To see you too, thank you. Take care. Yeah, bye. Good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, will president Bidens Reelection efforts survive the weekend . One report says his family is now considering an exit strategy, a prominent california democrat has issued a harsh statement calling on President Biden to leave the race. The number of congressional democrats pushing for that change now stands at 33. The president insists he is looking forward to returning to the Campaign Trail next week. See what happens from here. Senior white House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich starts us off tonight live from the north lawn, good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. The Vice President got on a hastily arranged call for Silicon Valley donors. The same hour that michael morris, major donor to the democratic party calling on biden to step aside until then is he not giving to any democratic race. Morris joining two other Silicon Valley donors bailing on President Biden as Californias Nancy Pelosi
In its efforts to end the pandemic. We have fox team coverage. Jennifer griffin at the pentagon has new information about troubles at the Wuhan Lab in china. Jonathan serrie In Atlanta looks at how new guidelines may effect students returning to school and we begin with white House Correspondent Peter teasey and what the president and his team are saying. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, trace. What they are doing. We were just outer on the South Lawn of the White House for the president s return from an outoftown trip. He made the entire walk outdoors by himself from Marine One to the Oval Office wearing a mask. That is more than what the cdc is asking of vaccinated individuals right now. It just makes it harder to understand what exactly the White HouseS People to be doing. The press keeps wanting me to talk about covid. True . After all new Cdc Guidance effects everyone. Talking about [inaudible] today thats all im going to talk about. Pete confusion why vaccinated people ne
Evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. The president just confirmed he is waiting right now to hear back from a 25 person white House Covid19 Advisory board about whether or not the guidance should be updated. Federal guidance should be updated to ask people to wear masks even if they are vaccinated. Going to be investigating every aspect of every change that could or might take place. Every time i hear that im wondering when he is coming. [laughter] pete the president hosted a large mostly maskless indoors report in the Washington Post that the biden administration may soon suggest masks for the vaccinated. The report on it was a little breathless. In philadelphia officials warn about the Delta Variant Quote it means all of us going back to wearing masks in public. Thats as vaccinated people develop mild symptoms despite what the president claimed. The various shots that people are getting now cover that. You are okay. You are not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations.
That it is telling facebook about Social Media posts it considers misinformation. Again, the Biden Administration is flagging posts that it thinks facebook should block. The reason . They say the misinformation about the Coronavirus Vaccine is the biggest cause of low Vaccination Rates in some areas and with some groups. Well talk to Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley about all of this in just a moment. All this occurs as Vice President Biden welcomes german chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House as the two countries seek to smooth over relations strained under the trump administration. White House Correspondent Peter doocy begins our Coverage Tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening and fresh out of that Press Conference with the president and the german chancellor where the president updated what we have been hearing from the administration about why, exactly they think people are taking to the streets chanting chant libenter tad. They were
Banned for at least six more months this. Doesnt just impact trumps ability to connect with his tens of millions of followers but sets a precedent for the power of big tech vs. Free speech in america and even beyond. TrumpS Post during the Capitol Riot severely violated facebooks rules and encouraged and legitimized violence. Former President Trump has made no secret of his thoughts on big tech. Twitter, google and facebook should be punished with major sanctions whenever they silence conservative voices. Today he says this about the ruling. What facebook, twitter and doing have done is a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country. Facebook is taking a Victory Lap we believe our decision was necessary and write and we are believe thAt The board recognized the unprecedented circumstances justified the exceptional measure we took. The power Social Media Companies have in america an area of bipartisan agreement in america. Im not a big fan of facebook. They have had a Business Mod