has gone up six points. that s because of covid exhalves, whether it s about schools, economics or health. what can the president do about that? first, he can talk about it, right? i think he didn t spend mere nearly enough time yesterday, and i think, that you know, they understand that. when you re answering press questions you re responding. you re not being proactive. he s got to really talk about it, understand that people are done with this and find ways to help people accept that we are going to be living with this pandemic for a long time, and so how you do that, how you navigate your life, how you navigate your families, how you work differently. all of those things are things that people actually want to hear about. they want some sense of comfortability. i wish we had more time. we do not because of breaking news and i want to continue this conversation with boast you have as we go forward. thanks for your time today on inside politics. ana cabrera picks up our coverag
todd: almost said he made a mistake kind of went there and didn t. at this point, tomi, should we expect anything different from governor french laundry? listen, you cannot hide from that damn camera. i think it s important that governor newsom broke the news to us that you can t spread covid while taking a photo. that s a wonderful piece of health and safety advice that i m so glad that we are hearing from governor newsom. he is lying to the american people. let s keep in mind meanwhile the american students, especially in his home state of california are now expected to wear medical grade masks as if they are going to school at chernobyl but he can have some fun with magic johnson and take his mask off for a brief moment or the entire game again, is he too important his fun and his photo op. just more important than the comfortability and the learning success of american students as well as the rest of us who quite frankly who would like to free our faces. todd: who cares that
this is for kids to not be in schools, not only for the education but this is a source of mental health counseling, school meals so that s really tough. on the other hand, despite everything they have never dealt with a surge like this. this is so much more transmissible than anything before. it is like measles where not near he enough kids are vaccinated. it is not just a problem for the kids but keeping the teachers, staff, bus drivers safe. we recognize the importance to bring kids back to school but with a screaming high level of community transmission, in washington d.c., new york city, you wait another week or two for that to subside and feel comfortability that transmission will go down and here again is the problem that school
crowds add to the adrenaline rush and excitement, they do add a great deal of pressure. but there is that comfortability knowing your family and friends are right there cheering you along the way, and these olympians don t have that. i wonder what this means for not just simone biles but for sports in general, for athletes in general, certainly for women athletes as well given simone biles influence as a role model. what do you think her decision to step back and prioritize her health means for athletes around the world? everyone including myself, we are so proud of simone. she has done so much for the sport of gymnastics. she has been a leader. she has been very outspoken, which i love. i love her courage and humility to listen to her inner voice and to make the best decision for simone biles, to focus on her mental health and her physical health. she talked about having a little bit of a mental block, and people are calling it the twisties, where you get lost in
raise healthy children and families into something i committed my life to and i believe this is a great opportunity for the entire democratic party to look at what we are doing here and what we are going to continue to do. so the current mayor bill de blasio said new yorkers should assume masks will be worn in schools in september even for vaccinated suntudents that come after the cdc released guidance saying fully vaccinated teachers and students don t need to wear masks. this will be a big issue for you if you re mayor to take this over. do you agree with de blasio ee dec decision to take a mask mandate for students above the age of 12? no, i do not. we must follow the science. if the cdc states that we don t need mask and we don t have to wear them, that s fine. but let s always give people the option because there is a level of comfortability we should look at. i wear my mask when i m in certain locations because i