Effective. But we are still urging people to be cautious. Matt gaetz adding two new York Attorneys to his defense team. Federal investigators are looking into Gaetzs Role into an alleged Prostitution Ring as part of a wider probe of the congressman and his associates. They lie about me because i tell the truth about them, and im not going to stop. The funeral, we now know will be next saturday. The public arent invited. There wont be any crowds. Thats really because of the pandemic. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world on this saturday. You are live in the cnn newsroom. And tonight, michigan is facing a crisis. It leads to nation in coronavirus infections with a Positivity Rate of 18 . And now we are learning the federal government plans to help with this surge and new cases. A senior Administration Official telling me tonight that 160 Fema Vaccinators will head to michigan. Thats people delivering the shots, but more vaccines, a surge of vaccines are on the way, even though thats what the governor has been asking for. The second we let our guard down, it comes roaring back. Reporter as covid19 cases soar to alarming levels in michigan, a warning we are on track to see cases greater than the fall. Reporter The States Positivity Rate is up to 18 and climbing. Gretchen it what mer is asking High Schools to clothe, Youth Sports to pause, and encouraging citizens to skip indoor dining. To be clear, these are not orders, mandates. A year in, we all know who what works and this has to be a team effort. Reporter Invitation Nations in The State continue, but not fast enough. The governor is pleading for more vaccines from the federal government. As a disruption in the supply of Johnson Johnson vaccines continues to take a toll across the u. S. We should be surging vaccines to states that are experiencing serious outbreaks. Reporter the coordinator of the white House Coronavirus Response says the federal government will offer additional personnel, but as of now, will not increase the number of vaccines. The virus is unpredictable. We dont know where the next increase in case could occur. Were not even halfway through our vaccination program, so now is not the time to change course. On vaccine allocation. Reporter this as the cdc is aware of four states that have reported some adverse reactions to the Johnson Johnson vaccine. Several states even halting description of that vaccine. The cdc is not recommending Health Departments stop administering Johnson Johnson shots at this time, and at least one county in North Carolina plans on resuming doses as soon as monday. Reporter right now, the benefits outweigh the risks. Reporter what could be promising News Phaser asking the fda for Emergency Use Authorization of its Covid19 Vaccine to expand to children ages 12 to 15 in the u. S. Currently its approved for people 16 and up only. Im optimistic about this. We need them to get the benefit of the vaccine, but also it will help to reach Herd Immunity a lot faster. Reporter vaccine requirements are becoming part of the new normal. An analysis by cnn finds 16 colleges and universities and counting. The latest, duke university, will require students to show proof of full vaccination before returning to oncampus classes this fall. Evan mcmorrissantoro, cnn, new york. Our thanks to evan for that report. Joining a many now, primary Care Physician Dr. Matthew. Good evening, pamela. Im a public Health Specialist. You want to surge vaccines and help where the vaccines are needed the most. Listen, michigan is going through a fourth surge. We fourth surgery and we dont live in a bubble. What happens in michigan can happen in any part of the u. S. And i think its important like the governor mentioned they not only get vaccinators but they got vaccines. Another thing is there might be other states where there is potentially a surplus of vaccines, and that can be redirected temporarily to states like michigan until the surge is under better control. And i will say the Administration Official i spoke to tonight said michigan is getting hundreds of thousands more weelks than they were get getting last month. Michigan has the ability to reallocate those shots to those hot spots. What do you think about that . I think that is completely appropriate plan. You know, you got to be able to focus. If i was the public Health Specialist of michigan, i would look at the entire state, counties, and see where the surges are. Its really like a Forest Fire that is burning so greatly that you have to do something immediately. And again, these surges can spread so quickly, pamela, that not only are vaccinators needed, you have to be able to quickly take a Vaccine Or Surplus of vaccines from one pharmacy and get it to another where patients are showing up. Also, accessibility will be key. A lot of the public health strategies have to go into michigan to get this under control as you said, the big concern is that it could spread to other states, what you see in michigan could happen anywhere else essentially as weve seen with past surges on the pandemic. Dr. Matthews, stay with me. I want to discuss this new development that were learning about today. Nearly 40 of u. S. Marines are declining covid19 vaccinations. This is according to data provided to Cnn Friday by the marine corps. Joining our conversation is retired Army Lieutenant general mark hartling. Thanks for coming on. The military doesnt require the vaccine right now because the fda has not given it the formal approval. Only emergency authorization. Why do you think so many marines are declining it . First, pamela, its always challenging to get an Army General to comment on the marine corps but ill talk about it across the board in the military. There are a lot of reasons why Military Personnel dont want to get the vaccine. I talked to a bunch of commanders and they said primarily its personal choice based on an individuals medical history, Military Personnels medical history, unease with the vaccines approval process, africanamerican soldiers