we hit them with a new tax. the tax will be suspended until at least the end of next year. wow. benjamin: and the owners of a san francisco restaurant now apologizing for denying service to several on duty police officers. in a statement posted on instagram, the owners of the restaurant writing, quote, we hope this will be a teachable moment for us as we repair and continue to build bridges with the sfpd. these are stressful times and we handled this badly. the owners previously say staff was, quote, uncomfortable with the officers being armed in the restaurant but they added they will continue to deny service to any armed customer no matter what their job is. carley: we handled it badly but we re still not going to let you in. the fda is in the early stages of potentially use rioting a omicron authorizing an omicron specific vaccine. benjamin: all traveler must provide a negative covid test
regardless of vaccine status. up until now, fliers were required to show tests within three days of flying. according to the cdc, the shortened testing window aims to, quote, provide less opportunity to develop infection with the omicron variant prior to arrival in the united states. benjamin: also starting today, the biden administration will reinstate the trump era remain in mexico policy. migrants will be sent back to mexico to wait while their asylum claims are considered. the biden administration abolished the program in june but missouri and texas argued the policy was ended unlawfully. the supreme court upheld the state s argument. former president trump introduced the policy in 2017. that a 2019. that resulted in 100,000 fewer border apprehensions in may of that year. well, texas attorney general ken paxton says he doesn t anticipate the biden administration will change their stance on immigration and he is bashing the double standard between illegal immigrants and a american