Sentenced to eight months in prison, less than prosecutors wanted. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and Around The World. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta, and you are in the situation room. We begin this hour with the Delta Variant hitting this country harder every day. Lets go to our chief white House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. Covid trends are moving in the wrong direction all across the u. S. And tonight the markets are feeling the pain as well with the dows biggest Nose Dive this year. Reporter yeah. And, jim, the fears of the Delta Variant seem to be making their way into the market, sending the Dow Down 700 points at closing today. It started going down at the opening. It never bounced back from that, making it the worst day not only of 2021, but since october. Amid these concerns about potential of another slowdown and the impact that the Delta Variant is going to have on the u. S. With the Delta Variant spreading tHroughout the u. S. , President Biden is
Club. It is thursday, july 29, it is 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. Thanks for getting an Early Start with us. And welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. We have reports from london, a s arkansas, tokyo and washington. But we depend with Corporate America taking the lead on battling coronavirus, requiring employees get the shot to keep their job as the Delta Variant surges across the country. Google, facebook, netflix, Morgan Stanley and others requiring vaccines for at least some of their employees. And bring your mask to liz any L Disneyland and Disney World whether you are vaccinated or not. Masks are required there. Some executives are waiting to mandate vaccines until they win full Fda Approval hoping that it will come soon. And here is Home Depot cofounder. You get the fda to say it is final, approved, and i can guarantee you all the places im involved in, if you dont get vaccinated, you will get fired. You have an obligation to your fellow man to protect
If you are vaccinated, you are safe, no masks, no Social Distancing. Cvs and target joining the growing list of companies that no longer require vaccinated customers to wear face masks but others are keeping Mask Mandates in place including the New York yankees. MassachusettS Plans to lift all restrictions on businesses and rescind its Mask Mandate on may 28, the same Day Fenway Park returns to full capacity. Michigans governor has lifted Mask Requirements for fully vaccinated residents. Not everyone is on board yet. In california the Mask Mandate stays in place until the state fully reopens next month. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is advising residents keep wearing the masks despite the latest cdc guidance. Here is new jerseys democratic governor phil murphy. I dont know how we can expect workers to be able to tell who is vaccinated from who isnt, and it is unfair to put the burden on Business Owners and Front Line employees to police every patron. Of course, ditching the mask where p
base. we ll have more on that soon. welcome to our vurszs in the united states. all around the world. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. it s wednesday, march 3rd. the finish line for of marathon pandemic is in sight. but some states are stopping short. they re now reversing course in baffling ways. core restrictions lifted by two republican governors just a day after warnings, dire warnings from the cdc. texas its 29 million americans effectively restrictions-free. governor greg abbott announcing restriction there s end in texas and mississippi and iowa theirs. they join 14 other states that have no mask requirements. one texas icu nurse says this all comes way too early. it s a little nerve racking to see that, you know, we re going to take away the masks. i don t think it s safe to do that right now. we don t have people in the hallways anymore in stretchers. we re not putting dead bodies into rooms at this point. the breathing is a little
journal. with this lead line, it says that joe manchin is rescuing the democrats with his opposition to this bill. they also write about the fact that they think this is a moment to offer president biden a chance to shift some of the deck chairs in the west wing. they point fingers directly at the chief of staff, ron klain and also adviser susan rice by name. they say they re leading him towards policy is not working and it s time to make changes. also, another huge story today. the omicron problem and the lack of available testing treatments that are available in some countries but not here raising a ton of questions. everybody is trying to get tested today in new york city. we ll be joined by dr. amos who is great at answering the questions about what the this means as we head into the holidays. we can take some of your questions. we ve been getting good ones throughout the afternoon. sends your questions to@martha maccallum on twitter. we ll look forward to receiving thos