bill. but ultimately democratic leaders secured manchin's support to clear the way for the legislation after biden himself got involved. that is because manchin agreed to a compromise on unemployment benefits that satisfied some of the lawmakers on both sides. i say good for joe manchin. to see such a raw exercise of independent power is so rare and refreshing. imagine how different washington would be if more members of congress would be willing to similarly go against their party based on policy. we could take back power from the fringes. manchin is a throwback to the 1960s when according to congressional quarterly, a typical member of congress voted with his or her party only 60% of the time. typical was text congressman voted with the johnson administration as much as he did with the nixon administration. his name was george h.w. bush. but by 2010, it was 89% of the time. independent thinking was gone. most legislative votes become a rote exercise, members just vote with colleagues. maybe change is afoot. in the recent trump impeachment votes, ten republican members of congress voted against donald trump, acseven republican senats did likewise. maybe there is an independent vibe in the air. after all 41% of americans identify as independents while only 26% r, 32% say d. one can only hope. and there is another thing that i'm hoping to get soon, that is a coronavirus vaccine. but in many parts of the country, it can be a complicated confusing ordeal. cdc guidelines recommend that the most vulnerable receive it first, but that is left open to interpretation. or as the new york times put it, the change in presidents has brought nearly diametric cal federal responses to the pandemic but the country is facing a patchwork of rules state to state and city to city similar to a year ago and during the last months of the trump administration. here is a look at that patchwork quilt itself. in most states, 15% or more of the population is partially vaccinated, only a few have surpassed 20%. the good news is if we keep up the current pace, a cnn analysis shows the u.s. could reach heard immuni imoig immunity by late summer. but eligibility is all across the world. health care workers and long term care facility residents have been eligible for weeks. each state has started vaccinating older adults. but for example west virginia has lowered eligibility to acage 50 as they broke from the federalized guidance on eligibility. and managed in the process to administer vaccines at a faster rate than the majority of states in the first month of the rollout. in connecticut, and maine, most vulnerable and educators have been prioritized but outside of that, vaccines are now available solely by age. those states site fairness and simplicity. critics say it unfairly excludes essential workers and people with serious medical conditions. and in florida, tens of thousands of eligible vaccines on weightait lists had to wait longer after there were invitation only vaccine drives in two wealthy communities. a spokesperson for governor desantis previously told cnn the insinuation that politics play into vaccine distribution is baseless and ridiculous. beyond age requirements, the occupation based vaccination approach is where things really start to get wonky. every state except montana is vaccinating some form of essential worker. but the lists of which professions are eligible widely difference by state. in georgia and 11 other states, teachers till arenstill aren't they will get shots after several aprils at the san diego zoo, they became the first nonhumans to receive an experimental vaccine. and eligible is just one part of the equation. access is key. across nearly all states that have released demographic data, black and hispanic resident are gets vaccinated at lower rates leading to concerns about inequities in access. you could be eligible but live in an area where the supply is low. a recent analysis found 111 rural counties mostly located between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains have no pharmacy that can give the vaccines. that could leave thousands of americans struggling to find vaccination. oddly, it is the opposite problem here in philly. analysis of recent state department health data shows four large counties have received many fewer by population than counties much smaller. perhaps you are one those people who has woken up at 5:00 a.m. and spent hours on the internet waiting for a slot to open up. but in all the chaos, there is one pocket of the country where getting a vaccine is more like the infamous oprah free car giveaway. >> you get a car, you get a car, you get a car! everybody gets a car! >> you can get a vaccine if you are a county resident over the age of 18, you can walk up to a clinic without an appointment and get your covid-19 vaccine. pretty simple. and no, they are not by passing the cdc recommendation of the most vaulnevulnerable first, th already checked that box and then became the first to open up vaccines to the general population. so what is their secret? joining me now to discuss is the mayor of globe, arizona a town in that county. mayor, what can the rest of the country learn from what you've been doing? >> i think it all started with creating a partnership and cooperation, you know, those relationships from the very beginning. we were one of the last counties to get a positive case and shut down in late march of 2020. so