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0 see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, americas covid recovery and an economic pinch. from the gas pump to grocery stores and beyond-- consumers nationwide get squeezed by a sharp surge in prices with no end in sight. >> reporter: im lilia luciano in los angeles where energy demands, shipping problems and labor shortages are making everything more expensive. >> yuccas: also tonight, mandate standoff: the push to vaccinate police officers meets resistance in seve...

Today is the deadline for officers to tell the city if theyve been vaccinated against covid or be put on unpaid leave. but the union says the requirement will lead to many officers being off the streets at a time when gun violence is skyrocketing. omar jimenez reports. >> our institution is that people will comply. >> reporter: chicago mayor lori lightfoot is doubling down. >> its pretty straightforward. are you vaccinated or not? if you are, you up load your information. if youre not, then you ...

That and that youll be taking the testing option. >> reporter: at the center of it all is the citys requirement to disclose vaccine status by friday. city employees, including police officers who dont comply, would be placed on unpaid leave. >> do not fill out the portal information. >> reporter: the president of the police union claimed this week, without corroboration, it could lead to a police force at 50% or less this weekend. now telling officers to refuse direct orders on the mandate from ...

Face suspension. >> i am concerned of making sure we are well prepared if there is another delta. i am concerned keeping our schools open and economy going. >> reporter: the governor is preparing the national guard to step in if necessary. the states commissioner is hoping that wont be the case. >> we are looking at having so many of our people vaccinated that will not be necessary. at this point, things are still being tabulated. >> reporter: in new york city, fears of staffing shortages in the...

A national guard to step in if necessary. the states health commissioner hoping that wont be the case. >> we are looking at really having so many of our people vaccinated that that will not be necessary. but at this point things are still being tabulated. >> reporter: in new york city fears of a staffing shortage in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated tomorrow. no testing option. some 10,000 employees may not be allowed to work. the mayor says substitutes are ...

Through the correct process and there would be a testing option for those with natural immunity. todd: in the healthcare field are you mandated to get other vaccines such as the flu vaccine or anything else? >> as far as the flu vaccine, you dont, you wear a mask through the flu season which is different each year, you dont have to take the flu vaccine. jillian: any other vaccines? >> as far as i know, and the immunization record.

About keeping our babies safe. >> one parent of what theyre arguing to the court, let me read it in part, this order will force thousands of unvaccinated public school employees to lose their jobs, they argue, while other municipal employees, including those who have significant contact with children, are allowed to opt out of the vaccine mandate through weekly covid-19 testing. theyre essentially arguing theyre being singled out when other city employees have a testing option. are they? >> no. ...

Employment-based vaccine requirements, least anecdotally, are showing themselves to be very effective in terms of raising vaccination numbers. is there anything the survey data tells us in terms of what to expect and how that may interact with this big partisa divide in terms of republicans not believing the seriousness of that underlies those requirements i the first place? >> yeah, we did ask people how they feel about these employer requirements, and not surprisingly, theyre not very popular ...

The only municipal workers in new york city that have been forced to get this vaccination and theyre the only schoolteachers in new york state that are being forced to get this vaccination the governor came down with an edict, the rest of the teachers in new york state can get the testing option thats all we want for our clients also >> one of the things that we know right now is that there is expected to be a review before a three-judge panel come wednesday, determining what will happen as far ...

The armys recent guidance on how it would unfold this plan for implementing this. i looked it over. i believe if i wanted to i could wiggle my way through the next 2 years and get my retirement but i would have to sacrifice my personal integrity and took my back on the oath i took to acprotect americans rights. this i is not about me. its not about my retirement.ri there is a quote i reflect on: sometimes im sure everybody has heard it and it goes to the effect of, the only thing for evil to pre...