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desantis that wants a ban on masks. the mystery deepens over the shooting of a once w once promi attorney whose wife and son were murdered three mormt evnths ear outfront tonight, president biden facing republican outrage over his covid-19 vaccine policies that will impact up to 100 million americans. what is your message to republicans who are calling your vaccine requirements an over reach who are threatening to challenge it in court? have at it. look, i am so disappointed that particularly some of the republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. he s referring to republican governors because some of them are piling on the outrage. the governor of south carolina henry mcmaster tweeting rest assured we ll fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinaen and then ther ....
guarding our spaces and keeping the pandemic going. on the right, the freak out is already in full effect. we told you last night about texas governor, you have to be joking pledge to protect texans right to choose. really across the board the reaction has ranged from absurd to hysterical to frightening. mr. punch the pores told the working people of ohio only mass civil disobedience will save us. you going to leave that mr. investment banker. former ohio treasurer josh mandel expanded on those thoughts in a corn field. do not c comply with the tyranny. the president is calling for requirement to get tested once a week or get vavaccinated. they are telling them to resist, which is i guess quitting your job which the opposite of the other demand that you get a job. this gustapo that s coming if your freedom, that is you. you re the one that has to decide whether you want to do what it takes to protect yourself and the rest of us or whether you would rather stay home ....
equally blunt about the difficult road ahead. while america is in much better shape than it was seven months ago when i took office, i need to tell you a second fact. we re in a tough stretch, and it could last for a while. president biden laid out a six-point program to combat the virus, and we ll talk about them with chief medical officer dr. anthony fauci. authorize been cases and deaths higher than they were one year ago. first we want to lay out the basics of the administration s six-part plan. first new vaccination requirements. perhaps the headline here, employers with more than 100 workers be required to have mask mandates or weekly testing. although that testing comes with a requirement that the employer provide paid time off. failure to comply could mean fines. also a new mandate for federal workers and contractors. plus one for health care workers at facilities that take funding from medicare or medicaid. the white house is also calling on entertainment v ....
unveiled by the white house yesterday. president biden s strongest push yet to contain the coronavirus pandemic. my message to unvaccinated americans is this. what more is there to wait for? what more do you need to see? we ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin and your refusal has cost all of us. so please do the right thing. the president s goal here, to get the pandemic under control. and now some 100 million americans are under aggressive new vaccination rules. so here are the facts. federal employees and contractors to the federal government must now get a covid shot as well as all health care workers in settings with medicaid or medicare reimbursements. and finally, all private companies with more than 100 employees will have to mandate vaccinations themselves or as an alternative, weekly testing. these mandates certain to be the subject of legal challenges. question as to whether they will work. some republican governors are criticizing the presid ....
second lieutenant. she will join us along with her mother who is a brigadier general who witnessed that explosion. they will share their memories 20 years later. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we begin today with our health lead and president biden s message to republican governors looking to challenge his new mandate on businesses to either test or vaccinate their employees. biden saying, quote, have it. the president s new policies will affect about two-thirds of the american workforce or roughly 100 million americans, forcing federal employees and federal contractors and healthcare workers, all of them to get vaccinated, even private businesses with more than 100 employees will need to make sure their workers get weekly testing or get the shot. for context, 75% of u.s. adults already have at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. biden is talking specifically to the roughly 27% of eligible unvaccinated americans who are the ones keeping this pandemic ....