from there, i have to credit our health department for bringing together the stakeholders, the hospitals, the mines, the cities, the schools, the doctor's office and hospitals, brought them together and communicated throughout the process. so once we started getting our allocation in our county, we needed to create multiple areas to be able to get those vaccinations. so one of the big advantages we had is our local hospital opened up their facility and dedicated an area, dedicated the resources and manpower to do daily vaccinations. and then we had our doctor's office that allowed their patients to go into their offices and do vaccination, our health department did it. and we had two large events where we had 2,000 vaccinations 50e67 weekend in our area. although you know our county is only 52,000, so it is not as complex as other larger counties, but that helped to have multiple places do it. the one problem we ran into and it was a frustration was for our elderly generations as they started the process, you still had to call into the state website in order to get an appointment. there was frustration with talking to recordings, to being put on hold, not getting callbacks. so the way that was taken care of was that our local health department opened up their eoc, emergency operations center, and created a call center where you could call directly locally, talk to a human being, book your appointment and get it done. our local hospital -- >> it makes sense because so many older americans struggle with internet access and use capability. mayor, i should make clear before folks get in their cars or fly to arizona, this is for locals only, it is not as if someone from outside the area can come and get vaccinated. but just how easy is it? here we are at the beginning of a saturday. if someone is a resident in your community who has not yet been vaccinated, do they even need an appointment to get vaccinated today? >> next week i don't think that they will need to, although a lot of people have booked their appointments. again, they just call locally and they are able to get their vaccination. the only key to -- only restriction is that they have to be hela county residents. we still continue to get residents from outside our county to try to get appointments and that is not possible right now. >> obviously what we want to do is prioritize folks on the front lines of combatting covid and take care of the elderly at the same time. what is your personal opinion beyond that, have we reached a point where everyone should be eligible? >> well, again, i can only speak for our community. it is a little more complex like i said when populations are larger in other counties. and how many facilities, how much availability do you have people able to do the vaccinations. so that is where we're at, we're a smaller community, we had multiple places to get vaccinated and we made it easier to get an appointment by doing local calling instead of the state website. >> a final question. how are you combatting the issue of people who are -- they can get it now in hela county, but for whatever reason, they are reluctant to do so? are you combatting that mindset? >> we're seeing that in our county too and i think that it is going with the younger generation still resisting to do it. we're still only about 35% to 43% vaccinated in our county. we're hoping to reach maybe the 60% would be great. we'll still have those people and i don't know how we change the mindset on that. >> mayor, 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meghan really feel in their first interview since stepping back as members of the royal family. on tuesday, the "times" of london published a story citing sources who claim that complaint was filed that meghan bull lid st bully staff members and they on occasion would be reduced to tears, one aide said i can't stop shaking. another aide said it felt more like emotional cruelty and manipulation which i guess could also be called bullying. cnn has been unable to corroborate these claims. a spokesperson dismissed the report as a calculated smear campaign. but the royals didn't necessarily come to the duchess' defense. in a rare statement released wednesday, buckingham palace expressed concern about the allegations saying that they are looking into the claims and they do not and will not tolerate bullying or harassment in the workplace. and then came this clip where knee meghan did not hold back. >> i don't know how they could expect that we would still be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in per perpetuating falsehoods about us. and if that comes at risk of losing things, i mean there is a lot that has been lost already. >> buckingham palace had no comment when asked about that promo topics were off the table. >> for me, i'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side. because i can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for diana going through process by herself. