85 days to Election Day and eight days to the democratic national convention. Today, Vice President kamala harris is in san francisco for a political event. Donald trump also fundraising out west this weekend. As they hit the trail, President Biden opens up for the first time detailing why he left the race and back to harris as the nominee in his place. It was a Neck And Neck race. Went down to the wire, but what happened was a number of my democratic colleagues in the House And Senate thought that i was going to hurt them in the races. And i was concerned if i stayed in the race, that would be the topic. I can even say how old i am. Its hard to get out of my mouth, but things got moving so quickly. It didnt happen. And the combination was that i thought there was a critical issue for me still and its not a joke, maintaining this democracy. Harris Campaign officials picked up the raton and are running with it, hitting swing states to harness the renewed Energy And Enthusiasm from voter
12,000 cases a day to 90,000 cases a day in less than a month. New mask mandates announced in the last 24 hours go into effect in the san francisco bay area starting today, and state of louisiana tomorrow. Good news in all of this, it is not just case rates that are going up, vaccinations are going up too. On monday, the nation as a hole hit president biden s goal of having 70% of eligible adults at least partially vaccinated. But the majority of states are still below the mark. A dozen haven t even hit 60% mark. And the country hit biden s milestone a month later than he originally hoped. We got word the president will be speaking later today about vaccines amid a new surge of infections. I want to dig deeper, head to serious hot spots. Morgan chesky in baton rouge, kerry sanders, in florida. Dr. Patel who served as policy director in the obama white house, and the mayor of miami beach, dan gelber. News week ran an article that said louisiana hospitals are so overrun, doctors had to c
White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Good evening, bret. For the first time since may walking through the pressroom to get out here to the live shot position, everybody inside is wearing a mask. The vice president hosted an event late this afternoon, she kept a mask on the whole time. So did everybody else in the building as new signs are going up inside the white house that say masks are now required even for the fully vaccinated that is to comply with the new cdc guidance. This is not a decision that we at cdc have made lightly. This weighs heavily on me. Peter: president biden says more vaccinations and maskwearing in the areas most impacted by the alan dershowitz will enable us to avoid the kind of lockdowns, shutdowns, school closures and disruptions we faced in 2020. Unlike 2020, we have both the scientific knowledge and the tools to prevent the spread of this disease. We are not going back to that. But, he is st
President biden says the longterm effects of covid19, socalled long covid will now be recognized as a disability by the federal government and that is as officials within the biden administration announced a new vaccination mandate on the entire va hospital system. Veterans affairs is going to require all docs working in facilities have going to have to be vaccinated. Jennifer did you know that explains whenever a veteran or step foot they deserve to know could we have done everything in our power to protect them from covid19. Covid19 57 groups including the american medical urging vaccination for all healthcare workers and all state employees in california now have a choice. Get vaccinated or wear a mask and get tested. Individual s choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us. In new york, workers need to prove vaccination or wear masks and get tested, too. In the city government employee does not wear a mask indoors and they are unvaccinated there unfortunately will
And i m laura jarrett. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. This morning a major shift in momentum for vaccine mandates. Both california and new york city will soon require all government workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly. And the justice department now officially weighing in as well finding that no federal law prevents businesses or government agencies from mandating a covid vaccine. Of course some state attorneys general may disagree, but mrk s doctors are on board. I really wish that more businesses would be doing this because otherwise it is hard for those of us for example who are parents of unvaccinated children if we re told that we have to come back to work in person and be sitting shoulder to shoulder with other people who are unvaccinated and we don t know whether they are carrying covid, that is dangerous for us. So this is about protecting people s health and safety. And these vaccine and testing mandates are the direct result of too man