>>> A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE GUIDES
ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
THE CDC NOW SAYING THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD USE CLOTH FACE COVERINGS
WHEN GOING OUTSIDE.
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW
RECOMMENDING AMERICANS WEAR
NON-SURGICAL MASKS OR A FACE
COVERING IN PUBLIC.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE IS
NOT GOING TO WEAR A MASK,
DESPITE THE CDCS NEW
RECOMMENDATION THAT AMERICANS
SHOULD DO IT.
>> I THINK WEARING A FACE MASK
AS I GREET PRESIDENTS, PRIME
MINISTERS, DICTATORS, KINGS,
QUEENS, I DONT KNOW.
SOMEHOW, I DONT SEE IT FOR
MYSELF.
>> IVE HAD ONE ON BEFORE.
I WORE ONE IN THIS BACK AREA,
BUT I DIDNT WANT TO GIVE THE
PRESIDENT THE PLEASURE OF SEEING
IT.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT THINK THAT MASKS ARE NOT
GOOD.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
OF EXAMPLE --
>> WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
>> ILL TELL YOU WHO THOSE
PEOPLE ARE.
WAITERS.
>> I WISH HE WOULD STOP TALKING
AND LET THE SCIENTISTS SPEAK.
I DONT WALK OUT OF THIS HOUSE
WITHOUT A MASK ON.
>> LET THE PRESIDENT START BY
SENDING THAT SIGNAL, VERY
SIMPLY, JUST WEAR THE MASK.
>> THE PRESIDENT DIDNT TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY, McCONNELL HAS NOT
TAKEN IT SERIOUS -- BUT WE CAN
STOP THIS IF WE FOLLOW THE
SCIENCE.
>> YOU SEE, WILLIE, WHERE TRUMP
WAS SAKE --YING -- OR, MIKA, WHE
TRUMP WAS SAYING, OH, IT JUST
DOESNT MAKE SENSE FOR
PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS,
DICTATORS --
>> WANNABE DICTATORS --
>> DICTATORS IN WAITING --
>> YEAH.
>> JUST INSANITY.
INSANITY.
SO, YEAH --
>> THAT WAS THEN.
>> BUT YEAH, JOE BIDEN AND
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING, FOLLOW THE
SCIENCE.
AND I COULDNT AGREE ANYMORE.
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND WHAT THE
CDC SAYS.
>> YES.
AND THAT IS WHAT MOST DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS WERE SAYING A YEAR AGO
WHEN IT CAME TO LISTENING TO THE
CDC, IN TERMS OF WEARING A MASK.
BUT NOW, THERES THIS
INCONSISTENCY IN WHICH STATES
ARE ALLOWING FOR THE NEW CDC
GUIDELINES FOR FULLY VACCINATED
PEOPLE TO STOP WEARING MASKS.
ITS CONFUSING.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN YESTERDAY
ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME COVID CASES ARE DOWN IN ALL
50 STATES AND 60% OF AMERICANS
HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE
VACCINE DOSE, WHICH IS AMAZING
NEWS.
BUT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL
MURPHY SAYS ITS TOO SOON TO
DROP HIS STATES INDOOR PUBLIC
MASK RULES.
NEW JERSEY WILL CONTINUE TO
REQUIRE ALL PEOPLE VACCINATED OR
NOT, TO KEEP WEARING MASKS
INDOORS IN PUBLIC, MAKING IT THE
ONLY STATE IN THE NORTHEAST NOT
TO ADOPT THE NEW CDC MASK
GUIDANCE.
GOVERNOR MURPHY SAYS THE STATE
IS JUST NOT READY.
>> WEVE BEEN CLOBBERED, NOT
ONCE, BUT TWICE.
WEVE LOST OVER 26,000 PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THE VIRUS IS MORE LETHAL
INDOORS.
AND YOURE ASKING SOMEBODY WHOS
AT THE HARDWARE STORE, WORKING
THERE, OR IN A RETAIL OR A
GROCERY STORE, TO MAKE THE
JUDGMENT ON WHOS VACCINATED AND
WHOS NOT.
WERE NOT THERE YET.
WERE CLOSE.
>> BUT, WILLIE, THIS IS YOUR
HOME STATE, WILLIE.
434 CASES IN THE ENTIRE STATE
LAST WEEK.
THOSE CASES HAVE CONTINUED TO
DECLINE.
THE CDC GUIDANCE SAYS THAT IF
YOURE VACCINATED, YOU DONT
HAVE TO WEAR A MASK INDOORS.
THE CDC DIRECTOR SAYING, HEY,
ITS TIME TO GO BACK TO LIVING
NORMAL, THE WAY YOU DID BEFORE.
AND SCOTT GOTTLIEB SAYING, HEY,
IF WE DONT LIFT THESE MASK
MANDATES NOW, WHEN WERE HAVING
A BREAK, WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE
THE CREDIBILITY TO REINSTITUTE
THEM IN THE FALL, IF THERE IS A
SPIKE, AND WE DO NEED THEM
REIMPLEMENTED, BUT THERES NOT A
SPIKE.
OVER 60% OF AMERICANS HAVE AT
LEAST ONE VACCINATION.
YOU KNOW, ITS -- I GUESS ITS
EASY TO COMPLAIN FROM THE CHEAP
SEATS HERE, BUT IT JUST --
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.
