States across the country to reach those still unvaccinated and convince them to roll up their sleeves. Were going to take you to the meat market thats serving up candy corn rat wurss. Blah. Im with you on that one. How does it test . Well find out. Were thrilled to have you bright and early this sunday, october 17th. Thank you so much for waking up with us. Lets start with what we are really watching this morning, this kidnapping of 17 american missionaries in haiti, north of portauprince. A source tells cnn the group was abducted by gang members. The missionaries are affiliated with an Ohio Organization called Christian Aid ministries. Lets get to cnns matt rivers. Matt, reportedly, these folks were on a bus, and they had just left an orphanage. Wha what else do we know about what happened . Reporter yeah. We were on the phone with a source of ours, basically late into the evening yesterday, trying to get a sense of whats happening here and what the latest information that we have an
Negative way. Theres serious concern that the mandates themselves may be causing this backlash that may bring portions of an already fragile economy to its knees. Some u. S. State officials push back against the president s Vaccine Mandates as democrats do their own policy and joe bidens economic agenda is on the brink. World of homicide. Officials relesion details on how gabby petito was killed. William shatner, whose action to go where no one boldly goes is making his voyage to the stars a reality. Announcer live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the show. It is wednesday, october 13, and we begin this hour with political tensions brewing in the United States. Not just over president bidens domestic agenda. The fight over how to handle the pandemic is deepening the political divide as Republican Leaders in texas and florida ramp up their attacks on covid Vaccine Mandates. Now, those states have seen more covid cases and deaths than almost
Vowed to lift bans on overseas travelers. As Coronavirus Numbers continue to trend in a positive direction, obviously down. 38 States Holding steady. 44 states are seeing cases tphrtline or decline. Priscilla alvarez with more on this easing of travel restrictions. This is a big announcement. Reporter this is significant for local businesses who rely on Cross Border Travel and have struggled to stay afloat. Change is coming and its coming in a phased way. Starting in early november, fully vaccinated foreign visitors will be able to cross the border both mexico and canada, for nonessential reasons. That is visiting a friend or family or for tourism. Then in january of 2022, the Vaccination Requirement will apply to essential travelers like Cross Border Trade which has been able to continue over the course of the pandemic. Now, the current set of restrictions are set to ebg pyre october 2021. But Officials Say they will remain in effect until early november, which they have not yet discl
Forgetting he once championed businesses. Forgetting that he was once against a, quote unquote, nanny state. Forgetting he is a republican. A party that, of course, claims to be probusiness. Tonight, instead, he is facing off with some of the nations Top Companies telling them that they cant run the business the way they want to. That he, the governor, is going to tell them that they cannot have a Vaccine Mandate. Not because he doesnt think the vaccine is effective. This is all about politics. And major companies, like dell, american airlines, southwest, all of which are based in the lone star state, are defying abbott tonight. Abbott, the same governor who once said this. Texas prides itself on low regulations. People and businesses dont need the state telling them how to operate. We cut the cost of doing business by cutting regulations. We spurred our economy by cutting taxes and by cutting regulations. They all need the government to tell them how to operate, except for thats exact
Mayorkas, secretary of health and Human Services xavier becerra, the Small Business administrator Isabel Guzman and the secretary of education miguel cardona. Plus emmy ruse, the drerk of political outreach. Julie rodriguez, the director of intergovernmental affairs. It is an intimate look at the paths that brought them to the white house. From the classroom and the halls of congress to the fields of texas and the mountains of california. A number of firsts for the shared commitment they say to ensuring that they are not the last. Welcome to american voices latinos inside the white house. The covid pandemic ravaged latino communities with latinos more than two times as likely as Nonhispanic White americans to die of the virus. In many ways the pandemic exposed longstanding barriers to Health Care Access. Those challenges now fall to the xavier becerra, the secretary of health and Human Services. Born in sacramento to mexican parents becerras three decades of Public Service began in the