to need every democrat onboard, right . So how is it going to look if biden passes a bill that the majority of americans want and every single republican votes against . Again, theyre not theyre not worried about that. Astead is on to something again about donald trump. They secretly do not want donald trump to run again because they see him as old and tired. Theyre actually trying to turn the political rubiks cube, don torks a stronger version of strong. Theyre trying to outtrump trump . Yeah. They see a hawley or desantis as having a higher iq and more energy. Let use trump words. Trump to them is low iq and low energy. So theyre paying him lip service because they think its going to make them money and raise them money, but thats their m. O. Theyre going to vote against the stimulus package. They want to be the party of no so that they can try to build this coalition, and they think they can dig out more voters from their base. They need to drill deeper into their base to bring out the turnout. You said you were just doing the analysis, and i understand that. Do you think it will work because you were right on about many things that happened during the previous election. Yeah. In 2016. Do you think this will work . And 2020 as a matter of fact, i should say. The smarter version of trump, i am worried about. But i dont think it will work. I would love to see trump as the nominee. After watching that speech over the weekend, i sort of want him as the nominee. I think hes a Great Unifying figure. He just happens to be unifying all of us against him, and hes never gotten above 49 , don. So, no, i do not think it will work. But we better explain it to as many normal people as possible. Yeah. So they understand what theyre doing, so we can undermine him. Got it. Out of time. Thank you, gentlemen. I appreciate it. Ill see you soon. Happy birthday, man. Thank you very much. Thanks so much. He is a rising star of the gop, but Madison Cawthorns past is not exactly what it seems. His story is full of inaccuracies and accusations. Cnns investigation, next. The 1 Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizer delivers 2x the hydration for supple, bouncy skin. Neutrogena®. Hey, i just got a text from my sister. You remember rick, her neighbor . Sure, hes the 76yearold guy who still runs marathons, right . Sadly, not anymore. Wow. So sudden. 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And youll also get this free beneficiary planner, so call now. soft music hello, Colonial Penn . Tonight there is new scrutiny on republican congressman Madison Cawthorn of north carolina. At 25 years old, he is the youngest member of congress, but some women he went to college with had lodged allegations of Sexual Harassment and thats not alt. Heres cnns sunlen serfaty. If we dont start fighting for our country, then who will . Reporter he is considered a rising star in the Republican Party. Madison reporter but congressman Madison Cawthorns past and the political persona he has cultivated is littered with inaccuracies and dark allegations. I welcome increased scrutiny because i dont have anything to hide. Reporter cawthorn faced numerous allegations of Sexual Harassment while attending Patrick Henry college in virginia just four years ago, accusations cawthorn has denied. His m. O. Was to take Vulnerable Women out on these rides with him in the car and to make advances. Reporter caitlyn went to school with cawthorn and says she was taken on what he called a fun drive. According to her, cawthorn asked her about her purity ring and her sexual experiences. She said she felt something was off and shut down the conversation. He got really upset, and he whipped the car around and started going back to campus at 70, 80 miles an hour on these onelane roads. And it was really scary. Reporter cnn spoke to two other women who went to school with cawthorn. Both of them also mentioned his invitations of the socalled fun drives and that turning him down would result in more unwanted attention. There was a lot of sexual innuendo, cnn was told. It got really uncomfortable walking to and from class. He would yell out, are you ready to take that fun drive today . That pestering continued. That attention was not what i wanted. More unanimous 150 people from the college signed on to a letter last year blasting what they said was cawthorns predatory behavior and urged voters in his district to reject his candidacy. In a statement provided to buzzfeed during the campaign, cawthorn said, i have never done anything sexually inappropriate in my life. Meantime, fresh questions about his own account of the car accident that left him windchill bound in 2014. In a 2017 speech, cawthorn claimed he was left for dead after he and a friend were in that 2014 car accident and his friend abandoned him at the scene. He was my brother, my best friend. He he leaves me in a car to die in a fiery tomb. Reporter but cnn obtained the accident report, which shows that cawthorn was not declared dead. His injuries were listed as incapacitating. Cawthorns friend and the driver of the car telling the Washington Post that cawthorns jting of the accident was not true. Cawthorns own parents undercutting their sons story saying the driver of the car rescued him. He wasnt scared to run from the fire. He pulled madison out of the car because he was unconscious. Reporter that accident went on to be the core part of the narrative cawthorn weaved about himself as he ran for congress. I know