with anxiety based on knowing the history of the Tuskegee Experiment and wariness about the medical establishment, just wanting to wait and see how others react to the vaccine is a primary reason. And then reading or listening to those who are prone to Misinformation And Disinformation about the efficacy of the vaccine or the seriousness of the virus. All those things relate to the same thing were seeing in the private sector, but what Id Add is theres one more, and thats that Military Personnel may be saying, hey, they Cant Order me to do this, so i want to rebel against the authority. Now, thats going to be a few members of the military, but theyre out there. There are some of them. Even with all that, the dec declining rate says as much about our society as it says about the military. What do you think about that, dr. Matthew . Is what we see in the Military A Microcosm of what we see in the country at large . Yeah, i agree with The General. Listen, i see about 20 patients a day as a primary care physician, and i make it a point with every patient to address the elephant in the room. The physician also needs to be comfortable talking to the patient if the patient doesnt bring up the vaccine. I ask every patient, listen, are you planning on getting the vaccine, and i get two concerns every single time. The first one is, this vaccine was developed at Lightning Speed and im concerned about what this is going to do to my body long term. And i address those concerns immediately because just for our viewers to remember, the Mrna Platform for moderna and pfizer, pamela, they have been studied for the last 30 to 40 years. This vaccine is safe and effective, and now with the variants spreading, the u. K. Variant, which is contagious and more deadly, all the more reason that we need to address vaccine hesitancy. So what do you think should be done, general . You say absolutely. How can you get more members of the military to trust the process or trust the vaccine to not be hesitant . What i want to address, though, pamela, is the popular belief that The Generals can just order troops to get the shots. Thats just not the case. Right now everyone thats been in the military will say i remember lining up for the anthrax vaccination. This is approved under Emergency Use Authorization. Lots of soldiers dont want to take the Anthrax Vaccine during desert storm, but they could be ordered to take it. It will take a president ial order to make the vaccines mandatory. Thats what makes this different than any other shot that Military Members get. I think thats a really important point to reiterate. Dr. Matthew, is this level of Denial Something that could harm Military Preparedness . What could it mean practically . Right. Remember, ultimately theres only one enemy and thats the virus. The most important thing is to share science. Let people know what the percentages mean, what 95 means. And i tell everybody, listen, you want the vaccine to do two things. Number one, you want the vaccine to prevent you from developing severe disease and from being hospitalized and dying. All three vaccines, the j j, moderna, and pfizer do both. You might get a Breakthrough Infection when youre fully vaccinated. You might still test positive, but listen f my Covid Infection is downgraded to a cold, i would be completely okay with that. I just dont want to go to the hospital and i dont want to die. Regarding the military, pamela, they should be focusing on the task at hand. If theyre constantly being covid is to other people, theyre in close quarters, the marines are, they are a Highrisk Population and we need to find a way to answer their questions. A lot of times theyre scared. They just want their questions answered. All right. Dr. Matthew and lieutenant general mark hartling, that you cant for indulging on the marines for us. Thank you, gentlemen. We appreciate it. I appreciate you spending part of your Saturday Night with us to educate our viewers. We do appreciate it. Make sure that you join our own dr. Sanjay gupta on a journey to learn why some people are afraid of vaccines. The new cnn special report The Truth About Vaccines airs at the top of the hour. 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This Climate Meeting comes as the president is preparing to host a virtual summit on climate later this month with world leaders, initially inviting leaders from around 40 countries, though that list is still having finalized, but Russia And China were included on that list of invitees for their climate summit. On top of the meetings that the president is having here at the white House Today, his immediate Focus Heading into next week will be infrastructure as he will soon start hosting those lawmakers here at the White House to talk about his massive 2. 25 trillion infrastructure and jobs proposal. On monday there will be a bipartisan group of lawmakers here at the White House with the president to talk about those issues. The White House has not yet released a list of who will be attending. But what will be watched very closely in the coming weeks is where the president is willing to negotiate in this package. You have heard republicans whove been swift and fierce in their opposition to the fact that it would raise taxes on corporations. The biden administration has said that that is a way that they would be paying for this proposal. But theyve also signaled that there is room for compromise there, but that they went republicans and others who might be opposed to the measure to present some possible alternatives to thousand pay for it. The president also needs to make sure he can keep his democrats in line with this bill. You heard Senator Joe Manchin say that the corporate Tax Rate Shouldnt go up to 28 . Hed like to see something else. So these are all elements of the negotiations well see play out with this massive bill in the coming months. Pamela . Its going to be busy in washington come monday. Thats for sure. Arlette saenz live from the White House, thank you so much. One Biden Official