[upbeat acoustic music throughout] [upbeat acoustic music throughout] back on the breaking news from the supreme court on vaccine mandates. the supreme court blocking vaccine or test rules for u.s. businesses but allowing the vaccine mandate for most health care workers to remain in place. joining me now is nbc news medical contributor dr. erwin redlener, founding director of columbia university s national center for disaster preparedness. so dr. redlener, the biden administration says these mandates are necessary because
caron variant. in a moment, we ll talk with the cdc director, dr. rochelle walensky, about the rise in cases and what s next. but first, let s turn to lucas tom lynnson at the house tomlinson at the white house. reporter: any day now we await those two decisions from the supreme court on vaccine mandates. during oral arguments friday, the justices took different takes on the value of vaccines. we know that the best way to prevent spread is for people to get vaccinated. as i mentioned in the findings, the younger workers, 20-year-olds, who are unvaccinated are actually safer than the older workers who aren t vaccinated. so there are obviously some differences. reporter: last week more than one million cases in a single day. despite a majority of americans fully vaccinated. the osha mandate requiring all companies with a hundred or more
caron variant. in a moment, we ll talk with the cdc director, dr. rochelle walensky, about the rise in cases and what s next. but first, let s turn to lucas tom lynnson at the house tomlinson at the white house. reporter: any day now we await those two decisions from the supreme court on vaccine mandates. during oral arguments friday, the justices took different takes on the value of vaccines. we know that the best way to prevent spread is for people to get vaccinated. as i mentioned in the findings, the younger workers, 20-year-olds, who are unvaccinated are actually safer than the older workers who aren t vaccinated. so there are obviously some differences. reporter: last week more than one million cases in a single day. despite a majority of americans fully vaccinated. the osha mandate requiring all companies with a hundred or more employees to either be
from getting omicron either. bret: can always count on you for a headline. brit, thank you. panel, thanks. tomorrow on special report, the president talks voting rights in atlanta and we are on scotus watch. we could see a ruling from the supreme court on vaccine mandates. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that s it for this special report, fair, balance wanted and unafraid. fox news primetime hosted by rach chem campos-duffy starts right now. rachel: thank you, bret. rachel: good evening and welcome to fox news primetime. i m rachel campos-duffy. nearly two years of lockdowns masks and mandates from the left. yet, little has changed in the fight against covid. 12 months into biden s push to vaccinate all of america, and we are actually worse off than before. last friday, the u.s. recorded over 800 and 30,000 covid cases which is a massive jump from the 270,000 on that same day in
different. he knows how washington works. remember, he s a former general counsel. he was the chief counsel for the senate judiciary committee, so he knows how this works, and i think he realizes that he doesn t want a nominee to come on at one point he said erase everything he s done for the past 25 years, so i think he realized this was the best chance for him while the democrats still hold the congress and the senate, which would vote on confirmation and the white house. josh, take us inside the white house. any clues on who might be on the short list? yeah. this news not able to come at a better time for the biden administration, stephanie, which has been reeling from a real string of bad news in recent weeks between the failures to get through build back better and voting rights, blows in the supreme court on vaccine mandates, and of course this growing confrontation with russia. and the white house knows that no issue is going to more energize base voters ahead of the midte