area. and i played table tennis with lily ten years ago. she just kicked my butt. she s amazing. even better now. yes, i wouldn t challenge her. lester holt is next. bye. we ll see you at 4. vaccine mandates as covid surges in the u.s. california and new york city now requiring vaccinations or weekly testing for all their employees. the department of veterans affairs the first federal agency to issue a vaccine mandate. and the list of cities reimposing mask mandates growing as the delta variant rapidly spreads among the unvaccinated. the drama here in tokyo. swimmer caeleb dressel leading the u.s. men s team to gold. katie ledecky, her duel in the pool. and simone biles hopes to bounce back after a tough start.
jet fuel on it. reporter: in major cities crime is skyrocketing. two shootings have d.c. s police chief calling for change. we have a vicious cycle of bad actors who do things, no accountability and they end up back in communities. reporter: in congress, comprehensive criminal justice reform seems out of reach. the delta variant is causing a surge in new covid cases and deaths, the white house is struggling to increase vaccination rates and some cities including st. louis are reimposing mask mandates even for vaccinated residents. .over the weekend the president had a chance to make a campaign stop in virginia. the commonwealth is going to be holding a gubernatorial election this november and that race may give both parties crucial insight into how voters feel heading into next year s midterm elelections. joining us now is senator tim scott, the top republican negotiator on police reform.
debating whether cdc should do extra things, you just played what ron desantis said, people that want to mask will mask, and people that don t want to mask won t. we ve already cast this prologue. peter baker, indeed, what s the doctor just said, this puts the white house in a tough spot. i am guessing, they want to be even more aggressive were policies and recommendations are concerned, only to watch paul the seas go to florida to die. well i think that they understand that there s a great deal of fatigue particularly in certain parts of the country with the public health measures that have been put in place over the last year and a half. and it s reimposing that more re-recommending them isn t going to convince a lot of people who are probably the ones who have been most affected by in the first place. the places where you would want more social distancing and masks again are the places where people are not getting
also does not allow for drive-through voting either. neither does new york. neither does massachusetts. neither does minnesota. i mention those states because senators gillibrand, warren and klobuchar have jumped into if fight, attacking texas as racist. the things this law does there state doesn t allow. chris: in about 30 seconds, susan, where do we stand here? because red states are going to continue, you can you call it new voting restrictions or reimposing what the old rules were, pre-pandemic. the president can t get a federal law through because of republican filibuster in the senate. the supreme court is upholding the law changes, the voting changes in states like arizona. so what does biden and the democrats, what do they do? here s the disconnect. you can describe it as the biggest threat to voting, to democracy since the civil war. but democrats are not in a
also does not allow for drive-through voting either. neither does new york. neither does massachusetts. neither does minnesota. i mention those states because senators gillibrand, warren and klobuchar have jumped into if fight, attacking texas as racist. the things this law does there state doesn t allow. chris: in about 30 seconds, susan, where do we stand here? because red states are going to continue, you can you call it new voting restrictions or reimposing what the old rules were, pre-pandemic. the president can t get a federal law through because of republican filibuster in the senate. the supreme court is upholding the law changes, the voting changes in states like arizona. so what does biden and the democrats, what do they do? here s the disconnect. you can describe it as the biggest threat to voting, to democracy since the civil war. but democrats are not in a position to actually do anything