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are still unvaccinated, but many have applied for medical and religious exemptions, temporarily keeping them on payroll. the firefighter s union says some members want more time to comply with the mandate. others are considering leaving the department. there are plenty of firefighters who have made the decision and just say they don t want it. reporter: here in new york city, more than 2,000 firefighters are out sick today, but the fdny said it has not closed any fire houses. we learned the biden administration vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees will take effect in days, meaning those companies will have to require either a covid vaccine or weekly testing. norah. o donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. turning now to our cbs news sunday morning interview with huma abedin, her first television interview after two decades of being in the
at the same time you also have about 9,000 city employees that s across the board from the various departments that as of this morning have actually been sent home and placed on unpaid leave because they do they are not adhering to that mandate. it requires that all employees be vaccinated already. when it comes to the resources that they are having to move around. as we heard from mayor bill de blasio saying they have seen the impact here. they have had about 18 fire companies that have been temporarily taken out of service, but for good context, that s out of 350 city weighed so the mayor saying this is a department that is massive. there s plenty of resources. shepard we know right now, fire houses are open. no fire house closed. response time is normal. the fire, ems and nypd this. mandate was the right thing to do and the proof is in the pudding. we now see it worked.
oaths to serve, and may endanger the lives of new yorkers. the commissioner went on to write, despite these actions by some, the department will continue to respond to all calls for help that come our way. the commissioner saying those calls do continue to go answered, however, they have had to take some of their fire companies out of service. those are not to be confused with entire fire houses around the city, which we are told have not been shut down. those fire operations there have not been affected. but they re certainly having to reshuffle some of their resources to make sure that new yorkers do have the help that they need. in terms of some of the latest numbers, vaccination numbers for some of new york city s first responders, you can see them for yourself. there is a slight increase that authorities have reported since that mandate took effect on friday. authorities certainly hopeful that those numbers will continue to rise since some of those employees who show up to work on
maria: and they re headed to florida. that was governor desantis last week on this program. he announced plans to offer out of state law enforcement officers $5,000 to relocate to florida. he is suing the biden administration over covid vaccine mandates saying it threatens the state s economy. joining me right now is retired neurosurgeon and former hud secretary ben carson, founder and chairman of the american cornerstone institute. dr. carson, it s always a pleasure to see you. thank you so much for being with us. thank you, maria with. thanks for if having me. maria: your reaction to what s going on. i saw in the new york post today the cover story is that 26 fire houses have been shut down in new york. the deadline has arrived for all federal first responders to get their vaccine. thousands of them are saying i d rather free come and liberty in terms of freedom and liberty in terms of what goes in my body.