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pandemic problem and need to fight with everything we ve got still. ed young appreciate you coming on the show and your reporting and analysis. thanks so much. thanks for having me. as kids get ready to go back to class we are already seeing horrific stories in school districts where covid is raging. in broward county, florida this week three teachers and one teaching assistant all died of complications from the coronavirus on the same day. at least three of them were unvaccinated. the cdc s recommending that both adults and children wear masks as they return to the classroom in the fall. but given how contagious the delta variant is should teachers be required to get vaccinated? we have the president of the teachers union, american federation of teachers, and joins me now. thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. back on sunday you said you personally supported a vaccine mandate for teachers and at the time your union didn t endorse one. some people said oh, well, you k
tackle this problem than someone, like an eric adams, who has spent his career in law enforcement, katherine? yeah. i ve actually run an agency that had law enforcement in it. and i have a strong plan for not only dealing with the crime that we are seeing today. getting guns off the street. i have committed to get 10,000 guns off the street. we have seen some really horrifying videos of kids caught in crossfire. but also, making the investment in communities. so that, you have a guaranteed job if you re 16 to 24. we have to make sure that we re doing the reform required and getting the culture changed in the nypd. so it s not a warrior class. it s a guardian class for all of our communities and i know that i am the one to put that in place. i mean, let s be honest. his union didn t even endorse him. they don t have confidence that he can get crime under control. you know, and so, you and andrew yang have campaigned
doing the reform required and getting the cultured changed in the nypd. it not a warrior class. it s a guardian close for all of our communities and i know i m the one to put that in place. let s be honest, his union didn t even endivorse him. you and andrew yang campaigned together tonight. you were out together this weekend. he s endorsing you telling his voters to rank you on their ballots but you re declinining co-endorse him. why are you joining forces? what is going on? actually, we re saying the same thing we ve been saying for months now. and andrew has always been a fan and i ve always been respectful of him and this is part of what this election can be about. how do you
publications. what i think is going to be fascinate something people are going to be looking at places of worship to see how religious leaders are going to talk about politics, it s getting harder and harder to find place where is people aren t talking about it. the argument that the president made was actually kind of fascinating. it was oddly candid. it was a transactional argument. it was look at what i ve given you, you should be loyal and grateful. he didn t say, look at how i ve acted. he didn t quote scripture. he didn t say he acts in a way that people of faith would hold in high regard. he sort of made the argument that you would expect someone to make if a union didn t support him or a geographical region or constituency that just received a tax break or something. he made an argument that usually you see with other voting blocs. and faith for people that have it, is very deeply personal to them. it falls outside the boundaries of logic.