Welcome to business today. Lets begin in the us where Delta Air lines says disruptions caused by the recent global Software Outage and subsequent Flight Cancellations cost 550 million. The us carrier says it is pursuing legal action against Crowdstrike And Microsoft. He is bbc s Michelle Flory in new york. Delta air lines said it was reimbursing its customers for cancelled flights and providing compensation the form of flights and providing compensation 1 its orm of flights and providing compensation 1 its loyalty and skymiles its loyalty rewards programme. Today we found out the pricetag. The regulator said those costs amounted to 380 Million for the current quarter. Its been million on an extra 170 Million on hotels, meals and transportation to and from the as airport for its customers as well as other crew related costs. Given the expense, the airline said it had little choice but to pursue legal action against Crowdstrike And Microsoft for a global Tech Outage that caused thousands
Fully vaccinated. Or show a negative test at least once a week. Some of the biggest companies are already requiring this. United airlines, disney, Tysons Food and even fox news. May god protect our troops. Get vaccinated. Even fox news. President biden is also requiring vaccinations for all federal workers. And for Health Care workers in settings that receive Medicare Or Medicaid funding. He called on large Entertainment Venues to require proof of vaccination or testing. And announced thAt The tsa will double the fines on travelers who refuse to wear masks and had some strong language to those who Disrespect Flight attendants. And by the way, show some respect. The anger you see on television toward Flight Attendants and others doing their job is wrong. Its ugly. The sweeping new mandates could not come at a more critical time. Hospitalizations and infections, including among children, are surging as americans return to school and work. Which may explain why the president specifically
Capitol hill, meeting in solidarity with democratic senators as their majority leader, chuck schumer, reportedly expects his caucus to push to take up voting Rights Legislation ahead of the senates rapidly approaching Summer Recess with an eye on next years mid terms. What appears to be a Budding Victory Lap for the biden administration, the containment of covid19, thanks to a vigorous Vaccination Campaign is now in peril at a crucial time. With the Delta Variant of the Covid19 Virus ravaging the nation, specifically those states where republican governors have demonized if not thenned to punish the mandated Mask Use of masks. All of that tonight on Politics Nation. So lets get started. Joining me now is Senator Debby Stabenow of michigan, a democrat. Senator, thank you for joining us first tonight. Let me go to this, senator stabenow, because it appears that this Infrastructure Plan is advancing legislatively. Is it fair to say that former President Trumps effort to bring down the bip
Now theyre getting for Care Packages. Do they really need Salsa Sentence impaired in the number of violent weekends. We begin with a federal Agency Note mandating a Covid Vaccine for a significant chunk. David good evening to you. A big story when president biden took over in january, his team said that they would not mandate vaccines this of course was before the General Public was largely able to get vaccinated. Six month later Vaccination Numbers are much lower and it appears they will mandate vaccines, but in certain settings only. After months of seeing vaccination Numbers Fall and Delta Variant Covid cases. When ever a veteran or Va Employee sets foot in the va facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from Covid 19. With this mandate we can once again make and keep that fundamental promise. The va is not alone. All State Employees in california have to choices, get vaccinated, or get tested and b forced to wear a mask. Our projectio