third of the budget actually faces a bit of a spending squeeze over the next two years. the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, has issued an executive order banning vaccine mandates in the state, including those that have been introduced by businesses within the private sector. his order is in direct conflict with the one passed by president biden last month, which mandated vaccines for federal workers and the employees of companies with over 100 workers. let s bring in the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler. good to have you with us, can you see us and hear us? i can, yes. lovely to have you with us. is this even legal? i lovely to have you with us. is this even legal? even legal? i don t think it is, i think it goes even legal? i don t think it is, i think it goes beyond even legal? i don t think it is, i think it goes beyond the - even legal? i don t think it is, i- think it goes beyond the powers that the governor has. that issue right now is in our courts before the
issues an executive order banning vaccine mandates. dennis been required covid testing, would rescind any executive orders while he is away saying in part, duly elected governor of idaho. to act on my behalf. he issued several executive orders when governor little was out of state. the largest private healthcare provider touting his 100% vaccination rate but the hospital system hit the mark after firing 1400 and vaccinated workers. joining me now 3 of those, john matlin, abigail gray and karen gross, thanks to the 3 of you for being here, sorry it is under the circumstances. were you a danger to patients by being vaccinated? unless you are a science denier that can t be true.
today i am announcing that if you come by a harris county public health site, and get your first shot of covid-19 vaccine, you will get $100, no strings attached. there is our next guest judge lina hidalgo last week today judge hidalgo announced that the number of people getting the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine in harris county in texas increased by 78% since she announced the cash incentive. yesterday, texas republican governor greg abbott who has issued an order banning mask mandates issued a new executive
lena hidalgo, last week. today the judge announced that the number of people getting the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine in harris county, texas increased by 706% since she announced the $100 cash incentive. yesterday texas republican governor greg abbott, who has issued an order banning mask mandates issued a new executive order banning vaccine mandates, even if the vaccine has been fully approved by the fda like the pfizer vaccine. judge hidalgo has issued a mask mandate for schools in harris county. joining us now is harris county judge, lena hidalgo. thank you very much for joining us tonight, i really appreciate it. thank you. let s begin with what you re doing on the vaccine with those $100 bills. has it surprised you how effective it s been? well, absolutely. it exceeded our wildest expectations, and i have to