state, including private employers. this is another act of resistance to public health measures and just a few minutes ago, two major companies said they will not comply with the governor s orders. cnn s nick watt has the latest for us. nick? reporter: well, victor, there are a bunch of big names based down in texas, at&t, oracle, dell, exxonmobil, and we have been wondering all morning, will they comply? well, we just heard from american airlines and southwest, they say they will not comply with the governor. they will continue following the federal law, which says that they ve got to mandate vaccines for their employees. now, governor abbott had already said that government entities in texas were not allowed to mandate vaccines. today, he just went a step further, a big step. in texas, governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary for texans.
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