president biden unveils a sweeping new covid strategy heavily focused on vaccine mandates. the question is will it help get the delta variant under control? plus, the nation s second largest school district has voted that all students 12 and older be vaccinated against coronavirus. the question is will other districts do the same? and the justice department is suing the state of texas in an effort to try to block the nation s most restricted abortion law. the question is what will the courts say? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is marking tomorrow s 20-year anniversary of september 11th. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, september 10th. we ll start with the news. president biden announced new vaccine mandates for millions of americans. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us. the sweeping rules req
the news continues. michael is in for chris tonight. michael. about 80,000 are hospitalized and we have vaccines now. that s what makes it especially tragic to see our hospitals on the brink once again. five states have fewer than 10% of icu beds available now. alabama, texas, georgia, florida and mississippi. florida and texas, alone, account for 40% of new hospitalizations. more covid cases than 30 other states combined. they also have defiant governors who appear to be siding with some notion of freedom rather than the combination of masks and vavaccinations. we re about to talk to a county judge in dallas challenging texas governor abbot s order banning mask mandates and listen to this dire warning he gave to parents. . in dallas there s zero icu beds or more likely if they have covid, we don t have one. your child will wait for another child to die. the texas department of health pushing back saying the shortage of pediatricu icu beds is rae elated to a shortage o
we have to be able to repair the enamel on a daily basis. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it s innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. the news continues. michael smerconish is in for chris tonight. michael. welcome to the prime time command center. february 2020 about about 80,000 are hospitalized and we have vaccines now. that s what makes it especially tragic to see our hospitals on the brink once again. five states have fewer than 10% of icu beds available now. alabama, texas, georgia, florida and mississippi. florida and texas, alone, account for 40% of new hospitalizations. more covid cases than 30 other states combined. they also have defiant governors who appear to be siding with some notion of freedom rather than the combination of masks and vaccinations. we re about to talk to a county judge in dallas challenging texas governor abbot s order banning mask mandates and listen to
while they were trying to defend our nation s capitol. the big question this morning, did their words have any impact, will there be any consequence sns we ve got to start with the biden administration considering dramatic new action to combat the delta variant s rapid assault against unvaccinated communities. we are talking coronavirus. sources tell nbc news the white house is strongly looking at requiring federal workers to be vaccinated or face tough covid protocols like regular testing and wearing a mask. this news comes after the department of veterans affairs became the first federal agency to issue a vaccine mandate for all front line workers. and after california and new york city announced they will require vaccinations or weekly testing for all public employees. at the very same time, the cdc is out with brand new guidance, now recommending indoor masks again for everyone, including vaccinated americans, in specific covid hot spots. as a result, in the nation s capi
as the delta variant spreads, pfizer will brief u.s. officials on a possible covid-19 booster shot. we have more on that ahead. waning immunity among people who got their vaccine. dr. fauci, though, says not so fast. he says, according to the data, a third shot is not needed. let s begin our coverage this hour with polo sandoval, in little rock. sadly, cases are surging across the state. the government there, leaders trying to combat vaccine skepticism. what else are they doing to get a handle on this? poppy, here is another very telling number that was shared with us by one of the health officials here in little rock. basically 95% of the patients that are currently experiencing severe covid symptoms, at least at the university of arkansas for medical sciences, are people who are not vaccinated. that s 95% of the patients in that ward were not vaccinated. that s a very telling number. it certainly suggests that many of those hospitalizations are almost preventible here whe