their shots. joining me now is cedric richmond. he is a senior adviser to president biden and director of the white house office of public engagement. cedric, good evening. thank you so much for joining us. good to see you. the biden administration isn t requiring proof of vaccinations. that s up to individual agencies and businesses. do you think we can trust people s words? i mean, why not require some proof here? well, we re going to leave that to the businesses to decide. and we ve put the burden on the businesses if you have 100 or more employees, to get your employees vaccinated or to implement a rigorous testing regime. look. we have 3 75% of the country has at least taken one shot. and what we need is people to just do the responsible thing, care for their neighbors, care for children who can t get vaccinated. and take the shot. and and that s what we need because this is a race and we said it from the beginning. this is a race between vaccines and variants. you know th
president biden taking on the unvaccinated announcing new rules to try to breakthrough to millions of americans who refuse to get their shots. joining me now is cedric richmond, a senior adviser to president biden and the director of the white house office of public engagement. cedric, good evening. thank you so much for joining us. good to see you. the biden administration isn t requiring proof of vaccinations. that s up to individual agencies and businesses. do you think we can trust people s word? i mean, why not require some proof here? well, we re going to leave that to the businesses to decide, and we put the burden on the businesses, if you have 100 or more employees, to get your employees vaccinated or to implement a rigorous testing regime. look, we have 75% of the country
yesterday the secretary of defense joined by the chairman of the joint chiefs general milley said they were going to mandate vaccines for our troops. we re obviously working closely with private employers to try to encourage them to do the same thing. we need to put requirements on people to get vaccinated. that s how we re going to get this behind us. that s how we re going to be able to go back to normal. does everyone in the white house have to be vaccinated? is it a mandate in the white house? we have the same policy we have for all other federal employees. either people in the white house have to be vaccinated or they have to undergo this rigorous testing regime, be restricted on their ability to travel, be required to be socially distanced and as a result i think we have a very, very high vaccination rate here. do you know what it is? i don t know what it is for all the employees in the white house because of course a lot of people who work in the white house here are car
milley said they were going to mandate vaccines for our troops. we re obviously working closely with private employers to try to encourage them to do the same thing. we need to put requirements on people to get vaccinated. that s how we re going to get this behind us. that s how we re going to be able to go back to normal. does everyone in the white house have to be vaccinated? is it a mandate in the white house? we have the same policy we have for all other federal employees. either people in the white house have to be vaccinated or they have to undergo this rigorous testing regime, be restricted on their ability to travel, be required to be socially distanced and as a result i think we have a very, very high vaccination rate here. do you know what it is? i don t know what it is for all the employees in the white house because of course a lot of people who work in the white house here are career staff. members of the armed forces who serve here and whatnot. ron klain, i appr
and the audience too need a negative test along with their ticket to get inside. but, despite this rigorous testing regime, there are still some concerns and some of the local hospitals have warned, if there is an emergency here, they won t necessarily be able to help because they re still inundated with covid patients. here are your hosts for this evening. it s hoped the rules and protocols implemented here in rotterdam could be used as a blueprint for the global revival of live events. now especially, a lot of people are longing for normalness, the good old days, and ifeel like our shows do give you a sense of that and we do it under such strict regulations, which are what allow us to be here. so, who are the ones to watch in the final? my top favourite is definitely france a beautiful french chanson about stepping out of the shadows and into the light. my second is italy.