their shots. joining me now is cedric richmond. he is a senior adviser to president biden and director of the white house office of public engagement. cedric, good evening. thank you so much for joining us. good to see you. the biden administration isn't requiring proof of vaccinations. that's up to individual agencies and businesses. do you think we can trust people's words? i mean, why not require some proof here? >> well, we're going to leave that to the businesses to decide. and we've put the burden on the businesses if you have 100 or more employees, to get your employees vaccinated or to implement a rigorous testing regime. look. we have 3 -- 75% of the country has at least taken one shot. and what we need is people to just do the responsible thing, care for their neighbors, care for children who can't get vaccinated. and take the shot. and -- and that's what we need because this is a race and we said it from the beginning. this is a race between vaccines and variants. >> you know they're not doing it. that's why the president had to come out today and do what he did. >> that's exactly right.