something about adversity. At 18 years old, i was in a horrific car accident thats left me paralyzed from the waist down. Reporter his Campaign Website claiming that he was nominated to the prestigious u. S. Naval academy, but his plans were derailed by the car accident. But in this 2017 deposition related to the accident obtained by cnn, cawthorn admitted that he was rejected by the academy before the accident. The details of cawthorns Background Part of a Washington Post investigation into the freshman lawmaker, who at 25 years old is the youngest member of congress. There were a lot of false statements. There were baseless allegations made. Theres no question hes trying to take that page from the trump playbook. Reporter Cawthorns Baseless Claims of Election Fraud that he spread at the january 6 rally on the National Mall and has pushed in the aftermath of the insurrection. We do have concrete evidence that there were Ballot Drop Boxes inside of wisconsin. I dont have the white pages on me. Reporter a spokesperson for congressman cawthorn tells me tonight that they believe that all of these questions had been asked and answered over the course of the campaign, noting that he went on to win by more than 12 Percentage Points over his opponent. But notably, don, they did not make the congressman available for an interview for this piece. Don. Joining me now is Washington Post Investigative Reporter michael crannish, who looked into cawthorns background. Hes also coauthor of trump revealed. Michael, thank you so much for joining this evening. As sunlen just told us, you investigated this in the post. Congressman cawthorn, hes not the first politician to embellish his life story, certainly wont be the last. But what stands out to you about his false stories . Well, what stands out is that he is at 25, the youngest member of congress. Thats the minimum age to be elected to the u. S. House. His background, his resume by any estimation is pretty short. He has one semester in college, in which he had said in a deposition he got mostly ds. He worked part time for former congressman mark meadows, and he said he had just begun a business in real estate investment. Most representatives have gone to college but if they havent, they have some sort of career. When you look at his background, as the report just said on cnn, you know, there was a lot of things in his background that quite bluntly were false. He made baseless allegations about voter fraud. I mean it was a lot of things that you heard from the trump playbook, but there were things about his personal story that he had told when he was then one semester in college that turned out to be not true. He had said that he had been, quote, declared dead, unquote, on the scene of the accident, which was caused by his very good friend, who drove the car. He said that his friend abandoned him and fled into the woods. I interviewed that friend, and the friend told me on the record that, in fact, he pulled cawthorn out of the car with the help of a bystander. And his family his parents actually backed up that story as well in sunlens report. Listen, i got to ask you about this. 150 people signed that College Letter about his predatory behavior as sunlen reported in her story all before he was elected. Was any of this reported before he became a National Figure . Well, there was reporting during the campaign. A lot of the reporting came after the runoff. So when he won the runoff against a candidate who was portrayed as a never trumper, she said she wasnt a never trumper. I go into detail on this in the story. There was a half Million Dollars spent by a Political Action committee that helped cawthorn win that runoff. Then there was a lot more focus on this person who had basically beat a person endorsed by trump. Trump then immediately endorsed him to be clear. A very important point came during the campaign, after the republican primary and runoff, when it was revealed by a local news organization, which said that in a deposition, cawthorn had said that he was rejected by the Naval Academy before this accident. But in his campaign ad, on his Campaign Website, he had said that the accident derailed his plans to go to the Naval Academy. So its a complete contradiction. So its a false statement on his website and the campaign ad and that he made in the speech at Patrick Henry college. So a lot of voters didnt know that during the republican primary. It was revealed during the general, but still he won the general election. Cawthorn denied an Interview Request with the post, but his Press Secretary did respond, and what did he say . The Press Secretary said, as he told your reporter as well, that these matters were discussed during the campaign and that cawthorn won. Of course theres a lot of things that happened, for example, after the campaign. For example, cawthorn speaking at the same january 6th rally that donald trump spoke at and which incited the crowd to go storm the capitol. So it doesnt answer a lot of questions. I sent a list of questions to the congressmans office. Most of them they didnt answer. They did deny he had ever done anything wrong as far as the allegation of being a predator as alleged in the open letter from the alumni of Patrick Henry college. So that was the main thing that they denied. He did speak at cpac. I want you to listen to some of what he said. I need reinforcements in washington, d. C. The democrats my opponents and adversaries on the other side are brutal