pandemic. your takeaways from the supreme court s arguments on vaccine requirements? well, first of all, know that to get into the supreme court you have to pass a test, a covid test. very few people are allowed in, and then everybody has to wear a mask, and the justices, most of them were wearing a mask. and they have a set of workplace rules that protect themselves from covid, that they apparently do not think that american workers deserve as well. what happened today was that the osha regulation, which osha is charged by congress to protect people, workers in their health and safety from hazards. osha tried to do that, and with all but the biden administration, and of course to julia elected government, and with the support of the supreme court precedent. so we have these three prong support in this mandate. but the supreme court, here is my lecture, elections have consequences, again. the conservative members of the
the actual certification, people came earlier, or were given tours in the capital. we have pictures of members taking pictures with people who came to the rally. there is a smaller subset of members, that have been identified, who probably did more to encourage the stop the steal part of coming to washington, that we will continue to work on. meanwhile, omicron driven covid cases soaring, at a relentless place. cdc data says that we are now seeing an average of over 600,000 new cases a day. the most at any point of the pandemic. according to the new york times, covid hospitalizations have increased more than 50% over the last two weeks. although, at a slower rate than the rise in new cases. this all comes as the supreme
party, officials and candidates cannot afford to anger trump, and to avoid trump s wrath, they cannot forcefully drags his lies about the election, reportedly having been stolen. biden has to lead the fight for truth and democracy. losing is not an option. douglas, is there a historical comparison here to a president who is overseeing a crisis like a pandemic. also. like trump and his followers. well with the pandemic, woodrow wilson going into a world war i and sent soldiers a blot, with spanish influenza, pandemic. biden has because how does joe biden get ahead of covid. everybody s angry, flights have been canceled, people aren t sure whether their kids are going virtual or they are in class. can i get my booster? is there another? booster it is so confusing out
court poses challenges to one of the biden administration s pandemics strategies. vaccine mandates for companies with more than 100 employees, and some health care workers. republican states largely reject those mandates. later today, the court s conservative majority appeared skeptical of the need for a vaccine requirements. the liberals pointed out the ongoing public health crisis. are you still really asking this court now today, the issue of stay? there were three quarter of 1 million new cases yesterday. the hospitals are today, yesterday, full almost to the point of the maximum they ve ever been in this disease. is a vaccine the only way to treat? covid? it is certainly the single most effective way to target all the hazards osha identified. late today, the white house announced it has finalized the first contracts related to the 500 million, free, at home
and will make a difference? it s probably better that don t talk too much about ted cruz, it s family program, it was a humiliating appearance. we ll leave that there. as far as joe biden is concerned, i do think there was a slight pivot. i think it was a good pivot. this is the deal, for one year, joe biden has been so prudent and so reserved, when it comes to the former president. a former president tried to stay in power, against the people, and stick the mob against him, at the capitol. and joe biden has done everything he can to a show him working with him on the covid relief bill, he s got no credit on a lot of the folks in the mainstream press. he s gotten zero negative credit, they slalom divisive. it hasn t worked politically. i think, joe biden tried to live up to the. promise i think you will try to do that. he s also got to call out to