The White House announcing today that the biden administration is working Hand In hand with tech giants like facebook to eliminate Covid Content that they believe strays from the facts. Were flagging problematic posts for facebook that spreads disinformation. We are working with doctors and medical professionals to connected medical experts who are popular with their audiences with accurate Information And Boost trusted content so were helping get trusted content out there. We also created the covid Community Court to get factual information into the lands of local messengers. Pete they are boosting trusted content. In case you missed it because it was said no nonchalantly and quickly we are flagging problematic posts for facebook that spread disinformation. The White House, the federal government is telling facebook what is problematic and promoting their side . what could go wrong . As for trusted local messengers we have more and new information on that a bit later in the show that
That it is telling facebook about Social Media posts it considers misinformation. Again, the Biden Administration is flagging posts that it thinks facebook should block. The reason . They say the misinformation about the Coronavirus Vaccine is the biggest cause of low Vaccination Rates in some areas and with some groups. Well talk to Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley about all of this in just a moment. All this occurs as Vice President Biden welcomes german chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House as the two countries seek to smooth over relations strained under the trump administration. White House Correspondent Peter doocy begins our Coverage Tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening and fresh out of that Press Conference with the president and the german chancellor where the president updated what we have been hearing from the administration about why, exactly they think people are taking to the streets chanting chant libenter tad. They were
They are acting like arms of the government. and when they re monday nope police, that s a big problem. bret: all right. so the administration says the big problem with the coronavirus is this delta variant and that as it spreads in unvaccinated populations, the risk to everyone is exponential. do you see that as a legitimate threat? well, certainly, bret. the delta variant, i think is, a very significant threat. it is a big concern. and the numbers are alarming. i think what we have got to do is we have got to get people the facts. we have got to say here s what you need to know about the vaccines. here is where you can get vaccinated and encourage folks to make a medical decision good for them and their families. i want to say i trust the people in my state missouri. and i trust the american people to make decisions that are good for them and their families. i think they shouldn t be told what to do. they certainly shouldn t have federal agents or whatever going door to door tell
Brutality against those of african dissent. in criticizing the announcement republicans note who is looking at the united states. i m so sick and tired of the left thinking that everything they have to do runs through thetown examine america. have we had racial issues in the history of our country? of course we have. the u.n. human rights council recently added cuba, russia and china to state department renewed its genocide accusations against china for the chinese government s treatment of the uyghur minority. meanwhile china s foreign ministry is intensifying its criticism of the united states. saying today that the u.s. is in no position to lecture on human rights and should, instead, reflect on its own record. bret? bret: rich edson live at the state department. rich, thank you. the black lives matter movement also facing fierce criticism tonight for praising cuba and blasting the u.s. government. kevin corke has details. good evening, kevin.
They that we may all get the vaccine and may not be enough of us vaccinated that we may have to go back to wearing it this will all play out in court. i don t fault this administration for trying to use every tool possible to get as many americans vaccinated because one thick we do know if you are vaccinated the chance of you getting sick or worse from this virus decreases in overwhelming to dramatic terms to less than .1%. no american no person in public life in responsible public life should be encouraging people not to get the vaccine. i understand what the white house is trying to do if it s wrong and illegal to both of my panelists, look, the courts will step in. but i doubt they will. bret: all right, panel. stand by. when we come back, tomorrow s headlines with you.