vaccine requirements an over reach, who are threatening to challenge it in court? have at it. let me note up front we invited 15 of those republican governors to come on the show tonight to explain their legal reasoning. i ll save you the suspense. all said they could not or didn t respond. you get the drift. the ultimate reason is simple. this is not what they say it is. these governors who say vaccine requirements are awful, you know what they have? vaccine requirements. for schools. for a range of diseases diptheria, polio, measles, mumps, rubella. the requirement haven t ended civilization as we know it but for some reason this one requirement for covid will resurrect lenin. we have to ask the governors about the latest evidence that says the don t just work but damn well. the cdc today reported on new studies that say those who are unvaccinated are about 4 1/2 times more likely to get covid, more than 10 times likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die
to hear republican governors tell it, president biden s new mandate for businesses with more than 100 workers is dictatorial, unlawful, un-american, unconstitutional. a war against capitalism. one said it smacks of the soviet union. another suggested it s time to use the 25th amendment and unseat the president. i m john berman, in for anderson. on a night when hysteria is high and sincerity low when it comes to republican reaction to the new mandate president biden announced thursday. today, the white house said those orders should go into effect in weeks. biden, today, unphfazed about t reaction from those governors. what is your message to republicans who are calling your vaccine requirements an overreach, who are threatening to challenge it in court? have at it. and let me note up front, we invited 15 of those republican governors to come on the show tonight to explain their legal reasoning. i will save you the suspense. all said they could not or didn t respond. you
too early for us. and former aid to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. in the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. and now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. reporter: no signs of covid backing down. in los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. i think better safe than sorry for sure. reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. the cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. the current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. they gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states some hi
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bipartisan infrastructure deal faces a major test this week with a vote scheduled for wednesday. the question is will lawmakers agree on how to pay for the package? and u.s. tennis star coco gauff won t be competing at the olympics after testing for the covid virus. way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is still here. i m john lemaire and we re start with the news. covid cases are on the rise driven up by places with low vaccination rates. the surgeon general is suggest once again everybody should mask up indoors. reporter: no signs of covid backing down. in los angeles county, a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. i think better safe than sorry for sure. reporter: former surgeon general jerome adams weighing in. he added, instead of vax it or mask it, the emerging data suggests the cdc advises you should vax it and mask it. the current surgeon general defended the