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it is a question, i think, of looking at the laws and the individual states and finding the right lawyers and attempts. but these laws that are being passed and the efforts to weaponize poll watchers in the polling place are all part of thinking, i think wrongly that intimidation of election officials is going to help republicans. i think what my fellow republicans are not recognizing is what goes around can come around and that this weaponization in election laws can be turned on them. this is not going to be a one-way street. and that overall is bad for the democracy. yeah. it s not what any party should be about. no. right. we re seeing that as you two join together. ben, thank you so much. bob, really appreciate it. it s a pleasure. thank you. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers not united states and all around the world. i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day. we do have breaking news. a covid decision that will immedi ....
mandating vaccines including building upon existing requirements for federal workers as well as pressing private businesses to mandate shots for their employees. also in the plan, more testing to get a better handle on just how how far it has spread. his speech to highlight vaccinations for children while making an emotional plea to america that getting the shot helps protect children and keeps them in school. all this as the los angeles unified school district, the nation s second largest, is poised to become the first school district in the country to mandate covid vaccinations for students 12 and older. we have a lot going on this morning. lot of stories to cover. let s begin at the white house, cnn white house court jeremy diamond. he s following all this. jeremy, break down what is expected to be in biden s plan. reporter: listen, we re going to hear from the president, unveiling the revamped strategy for combatting the coronavirus. the president is expected to ....
exceptions for rape or incest. we will bring you the attorney general s comments as soon as he starts. we re also watching the white house, where this afternoon president biden will unveil his new six-part strategy to try to curb covid. the plan includes his executive order that requires all federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated with no opt out for regular testing. today his chief medical advisor dr. fauci said the pandemic is under not even modestly good control. the u.s. is averaging 150,000 new cases every single day with the delta variant preying on the unvaccinated. we have an average of 1500 americans a day dying from the virus. compare that to the fourth of july. the case average was about 12,000, deaths were at 200 a day. right now nearly 100,000 americans are in hospitals with covid. also, at the same time the president is set to speak, los angeles unified school district will hold its meeting where it s expected to approve a vaccine mandate for ....
with a report on how biden staffers really feel when the president stepped up to the mic. seen and unseen. can t miss the video. but first, silver alert at the white house. that is the focus of tonight s angle. well, you can t say he did not try to warn us. the democrat party is way too hard on police and cops and inciting riots. the lobbyist that killed our fellow citizens with illegal drugs and gangs and crime that poured into our country, they support biden. biden woodbury you and regulation. gas prices at $6 and right now it s nice to be under $2. done nothing but betray you for 47 years. china owns him. sell out to big pharma and sell out to foreign countries. the only thing he cares about is political power. laura: well, sadly for america, it is all coming true. joe biden s first eight months feel like eight long years because everything and his party have touched has turned bad from domestic to foreign policy, the nation is in a tailspin. even the pre ....
the panel, including joe concha, standing my life to weigh in. more legal trouble may be brewing tonight for andrew cuomo. were going to tell you about the issues by the new york attorney generals on the state ethics agency concerning the embattled ex-governor. we are less than a week away from the final day of voting in the california gubernatorial recall election. governor gavin newsom no blaming the referendum on tropism. that s not all. we begin tonight with thursday s presidential address expect to lay out six new steps in the fight against covid-19. white house correspondent kevin corke. some worry will be more mandates and restrictions. of course you will recall last week joe biden indicated following the dismal jobs report that his administration was looking for ways to make a quote saver for kids to return to school. and for workers to return to the office. tomorrow we will probably hear an awful lot about the new plans to use what they are calling their new ....