and vicious, and they are trying to take away all of our rights, and they are playing for keeps. That could have come straight from, you know, the mouth of donald trump, what he said there. Im guessing thats the whole point, michael. Yeah. During the campaign, he said he was going to be the most protrump member of congress. He said and heres, again, someone whos 25 years old, just got elected, that he was going to drag the republican Establishment Kicking And Screaming back to the constitution. Its not the kind of thing you typically say when youre just elected to congress and trying to make headway in your own party. But, you know, that is basically what he did. You definitely could see he was 21 years old when trump took office, and now hes 25. So he basically spent that part of his adulthood during the Trump Administration, so that had a big influence on him. He saw trump was successful during that first campaign, and in his eyes during the presidency, and he sought to use a lot of the same type of tactics and phraseology when he ran for congress and now is a congressman. Michael, its a fascinating report. We appreciate you joining us. Thank you so much. Thanks, don. Well, he says jim crow isnt dead and a bill passed today in georgia could be proof of that. Dan rather explains next. Plus accusations of Sexual Harassment against new York Governor Andrew Cuomo. We need a full investigation. We need the whole truth of what happened. We need to make sure it never happens again. Its moving day. And while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. It only takes about a minute. Wait, a minute . But what have you been doing for the last two hours . Delegating . Oh, good one. Move your Xfinity Services without breaking a sweat. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. Voting rights are under attack all across the country. Today georgias House Of Representatives passing a bill aimed at restricng access to mailin voting and making election laws tougher. The bill would limit the locations and hours for Ballot Drop Boxes, require voters to provide a copy of their identification when voting absentee, limit weekend early voting days and even criminalize giving food or drinks to voters while they wait in line. State legislators in 43 states have introduced over 250 bills to restrict voting access. Thats according to an analysis done by nyus Brennan Center for justice. Well, my next guest says these attempts to roll back Voting Rights are the dark heritage of jim crow. Joining me now, legendary journalist dan rather, the author of the newsletter steady. He joins us now. Thank you, dan. Good to see you. Very well put what you said about this, and lets discuss. You said jim crow is not dead. All these attempts to make voting harder all across this country just prove it. It shows it. Talk about how harmful this is for our democracy, please. Well, first of all, don, happy birthday to you. I want to join others in wishing you the very best returns of the day. And i recognize you are not 60. Youre not anywhere near 60. I know that. I understand that. But, you know, i wrote this article that jim crow is not dead because, you know, im of a generation of americans that experienced jim crow when it was at its height or near its height, 1930s, 1940s, into the 1950s. Now, there are a lot of people who say jim crow is now dead in the country because the superstructure, the architecture of jim crow in many important ways has been dismantled over the years. There were things you used to could do in the way of outright segregation and discrimination, you cant do now. However, with these laws that are designed to restrict the number of people who can vote, Voter Suppression laws, which go under the title of the antifraud or integrity, and all of thats phony. What they are at base is a version of jim crow, and we should call it that in the same way that for a long time journalists and others wouldnt call a lie a lie. Mmhmm. In more recent years when someone tells a demonstrable lie, its called a lie in politics and elsewhere. One reason i wrote this article was to say we should call this what it is. These efforts to restrict the access of votes, the options of votes, the outreach for votes, they go under various aliases, but they are jim crow laws that are being sought. You said it. Some 206 laws in 28 or 35 states have been proposed to again limit the number of people who vote. Don, you know, lets again see the reality of this. This is really a sad story. Yeah. Because its basically a surrender by one party, a surrender by that party to the belief that they can no long erwin. They cant be assured in their own mind they cant win on their ideas, on their policies, even on the character and personalities of their candidates. That they now believe that so deeply that theyre trying to compete by silencing large swaths of the american Voting Policy public. Now, thats something, but its not a democracy. And what this whole thing just to bring it around, we need to recognize that jim crow is still alive and in many ways well in these voter restriction laws. And as long as thats the case, he will haunt us, and hell harm us. I think youre right, and theyre doubling down on suppression because the manure that theyre selling people arent buying it. They were selling better stuff, right, than the majority of people in america would be buying what theyre selling, and they simply are not. Dan, tomorrow the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments in two Voting Rights cases on whether arizonas Voting Restrictions violate the Voting Rights act. