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Responsibility, through osha, to protect workers. to make sure theyre not in grave danger or in simple terms, theyre not at risk. they are with unvaccinated workers in the workplace. this is part of the responsible, p -- the responsibility, the legal authority to put in place that workers are vaccinated or tested at least once per week. that applies to all employers greater than 100 employees. >> i understand. why put the weekly testing option in? i know you didnt for the federal government. >> ...

Work. we have seen companies like tyson food in the first few weeks of their implementation of their requirement, their vaccination rate has gone up by 24%. same thing at the department of veteran affairs for health care workers. vaccination requirements will have a big impact. the president today with these strong actions, it impacts 100 million people. thats two-thirds of all american workers. we are optimistic that vaccination requirements will increase rates significantly. >> look, im going ...

You are not mandating the vaccine for everyone. theres this weekly testing option out there. theres also not everyone. the postal service is not included. when it comes to teachers, you are asking governors to do it. i was personally shocked the other day, in new york city, with these incredibly high vaccination rates, teachers who are about to teach kids who arent vaccinated are only 72% vaccinated. it was shocking. obviously, i dont know, is it the unions you feel like you are not able to mand...

A mandate could save lives. president biden now took it further on federal employees. he had a testing option there. he removed that. they have to get vaccinated. thats it. full stop. do you think he went far enough? when you look at the penalties here and really their ability to fire people will get challenged in court. where do you think he is right now? >> first of all, i love the tone. 75% of americans have gotten at least one shot. 75% of adults. the pandemic is being perpetuated by the 25%...

President, they are that testing option in there. this is a big change from where the administration was just recently. >> reporter: its a significant change. it follows the arc of what this administration has done over the last several months. a big change from just a couple months ago this summer when the president simply did not feel it was his obligation or his responsibility to impose mandates on private businesses or even federal government workers. this has been something thats been a bit...

As texas governor greg abbott -- hes vaccinated. how did that happen? whats going on here exactly? whats this about? we would love to know. we are long past the time and the people in power feel they have to answer simple questions. the emphasis is on us and our total obedience. heres a disgraced governor of new york, may be the second to last person you would call for medical advice. telling more than 600,000 doctors and nurses in the state that regardless of what they think about medicines, he...

Workers is united airlines i spoke exclusively with uniteds ceo scott kirby and asked him about that new policy >> we are now going to require all employees to get vaccinated atlater of r 25th or 45 days after the fda has final authorization for the vaccine. >> some companies and organizations are saying get the vaccination or be tested regularly are you offering that option or are you simply saying either be vaccinated or move on and leave the company? >> we are not offering a testing option, a...

But some of them have taken a stance and said we dont want our members to be forced to be vaccinated. and some unions in fact have said we dont even want this vaccination or frequent testing option unless we get overtime pay or what have you. thats the case for the paramedics union, for example, in new york city. so yes, some unions have stood in the way. i think frankly this is completely ill-advised. its jeopardizing public health. its jeopardizing their own members. its jeopardizing their pol...

Vaccination or frequent testing option unless we get overtime pay or what have you. thats the case for the paramedics union, for example, in new york city. so yes, some unions have stood in the way. i think frankly this is completely ill-advised. its jeopardizing public health. its jeopardizing their own members. its jeopardizing their political influence. but it doesnt mean some of them arent doing it perhaps because they do have members who are cranks or want more money or theyre using it as a...

>> so andrew cuomo is talking about what hes calling dramati action tonight, mandating vaccines for frontline healthcare workers of state hospitals without any weekly testing option. we have the story from new york city. good evening, alex. >> good evening, shannon. andrew cuomo laid out his plans to bring them community transmission, calling this a pivotal moment in todays news, storing some strong opinions. >> a new deadline of labor day, governor warner most is that al 130,000 new york state ...