away from making vaccines mandatory in any sense. today that all changed, noting that the nation was in a, quote, tough stretch of this pandemic, biden laid out a series of new policies. the department of labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees that together employ over 80 million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test at least once a week. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. and your refusal has cost all of us. this is not about freedom or personal choice. it s about protecting yourself and those around you. notably, vaccinations will be required for most federal workers. the president also announced the tsa will double fines on air travelers who refuse to wear a mask. all this is happening asives ous daily average caseload north of 150,000. for the first time since the old days in late january. hospitals
in any sense. today that all changed. noting that the nation was in a quote, tough stretch of this pandemic. biden laid out a series of new policies. the department of labor, is developing an emergency rule, to require all employers, with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test it least once per week. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we have been patient. but our patience is wearing thin. and the refusal has cost all of us. this is not about freedom. or personal choice. it s about protecting yourself, and those around you. notably, vaccinations will also now be required for most federal workers. president also announced the tsa will double fines on air travelers refused to wear a mask while flying. all of this is happening as the delta variant drives our nation s daily average caseload, north of 150,000. for the first time since the battle days ba
official who has negotiated with the taliban. plus, seven-month-old twins swept out of their father s arms. they are among the 21 dead after floodwaters in the u.s. unleashed disaster in a matter of minutes. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we begin today with the health lead and the major development in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic eight months after the first shot was given under emergency use protocols, pfizer s covid vaccine has now been fully approved by the food and drug administration, or fda, opening the door to more vaccine mandates in businesses, in government agencies, and in universities across the country. in fact, minutes after the fda news, the pentagon announced it is requiring all of its 1.3 active duty service members to be vaccinated. today president biden urged americans who have been waiting for full approval from the fda to go get vaccinated now. and he reiterated his call for private and public sector leaders to implement v
deception in order to do it bidens lying it starts on the title page more jobs tax cuts lower cost right there they are not creating jobs they are destroying and they are not cutting taxes they are raising them how do we pay for that? to which they give a totally dishonest answer that is alive. the $400,000 is for families not individuals in fact everyone making $200,000 or more would be hit by direct tax id vengeance actually - - even jen saki admitted that. that is 100 percent false. the biggest impact is from indirect tax rises biden claims will only had large corporations that have workers or suppliers or customers. if you take more money then guess what and prices are higher it all hurts the middle class it has been estimated what is there is half the burden of corporate tax increases hello democrats you ed on - - you idiots it is nearly half of working-class families or shareholders on top of that the destructive democratic tax hikes would cost gdp north of 8 percent. a
deception in order to do it bidens lying it starts on the title page more jobs tax cuts lower cost right there they are not creating jobs they are destroying and they are not cutting taxes they are raising them how do we pay for that? to which they give a totally dishonest answer that is alive. the $400,000 is for families not individuals in fact everyone making $200,000 or more would be hit by direct tax id vengeance actually - - even jen saki admitted that. that is 100 percent false. the biggest impact is from indirect tax rises biden claims will only had large corporations that have workers or suppliers or customers. if you take more money then guess what and prices are higher it all hurts the middle class it has been estimated what is there is half the burden of corporate tax increases hello democrats you ed on - - you idiots it is nearly half of working-class families or shareholders on top of that the destructive democratic tax hikes would cost gdp north of 8 percent. a