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Voting Rights often in the past. But with a strong 63 conservative majority now, do you think that may change . I simply dont know. You know, you and i have talked about this before. I hope im pretty good when im talking about what has happened, reporting something that has happened or what is happening. But when it comes to making predictions, im no good at it. I do say that this is, again, a very important set of decisions the Supreme Court has to make, and its fair to speculate with the court stacked as it is now by appointees who favor what is called the conservative ideology, its an interesting time. Well see how the Supreme Court rules. As you and i have said to each other again this another context, the Supreme Court, even this Supreme Court, maybe especially this Supreme Court, is full of surprises. So lets wait and see what they come up with. But whatever the Supreme Court says, i think we can be assured at least in the short term that many in the Republican Party, and particularly Republican Party leadership, are going to keep proposing ways to suppress the vote. And as i say, this is so sad. You know, it has to do with fear, fear of losing power. Mmhmm. That many people in the white community, if we can call it that, are simply afraid of losing power, and they want to hold on to power. You know, in this last election, don and youve reported it many times we had a remarkable, fair, and complete election in 2020, in which record numbers of people turned out to vote on both sides of the political divide. This is something we should be celebrating and building on. Mmhmm. But instead of that, you have these people who are reverting to jim crow, are afraid to have that happen. Theyre afraid to have more access, more options, and more outreach. Yeah. Dan rather, tell it like it is as usual. Thank you, dan. Be well. Thank you. Be well, my friend. Happy birthday. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. So another woman is accusing new yorks governor of Sexual Harassment. Thats next. And ahead, the cdcs directors now warning about coronavirus variants. Is now a good time for a flareup . Enough, crohns for adults with moderate to severe crohns or ulcerative colitis. Stelara® can provide relief and is the only approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. You, getting on that flight . Back off, uc stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if you have an infection. 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The governor releasing a statement this weekend saying he was truly sorry for anyone who, quote, misinterpreted his remarks as unwanted flirtation. He is also facing a probe over handling of the nursing home covid death data. Joining me now to discuss all of this is former new jersey Attorney General anne milgram and cnn political commentator errol lewis. Thank you so much for joining. Anne, im going to start with you. Multiple accusers. You have a lot of experience conducting investigations into Sexual Harassment. What should we watch for as this unfolds here . Good evening, don. Thanks for having me. So i think there are a number of pieces that are going to sort of come next. The first is well watch to see the a. G. Appoint an outside law firm. She wont do this in her office. Shell have outside lawyers who she retains to basically do this. And then theyll probably start making up a witness list, deciding who they need to speak to. They can issue subpoenas, which i think is really important. Unlike a lot of internal investigations, the a. G. Has subpoena authority, so they could get emails or Text Messages or documents, and they could also compel witnesses to come forward. And thats what the heart of an investigation will be, where they figure out what happened, when did it happen. Was there, you know, inappropriate, unwelcome Sexual Harassment that took place . And then theyll also, you know, potentially try to interview the governor and get his version of what took place. So, errol, representative Kathleen Rice, a new york democrat, is calling for his resignation tonight. He was already under fire for his handling of the nursing home scandal and accused of bullying and threatening other democrats. How much trouble is Governor Cuomo in . Hes in a certain kind of political trouble, don, because there are a number of people who are not friends of his politically, and Kathleen Rice falls in that category, who are using this moment to maybe exact a little bit of revenge. The mayor of new york city is another one. Just earlier tonight, as a matter of fact, he said he could foresee a scenario in which the governor would have to step down. There are others who are saying, yes, he should step down. But almost without exception, these are people who really had some beef, for lack of a better word, with the governor. So some of this is political payback thats going on. What we dont have, though, is a clear view, a neutral view, an objective view of what actually happened. In many of these cases, there really are only a couple of people in the room. So it will take a full investigation to figure out what was said, what was meant, how was it interpreted, and whether or not any laws were broken. This is what democrats are discussing now and people who are paying attention on the liberal side, that democrats ditched