Away from making vaccines mandatory 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 at least once a week. Over 200 Million americans have gotten at least one shot. Weve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. And your refusal has cost all of us. This is not about freedom or personal choice. Its about protecting yourself and those around you. Notably, vaccinations will be required for most federal workers. The president also announced the tsa will double fines on air travelers who refuse to wear a mask. All this is happening asives ous daily average Caseload North of 150,000. For the first time since the old days in late january. Hospitals are getting crus
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. Its 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 nations daily average caseload, north of 150,000. For the first time since the battle Days Bacon lynn january
Antony blinken visits qatar. The latest on the still growing Death Toll from last Weeks Hurricane Ida as President Biden will visit New York and new Jersey Today. And expanded Unemployment Benefits have expired for Millions Of Americans. What does it mean for the economic recovery . Well look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. Democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this countrys social Safety Net in over half a century. The New York times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every americans life from conception to age to imfirmty. The proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social Safety Net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public Health Crisis in a century. The pandemic loosened t
Citizenship. It s part of a larger push by the administration to expand legal immigration to this country and to reverse his predecessor s policies. July 4th marks the president s selfimposed deadline to vaccinate 70% of all american adults. While the country is on track to fall short of that goal, it s not far from it. According to the cdc, nearly 67% of adults in the united states have received at least one dose and 58% are fully vaccinated. The new york times also reports that at least 20 states have reached that 70% threshold. We aren t exactly out of the woods yet. The highly transmissible delta variant does pose a serious risk to those who are unvaccinated. According to cdc director dr. Walensky, if you are vaccinated, there s not much to worry about. We can say for now things seem to be looking up. Take the economy, for example, today the bureau of labor statistics, the department of labor, announced that the u. S. Added 850,000 net new jobs last month. That s the biggest gain i
president s loss, instead of looking into election results in 2020 saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, the former president and supporters decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your votes. it s wrong, it s undemocratic and it s frankly un-american. president biden marking the one year anniversary of the attack on the u.s. capitol. blaming donald trump for what happened that day. this morning we have complete analysis and historical significance of the address. we are also following the new advise about covid, why they re saying we can t beat it and we have to live with it. and desantis sits on up to 1 million covid-19 tests as they expire two weeks ago without use. we ll tell you why his administration did that. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s friday, january 7th, happy friday! willie, what a week? what a week it has been and what a week it was. it was the one year anniversary of the attack of the u.s. capitol as you