Have not had their shots and are still fueling the pandemic. The vaccine is fda approval, over 200 Million americans have gotten at least one shot. Weve been patient but our patience is wearing then and your refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing. New rules require workers at businesses with more than 100 employees to either be vaccinated or tested once week. But dr. Anthony fauci says he would have gone even further. The president is being somewhat moderate in his demand if you want to call it that in that there are some people who really dont want to get vaccinated but they dont want it lose their job. You have to give them anOff Lane. And the Off Lane is if you get tested frequently enough and you find out that you are positive, you wont come to work and infect other people. So it is somewhat of a compromise there. Myself, i would make it vaccinate or not. But he was trying to be moderate in what his pronouncement was. Jasmine wright is live for us in washington. G
Fight the recall effort. And just days into their newly announced government, the taliban are cracking down on demonstrators beating women and journalists with whips And St sticks. With his Approval Numbers down and covid numbers up, it is something of a change in strategy for u. S. President joe biden. He is sxis expected to unveil a plan he believes will lead the country out of the pandemic. A source familiar with the strategy says the president intends to tackle six main points or pillars like increasing vaccinations and rollout of Booster Shots as well as Keeping Schools open and driving resources towards economic recovery. Phil mattingly has more from the White House. Reporter for president biden, as the Delta Variant has surged for the better part of several months, more than 1500 deaths per day, more than 150,000 cases per day, the moment where he delivers remarks on thursday marks a potential reset. It is something White House officials have been pointing to in the wake of that
Answers. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone some of the fears and anxieties of returning to Classroom Learning coming back into sharp Focus Tonight as children make up a larger and growing share of new covid cases in this country. Also this evening, a stunning number of covid deaths among unvaccinated school workers, including teachers in one florida school district, sending a chill of its own and a sharp warning. While serious cases among kids continue to be rare, it becomes a different story if it is your child. And in a moment, well hear from family who has been there left to feel hopeless, their child too young to be eligible for vaccinations and amid the worry of transfer to children, the debate over School Mask mandates still drawing oxygen tonight. Kerry sanders is in miami with late details. Reporter tonight the return to the classroom potentially dangerous, with a quarter of all new covid cases now children, and with families at odds ove
Insurrectionists. More than 12 Million people in the region could be hit with more flooding tonight. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im jim acosta, and youre in the situation room. And lets get right to the cboe crisis, and cnn national correspondent nick watt. Nick, as americans face the dire prospect that the pandemic will drag into a third year theres new cdc data on the pace of vaccinations. Reporter jim, vaccination is clearly the way out of this. So this really is not good news. The cdc says that the number of people initiating vaccines, thats getting their first shot every day is down 26 in just a month. Misinformation, Fear Mongering swirl around break through infections, the vaccinated who still catch covid. The science shows the vaccine will not necessarily protect you. Its not protecting many people. Reporter so not true. Heres a fresh fact. Those very rare break through cases who suffer severe symptoms tend to be older, 73 on average and ha
Its like an inspiring and, like, allencompassing rallying cry. It stands for our team. Like lets [ bleep ] go. Lets do it. And the lfg, you can put out in the world and not upset mom. Lfg. Lfg. Lets [ bleep ] go. Lets [ bleep ] go. Lets get it. Lets get weird. It took true blood, sweat and tears to obviously get to where i am today. There were times i wanted to give up. I mean, here i am, threetime pro champion, twotime ncaa champion. I have achieved my dream. I wanted to make usa team, and i did. But even though all these athletes sound absolutely incredible, we dont get paid very much. I mean, i was scraping pennies for the past seven years in my career just trying to get by literally living paychecktopaycheck. I had friends who were waitresses who were making three times as much as me in a year. And me being a professional athlete, still to this day i still think its unacceptable. And then it was like, oh, my gosh, holy crap. Megan raised her hand and was like, hey, team, were going