Masks. Well speak to a superintendent defying the Texas Governors ban on masks. And that is where we begin with covid, 36 Million cases nationwide. Overall the numbers are starting to look a lot like they did last winter before we had the vaccine and they are adding up very quickly. Monday the u. S. Saw nearly 207 ,000 new cases on par with midjanuary. Average hospitalizations are now over 60,000, the first time that has happened since february. And i want you to look at this map on your screen. It shows 40 states in red, all of them have seen their covid cases rise double in the last two weeks. I want to dig into the numbers with Marra Barrett in memphis, tennessee, Courtney Kube on the latest with the militarys plan to vaccinate, and with us to explain all of it, William Schaafner at Vanderbilt University medical center. Hospitalizations for kids under 17 are up 20 in the last week. What are they seeing where you are . Reporter well, here in memphis and across the state of tennessee
Unatentded on counting tables, computers sit abandoned at times open, unlocked and unmonitored. Procedures are shifting. With untrained workers using different rules to count ballots. Arizona Secretary Of State hobbs on wednesday sent a Letter Outlining A String of problems that she said observers from her office have witnessed at republican led at the republicanled recount of the 2020 president ial Election Results in arizonas largest county and now the Justice Department is stoeping in warning the republicanled State Senate that the audit of the ballots could be breaking federal laws because the ballots were turned over to a private company when theyre supposed to stay in the hands of election officials and that plans by the company to directly contact voters could amount to Voter Intimidation. But theres perhaps no greater sign of just how deranged the Arizona Autoit is than this. An auditor telling Cbs News wait for it theyre looking for tracing of bamboo in the ballots because of
Was announced she was dropping out of the president ial campaign, because it was such a fascinating and moving hour of television that you did that night with Senator Warren. And she is still with us, of course, in so many ways. And in the book, she talks about losing and how there are more things that can happen than you just lose a campaign. There are more dimensions to losing than people realize. Including some of the wins that come from losing. Like getting Joe Biden the nominee to adopt ideas that she impressed upon him. Somewhat against his will during president ial debates, for example. Yeah. And also, in the case of Elizabeth Warren, Turning Out to be maybe the most influential member of the Democratic Party in washington in terms of getting personnel into key roles in the biden administration. I mean, look at people who have been associated with Elizabeth Warren, who have worked for her, worked with her, who have been partners with her, who ended up in key positions inside the
Including some of the winds that come from losing. Like getting Joe Biden the nominee to adopt ideas that she impressed upon him. Somewhat against his well during the president ial debates, for example. Yeah, and also in the case of Elizabeth Warren, Turning Out to be maybe the most influential member of the Democratic Party in washington in terms of getting personnel into key roles in the biden administration. I mean, you look at people have been associated with Elizabeth Warren who have worked for her, who have worked with her, who have been protegees of her, who have been partners of her that have ended up in key positions inside the biden administration. Im not sure Theres Anyone else in the Democratic Party who is exerted that much influence, if you think of personnel as policy. She is a force in the biden administration from her perch and the senate. I also learned today on Social Media that she gives her Dog Bailey a burrito every year for his birthday and now that means i cant
ItS Patrick, the author of empire of pain. Hes done some press about it and he tweeted this, rachel, about one of his appearances on tv. He said just had a priceless call from my father who Saw A Tv Interview i did about the book and said in a decidedly accuse tory Tone Quote i noticed youre doing a Lawrence Odonnell and dropping your Boston Accent for professional reasons. So rachel, here is my question [ laughter ] here is my question. Do you think Patrick Keefe and i should do this interview in Boston Accent or in our dropped Boston Accent for professional reasons . You should do it in your Boston Accents and you should subtitle it. You should get it closed captioned so that we can all know we can all know the true depths of what youre talking about. You should can i actually just say a second about patrick. Hes one of the few nonfiction writers in america who i read everything he writes. Every time he write as book, i read it. Every time he writes an article, i read it. Anything he