for these crowds and possibly confront protesters who might refuse to wear masks indoors or provide vaccination cards or comply with the d.c. rules. now, the protests coincide with this new proof of vaccine requirements for restaurants, bars, gyms, other private businesses here in d.c. u.s. capitol police and montgomery county, maryland s police department are staffing up to arrest those who are noncompliment or who harass employees or they ve actually held a conference call already with business leaders to prepare for those type of scenarios. now, the u.s. capitol police chief says in a statement, i m confident in our preparation for this weekend. law enforcement officials say they re also concerned that these protests could attract violent extremist groups. just, for example, they say that friday close to 30 men who appeared to be tied to patriot front, an american nationalist, white supremacist group, showed up outside the national archives. they were surrounded by d.c. police.
d.c. the national park service says various groups opposing vaccine mandates, vaccines, and masks could draw up to 20,000 people at and around a n event being called, defeat the mandates. so the fbi, the department of homeland security, metropolitan u.s. and park police and others are helping local businesses prepare for the crowds and possibly confront protesters who may refuse to wear masks indoors or provide vaccination cards or comply with d.c. rules. the protests coincide with new proof of vaccine requirements for restaurants, bars, gyms, and other private businesses in d.c. the u.s. capitol police in montgomery county, maryland s police department are staffing up to arrest those who are noncompliant, or who harass employees and have already held a conference call with these business leaders to prepare. now, the u.s. capitol police chief says, i am confident in
mandates, vaccines and masks could draw up to 20,000 people at and around an event being called defeat the mandates, american homecoming event. so the fbi, department of homeland security, metropolitan and u.s. park police and others are helping local businesses prepare for the crowds and possibly confront protesters who may refuse to wear masks indoors or provide vaccination cards or comply with d.c. rules. the protests coincide with new proof of vaccine requirements for restaurants, bars, gyms and other private businesses in d.c. u.s. capitol police and montgomery county, maryland s, police department are staffing up to arrest those who are noncompliant or who harass employees and have already held a conference call with these business leaders to prepare. now, the u.s. capitol police chief says i am confident in our preparation for this weekend. law enforcement officials are also concerned the protests
latest and the largest city in the country to announce it s dropping most of its covid pandemic restrictions as the omicron surge winds down. here s cbs elaine quijano. reporter: tonight, there is big news in the big apple: starting monday, businesses are no longer required to ask for vaccination cards, and masks are no longer mandated in new york city public schools for kids five and up. we have to get our economy back on track. reporter: new york city, once the epicenter of coronavirus, now has a positivity rate of only 1.6% over a seven-day average. in neighboring new jersey, today, governor phil murphy announced he s lifting the statewide public health emergency, which includes the mask mandate for schools and daycare centers. we are ready to move forward and not to live our lives in fear. reporter: cases are so low in los angeles, officials lifted the city s indoor mask requirement today. it s about time they lift it.
yeah, we re talking about fake covid-19 vaccine cards. apparently all you have to do is fill out a form, pay with cryptocurrency and for as little as $150, you can have a fake in a matter of hours. we found there s this whole marketplace on the dark web for these doops driven by demand that are people that are still hesitant to get vaccinated. in chicago, the fbi is reportedly investigating a fake vaccine card scheme. in new york, police arrested a 21-year-old man when they found him with a stack of dozens of cards. he was selling them to students so they could go back to school. some new yorkers are questioning how the states will enforce the new vaccine requirements if it s so easy to get a fake card. we spoke with security experts at checkpoints. they said the reason it s so easy to scam the system is because under like some other countries out there, our vaccination cards are very simple, printed on paper. cities and states across the