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 hit harder than others.
book, what, how would you describe yourself politically? i am a conservative that is the easiest description of the constitutional lawyer for by background a religious liberty first attorney general for the state of missouri as a prosecutor have ast background so for all of those reasons i believe in the constitution i consider myself a constitutionalist first and foremost also a populist. there is a rich tradition rooted in our constitution that normal everyday americans who are the best citizens that can run the country or the government what we re fighting for today is to make sure it is normal everyday americans have a say in their government and that s what we are seeing with big tech. think tech wants to run the country and we cannot let them. mark: the left likes to say they are populistt. but they like centralized overarching ubiquitous government. briefly describe your idea of populism and their idea. you put it well the left idea of populism is to claim to speak
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howard: for being honest, burns was absolutely crucified by left-leaning journalists. how dare she insert herself into the story. media figures ripped her saying they had no trouble inning fetterman. all that looks like what i called it at the time, sheer or a partisanship. how are people reacting to the sight of a recovering stroke victim struggling to communicate? some were honest about fetterman s very rough night. others like lawrence o donnell that night just refused to address it or praised his courage or deferred to their guests or describe it in the mildest possible terms or simply attacked dr. oz instead. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: nancy pelosi says she and her family are heart broken and traumatized by the vicious assault on her husband that s been drawing constant media coverage. an assailant broke into the speaker s san francisco home shouting where is nancy and violently attacked 82-year-old paul pelosi, grabbing a hammer from his hand
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