I MEAN, IF WERE TELLING
GOVERNORS TO FOLLOW THE CDC FOR
A YEAR WHEN DONALD TRUMPS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
SHOULDNT THEY FOLLOW THE CDC
GUIDANCE WHEN JOE BIDEN IS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND ACTUALLY, IN THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, ALMOST 70% OR MAYBE
ITS PUSHED OVER A LITTLE SINCE
I LAST LOOK, 70% OF ADULTS IN
NEW JERSEY HAVE AT LEAST ONE
DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
SO YOURE GETTING UP INTO WHERE
WE HEARD ABOUT HERD IMMUNITY
NUMBERS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
AND WHATS ALSO INTERESTING IS
NEW JERSEY HAS ACTED SORT OF IN
CONCERT WITH NEW YORK,
PENNSYLVANIA, AND CONNECTICUT
OVER THIS LAST YEAR OR SO.
THEYVE BEEN TAKING THEIR CUES
FROM EACH OTHER ABUSEBECAUSE THE
NUMBERS WERE SO BAD HERE.
NEW YORK ANNOUNCED STARTING
TOMORROW, IT WILL FOLLOW THE CDC
GUIDELINES, TAKE OFF THE MASK.
PENNSYLVANIA DID IT A LONG TIME
AGO.
NEW JERSEY DID IT A LONG TIME
AGO.
THE NUMBERS IN NEW JERSEY ARE
PRETTY GOOD AND THIS IS A
CURIOUS MOVE BY GOVERNOR MURPHY.
EAST
HES NOT WORKING WITH GOVERNOR
CUOMO OR LAMONT IN CONNECTICUT
ANYMORE ON THIS.
HES LOOKING AND SAYING, I DONT
THINK WERE OUT OF THE WOODS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS,
IF THIS ISNT OUT OF THE WOODS,
ITS HARD TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD
BE.
AND ILL JUST SAY, JOE, GOOD
LUCK GETTING PEOPLE TO WEAR
MASKS THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND AT THE JERSEY SHORE.
I THINK THIS JUST ISNT GOING TO
HOLD UP.
>> AND MIKA, THE THING IS, AND
MIKA, YOU AND I MAY HAVE A
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION HERE, BUT
AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO THINGS I
THINK THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS NEED TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT.
ONE OF THEM IS, AGAIN, THE
VACCINATION RATE.
BOY, WE SHOULD ALL WISH WE WERE
DOING AS WELL AS NEW JERSEY.
IF WE COULD GET THAT 60% OVER
70% LIKE NEW JERSEY, WE ARE
MOVING TOWARDS HERD IMMUNITY.
THATS THE FIRST THING.
THE SECOND THING IS MENTAL
HEALTH.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR
OVER A MONTH.
WE HAVE GOT THIS COUNTRY GOING
AGAIN AND BACK TO NORMAL.
WE WERE SAYING IT SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO WHEN ANTHONY FAUCI SAID, GET
THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.
THATS THE TOP PRIORITY.
NOW THE CDC IS SAYING, GO BACK
TO LIVING YOUR NORMAL LIFE.
THIS IS NEEDED FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUSINESSES AND
RESTAURANTS AND FAMILY
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED BY THIS,
BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A RETURN TO
NORMALCY.
WHEN THE CDC IS SAYING, RETURN
TO NORMAL AND VACCINATIONS ARE
SKYROCKETING UP OVER 60%, WE
NEED TO RETURN TO NORMAL FOR SO
MANY REASONS. >> I HEAR EVERYTHING YOURE
>> I HEAR EVERYTHING YOURE
SAYING AND I DO THINK KRB THOUGH
THERE ARE SOME POCKETS OF THE
COUNTRY WHO MAY NOT BE READY.
IM HERE IN WASHINGTON.
IN MANY WAYS, IM HERE DOING
"KNOW YOUR VALUE" INTERVIEWS,
AND IM WORKING WITH A TEAM HERE
AND THERE IS ONE PERSON ON THE
TEAM WHO IS NOT VACCINATED.
IM WEARING A MASK AROUND THAT
PERSON.
IT IS, REALLY, IF YOU WANT TO
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, THERE ARE
TIMES YOU NEED TO STILL WEAR THE
MASK.
AND THATS WHERE I THINK IT GETS
REALLY CONFUSING AS WE TRY TO
MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNTRY AND
PUT THIS PANDEMIC BEHIND US.
THE OTHER THING IS, THIS
PANDEMIC IS NOT BEHIND US
GLOBALLY.
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD RUN
INTO PROBLEMS AGAIN.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
IF YOURE LOOKING AT THE SCIENCE
AND BREAKTHROUGH CASES AND OTHER
STRAINS, ITS NOT COMPLETELY
BEHIND US.
AND THATS WHY THIS COULD BE
VERY CONFUSING ALONG THE WAY.
SOME STATES ARE FOLLOWING MORE
SLOWLY.
IN CALIFORNIA, THOSE WHO ARE
FULLY VACCINATED WILL BE ABLE TO
GO INDOORS WITHOUT A MASK
STARTING ON JUNE 15th.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE DELAYING THE
MOVE BY A MONTH TO GET
VACCINATION RATES HIGHER AND
BUSINESSES MORE TIME TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO VERIFY WHETHER PEOPLE
ARE, IN FACT, VACCINATED.
AND UNTIL JUNE 15th, MASKS ARE
STILL REQUIRED INDOORS.
FULLY VACCINATED VIGILANCE DO
NOT HAVE TO WEAR MASKS OUTDOORS,
EXCEPT IN CROWDED SETTINGS.
IN MASSACHUSETTS, FENWAY PARK
AND TD GARDEN WILL REOPEN WITH
NO CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS
STARTING ON MAY 29th.
THE MOVE COINCIDES WITH GOVERNOR
CHARLIE BAKERS ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE STATE IS ON TRACK TO
VACCINATE OVER 4 MILLION
RESIDENTS BY THE FIRST WEEK OF