thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> today president biden went further than ever before requiring americans to get vaccinated. the u.s. is going much further than before. this is the far reaching covid vaccine requirements the united states ever released. the new rules mandate employees at large companies must either get vaccinated or tested. this is a far-reaching measure that the united states held back on during the trump and biden presidencies until now. >> i will sign an executive order that'll now require all executive branch, federal employees to be vaccinated, all. i have signed another executive