Worse in many places. One of the places is Los Angeles County which is hours away from starting or restarting a Mask Mandate. Paul vercammen is there. Paul, what are people saying about all this . Reporter well, theyre all trying to figure it out, fred, thats because County Health came out and said there were 1900 new cases just yesterday, and now the mandate goes into effect at 11 59 p. M. Tonight. Tomorrow, you have to wear masks again indoors at gyms, movie theaters, shops, restaurants. Were at pattys restaurant, bringing in george, the owner. You now have to reckon with a new rule that says inside, your patrons must wear masks, outside i guess no. They put it on you to enforce it. How do you do it . It has been a confusing situation with the masks. When they removed them june 15th, you cant ask a consumer whether or not theyre vaccinated or not or prove it so were supposed to assume, it was an Assumption Rule put in place for us that when a consumer came to the restaurant and did n
Help . And help wanted. Restaurants across the Country Wrestling with a shortage of workers. Celebrity Chef Tom Kaleccio weighs in ahead. Thank you for being here. At this Hour President biden is vowing to, in his words, fight like heck to protect Voting Rights in the united states. Republicans in more than a dozen states now have passed new laws that make it harder to vote. A movement fueled by Donald Trumps false claims of widespread election fraud, the baseless Conspiracy Theories he pushed all last year and is still doing so today. President biden has now tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the effort to better protect Voting Rights, a task that seems harder than ever right now. This sacred right is under assault with incredible intensity like ive never seen, Intensity And Aggressiveness that weve not seen in a long, long time. Its simply unamerican. Cnns John Harwood is joining me now from the White House for more on this. John, what is Kamala Harris going to do with this
Country this morning. And Congresswoman Liz Cheney quadrupling down with her fight with fellow republicans, slamming her colleagues for siding with trump instead of the truth. Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell is on Capitol Hill with us. Get us Up To speed. Where are things with Liz Cheney this morning . Steph, Liz Cheney is unlikely to held on to her seat as conference chair. Shes lost a tremendous amount of support among her colleagues and lost confidence among republican leadership as well. Liz cheney knows shes lost this battle. Shes not trying to keep her seat at all. Shes not calling her members. Shes not whipping them or cajole them to vote for her when theres an expected vote as early as next week on her position. But she is determined to fight for the soul of the republican party. She wrote in an Opinion Piece in the Washington Post a scathing statement saying the republicans have a choice to make. She wrote, in part the republican party is at a Turning Point and republicans must decide
Headquarters. This is cnn news room. After 18 months of masks and lockdowns people all over the world are sick of the pandemic and have been so for a long time. Now thanks so several successful vaccines it looks like the global Health Crisis may final i will be on the decline. More than half of the u. S. Has h at least one shot. Airlines flew nearly Two Million Bass Jers on friday. The most in one day since the pandemic began. Places like Miami Beach are thrilled to have tourists again, they are also bringing problems. A lot of people meeting here say theyre taking their first trips in more than a year since before the pandemic began. Theres a lot of energy of people that have been stuck in their homes and ready to come out and enjoy fewer restrictions. The volume of people here is unprecedented. We saw them partying in the streets at night and creating a lot of traffic gridlock. People telling us they feel more relaxed. With the crowds comes a different problem. The mayor of Miami Bea
We welcome the administrative isabella boozman. Thank you for being here today. The backbone of the u. S. Economy, u. S. Has more than 30 million small businesses that employ nearly half the countrys private workforce. These small businesses were hit hardest in march 20201 many business including live entertainment venues and gems forced to close and scaledback operation. In response, congress creates programs and provides more than 1 trillion and economic relief to small businesses impacted. These programs have helped millions of small businesses continue to pay their rent, keep employees on payroll and stay afloat during difficult times. Administrator, i think you and your dedicated staff for the small Business Administration your commitment and hard work. I look forward to the challenges you have faced to implement these Relief Programs and the work that remains to help small businesses recover and rebuild. Im pleased to see since you taken office, this has taken steps to focus reso