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. >> princess diana was largely shunned by the royal family following her divorce from prince charles and she of course died tragically in a car accident a year later. all of this tension is against the backdrop of an aging queen and ailing 99-year-old prince philip who has been hospitalized for a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition. and he is expected to remain in the hospital for continuing treatment for a number of days. and meghan and harry of course expecting baby number two. joining me now, the perfect person to have a discussion with, patrick jephson, who served aspirin princess diana' private secretary. patrick, thank you so much for coming back. the parallels between this story and of that princess diana which you know so well seem obvious. what strikes you as similar and dissimilar? >> it is interesting looking at that clip are from the "the crown," it reminds me that 30 years ago we were in a comparable situation where the rifts were opening up within the royal family and it was starting to escalate. and there were a lot of unhappy people involved then. i'm quite sure that there are a lot of unhappy people involved now. first and foremost, we should remember this is a family rift. it has taken on a lot of the trappings of a big media pr story. but at the heart of there are real people really hurting. and i hope that somewhere in the midst of the current back and forth somebody is putting down the seeds for eventual reconciliation, which has to come. >> that would seem to fall to the father, wouldn't it? i'm curious from the sidelines as to what might be the reaction and response from prince charles in terms of putting the brothers together if in fact there is now a split between them. >> certainly i think the responsibility for starting to heal a lot of this damage and to put a stop to the escalation does lie with senior palace management. and harry and william's father involved with the diana situation has also a lot of experience, and i suppose examples from his own history of how these things can be made worse and how they can be made better. and i hope that there will be intervention from all well intentioned people to help harry and meghan settle in their new lives and help heal the wounds that rose through the way that they departed. >> patrick, does the palace play political hardball? the timing of that "times" story pertaining to the allegation of bullying hardly seems coincidental. >> i suppose if you start to employ pr experts, they will do what their job is and this is the way in which combined with social media what is essentially a family squabble turns into something potentially much more damaging. and it is a matter of judgment how both sides use the media. it is also i think important to consider that again in the long term, this is a monarchy we're talking about and there will need to be lessons learned, some sort of investigation, to establish how many factors went into creating this problem in the first place so that it can be avoided in future. >> do you think that the perception of this story as it plays itself out is different on opposite sides of the pond? >> yes, there is a different perspective i think from the uk. i mean, i'm an american now speaking from washington. but it is notable i think that the attitude here is that harry and meghan have made a bid for freedom, they are settling into a new life in california with their growing family, and good luck to them. interestingly in the uk, yes, there is a traditional conservative element who i think particularly regret the way in which harry and meghan have handled their communications with the queen, but there is growing support for them perhaps more among the young, recent poll showed had 50% of those surveyed thought that harry and meghan had been unfairly treated by the british media. so it is by no means clear cut. there is sympathy on both sides and i think that there is recognition that there is a lot of blame to go around. >> so the show will air in the united states tomorrow night, sunday night, in time for the tabloids to be in the loop for monday morning as to what aired before united kingdom residents have their own opportunity to see it on monday night. and i guess my question is, i'm wondering how much of the perception will be cemented in the mind of residents of great britain before they even have their own opportunity to watch the full interview. >> i think that we can credit the british media consuming public with a lot more judgment than that. they are after all talking about a story that is familiar to them. this is a family that is familiar to them. in a sense national family business. and they will have i'm sure an open mind when they listen to the opprah interview rememberin though that both prince charles and princess diana and most recently prince andrew have tried to put their story on the tv, and in all cases it has backfired. >> patrick, you were both private secretary and chief of staff to princess diana. you are well equipped to answer the question what would she be thinking. >> it is important to remember princess diana as we saw in that clip from "the crown." she was in many senses a pioneer of a compassion that the style of royalty. and i think that we'll be able to judge by results how they are able to execute their ambitious program of spreading compassion. but i would say that princess diana was a pioneer. she also had a very strong sense of duty towards the monarchy. after all, her role was very different from meghan's. she was the mother of the future king and she herself would be the next queen. so she was very heavily invested in the future health of the monarchy. meghan perhaps less so. >> patrick jephson, thank you so much, i really appreciate your expe expertise. >> you're very welcome. up ahead, america spends 1,000 times more per student on signs and math than on history and civics. why that needs to change if we're ever going to fix our hopelessly polarized country. and huge outcry and a spike in used book sales when six works by dr. seuss one of america's most beloved children's books authors were withdrawn due to offensive imagery. make sure that you go to smerconish.com and answer the survey question, should dr. seuss books be banned. we'll discuss who was the real dr. seuss. >> what is your name, please? >> my name is ted geisel. >> what is your name please. >> my name is ted geisel. definitely moisturizer! 