Been vaccinated in boston since january the 1st, the Board Of Health ordered that all the inhabitants of this city be vaccinated or revaccinated forthwith. The board explains that although there has been a most remarkable cooperation throughout the city, the medical profession and the people in general, having acquiesced to a most remarkable extent in its request for vaccination, it is necessary in order to stamp out the Smallpox Epidemic that all persons not protected by Vaccination Or Revaccination shall be vaccinated, end quote. Now, this was about the deadly boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1901. It killed hundreds of people. It would also turn out to be bostons very last Smallpox Outbreak because if cases kept climbing despite pretty high Vaccination Rates, the Health Department mandated that everyone in boston get a vaccine. Doctors went door to door with vaccines. Look at this amazing illustration from the boston globe. This is january 28th, 1902. So about a month after the Health De
Coming up, speak with former hhs, bret gerard, he is here, serving on president trumps Coronavirus Task Force and chris wallace, carley, and shimkus on this friday. Jampacked friday, first the White House Facing Pushback after announcing it is working with social Media Platforms to silence disinformation on covid19. Critics are quickly condemning the move saying it infringes on free speech. Im Jonathan Hunt roberts in washington. Sandra im Sandra Smith in new york. We made it, Biden Administration teaming up with facebook to flag problematic posts to deal with what they call virus disinformation. John Social Media Sites slammed for not doing enough. Teams within the agency will help Police Covid Content on let line. Increased Research And Trafficking within the surgeon Generals Office and flagging problematic posts from facebook that spread disinformation. Sandra Karl Rove will join us in a mome. Jacqie will kick things off. Seemed to indicate the administration through the surgeon Gen
The move marks a dramatic reversal the Countries Summary Opening efforts. We have all of the breaking details in a live report. And being coined the wokacola campaign, being targeted for its political narrative again, and a Lightning Rod in just a bit. We begin tonight with the biden administration collaborating with Social Media companies to potentially censor what they consider to be covid disinformation. White House Correspondent Kevin corke has the latest reaction to this extraordinary disclosure tonight. Good evening, kevin. Good evening, shannon. What is a Slippery Slope says critics who are accusing the White House tonight of basically authoring and all authoritarian rule on Social Media platforms, limiting what you can say or see, if the White House deems it is disinformation, is a bridge too far. And it begs the question, who gets to define disinformation, and what happens when socalled Disinformation Today was faxed tomorrow . We have increased Disinformation Research and tra
That it is telling facebook about social media posts it considers misinformation. Again, the biden administration is flagging posts that it thinks facebook should block. The reason? they say the misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine is the biggest cause of low vaccination rates in some areas and with some groups. We ll talk to missouri republican senator josh hawley about all of this in just a moment. All this occurs as vice president biden welcomes german chancellor angela merkel to the white house as the two countries seek to smooth over relations strained under the trump administration. White house correspondent peter doocy begins our coverage tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter: good evening and fresh out of that press conference with the president and the german chancellor where the president updated what we have been hearing from the administration about why, exactly they think people are taking to the streets chanting chant libenter tad. They were
Here s the question. Will w with will weisselberg make a deal to help himself or his kids? take any political idea out of it. Prosecutors only trade up. So, what will it mean? it is certainly a break in the da m, a former president of the united states needs to seriously consider what is next. His company was justin indicted. Let s bring in former federal prosecutor elliott williams and former longtime trump organization executive, barbara rez, the author of the book tower of lies. Barbara, the suggestion that i made about allen weisselberg. You know him, barbara, what is the chance that maybe not for him, but for his kids he would be willing to talk about things that prosecutors would be interested in? i know allen he is and he is a regular person. He was when i knew him. I know money and power corrupts. I cannot imagine him jeopardizing his children for any reason. He would not do it. I cannot see him going to jail to be honest with you. And you think any loyalty to the trump family