retracting the note saying she is safe. why would anybody buy this? let s bring in someone who is demanding action, former tennis pro pam shriver. greats to see you. thanks, chris. good to be with you. what should happen? what should happen? we should have absolute certainty and proof that peng shue is healthy. it s absolutely difficult the wta has 11 tour stops in china. they re a huge business partner. but i believe steve simon, the ceo when he says we don t get the right answers and get absolute certainty that peng is fine, then we can no longer be business partners. do you believe it is being put forward forcibly enough? and do you believe that right now it should be a tennis issue for now? the leverage of the commerce of the wta and maybe the usta, and not necessarily a government
the wta and maybe the usta, and not necessarily a government thing? i think that s all that women s tennis has control over right now is to use the leverage that we have and realize that, you know, we have other partners that we can partner with that have the same core values that we have as an organization of about 50 years that s helped build the biggest professional women s sport on the planet. and it s been done on the core values of equality and treating women fairly and listening to what they have to say, and not censoring them. the key is action. when does the wta have to pull the string on the money that goes to and comes from china if they don t get an answer? well, i m not in those business rooms. but steve simon, i know he has already had key meetings with tournament directors worldwide. this became even during the tour
issues impacting the supply chain to issues impacting the ability to travel right now. they re all driven by a pandemic that we need to put behind us. the pandemic ends when we get everybody vaccinated. it is our best tool to get that done. it s one of the reasons why these vaccine requirements are so important and they work, and we know from the leadership of other airlines that it can be done. one airline, united, got 99.7%, i believe, compliance with their employees, and they didn t even wait for any requirement. they just went ahead and did it. so we know it can be done. customers it s not just a government thing, i imagine customers are accounting on companies, whether airlines or any other company they interact with to keep the necessary steps to keep them safe. secretary pete buttigieg, thanks for joining the program this morning. thank you. good to be with you. up next, more than three years after 17 people were killed at marjory stoneman douglas high school, today ther
address this supply shortage by securing agreements with wall street and fed-ex and others for 24/7 operations. don t they already have that? what is this? yes, those companies probably do. i am sure that fed-ex and ups do. laura: that s the point of edex. that s the business they are in overnight delivery retailers may or may not. the government can t get anything. the problem was the port of los angeles was not open. you could put all of the people you want if there but you could not open the boxes of the containers to put them in trucks to drive away in all of those deserted roads that the president talked about. that s a government thing. i guess they are going to change that. good for them.
let me get this straight. they are going to address this supply shortage by securing agreements with walmart, fedex and others for 24/7 operations but don t they have 24/seven operations. those companies probably do. i am sure that fedex - that is the business they are in, overnight delivery. the retail may or may not but the government can t get anything right. the problem was the port of los angeles is not open so you could put all the people you went in there but you couldn t open the boxes of the containers and try to put them in trucks to drive away and all those deserted the present the president talked about until they stay open. that is a government thing and i