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>> i think it is a little more complicated than that. i think because our history is messy and there is conflict and issue, i think sometimes we shy away from those conversations. and i want to help prepare young people for the diversity and inherent conflicts in our democracy. that is nature of a thriving democracy. and so i think that it is that fear of addressing -- or having those tough conversations. for me it is not about studying dates and names and fact, we can google all that, but it is equipping our future leaders with the skills to handle that complexity, to talk about it, to understand it. we want a reflective patriotism, not a blind patriotism. >> i want to read a paragraph from the report that jumped out at me, and it said this, central to the success of s.t.e.m. has been the ability of experts in s.t.e.m. fields to achieve national consensus on standards and needs. in the subjects of history and civics by contrast national polarization including about the nature of our past and the meaning of our institutions has created obstacles to investment. do you think that we can ever reach consensus on what we should be teaching before we undertake that task? >> i think this report was a huge step in the right direction. as you said, two years of work, 300 scholars from across the political spectrum. and they did come together with some pretty good consensus. and shame on us if we don't, and i'll speak personally, i thought our democracy could never be moved, could never be challenged. and the tfragility of our democracy hit me over the head in a way i never thought was possible. so if we don't better equip our young people not just to defend the democracy but create our democracy, if we don't equip them because we are unable to come together and find common ground, then we do our democracy a great disservice. and what these scholars did, they took a huge step in the right direction. >> i applaud the work in this report. but as a father of four, i also say it is not solely the burden of educators. this out oght to be beginning a home. >> it absolutely should begin at home. and every place else in the community. and just having our kids again participate in democracy, but schools have a vital role to play as well obviously and we don't want schools to abdicate that responsibility. and the real challenge, there are other democracies across the world, can we truly have a multiracial, multicultural democracy, can we embrace the tremendous diversity in our nation and see that as a sign of strength rather than a sign of weakness. that is the challenge, but that is the amazing opportunity we have here to show the world what is possible. >> the funding disparity is stunning from the report. we collectively spend about 1,000 times more pursuant on s.t.e.m. than we do on history and civics. where civics education is taught, it is often hampered by a lack of consensus about what to teach and how. so it is not only an issue to getting on the same page as to what should be taught, but we also need the funds available to do so. >> that's right. and it is interesting to look at our history sort of post cold war and post "sputnik." there is no conflict here, it is not either/or, it is both/and. but the cold war was a threat to our democracy and a threat to our country, absolutely. recent events here have been i would argue a much greater threat to our country and democracy and we have to respond with the kind of urgency and commitment and clarity that this moment demands. >> i really appreciate your work, thank you for being here. >> thanks so much for the opportunity. let's check in on your tweets and facebook comments. from the world of facebook, so glad you are addressing civility. the lack thereof. well, kind of, ruth. civility is a big part of this conversation, but it is sesk ci the need to educate younger americans about the process and engage them and disabuse them of the idea that the incivility around us is necessary. and has always been the case. because it hasn't. it has escalate in the span of the last three decades as i've been paying close attention and often discuss here. still to come, when six dr. seuss titles were withdrawn this week, many on fox news complained about cancel culture. as the "washington post" pointed out, they never seem to show the actual offensive drawings. well, i'll share them with you. and then have a conversation with a leading dr. seuss expert. i want to remind you to make sure to answer the survey question, should dr. seuss books be banned. >> i would not eat them here or there, i would not eat them anywhere. i would not eat green eggs and ham, i do not like them sam i am. when it comes to your financial health, just a few small steps can make a real difference. ♪ ♪ ♪ learn, save and spend with guidance from chase. confidence feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? 