welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown, and we begin this hour with our health lead. momentum is building for a vaccine requirement as we learn sobering new details about the pandemic. more than 103,000 people were diagnosed with covid-19 just yesterday. dr. anthony fauci has warned that number could double soon if americans don t take action. hospitalizations have spiked more than 40%. the spikes in cases and hospitalizations being seen across all age groups, not just the elderly or the frail. the biden administration says there is a silver lining, however, more people are heeding the warnings and getting vaccinated. more than 864,000 doses reported a ministered in one day, and the majority of those were getting their first shot. the administration offering high praise for businesses, universities and health care systems that researchmenting vaccine requirements for workers or even customers. but as cnn s nick valencia reports, that could be much tougher for mom and pop bus
into the public. tennessee senator phil haggerty and brian kill meet will join u coming up to. the day after a big reversal at the cdc unmasks, they biden ministration may be ready to make a big shift when it comes to vaccines for federal workers. hi, sandra, happy wednesday peart began sandra smith in new york. president biden says a vaccine mandate for federal workers is under consideration. it is a sharp departure just months after saying he would no make the vaccine mandatory. we have coverage for you thi afternoon. dr. marty mcgarry will join us this afternoon. correspond or petey or dc standing by outside the white house for as. the president says he supports this big update to the cdc guidance that requires masking vaccinated folks in areas of substantial or high transmission, but today he doesn t want to talk about that or about these reports that he may soon require every federal employee to get vaccinated or tested regularly, but. are you going to require
fight, but they have come back. in south east asia, covid vaccination stall as governments struggle to find a way out of the crisis. and celebrations in rome as italy squeezes past spain to book their place in the final of the euros. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 51 shootings over a single weekend in new york state alone have prompted the governor andrew cuomo to declare a disaster emergency. new york is the first state to take that step, which allows for extra funding to bolster police presence in the worst hit cities, and to establish a variety of other programmes in poorer parts of the state. there has been a surge in gun violence across the us in the last year. governor cuomo explained his decision at a news conference, where he spelled out the scale of the problem they re facing. it is so bad, that when you look at the recent numbers, more people are dying of gun violence than of covid. it is an emergency. and i want the people of the sta
redouble their efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, new cnn reporting this morning on exactly what that renewed push evntails. and it became a rallying cry in the wake of the murder of george floyd. why cities across the country are now refunding the police after initially slashing hair bu their budgets. newsroom starts right now.ir their budgets. newsroom starts right now. good morning to you on this saturday. i m christi paul. and i m boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour cuing up the sound track to the unofficial start of summer. americans on the road again going places they haven t been in a while. and whether it is the beach or a barbecue, both sounding great, and the cdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you are fully protected. memorial day weekend is the first major holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks, stop social distancing. we all know states have since relaxed their restrictio
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