Another mr. President how is the first lady, sir . Youre going to find out in a minute. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Youve been listening to President Biden speaking about the urgent need for more americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The president announced some new requirements for all federal employees and federal contractors. He also laid out new incentives to get more people vaccinated including asking states to give 100 to every newly vaccinated person and reimbursements for companies who give their employees paid time off to get their shots. President biden also addressed the new Mask Guidance from the centers for Disease Control and prevention and the mask mandates popping back up in cities across the country. Lets get straight to cnns Jeff Zeleny right now live at the White House. Jeff, the White House obviously is worried about the trajectory that the u. S. Is on with the Delta Variant, and too many americans still refusing to get vaccinated. Reporter n
With new data that shows Delta Variants only need one second to spread new Mask Mandates from the Nations Capital to your kids classroom, to the Magic Kingdom as a war over masks shapes up in the Sunshine State. Plus, the gold standard, The American who stepped up in simone Biles Absence to grab the gold. Hear her inspiring journey to tokyo coming up. Hey, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Any moment now were going to hear a major announcement from President Biden who is looking to shake the nation out of its relative complacency when it comes to vaccinations. Biden is expected to announce new requirements for federal workers requiring everyone in all agencies get a Vaccine Or Show proof of regular negative covid tests. This comes as a slew of major corporations go even one step further taking away the choice from google to netflix, morgan stanley, many more, theyre all now mandating vaccines for all of their employees. The momentum moves away from the Encouragement Period
Rapidly and people are getting sick. Thats the difference. Welcome to the five. President biden wrapping up his speech urging all americans to get vaccinated. President you wouldnt have to take one off, you dont have to put one on. Like in my Home State of delaware. Because people got vaccinated. They got vaccinated. They dont knowed a mask when the vast majority of people are vaccinated. The majority was developed and authorized under a republican administration. Its being administered under a democratic a ministration. The vaccines are safe. There is nothing political about them. I want you to know i will do all i can to encourage the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. That includes addressing Misinformation Head on. This is not about red states and blue states. Its literally about life and death. Alright. So, da na, i was confused about this what do you call it a speech with questions at the end. He seems to be bracing a country for a new wave. He is dividing the Count Roo between the
Will be asked to attest to the fact they are fully vaccinated or face strict Screening Measures like regular testing, Mask Requirements and restrictions on most travel. It comes as major companies also hoping to stave off a third Covid Wave initiate their own Vaccine Mandates. Companies like google, netflix, facebook, morgan stanley, and the Washington Post and lyft are among the major corporations requiring their employees to show proof of vaccination. Restauranteur Danny Meyer is even taking the step of requiring indoor diners at his restaurants, not just his employees, to show proof of vaccinations. And where vaccines arent yet required, Covid Restriction that is have become the new normal for us in the last year. Apple is reinstating its Mask Mandate at most stores. Companies like twitter are shutting down offices again weeks after they reopened them for business. President bidens Declaration Of Independence from the virus earlier this summer is creating a bit of a political challe
Nature of the suspension but keeping Terms Facebook and Instagram Account locked for now. Former chief white house of staff said that the conservatives must be stopped. Watch. A sad day for america, and a sad day for facebook, members of congress are now looking at it do they break up facebook, do they make sure that they dont have a monopoly . And i can tell you that it is two different standards, one for donald trump and one for a number of other people that are on their sites and suggesting that more nefarious things than what the president has been accused of. Emily all right, trey, starting with you here, there are so many angles that we need your perspective on and one argument is that facebook has created this because i independent to decisionmaking body that sort of undermines Government Regulation and oversight in the realm of accountability and clearly here doubles down on down on arguably censorship, and your g. O. P. Colleagues have stepped in, there is a lot of legislation