help to small businesses on main street. so that the delta variant doesn t cause them to lay off employees and shutter their doors. there is something called the paycheck protection program. it is a loan program. forgivable, if a small business kept their employees on job and the doors open. we re now in the process to forgive those loans for small businesses. who are doing the right thing and putting them in a better position to keep their businesses going. fifth, if anyone is worried about getting health insurance during the pandemic, there is help today. for those who get their health insurance through the affordable care act, we re covering more people with premiums that average 40% lower. we don t have insurance, and you still sign up under the affordable care act through august 15th. just go to healthcare.gov today. and sixth, we re going to lower the prices on everything from
welcome back to way too early. it s just before 5:30 on the east coast. 2:30 out west. i m jonathan lemire. with a new surge of covid-19 infections ripping through much of the united states, the new york times reports that the fda is accelerating its timetable to fully approve the vaccine by next month. the fda s unofficial deadline is labor day or sooner. the agency recognizes that it might inspire more confidences with an all-hands on deck approach to the work. new york city meanwhile became the first city to require proof of vaccination for many indoor activities, workers at restaurants, entertainment and gyms required to show at least one dose to enter any of those facilities on august 15th, and
approach and then on september 13th, during that week, we ll begin inspections and enforcement. so we want to give businesses big and small a chance to get acclimated and make adjustments based on their input but this will move forward starting in the week of august 15th and full enforcement the week of september 13th. which is very pertinent because that is the first full week after labor day where we expect a lot more activity in this city. now, i ll tell you, we know those conversations with the business community are crucial. we ve had a lot of them already. what we re hearing from so many folks in the business community is they understand this time but they need government to lead. that is going to help them to do what they need to do. not everyone is going to agree with this. i understand that. but for so many people, this is going to be the life-saving act that we re putting a mandate in place that is going to guarantee a much higher level of
correspondence and communications at the state department over the decision to invite the u.n. envoy, and they want the invitation and information by august 15th. bill? bill: thank you, sir, nice to see you. rich edson, state department. sandra: that biden had administration backpedaling after an exclusive fox news report about a curriculum pushing wokeness in our nation s schools. where it goes next. bill: after canceling the keystone pipeline at home, he had no problem signing up on russia s pipeline project. what do we get for green lighting that project? great question, from larry kudlow. he s next, coming up. team biden is now formerly stomach formally giving an okay to the last hundred miles of the russian pipeline, and it underscores the damage they ve already inflicted on the u.s. oil and gas industry. it is an incredible blunder. best time in history rs,e to turn your home equity into cash.
beyond that. you could have mandated it for a white house event. that s my point. if you go to an airport today and if you try to board a plane today, you will wear a mask. if you are using mass transit, like a train, amtrak and so forth, you will have to use a mask. the president has used his authority to keep americans safe, but he has said at the end of the day, those decisions, whether it s at a school or some other local event or activity, that will be decided by the local leaders. okay, that s not an answer to the question that i was asking was about the white house s own decisions on its grounds to show the american people how important they think the vaccine is. but let me ask you one more question because one of the reasons why you re here this morning and speaking out is because of the white house push over the next 30 days to get more people registered for obamacare exchanges, for the affordable care act. what is your message to the american people on that front ahead