Frequently enough and find out your positive, you wone come to work and you wont infect other people. So it is really somewhat of a compromise there. Myself, i would just make it vaccinate or not but he was trying to be prodominant in his announcement. Contractors to the federal and employees must get a Covid Shot as well as Health Care workers in setting with Medicare And Medicaid reimbursement and all private companies with more than 100 workers have will have to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing. The president encouraged governors to require shots for all School Teachers and staff as well. Los angeles, the nations second largest school district, already requires the vaccine for students 12 and older. Weve been leading the nation with weekly Testing And Mask mandates and Air Filtration upgrades and now this vaccination requirement, so that kids could stay in person and that schools could remain open. This hour we do expect to lear from the president as he visits a local school h
Next week. And as americans commemorate 20 years since the 9 11 attacks, are we any safer from terrorists than we were on that day when the towers fell and the nation changed forever . We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with President Biden pushing back hard at republican critics on his new covid19 strategy. Our chief national Affairs Correspondent is at the White House for us. Jeff, the president appears undaunted by the backlash. The White House does believe it is on solid legal ground here saying it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide a safe workplace and protect workers. Now, these actions this week have gone much farther than President Biden has gone before. In fact, a reversal from previous pledges not to issue mandates. But he said he never expected the resistance to be so fierce. Thats why hes taking these steps and leaving the door open to even more. Were p
Ready to impeach him right now. A full heart, Simone Biles Heads home with two medals and a stunning revelation about what all she was dealing with at the Olympic Games. Thanks for being here, everybody. We begin this hour with a new Hope Covid vaccinations will soon get a big boost. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn he hopes the fda will approve Pfizers Vaccine for full approval within the next couple weeks. That comment coming after the New York times reported fda full approval is expected by the start of next month. The hope is that final Green Light will encourage millions of americans still resisting getting a shot to do just that. The pace of vaccinations is picking up. Nearly a half million americans getting their first shot each day. That is the highest its been since the fourth of july. This comes at a critical moment. We learned today that the Delta Variant now accounts for 93 of all cases of covid in the united states. So essentially, delta is covid and covid is delta at this po
Times square a year ago and what it looks like today. There is hope relaxing the rules will help jump start the economy and revitalize the city. Were the capitalist center of america and this town needs to get going. Dana everybody loves to come here and we want people to come back eventually. It is not all perfect. We have a ways to go. Things we need to do. I was telling bill before the show, when we first had to go work from home, i thought it would be 2 to 4 weeks and i would tell people see you on the other side. Here we are may 19th, a day we should celebrate, mark the occasion and recognize there was a lot of loss along the way. Bill officially 432 days. The day youre talking about was march 13, 2020. I was at a restaurant around the corner and the woman said were closing tonight. They told us not to come back until april 1st. Dana of 2020. Bill of 2020. Here we are today. Positivity rate is 1. 2 . We have worked hard to get down there. We can debate whether or not the Mask Mand
Administration cabinet, browse our newest products at cspanshop. Org. Washington journal continues. Host joining us now is henry olsen, author of a book called workingclass republican. Thank you for joining us. I wanted to get to the Liz Cheney story. She is now out as house republican chair. What is this what does this Move Signal to you about the state of the gop . Guest it signals to me that the gop wants to unify around a conservative movement and a populist Movement And Liz cheney does not fit in either. She was not able to stand message with respect to communicating the values of the people she sought to lead. The conference wanted someone who could do that. Host this is what she had to say. [video clip] we must go forward based on truth. We cannot both embrace the big lie and the constitution. Going forward, the nation needs a strong republican party. The nation needs a party that is based upon fundamental prin ples of conservatism. I am committed and dedicated to ensuring that