good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, july 29th. and get vaccinated or get out. that is the message from corporate america this morning. many companies are not just recommending that employees get the covid vaccine, they re flat out mandating it for people coming back to the office as the unvax in america threaten to derail the economic recovery. silicon valley leading the way here, both facebook and google announcing that all employees returning to the office must be vaccinated. and then netflix also mandating vaccines for all actors who star in the streaming giants programming and the employees who come into contact with them becoming the first major studio to do so. the financial sector as well starting to say get vaxed or find a new job. black rock and morgan stanley announcing that all employees must be vaccinated to return to the office. and sax fifth avenue, the washington post, ascension health, lyft also requi
24 people are confirmed dead. 121 others still missing. their families awaiting answers with hope for a miracle, all but gone. the demolition comes as tropical storm elsa takes aim at florida. watches and warnings now up for the keys and much of the state s west coast. the outer bands of the storm expected to have a broad impact. let s take you now live to surfside, florida and cnn s natasha chen live with our top story. natasha, bring us up to speed. what is the latest? reporter: boris, the search and rescue mission really resumed shortly after that demolition at 10:30 p.m. last night. i m told they got back on site 20 minutes later and continued searching and the families have been very grateful for that action. so urgently resuming. so right now that controlled demolition has really helped in making sure that they could access areas that they weren t able to get to before. prior to the demolition, it was difficult for the search and rescue teams to get to the part closes
interdicting elicit drug shipments at sea before they enter the united states or your stewardship of the environment. the coast guard has always recognized the broader definition of our national security. alexander hamilton may have been among the first to champion the principle of economic security, it s national security when he created the revenue cutter service, but if it s true in 1790, it s gospel in 2021. the best way to meet the threats we face today is by investing americans and america s enduring advantages, and ensure that we are operating from a position of strength. our economic vitality at home, our ability to trade with the world is essential to that strength. more than one quarter of the u.s. gdp is transported through the waters to that keep us safe, and regarding the sea skills are called upon as well, and for decades the united states has written the international maritime security. we and our partners have kept the sea lanes open and secure, and written
not at least one day a week as the white house has said. and biden claims his economic relief plan will bring the economy, quote, roaring back. plus as we reported yesterday, the white house is now publicly acknowledging that johnson & johnson which is expected to be the first vaccine authorized under president biden will likely have a slower rollout than hoped with fewer doses ready than previously expected. as phil mattingly reports, this is all part of a critical test for president biden. reporter: president biden may have pledged to reopen a majority of schools in his first 150 days when do you think that would be k through 8 five days a week in. i think that we ll be close to that at the end of the first 100 days. reporter: but his administration can t seem to settle on what that means. so those schools may only be open for at least one day a week? no, that s not true. that was what was reported but there was a mistake in the communication. reporter: and th
to maine. 50 million people under winter weather alerts at this hour. snow falling in philadelphia overnight. forecast to switch over to rain as the temperatures warm up along the front. officials in states up and down the east coast urging people to stay off the roads if at all possible. this is what it looks like behind the wheel there in washington, d.c. more than 1200 flights canceled in the u.s. today, more than 180,000 customers without power. mostly in the southeast. now the storm center is moving into the northeast. meteorologist tyler maldin is standing by with the forecast this morning. first let s go to cnn s paulo sandoval in hard-hit pittsburgh. paulo, i can see the snow coming down. how bad is it? reporter: frozen wintry mess. we re experiencing some lulls since we began to see the snowfall yesterday. nonetheless, it has been piling up here. pennsylvania s governor has been urging residents of the state to simply stay home as of yesterday because, again, that