300 cases dramatically in the past 14 days and 300 cases per 100,000. but again, the key 300 cases per 100,000. but again, the key difference is the vaccination rates are relatively low across vaccination rates are relatively low across most parts of the us if they have states like florida were more people have states like florida were more pe0pie are have states like florida were more people are becoming infected every day at people are becoming infected every day at the people are becoming infected every day at the moment and at any point during day at the moment and at any point during the day at the moment and at any point during the pandemic. the us is only vaccinated during the pandemic. the us is only vaccinated around 52% of its population. 57% in the eu and 67% of the uk population. 57% in the eu and 67% of the uk and population. 57% in the eu and 67% of the uk. and we seen a lot of acting to make the uk. and we seen a lot of acting to make an
this as president biden s deadline to get out of the deadline quickly approaches. hello, everyone. i m sandra smith, monday morning here in new york. nice to see you, john. john: in washington, d.c., a little bit of a time difference but not much. [laughs] hope you had a good weekend, sandra. i m john roberts in washington, good to see you. this, after five rockets were fired at the airport over night, when making it through defense systems and landing inside the perimeter. u.s. officials are stressing this is the most dangerous time of the mission, the phased withdrawal of u.s. and couldn t leave the forces still on the ground even more vulnerable to attack. sandra: indeed. we ve got a packed hour. just ahead, walid phares will join us, morgan ortagus coming up, and congressman peter meijer is here, as well. fox team coverage begins now. bill hemmer will join us in moments. john: but first to the pentagon and jennifer griffin to kick us off this monday afternoon. hey,
the latest want. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. all six branches of the military are constantly training and conducting exercises to make sure they can be ready for anything. but the commander-in-chief has decided if they really want to be ready, then all 1.3 million service members must get the covid-19 vaccine by mid september. you can consider this memo today as what we would call in the military a warning order a warning order to the force that this is coming. peter: president biden explained, quote: being vaccinated will enable our service members to stay healthy to better protect their families and to ensure that our force is ready to operate anywhere in the world. next up, teachers could be required to get the shot and they won t be told to do it by lawmakers but rather teachers union leaders. as a matter of personal conscience, i think we need to be working with our employers, not opposing them on vaccine mandates. many more could be on the way.
newsroom with robin curnow. begin with what some describe as quote, act of state terrorism. leaders in europe, uk and u.s. blasting belarus for forcing commercial flight to divert and arresting opposition activist on board. on a flight from greece to lithuania, the airline pointed to potential threat on board but reporting that president ordered the fighter jet to escort the plane to minsk where the passenger was detained. a passenger on board described what he saw. it was announced we re going to land in minsk, so stand up, open luggage door, take the luggage and was trying to split things like computer, gave to girlfriend or iphone, whatever it was. i think he made small mistake, around 90 people so he could give things not to the girlfriend which was also i think arrested. founder of two channels critical of the government, classified as extremist in belarus and been on wanted list for terrorism. lithuania s president is slamming belarus and plans to speak with eur
world. that s due to the incredible hard work of so many people. the scientists and researchers, the drug companies, the national guard, the u.s. military, fema, the nation s governors, doctors and nurses, pharmacists. everyone who has moved heaven and earth to get as many shots in the arms of as many americans as possible. it s truly been an all hand on deck for the country effort. you know, some people said we couldn t do this. it would not be until the fall that we had this many people vaccinated. that 2021 might be a lost year for our country as 2020 was. we proved the doubters wrong. i need to single out one more group to praise. the american people. the american people. for more than a year you ve endured so much and so many lost jobs. so many businesses lost. so many lives that have been upended and so many months that our kid couldn t be in school. you couldn t see your friends or family. all of the moments that mattered so much from birthdays to weddings, to graduati