Classes. The Districts Board of education is meeting later today and one member tells New Day that the measure is expected to pass. Now, this would be the most sweeping and aggressive Safety Measure instituted anywhere in the country. And it happens to be in the nations second largest School District. Yeah. This will be a very big deal when it happens. And it does look likely to happen. Well speak to a member of the School Board coming up. Again, this could be a key Turning Point in terms of vaccine requirements. Children now represent more than one in four new coronavirus cases in the country. Among all Age Groups we should note that hospitalizations are now back up to more than 101,000. We had been watching as the numbers haD Dropped some, but not anymore. President biden is delivering what the White House is calling a major speech on covid later today. Hes expected to lay out a new Sixpart Plan which will include an emphasis of extending certain vaccine requirements. So lets start w
Americans he says are not vaccinated to get the shot. The president says he is frustrated with those people. Wearing thin that day are hurting the nation overall. He says the issue is not about freedom or personal choice. Increase testing and wearing of masks. Country in a tough stretch and it could last a while. The administration has withdrawn president Bidens Nomination of Gun Control Advocate David Chipman to head the bureau of Alcohol Tobacco firearms and explosives. Chipman had faced strong republican opposition in the senate. And the Justice Department is suing texas over its new law banning most abortions. The filing states that the law waS Passed in Open Defiance of the constitution. The obvious and expressly acknowledge the intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional Rights. The Department Of Justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. We carefully evaluated the law and the facts. And this complaint expresses our view with
If you got the Ways And Means and Money Youll be able to get treatment. But if you dont then you wont. It also affects medical providers and the last night on Allin Amy Hag strom mill miller, the founder of and ceo of whole womens health, the organization challenging the Texas Abortion Ban in the Supreme Court, spoke about the situation facing providers. We have seen lots of people come in since this law was passed Heart Breakingly we have had to turn away quite a lot of people. And its been really really difficult for our Staff Members who are there because of their commitment to this work, because of their commitment to the Human Rights and Justice Issue that was abortion, having to look people in the eyes and deny them care that they could provider just two or three days ago. Its really Heart Breaking for all of us to be put in this position. The fight is being joined, though. Meanwhile, several companies and groups are starting to speak out and fight back. Lyft and uber both say th
And julia coronado, former economist at the federal reserve. Good morning to you both. We are 30 minutes from President Biden making remarks on the economy. Mon, these numbers are not what economists thought wed be seeing. What are you hearing from the White House pokes behind the scenes . Reporter theyre trying to highlight some of the good signals of hope in this jobs report, for instance the fact that the Unemployment Rate fell to 5. 2 , which is the lowest it has been since march of 2020, when the pandemic of course kicked off in full swing, and so many jobs were lost, and the fact that so far, 76 of those since the pandemic began have been recovered, leaving more than 5 Million jobs still to go. This is something we really got a preview of about a month ago when the president spoke on the July Jobs report. He wasnt ringing a note of celebration, he was worried about the hard work to come and the potential impact of the delta virant. You can expect a repeat of those things today. T
Republicans like liz cheney, Adam Kinzinger and do come out and talk about it. Unfortunately he said theyre attacked when they do. Brian todd, cnn, washington. Hello again, everyone. Thank you So much for joining me, i am fredricka whitfield. Following Breaking News out of haiti where authorities are responding to a major earthquake this morning. Officials say there could be significant casualties, serious damage. The haitian Prime Minister sending condolences to those that lost Loved Ones in the 7. 2 Magnitude Quake. At this point, we dont know how many people may have been killed. This video showing the extent of the damage in Some areas, buildings reduced to rubble. The Disaster Couldnt come at a worse time. They had the assassination of the president last month and storms in the region. Patrick oppmann and alliSon chinchar. Patrick, what are you hearing about the impact . Reporter any numbers we get at this moment are preliminary. Officials havent been able to go into effected area