This is all in an effort to capture what happened on the ground that day and show the Afacts Attempt to whitewash what happened that day from many of the forces of allegiance to former President Trump. Our potential of experts is here with me standing by to discuss what we expect to haeshgs the politics of it all and more. Lets start on Capitol Hill. What more do we know about the Opening Statements . The Opening Statements are expected to set the tone for an emotional and dramatic day of testimony from the four Police Officers, two Capitol Police officers, two d. C. Police officers who defended the building that day throughout the days testimony will be neverbeforeseen footage, Body Camera Footage of what the officers experienced and this is all part of an effort of what the democrats say and the two remembers who are a part of the committee saying in an effort to tell the truth about what happened that day. Pushed back on the conspiracies about were hearing from a lot of folks on the
How Is It goIng, sIr . Peachy. I, stIll, am flummoxed by um the mIsInformatIon over the vaccIne. People refusIng to get vaccInated. And also, refusIng to wear masks. Um, every day, seems lIke It gets worse. And I dont mean that. I am talkIng about the people who are dyIng, who are actually comIng down wIth It. EspecIally, the chIldren. If you saw martIn savIdges report tonIght. Just heartbreakIng. People who are seen wIth sIgnIfIcant cases and hospItalIzatIons are gettIng younger. Part of the metrIc here Is Ignorance. But part of It Is, also, arrogance. ThIs mIsplaced sense of rIghteous IndIgnatIon And ResIstance that they belIeve Is a false manIfestatIon of freedom. ThIs Is not an Issue of freedom. Of course, you ever the freedom to make choIces about your own body. Lets put to the sIde the Irony that so many of these people dont want to afford that freedom to women. But what were sayIng Is, does It mean Its the rIght choIce . And these suggestIons. Uh, I thInk the vaccIne Is safe, bu
This step, and Corporate America also really stepping up here, ramping up its approach. Google, facebook, netflix, lyft. So many others you see listed there among dozens of companies now requiring employees to get vaccinated. Right now cases are surging among the unvaccinated, so thats the reason for this. The u. S. Is averaging more than 63,000 cases per day. Thats a 59 increase over last weeks sevenday average. Restrictions are being put back in place. Masks are making a comeback. And yes, the unvaccinated are to blame. This morning the president again making that very clear. So lets begin with our chief Business Correspondent Christine romans, because, romans, it is really the private sector in conjunction with now this federal requirement from biden that i think is really going to make or has the opportunity to make a world of difference here. Youre seeing leadership from Corporate America on this in a way we havent yet. Theyve been strongly encouraging vaccinations for sometime. N
We begin with the new Covid19 Vaccine mandates. Our national correspondent Athena Jones is in new york. She has the late, breaking details for us. Athena, these are truly landmark moves by a state, a major city and now a Federal Agency. Reporter hi, wolf. Thats exactly right. With new Daily Covid cases now passing 50,000 for the first time since april, were seeing more and more mandates, not just from states and Health Care providers but also individual cities. In san francisco, more than 300 bars across the city will be requiring patrons to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid Result in order to enter. Those who dont, will have to sit outside or in other spaces. Were going in the wrong direction. Reporter america facing a crisis all over again. And more and more Health Care systems, states and localities are responding with mandates. New York Mayor Bill De Blasio today announcing all City Employees including public schoolteachers must either will vaccinated by September 15
But cases of coronavirus mainly driven by the unvaccinated continues to grow. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 79,000 new infections a day. And more than 4 out of 5 americans live in an area with substantial or high transmission. The Pressure Campaign to get vaccinated appears to be working, because for nearly a week, the u. S. Has seen increases in vaccine doses administered. Cnns Lucy Kauchb has been following the trend. Reporter more than 700,000 doses administered daily for five days straight. The good news, Health Experts say rising Vaccination Rates could help avoid winter lockdowns. The bad news, there may be rough weeks ahead. Were looking to some Pain And Suffering in the future because were seeing the cases go up. We want to avoid lockdowns at all costs, but that means were going to have to do some other things that wont necessarily be welcomed by people. Reporter across the country, Mask Mandates going into place, even for people fully vaccinated. New York Citys mayor, b