said the negotiations will, quote, take some time. Well, its now sometime later and ill be following up with her on where the president stands. Tune in tomorrow, sunday, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern for my conversation with white House Principle Deputy press secretary, karine jeanpierre. This Week Amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos came out in favor of the Infrastructure Plan saying the company is, quote, supportive of a rise in the corporate Tax Rate. But yesterday on cnn, a different ceo stopped short of celebrating the promoted hike. The proposed hike. I wouldnt go so far as to say we support a 28 Tax Hike at this point. I think 28 pushes a threshold that a lot of businesses are going to find very difficult to swallow. This comes as republicans like senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell warned corporations to stay out of policy debates. A Stance Mcconnell later walked back. I didnt say that very artfully yesterday. They certainly are entitled to be involved in politics, they are. Its worth noting of course many corporations donate to different politicians. So joining me now is crossfit ceo Eric Roza to discuss this. Eric, nice to have you on the show. Thanks for having me, pamela. So the first question out of the gate, does crossfit support an increase to a 28 corporate Tax Rate to help pay for bidens Infrastructure Plan . Well, we certainly dont have a position right now on the tax increase, but i can tell you we absolutely support the Infrastructure Bill and there needs to be a way to pay for it. I just want to ask a little bit more because you dont want to take a certain position. But the reality is the White House says that corporations need to fork over more in taxes. Corporations have a 35 Tax Rate since 1993. The economy boomed under clinton. Trump boasted about the Economy And Stock market even before he slashed that to 21 . Many companies avoid paying the full rate anyway. Can you say anything in terms of why would raising it be a burden . Well, i can speak as Crossfits Leader that we would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund a strong Infrastructure Plan. And do you know how much higher you would be willing to go . Dont have a dont know that yet. I cant give you a position on that yet. Its really you know, theres a dependency on whats going to come out of this. Whats important to me is when we talk about infrastructure, its more than roads and bridges, right . Were really focused as crossfit is what we think of the infrastructure for Health And Fitness in the u. S. And its been decimated by the pandemic. We had 25 of independent gyms shut down over the past year. I want to talk about that. I understand you want the biden administration to include relief for the Fitness Industry in the Infrastructure Bill. So if you would just expand on what you were saying, make the case that that should count as infrastructure, that the Fitness Businesses should be included in the Infrastructure Bill. Absolutely. Yes, weve introduced the Gyms Act into congress, and we have over 80 supporters at this point and its growing pretty rapidly each week. The view is essentially that gyms are essential to keeping people healthy. What weve learned through the pandemic are a lot of things. One is we saw the people who were most at risk for the pandemic were folks with obesity and other chronic diseases. We saw that the pandemic decimated Peoples Health so that people gained weight during the pandemic and they came out with Mental Health issues. All of these things are kind of what were in the business of doing, those of us who are in the Gym And Fitness business are in the business of making people happier and healthier, and unfortunately because gyms were one of the first areas to be shut down in all the local shutdowns, without really any evidence that theres been spreading in gyms, theres been a disproportionate burden placed on them, which is why, again, a quarter of the gyms are out of business already and it could go up to a third if we dont act quickly. You and contend that essentially gyms and Fitness Businesses should be treated and be given funding the same way that restaurants and live venue events have been treated by the government in terms of more funding, right . Absolutely. Im a big fan of restaurants and live events like everyone, but i think gyms are even more essential to Peoples Health and happiness. Were all coming out of the pandemic in a really tough situation. When we look at the economic impact, its devastating whats happened in this industry. I want to ask you before we let you go, you have Crossfit Gyms in several states where they have attempted to pass controversial laws that would impose more restrictions on voting. Some corporations like American Airlines and cocacola have denounced these moves. Does crossfit have a response to these laws . Ill tell you that crossfit has not engaged in policy issues, but ill speak for myself personally and ill say i strongly oppose any attempt to restrict americans rights to vote. Do you expect crossfit to take a more public stance like these other corporations in states like texas and georgia where weve seen Cocacola And Delta and American Airlines speak out . What more could we see from crossfit . We are we are we have over 6,000 independent Gym Operators in the u. S. Who operate under the crossfit banner. And so were as you can imagine, theres a wide diversity of viewpoints. Were in the process of listening and talking to people. Again, crossfit has never taken a Policy Position outside of the areas of Health And Fitness, so i cant tell you whether well do that here, but i wanted to speak for myself personally. Right now our focus is this Gyms Act. Its critical we get gyms back online to help protect americans going forward. Okay. Crossfit ceo Eric Roza, thank you very much for coming on the show. Thanks for having me, pamela. Despite being under investigation for alleged sex trafficking, florida congressman Matt Gaetz is fighting back as the scandal deepens. Details on that up next. The visionary lexus nx. Lease the 2021 Nx 300 for 349 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Car Horn Splash turn todays dreams into tomorrows trips. With millions of flexible booking options. All in one place. Expedia. Dignity. This thing you can neither see nor measure. But that demands the return of small Moments Illness attempts to steal. 