fighting vaccine hesitancy. i think there are certain proportions of people who are just waiting for the full approval, even though the data is overwhelming right now that these vaccines are highly effective and are safe. as the american academy of pediatrics warns of substantial increase in new cases among children, dr. fauci saying that full fda approval might speed up authorization of the vaccine for children under the age of 12. critical as we get closer to schools re-opening. with the delta variant tightening its grip on parts of the country with low vaccination rates, president biden made a plea to state governors who have blocked mask and vaccine mandates. i say to these governors, please help. if you re not going to help, at least get out of the way of the people that are trying to do the right thing. use your power to save lives. let s begin with cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. first about full fda approval, to this point we ve had emergency approv
diplomacy, what was it mean? let s go out front. good evening. 340,000 students are waiting for word on whether they will be able to go back to class in the nation s third largest school district. chicago school officials are still negotiating and with a standoff in the second week, anger is boiling over. the attacks are incredibly personal. the mayor is relentless. she is being relentlessly stupid. she s being relentlessly stubborn. they abandoned their post and kids and families. this is raw emotion and anger. you don t usually see this, even when they feel that way. the standoff is in part because of confusing parameters by the federal government. the biden administration is clear they want schools open. we have been clear that we want to see schools open. and they have. but making saying you want schools open isn t the same thing as making a clear list of what is and what is not necessary to keep schools open, and that is giving oxygen to the disputes we are
the immigration at the capitol. beto o rourke joins me with his response. i am jonathan capehart, happy easter, this is the sunday show. y easter, this is the sunday show. this sunday the desperate fight to retain the battered port city of mariupol continues. deadline by the russians demanding ukrainian troops in the city lay down here arms have come and gone with no signs of surrender. in a video message president volodymyr zelenskyy says negotiations are underway. the russians can t be trusted and that citizens blocked from evacuating are facing, quote, inhuman conditions. joining me now live from lviv, nbc news ralph sanchez, thank you for coming back to the sunday show. any news of those remaining ukrainian soldiers? reporter: jonathan, they have fought literally to their last bullet. this is a group of ukrainian marines and fighters that, that far right group who have been leading the defense of mariupol. they outnumbered and surrounded in the remains of w
a bunch of news that just makes you want try. is everything the most depressing? could the change season be the reason why some news helps you avoid this? but you know, that s right. noti it s the time of year whereng nothing is going. and by nothing i mean women s soccer. so as we h hear constantly toda, is a deeply polarized nation, black versus whitesize barbie versus oppenheimer, bud light versus drinking the toilet. the only thing we seem to agree upon is my smoldering magnet is i mean, that s okay. but traditionally,t one of the places the country s collectively left politics asid left e is in sports, especy international sports, because,as you know, it s us against them. anyone oany onf a age will never forget the miracle on ice. and no, i m not referring to that time i discovered vodka . it s when the olympic u.s. men s hockey team beat m soviet red army. bernie sanders is still demanding a do over, but it was 1980 and the team and the country celebrated. it was a v
their new favorite target yet agaic their nn yesterday, senatm scott. let s take a look. you voted against the voting rights act. yeah. yeah. go to the george floyd policing act. came on this ver came on this yd systemic racism. i dited med see the well, i wase to tell you you can find i looked at him like he was he was a looney tom and joe biden partnered with the former klansman and to stop the integration of public schools. he didn t want them, in his words, to be he didn t wa racial jungles. anyway, senator tim scott will respond and join us later tonight. y lloydefense secretar austin made his first public appearance since his mysterious maden and was grilled by reporters. we ve got that tape for you. but first, last night we played you this disturbing video showing a group of illegal immigrants in times square viciously attacking nypds last officers last week. and now the suspects, they wer e arrested, they were taken to jail. but as per new york law, sadly,i they wer