senator al franken, errol, when he faced accusations. And many later said they regretted forcing him out. Do you think that thats a factor here . Does that play into this for democrats . Theres a bit of a factor to the extent that in the al franken case, one of the first people to come out against him was senator kirsten gillibrand, our junior senator here in new york. So she is calling for an investigation, and kind of holding her tongue. She got a lot of blowback. It arguably helped doom her president ial campaign. The fact that a lot of people remembered that she came out early. She came out strongly, and the facts werent necessarily in place when she drew a conclusion. I think shes going to be a little bit more cautious this time, and there are a number of other democrats, i think, who are going to do the same. Andrew cuomo is one of the most powerful democrats in the country. Hes the head of the natuional governors association. Hes the dean of the governors. Hes not somebody that you just on a couple of accusations would say should vanish from the political scene. Lets keep in mind were in the middle of a pandemic. This State Government needs to perform at a high rate of efficiency and effectiveness, and this is a very bad time, i think, to let politics get in the way of the Core Functions that really do have to be done well right now. Thank you both. I appreciate your time. Well see you soon. She says were not Out Of The Woods yet. The cdc directors Straight Talk warning for people relaxing a little too much on the covid precautions. Inex. We still have 12 hours to australia. Mucinex lasts 12 hours, so im good. Now move kim, no mucinex lasts 3x longer for 12 hours. Grammarly business turned my Marketing Team into rock stars. Diana Strums Guitar maya swears by Grammarly Business because it keeps her work on brand and errorfree. Fast and easy. [announcer] learn more at grammarly. Com business. Johnson johnsons single dose Covid Vaccines are on their way to communities all across this country and could be in americans arms within hours. Joining me now, dr. Jonathan reiner, often the highlight of my evening when he brings good news. Hopefully this will be it. Americans could be getting this Johnson Johnson shots as early as tomorrow. 20 million doses promised by the end of the month. The vaccine doesnt need to be kept in special freezers. Just one dose as we said. Do you think this vaccine in particular will really drive numbers down . I do. Oh, good. So youre the highlight of my evening. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Have a good night. You know, so this is a big deal. Its a very effective vaccine, just as effective in preventing death and hospitalization as the two mrna vaccines. But its much more efficient vaccine to use since its one and done. You just need one shot. Mmhmm. So well see tomorrow essentially, somewhat between 3 million to 4 million doses delivered to the states. Thats like getting 6 million to 8 million more doses. This is going to increase our Vaccine Supply this week by about 30 p . Were giving about 1. 8 million vaccines per day. This is going to significantly boost that. Were going to have enough vaccine, you know, to really get the job done. Now we have to focus on the last mile, on getting the shots into arms. This is really good news, and it comes at a time where still numbers are dropping. I know dr. Walensky sounded a very Important Note of caution today about not letting our guard down because there was a little wobble in the data last week where last week the number of cases had increased by about 2 compared to the week prior. But over the last five days, cases have started to drop again day after day after day, and hospitalizations continue to plummet as do deaths. So i still think even though were not Out Of The Woods, i still think we can now see the clearing. Doctor, trump advisers telling cnn the former president and the first lady received the covid19 vaccine in january before leaving the white house. Why wouldnt they do it publicly if not for Public Health purposes . He could have had some Bragging Rights there. Oh, she have taken a victory lap. Look, we see what happened you know, weve seen what happens when politics have entered into mask wearing, and were split in this country on party lines as it comes to vaccine hesitancy. Only 51 of republicans say that if a vaccine was available for them right now, they would take it compared to 91 of democrats. And we need to bridge that gap. And seeing the president and first lady the former president and first lady get a shot would have really gone a long way to do that. All i can think of is that hes so vein, hain, he didnt want t up his sleeve, or perhaps he didnt want to alienate the antivaxxer pandemic deniers in his base. Theres no other way to account for that kind of crazy behavior, why the president of the United States would get vaccinated in secret . Its just strange, strange behavior. Doctor, thank you so much. Ill see you soon. Happy birthday, don. Thank you very much, doctor. And thank you for watching, everyone. Thank you for all the greetings. I cant respond to all of them, but i really appreciate them. Thank you. Enjoy your time and your loved ones. Hug them closely. Our coverage continues. Hey, i just got a text from my sister. You remember rick, her neighbor . Sure, hes the 76yearold guy who still runs marathons, right . Sadly, not anymore. Wow. So sudden. 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