Safe at last. The first flight of afghans who risked their lives to help american troops arrives in the u. S. But what will happen to thousands more with taliban targets on their back . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start today with the Health Lead and the new Data Backing Up what top Health Officials had been warning about for weeks, the Delta Variant is aggressive. The Delta Variant is highly contagious. Even among those who are fully vaccinated. The new data out today is some of the same data that prompted the cdc to change its Mask Guidance earlier this week. Its pivotal discovery centers on a Covid Outbreak in massachusetts where vaccinated people were still infected. The though we need to emphasize, the vaccine can keep serious illness at bay. But those individuals can still become very contagious to others. Cnns Athena Jones joins me now live from new york. Athena, what else are we learning from this alarming new data . All of this data really raises the stakes for
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Accommodations. Heres the debate and vote on the bill. It is two hours, 15 minutes. Minutes. I rise today in strong support of h. R. 5, the equality act, which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other core civil rights statutes to explicit discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Today is a historic day. E first time a comprehensive lgbtq civil rights bill has come to the floor of the house. This legislation will provide members of lgbtq americans protections from being denying medical care or being fired or thrown out of their homes. Much of the history of the United States has been about expanding the definition who is understood to be included in the declaration of independence. When words were written, the phrase did not include black and latino men, native americans, did not include women and did not include lgbtq individuals. At this moment, we have the opportunity to continue our march towards justice to enshrine our nations laws protections, t
Medical care or being fired or thrown out of their homes. Much of the history of the United States has been about expanding the definition who is understood to be included in the declaration of independence. When words were written, the phrase did not include black and latino men, native americans, did not include women and did not include lgbtq individuals. At this moment, we have the opportunity to continue our march towards justice to enshrine our nations laws protections, to ensure that everyone can participate in key areas of life and to provide them recourse in the face of discrimination. Despite opponents despite what opponents may say, we need these protections can work. We know that our existing federal nondiscrimination laws have helped millions of americans. We know protections have worked in more than 20 states and in these places, women still have rights, religious freedoms still protected, parents are still involved in their Childrens Health care and doctors are free to e
Mr. Nadler i yield myself three minutes. I rise today in strong support of h. R. 5, the equality act, which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other core civil rights statutes to explicit discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Today is a historic day. E first time a comprehensive lgbtq civil rights bill has come to the floor of the house. This legislation will provide members of lgbtq americans protections from being denying medical care or being fired or thrown out of their homes. Much of the history of the United States has been about expanding the definition who is understood to be included in the declaration of independence. When words were written, the phrase did not include black and latino men, native americans, did not include women and did not include lgbtq individuals. At this moment, we have the opportunity to continue our march towards justice to enshrine our nations laws protections, to ensure that everyone can participate in key areas