On it. What are they going to propose today. I think the way to think of this speech, in response to changing dire conditions that you mentioned, theyre sliding along that continuum that starts with encouragement and ends with requirement a little bit closer to requirement. It was easy in the beginning, when people were flocking to pharmacies to get those vaccines. Now youve got a hard core of reluctant, resistance, some political some superstitious, some based on disinformation and theyre trying to get over that. So for example, requirements, hard requirements for federal employees and contractors of the federal government to get vaccinated as opposed to opting out by getting testing. Vaccination is by far, i think sanjay will affirm this when you talk to him in a moment, is far and away the most important thing that could be done. There is le additional steps is it the plan, encouraging masking and encouraging testing, Health Care steps for people to deal with covid who already have
So much rain. In Philadelphia Flood waters so high some people were rescued from the tops of their homes. Authorities there and elsewhere in pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York left to rescue hundreds of people who were trapped in their homes by all that water. Were homeless right now. This all you know, well all come together and figure out a solution and go from there. The rain also sent water pouring into the new York City Subway System. Along with other Mass Transit systems in the region right now its struggling to return to normal service. Idas remnants spawned several tornados in pennsylvania and New Jersey. One of the twisters damaged and destroyed hills in New Jersey. Down to south eastern louisiana many people are spending their fourth day in sweltering heat without power or running water. They continue to wait in hours long lines for ice, water, food and other necessity. All of this as West Coast firefighters are making slow progress against the fires. The Caldor Fire can n
Responsible for the bombing as he sticks to the Drawl Deadline 4 days away. Jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon tonight. The President Bidens national Security Team told him the u. S. Forces in Kabul Face Terrorist Attacks and its likely to get worse nearing the tuesday deadline. These threats specifically virtually and in real time. New details about the attack at the Kabul Airport forced the pentagon correction. 1 Suicide Bomber and not 2 and no explosion at a nearby hotel. The pentagon unwilling to blame the taliban. I understand you rely on them for protection around the airport. Do you rule them out because you are so dependent on the taliban . I didnt hear general mckenzie put it that way. In one question, he asked, was there a failure . Yes, obviously. How many isisk prisoners were removed and why went they moved To Gitmo . I dont know the exact number. Its in the thousands. U. S. Officials say reports they shared lists of americans and afghan allies with the taliba
Last week, all very encouraging signs. But were not moving fast enough to outpace The Delta Surge and The oTher variants perhaps more deadly that could be on The horizon. New covid cases in america grew 48 over The past week because this virus still has more than 90 Million hosts, The unvaccinated. The biden administration now considering The extreme option of leveraging The federal governments powers to help turn this pandemic around. Early stage talks about Withholding Funding from some institutions like Nursing Homes to boost staff vaccinations. Thats how dire The fight is. Theyre literally tHrowing away doses in states like alabama according to a Health Official There because Theyve expired with not enough people going to get Them. We cant afford to waste whats saving lives. Some of The unvaccinated whove already been infected with covid cling to The notion that They have natural immunity. But The Cdc Today is strongly urging The recovered now to get vaxed. And Theyre backing it wi
Daily vaccinations are up slightly from last week but the country is recording a new surge of cases among the unvaccinated. Right now rear seeing numbers we have not seen since april. The u. S. Is averaging more than 63,000 Covid Cases a day, that is a 59 increase over last weeks sevenday average. So lets begin this hour with John Harwood At The white house. Talk about this federal requirement for federal employees, i should say, thAt The president is going to announce today. Reporter well it is a soft requirement. Youre not going to get fired or have your federal contract cut off but you will be subject to serious testing protocols. So it is an effort by the federal government to use its status as an employer as the status of the president as having the loudest Bully Pulpit in the country to galvanize action by the country in response to those alarming surge in cases driven by the Delta Variant. We saw the cdc this week say that in areas of higher or substantial transmission, indoor M