Dana: federal workers won t be able to opt out of the shot. Bill: it could affect 100 million americans. Republican governors calling it a severe federal overreach. I don t think it actually helps to get more people to ultimately do it. But i do not believe that people should lose their jobs over this issue and we will fight that. We live in america. You would expect words like that from the president maybe of communist china or north korea. You don t expect words like that coming out of the mouth of the president of the united states. Business owners are calling me telling me how it will make it hard for them to run businesses. This is not a power delegated to the federal government. It is a power for states to decide. It is unbelievable to me what he is doing. I knew he would wreck this country. Dana: brandnew reaction from senator tom cotton in a moment. Let s go to mark meredith live at the white house. The white house knew this was going to get a lot of reaction and they were i gu
And the greens agree a new power sharing agreement but stop short of a formal coalition. A new covid drug treatment which involves injecting patients with anti bodies that attacks the virus has been approved by the medicines regulator. And, nicholas cage stars as a truffle forager coming to terms with the loss of his beloved pig. See what anna smith make of this and the rest of this week s releases in the film review at 5. 45. In afghanistan, the taliban is tightening its grip across the country and there are growing concerns about religious and media freedoms under the new regime. The human rights organisation amnesty international says the group murdered 9 men from the hazara minority last month; some of them were tortured. While the german broadcaster deutschewelle says taliban fighters carried out a door to door search to try to find one of its journalists he d left the country, but they shot dead one of his relatives. Here, the prime minister is due to hold a cobra emergency m
White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Good evening, bret. For the first time since may walking through the pressroom to get out here to the live shot position, everybody inside is wearing a mask. The vice president hosted an event late this afternoon, she kept a mask on the whole time. So did everybody else in the building as new signs are going up inside the white house that say masks are now required even for the fully vaccinated that is to comply with the new cdc guidance. This is not a decision that we at cdc have made lightly. This weighs heavily on me. Peter: president biden says more vaccinations and maskwearing in the areas most impacted by the alan dershowitz will enable us to avoid the kind of lockdowns, shutdowns, school closures and disruptions we faced in 2020. Unlike 2020, we have both the scientific knowledge and the tools to prevent the spread of this disease. We are not going back to that. But, he is st
New information and requirements. California governor gavin newsom report of the polling children from summer camp after photos surfaced concerning indoor camp activities without a mask. So what about the state s current guidance that says young children must be wearing their masks at camp same as the rules for school? chief breaking news correspondent is on the case tonight. And how your dining experience is likely very different when you had out these days. Some employers say it s nearly impossible to fully staff the restaurants and now we are getting reports of employees actually walking off the job during their shifts. So what happens when you place an order but your server quits? why it could happen the next time you eat out. But we begin tonight with the everchanging cdc guidance for the millions of americans who are fully vaccinated. Correspondent david spunt is here tracking the latest element s with us. Good evening, david. Hi, shannon. Reacting to the news from the white hous