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Thank you, senator, for joining us to talk about this. So weve got the first republican in congress calling for representative gaetz to resign. His colleague, adam kinzinger, as you see in this tweet. But that was nearly 48 hours ago. Why havent more republicans joined in those calls . Are you surprised . No, not surprised. I mean, you usually wait until some charges are filed or theres an Indictment Or Something happens. But you dont see a Ground Swell of support on the other side either. So he hasnt made too many friends in congress, so hes going to have a rough go when it comes down to an indictment or some charges coming down. Then hell face a lot of calls to resign. Youre right, he hasnt had a lot of outspoken support from fellow republicans except for jim jordan, taylor greene, who were down there in florida. You served six terms in the house before moving to the senate. This house Ethics Committee statement rattles off a detailed list of allegations it will exp explore. Should the congressman be worried about the Ethics Probe . If he wants to keep serving, but this is the least of his worries right now given the charges and whats out there, his main concern is probably staying out of jail. So the Ethics Committees jurisdiction ends when somebody resigns or is forced out of congress. So that i would think is the least of his concerns, although it was rather telling the length of The Statement and what they said that they were looking into. Its pretty significant. It is. As we know, he has said he will not resign and is now fundraising off the doj investigation. He is all in on the Trump Playbook of blaming the swamp, the deep state, even though the case started on bill barrs watch, the former Attorney General under trump, we saw him at trumps Golf Resort Headline ing a women for america first event, of all events. When you see him using the precise and false tactics used Donald Trump used, should more republicans be calling him out, if only to protect themselves . Oh, sure. If it didnt work for Donald Trump, its certainly not going to work for Matt Gaetz. Its kind of a tired playbook. Theyre not going to going after you because im standing in the breach. Im doing this for you. I think most people just kind of chuckle at that. Thats not very effective, frankly. But do you think they do . Do you think that i mean, that was what Donald Trump did. He still remains so popular in the republican party. I know that is something that you think will not last, but Donald Trumps playbook is Blame Everything on the media and the deep state, that he did nothing wrong and now we see that from gaetz. Do you not think that is effective . No, not really. Its certainly not going to stave off the Justice Department or the Ethics Committee or others. Theyre going to look at the facts and the investigation. You know, i would expect him to do the same. Thats what a lot of the trump a acolytes are doing, its just not very effective. If you look how effective it was for Donald Trump, we lost the house and the senate, we lost the White House, we lost over the last several years more than 400 seats in legislative sorry, state legislatures nationwide. So its not been a good formula for electoral success, certainly. Why does he have so much power still in the republican party . Because of the primary. Hes still you got to, you know, bend the knee basically in a republican primary. That explains the predicament that republicans are in. You really cant win a republican primary, certainly not here in arizona and many other socalled purple states unless youre willing to accept the leadership of Donald Trump. And not criticize it. But if you do that, it puts you out of step with The General electorate. Thats in general the problem that republicans have. We have a diminishing base and until we realize that and look for ways to be more inclusive, were going to continue to lose ground nationwide. Before we go, you and i spoke earlier this year about your discussions with the biden White House about a possible ambassadorship. You said that there were no specific talks at that point. Where do things stand now . Ive continued to say that i would like to see some of the biden administrations Foreign Policy be bipartisan. I believe It Can be. And so i stand ready to help if i can in that regard. But thats the extend of the discussions. Are those discussions still taking place . There are still discussions, yes. Okay. We shall see. I imagine if something does happen, you will let us know on the show. Jeff flake, thank you very much. Thanks, pamela. Myanmars bloody coup left at least 570 people dead since the military seized control of the government two months ago. But what lies ahead for the country . 