new york city, the country s first major covid epicenter, is taking vaccine incentives to the next level with a potentially life-saving new rule for how we gather in indoor public spaces. starting on september 13th, at least one covid dose proven through the city s new app or paper card that shows you have it will be required for entry into all new york city s restaurants, gyms and performance venues, including broadway. here was mayor bill de blasio this morning on his decision, the first of its kind in the country. there was incentives, it was compassionate and kind. but now it s time to get a little blunter about the fact that everyone needs to get vaccinated for the good of their family, their community, their country. joining us now is co-owner of the world famous sylvia s restaurant in harlem as well as a member of the new york forward advisory board.
i ll ask the capitol police chief about his top priority to prevent a repeat of the riot. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden taking direct action to try to combat what he calls the pandemic of the unvaccinated. let s go straight to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. the president laid out new vaccine incentives saying this is about life and death. yeah, wolf. it is a stark reminder about the moment the country finds itself in where despite months of work by aed the min strags, more than 163 million people fully vaccinated, have a vaccine that actually works, there is still major problems. when you look at the data, there
dystopia. they should not be consigned to live, regardless of which state in the union, consigned to live in a faucian dystopia in which we re governed by the whims of bureaucratic authorities who care little for our freedom, little for our aspirations, and little for our happiness. no more. we can t let it happen going forward. joining me now, dr. lippi roy, medical director of covid isolation and quarantine sites for housing works in new york city. and ferdinand amandi, democratic pollster and an nbc political analyst. good to see you both. dr. roy, i want to start with you. let s start with the remarks from the president just hours ago encouraging vaccinations for americans, requiring them for federal employees and co asking states and cities to offer $100 vaccine incentives. from a public health perspective, is all of this going to put us on the path to having a such number of
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