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in any sense. today that all changed. noting that the nation was in a quote, tough stretch of this pandemic. biden laid out a series of new policies. the department of labor, is developing an emergency rule, to require all employers, with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test it least once per week. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we have been patient. but our patience is wearing thin. and the refusal has cost all of us. this is not about freedom. or personal choice. it s about protecting yourself, and those around you. notably, vaccinations will also now be required for most federal workers. president also announced the tsa will double fines on air travelers refused to wear a mask while flying. all of this is happening as the delta variant drives our nation s daily average caseload, north of 150,000. for the first time since the battle d ....
for reproductive rights in america and jamie raskin on where the stands on document production went all in starts right now? them good evening from new york. i m chris. a is just a few hours ago president joe biden announced a sweeping new vaccine mandate, or set of mandates. that could get as many as 100 million workers vaccinated, as part of a new initiative to curb the delta variant. my job as president, is to protect all americans. so tonight, i m announcing that the department of labor, is developing an emergency rule. to require all employers, with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers. two and share their work forces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test at least once a week. some of the biggest companies are already requiring. this united airlines. disney. tyson s food. and even fox news. the bottom line, we are going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated coworkers. the tone of biden s speech today i thought ....
linden b. johnson signs the civil rights act into law that had been filibustered by segregationists for 54 straight days. but in the end their efforts to stop it failed. lbj signed it. the civil rights act of 1964, of course, banned segregation in public facilities. also in private facilities to which the public had access. the segregationists at the time screamed bloody murder. it s unconstitutional. you can t tell private entities what to do. actually, yes, yes you can. in the summer of 1964, president johnson made that law of the land. then the following summer, july 1965, lbj actually went out on the road this time for an unusual signing ceremony. he went to missouri to president harry truman s presidential library to sign into law the bill that created medicare and medicaid. he went to truman s presidential library because it was truman who proposed the u.s. government should commit to providing health coverage to all the elderly people in the country. truman could ....
yeah. an important moment for you and important moment for people to see. i m glad we were able to see your photo. thank you for being here to share your story. we are grateful for your service and time today. i appreciate it. we ll think about you tomorrow. thank you. thank you for watching. our special coverage live from the pentagon here. we will have more from the same spot tomorrow. i ll anchor here with andrea mitchell. i ll have more on msnbc reports. we continue with craig melvin live from shanksville, pennsylvania right now. this field is the site where the passengers and crew of united flight 93 wrestled control of the hijacked planes on september 11th, 2001 and crashed it into the ground. craig melvin picking up friday coverage from sacred ground in shanksville, pennsylvania. the site where we lost 40 american heroes and sacrificing their own lives and likely saved thousands more. that plane was bound for the u.s. capitol. where i m standing, ....
desantis and abbott. and this one from axios, biden declared war on the unvaccinated. and this is the nation s that are not vaccinated and the center of this so-called war is the president s requirement that those unvaccinated and working for the federal government be vaccinated. and it is praise from the union, but the governor s news is apoplectic. tate reeves says this is terrifying. we believe in freedom from tyrants. and south carolina governor henry mcmaster said we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinian, and that is another quote from seven years ago. and when that is finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. because hell is where they will reside. that was then vice president biden in 2014. and in that case, he was talking about isis. that same kind of language is being used about him from some fellow americans. the president was asked ....