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United states. we caught some, how many didnt we catch? you dont catch everybody. 350,000 to 400,000 gotaways this year alone. who were they? >> harris: wow. tom hoe man. -- tom homan, thank you. outrage is growing nationwide as more states are mandating vaccines. >> harris: state workers, thousands of them, are protesting. they will be required to get the shot by october 18th and they are not the only ones. teachers and healthcare workers in new york are already being fired over this matter. po...

Covid cases and hospitalizations are dropping. its still at levels not seen since the winter, before vaccines were widely available. 150,000 daily and are now on track to slip below 100,000. southern states hit hard by the delta variant. meanwhile more covid vaccine mandates will go into effect today leaving many concerns over staffing shortages for critical jobs. nbcs lindsey rouser has the latest. >> reporter: one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country goes into effect, connecticut d...

700,000 deaths over the weekend. all state workers are required to get vaccinated or face suspension. here there is a fear of staffing shortages in the nations largest school district with all teachers required to be vaccinated today. california is set to become the first state to require vaccines for kids to attend school. on top of all of this, the cdc released guidance from the holidays, and heres dr. anthony fauci. >> we can gather for christmas or its just too soon to tell? >> you know, mor...

>> i will never stop fighting for my coworkers who wont do it. >> in washington monday is the deadline for state workers to show they have had their shots and a similar deadline past in connecticut, a new study found unvaccinated americans eight times more likely to test positive for covid. dr. anthony fauci said on "face the nation," mandates make sense. >> i think that the emergent nature of what we are dealing with actually does justify that. >> west virginia is struggling with one of the hig...

0 >> cbs weekend news is next. captioning sponsored by cbs . >> duncan: tonight a major oil spill off southern california. crews scramble to contain the crude after an offshore pipeline ruptured. at least 126,000 gallons pour into the ocean. beaches are fouled, wildlife killed. >> the impact to the environment is irreversible. >> also tonight vaccination or suspension for not getting shots. some as early as tomorrow. the crackdown rejected in some states. >> i truly believe that the mandate only...

Wildlife there? >> reporter: well, you can see here this is the oily goop animals are up against just in this pool here. numerous fish are trapped beneath the oil coated surface. this is just a tiny fraction of the miles of beach impacted. >> makes the point very well. thank you. we are just hours away from new covid vaccine mandates going into effect in more cities and states and theres new concern they will cause major staffing shortages for critical roles from state employees to teachers. o...

More workers will now be facing the mandate

Area. tonight, amtrak saying theyre cooperating with investigators. >> zohreen, thank you. and now to the pandemic, and the growing battle over vaccine mandates. only hours remain until tens of thousands of unvaccinated health care workers in new york could lose their jobs. the governor is putting contingency plans in place including using the national guard. this comes at a critical time. on average, nearly 1,600 people are dying of the virus every day nationwide. thats up 730% since mid-july...

Welcome back pfizer ceo believes we are on the verge of normalcy but it isnt ruling out lifelong vaccination shot to protect people from covid. >> within a year,ening we would be able to come back to normal life. i dont think this means that will continue coming, and i dont think that this means that we should be able to live our lives without having immune without vaccinations basically. but lets begin that to be seen. pfizer booster shots cleared for certain people and expected to submit its v...

When it comes to their own risks of getting covid and whether they want to get a booster at this time. >> is there any risk to getting the booster too soon. if you get it at six months instead of eight months, is there any risk? >> well right now the cdc and the fda are recommending after six months. soft eight months is what is the biden administration said. that is par of the confused messaging. but the recommendation now is six months. there is a not necessarily a risk before six months but i...