state, including private employers. this is another act of resistance to public health measures and just a few minutes ago, two major companies said they will not comply with the governor s orders. cnn s nick watt has the latest for us. nick? reporter: well, victor, there are a bunch of big names based down in texas, at&t, oracle, dell, exxonmobil, and we have been wondering all morning, will they comply? well, we just heard from american airlines and southwest, they say they will not comply with the governor. they will continue following the federal law, which says that they ve got to mandate vaccines for their employees. now, governor abbott had already said that government entities in texas were not allowed to mandate vaccines. today, he just went a step further, a big step. in texas, governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary for texans.
matter he calls private. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. breaking news in our national lead. just minutes ago we finally learned gabby petito, the 22-year-old woman found dead in a wyoming national park three weeks ago, was killed by strangulation. her death, according to the wyoming coroner, was ruled a homicide. petito was first reported missing more than a month ago after spending the summer travel with her 23-year-old fiance brian laundrie. the couple extensively documented their adventures on social media and stoked nationwide conversation about the tens of thousands of missing persons stories that do not garner such an intense interest. they also brought attention to the issues of domestic abuse and apparently inadequate police training on the matter of domestic abuse. cnn s leyla santiago starts us off from florida where they continue to search from laundrie, the fiance who disappeared after he became a person of interest. cause of death by strangulation an
gabby petito homicide case. the coroner revealing she was strangled to death. there s new reaction from the family of her missing fiance, brian laundrie, as the manhunt for him continues. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the battle that s now unfolding over the e texas governor s new ban on all covid vaccine mandates. cnn national correspondent nick watt is covering the vaccine wars. governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary. for texans. these are proven measures that protect people. at least don t stand in the way of businesses who are trying to protect their workers. and there are plenty of big corporations based in texas. among them, american airlines and southwest already said they ll ignore the governor, abide by the
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