and orange on this map. according to the cdc, they make up about 63% or nearly 2/3 of all counties in the united states. that includes the white house and washington, d.c. we re today following these new guidelines. vice president harris masked up during a meeting on voting rights. the other major recommendation before schools reopen, the cdc recommends masks for all teachers, students and staff. again, regardless of vaccination status. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins us now. so this vaccine requirement president biden s expected to announce on thursday, exactly what does that entail? reporter: well, it s significant because it s really the first of its kind. we know that earlier this week the department of veterans affairs was the first to require vaccines for staff. but anderson, that was just for health care staff. and now the white house had kind of been hinting that they were going in this direction. so we do expect on thursday when president biden is a
i think some of those protectors protesters tried to protect that police officer. i think that ought to be noted. reporter: but do you think there were tens of thousands of people that day that engaged in peaceful protest. there were a few hundred that committed acts of violence. those are the people i condemn. those are the do you think your life was saved, though, by these police officers? yes, and i commend them for it. reporter: so that s notable. he admits he believes his life may have been saved by the police officers on that day, especially when he said just a few weeks ago that he thought his life wasn t in danger at all. anderson, we tried to talk to many republicans today to get their reaction to this explosive hearing. most said that they didn t watch and really didn t have a whole lot to say. take a listen. testified i didn t watch it. i don t know what happened. do you believe their testimony at all? i mean, you ve heard what they ve said in the p
this is not i m sure many of them have, you know have been punched in the face before. but this was something like nothing that they had seen. yeah. just the yeah. it was shocking. and they had no degree of warning this would happen. yeah. clearly not what they expected to happen on that day. beverly anderson, i really appreciate the work you do, and i appreciate you talking tonight. thank you. sure. you re welcome. we have breaking news on coronavirus next. president biden expected to announce a major vaccine mandate just as the cdc has released new guidelines on masks. details on that ahead.
wasn t an armed insurrection and also he said that he never felt at risk that day, he did go on to say that he did thank the efforts of the capitol police officers on that day but then went out of his way to say that most of the protesters here on capitol hill that day were actually peaceful. so you think that some of the protesters actually had good intentions on that day? i think some of those protectors protesters tried to protect that police officer. i think that ought to be noted. reporter: but do you think there were tens of thousands of people that day that engaged in peaceful protest. there were a few hundred that committed acts of violence. those are the people i condemn. those are the do you think your life was saved, though, by these police officers? yes, and i commend them for it. reporter: that s notable. he admits he believes his life may have been saved by the police officers on that day, especially when he said just a few weeks ago that he thought hi