her mess as it is president biden s mess. the vaccine mandate is being challenged in court. one attorney said it appears to be blatant religious discripples. discrimination. the military approved multiple medical exemptions but refused to approve any religious accommodations. how is this impacting the morale of troops? well, it s impacting it significantly. i have reviewed a number of religious exemptions from service members under my command in my career. these are devout military service members who have valid
the president addresses the nation this afternoon. we know there will be a new website. what else do we expect to hear? reporter: yeah, look, well, that 500 million tests available to americans who want them is part of the president s big-time winter plan he will announce at the white house. americans will be able to go online and request a test to be sent to them. now, another major part of his plan is going to be preparing 1,000 military service members to go alleviate overburdened hospital systems in january and february. officials tell cnn they hope to not have to use all 1,000, those will be military doctors and nurses and other medical personnel. but they will be available in case of these potentially looming surges. of course, another part of that is going to be increasing vaccinations as you see on the screen right now. increasing vaccination sites and access, trying to make sure that more americans are getting their shots, trying to prepare them for potential surge.
and the white house also sending additional medical personnel to states dealing with surges. 1,000 military service members will become deployable next month to help with surges in various states. you ll see the positioning of critical supplies like n-95s in key areas of the country, to send those to hospitals in need. all of this happening at president biden himself becoming a close contact as a mid-level white house staffer, according to the white house, tested positive for coronavirus on monday. president biden also got a coronavirus test on monday and tested negative through a pcr test. we re told he will be tested again tomorrow. because of the fact he is vaccinated, according to cdc guidelines, he does not need to self-isolate. instead, he ll go about his daily schedule and get another covid test tomorrow. jeremy diamond, appreciate the update. thank you. here in new york city, a ramp-up for testing capabilities in response to a record surge in cases throughout the city. cnn
The Texas Workforce Commission is being given funding to provide workforce training services to military service members and their spouses. Services will be available in Fort Hood and in Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, San Saba counties.
security and territorial integrity of their countries. they will be seeking, we expect, additional capabilities and potentially additional deployments and the united states will be looking to respond positively to those things in the event that there is a further incursion into ukraine. does that mean the american public should be seeing american troops on the ground in that region in the coming weeks and months if vladimir putin goes through with this? i don t know i would say bracing for. since we currently have rotationalal troops in the baltics. the presence of american military service members in rotational fashion in these countries is not something new. the question here is not that about whether or not the united states is going to send american service members to the territory of our nato allies. we do that as a matter of course. the question is what additional capablies can we provide to ensure that they feel strong and