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>> well, a couple reasons. in reference to your last section, we need to tell the truth and this is an excellent time to tell the truth. if we don't tell the truth about race and racism in america, we'll make the same mistakes again. as for right now, i think we need diverse books movement has accelerated focus on the need for diverse books, the need to challenge racism in books, that is a movement that is much older, but i think that it has brought it into focus in recent years. and i think also the intersection of we need diverse books with black lives matter has brought into focus the need to raise a new generation that is not as damaged by the follies of racism as the current generation is. >> i referenced in the intro that he passed in 1991 and i showed the images from mulberry street where change had been made in the late 1970s with regard to pigmentation and the depiction of an asian characters. people can see it as i'm putting it back on the screen now. the version they are looking at now was the original version and maybe we'll flip to it and show the cleaned up version. there it is. so it is no longer a china in aa chinaman, it is a chinese man would eats with sticks. and here is the question. was he aware and was he repentant before he died as to the why he had drawn some of these images while living? >> i would say yes and no to both of those questions. he was aware and as you know he attempted to make a change which partially addressed the caricature. it is still a slant-eyed figure but he did cut off the pigtail and change the skin pigmentation. race in seuss is trick can i because people point out that he wrote books like horton hear as hoo and books like the snitches whichanti-semitism. so he is aware and he is not aware. he is repentant but also unaware that he needs to be repentance. people think of it as either/or, but it is both/and i think that is what is confusing to a lot of people about seuss and race. he was aspiring to do anti-racist work, but at the same time, he was also recycling racist images in his work because he was not aware of the degree to which his own imagination was steeped in a very racist american culture. >> do you think that he was malicious? you've studied his work like no other. do you think the intent was one of malice or to accentuate the exotic? >> i don't think that it was malicious. i do think that it was intended to accentuate the exotic. that was always a source of humor for him in his booksy or culturally different was a source of humor for him. but intention is not the way to judge racism. you can be racist without sbhesbhend i intending to come so. and although i don't think that he meant malice, but to place someone's race as a punch line, yeah, is not kind. it is hard to bear if you are the punch line. so, no, it is not malicious, but i think that it is also important for people to realize that race doesn't -- racism or behaving in ways that support racism don't have to come out of malice. there are perfectly nice people who inadvertently do racist things. and there are many things to admire about seuss. but also many things not to. and that is why we're having this conversation. >> sounds like the record is very mixed. quick final question if i may. my survey question today asks whether dr. seuss' books should be banned. by the way, i should make clear, they have not been banned anywhere for distinction, although i'm still asking the question what should happen in a big picture sense. what do you think should happen? >> well, i don't think that they should be banned and they haven't been banned as you say. as my friend points out, cure race is not cancellation. and those are her words. and they are not. what we should do instead is have the necessary uncomfortable conversations about race and racism. we should read uncomfortably especially if we'll look at these six books. and of course we don't have to read these six books. there are many other better books to read as well. >> are other childrenllustrator? i remember when my mother would read me books that i loved but maybe they wouldn't meet the standards today. >> and it is not the only one. there are many books, classic books, that are still in print as well as more recent books still in print that we should re-evaluate. five chinese brothers is one i grew up on too. there is a lot of books that are still circulating and i hope the decision to take responsibility for the culture they are putting into the world, i hope that decision inspires other publishers to take responsibility and act accordingly. >> dr. nell, thank you. you are clearly the right person to address that. >> thanks for having me. great to chat. checking in on tweets and facebook, from the world of facebook, smerconish, i don't think that anyone is trying to ban dr. seuss books or cancel the beloved author, but to choosing to discontinue is not cancel culture, it is education and progress. z seth, well said. i'll tell you what is cancel culture, ebay saying we won't allow you to sell these that are clearly hateful and racist. still to come, more of your facebook tweets and comments. and more on the facebook question, should those books be banned? 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