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A cnn teams recent trip to myanmar found the Country Exploding with anguish over the brutality over its illegitimate leaders. The conflict started May 1st where there was a Coup Overturning a democratic election and detaining government officials. Security forces have launched a coordinated crackdown against unarmed and peaceful protesters. Internet and communication within the country have been cut and local journalists and activists have risked everything to show the world whats really going on, Signaling Residence to our own cnn crew, even though their every move was being watched. Joining me is the first u. S. Ambassador to myanmar in more than 22 years, derrick mitchell. Ambassador, thank you for joining us. Thank you, pamela. When you were sent to myanmar back in 2012, thenpresident obama praised and supported the Countrys Pivot to democracy. What changed . How is myanmar now in the place its in . Well, in those days we saw we had hope. We saw a government that was qua. I they opened up to the opposition party, the national league for Democracy And Aung san suu kyi. They opened up the internet and opened up the economy, they established a peace process. They were really on a path that we wanted to support. But since then, i mean, just as you say, recently the military got frustrated, maybe they felt humiliated, maybe they felt it wasnt working the way they wanted it to. They wanted a controlled democracy and they may have felt it was getting out of control, so on the eve of the second term for Aung San Suu Kyis government, they effected a coup and are trying to reverse all the gains weve seen over the past ten years. Our own Clarissa Ward spoke to people who risked jail. We dont want to go back to the dark age. We lost our voice and we had democracy only for ten years. We dont have weapons. We dont have guns. They shoot the children. Some of the people she talked to were later arrested and as that woman, that brave woman speaking to her said, children have been killed. We heard horrific stories inside there from indiscriminate killings to bombing their own citizens. Why isnt there more being done to stop this . What more can the international community realistically do at this point . Thats a really good question. Let me say, first, itll Clarissa Wards reporting was outstanding. Kudos to cnn for doing a great job on the spot to show what is happening there despite the militarys desire to get its propaganda out. This is a conundrum. The u. S. Government is doing all It Can, first of all, through targeted sanctions on the military and their families, their money, on their businesses. Theres only certain amount of leverage that we have alone. This really comes down to the neighbors, to those in asia, in particular to asean, the grouping of Southeast Asian nations, to india, to japan, and, of course, to china. They have been in the asian way of working quietly, discreetly, but theres not enough Boldness And Assertiveness and a coordinated joint action to look at whats happening, which is not just the regression of democracy and the humanitarian disaster, but the prospect of a failed state in the heart of a dynamic region of asia. And they really need to step up and get beyond their traditional instinctive kind of lowkey ways and really reassert their power and find their voice. I mean, if this doesnt have urgency, all the children being killed, innocent people being killed for trying to speak up and fight for democracy, if that doesnt spark a sense of urgency among the surrounding countries, what will . What more would it take . Its hard to say what more it will take, but if we see refugee flows, large flows across borders that affect the security, which it will eventually, of thailand or china or india, just the accumulation of a failed state, perhaps that will. But i think it takes a lot more stress on them. There needs to be much more pressure put on those key states. If not asean as a group, because within asean you have many nondemocratic countries. Then other countries like indonesia whose tried to step up and exercise leadership, malaysia, singapore, where banks are, or the military puts their money and they have hospitals to which their families go. They can squeeze much more access of the military, their families, their money, and the things they really care about, their prestige, the reputation. They can squeeze that more to get the military to pull back from the brink because otherwise these guys with guns are going to continue on. Former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was once a darling in the west, seen as prodemocracy, but in recent years she turned more she turned differently. She turned to china. China has given thinly veiled support for the military behind the coup. How does that complicate the resolution to the present crisis . Do you think that the u. S. Viewed her too generously when you were part of the administration . Aung san suu kyi, Peoples Reassessment of her publicly for the last 75 years or so. I dont think we had any illusions. I knew her pretty well. I met her. There are parts of her that were clearly oriented towards humanitarians and democracy, but there are other parts that i saw i was concerned about. She very much was desired control of the party and her country. Aside from her, she represents the democratic hopes of the people. Her party has over and over voted in to represent them for better or worse. There are people in the country who are not entirely confident about her, but she represents a singular leader. So we supported her because she represented the democracy of the country. It wasnt simply at her, Number One. Now, by the way, were looking past that and people are not even talking necessarily about her so much but more about the movement of the people in the streets. The second thing about china, they are interested primarily on their own narrow interests. They have economic interests, they consider myanmar part of their sphere of influence in the region. They dont want the west there. They dont want to have the United States around. They would like to have a privileged position and they want to have access to the Indian Ocean through Road And Rail and Oil And Gas pipelines that run through myanmar into western china. They want access to the Indian Ocean. So all of this is what drives china. Theyre very practical. I think theyre trying to play both sides on this. Theres a Rumor Theyve been talking to the opposition, the theyre going to watch and wait. We need to get them as well to step up and not look at myanmar as a strategic competition, but as a place that we all have an interest to see it get stable and get developed in the coming years. Armrest derrick mitchell, thank you very much. Well be right back. Thank you, pam. Rgies dont he scary. 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