is good and i believe that some people on their own once it get as proved as a full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. but for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local level need to be done. joining me now, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. so dr. fauci calling for vaiccie mandates. i think i want to be clear. people hear vaccine mandates, they think government is going to come in and tell me that i have to get vaccinated or i will go to jail. that is not what we re talking about. we re talking about mandates usually by say an employer or by your school. vaccine mandates at that level. or a state saying our employees have to be vaccinated. this is not a mandate like you have to get car insurance. it is not that kind of mandate. it would work differently. so let s take a look. there are actually three states that have already done mandates, again it is for some groups. it is not for everybody. it might just be for example in new york a state
assured that the u.s. would return home with more gold m metals than any other country. and the u.s. left it late. yeah, a complete team effort. track and field grabbed seven golds, then sunday u.s. women s basketball captured their 7th straight gold medal. and then the volleyball team winning their first eever gold medal and there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that last point. the u.s. had meddled five times before making the gold medal match three different times, but this the first time the women were able to capture the gold and pretty cool, it is also what got team usa over the top in the gold medal count. the u.s. basketball team is a dynasty, they captured their seventh straight gold medal which tied the longest streak in any olympic team sport beating japan in the final. brittney griner setting a gold medal game record scoring 30 points to lead the team. and the usa basketball legends playing their final game together for the team, they go out wi
colleagues voting to advance the deal, he will continue to try to slow walk it. seems because he wants to. on the senate floor last night hagerty said no need to speed up consideration of this package. the country s deteriorating roads, bridges and pipes on the other hand might beg to differ with him. one good reason to get it done and that s the senate s scheduled recess is set to begin in 24 hours. however, majority leader chuck schumer said he ll keep the lawmakers in session as long as it takes to get this bill passed. we can get this done the easy way or the hard way. it s in either case the senate will stay in session until i finish my work. up to my republican colleagues how long it takes. new details of the failed coup attempt continue to unfold. now one of the former officials that he repeatedly tried to pressure undermine the election and overturn the results is reportedly telling investigators how far the ex president and his cronies were willing to go to stay
are shrinking every day here. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that has hit western germany and parts of belgian and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least so many people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor, angela merkel, called it a catastrophe and link to the events in the region to climate change. our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. well, the report from jenny hill we will bring you later. in the meantime, we want to turn to analysis about the causes of those flash flooding s, because the sheer ferocity of the downpours has left many in germany, including the government, blaming climate change. the question is is this still co
troops are deployed to tackle the violence. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020 we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and welcome. at least 70 people are believed to have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western germany, belgium and the netherlands. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events to climate change. 0ur europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her ne