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Monitor in the days and weeks ahead. >> harris: peter doocy. >> officials here talk about the new vaccine requirement as being very important but officials are having a hard time explaining how it is going to work. like how is it going to be enforced? >> it has to be included in the rulemaking process. it is about up -- to be specific $13,600 per violation but there is all part of what would be determined in the coming weeks. >> that means it's unclear if the new vaccine requirements are even going to quick in during the spike in delta variant cases. republican governors believe it is a seriou...

The poll numbers are going down. they get it. and they have to explain why they're doing it and why they believe they're right. and this is a fight that is going to continue in every arena. and this is just one more of those big government overreach, too many taxes, et cetera, et cetera. it's the same thing, different issue. >> kaitlan, when asked how these policies would be enforced, the white house covid response coordinator jeff zients said this. take a listen. >> if a workplace refuses to follow the standard, the osha fines can be quite significant. enforcement actions includes fines up to...

Incredibly expensive repercussions. this is what the president's coronavirus advisor told reporters earlier about what that could look like. >> a workplace refuses to follow the standard, the osha fines can be quite significant, enforcement actions include fines up to $13,600 per violation. >> reporter: so that's $14,000, almost, per violation which would be per employee that is not vaccinated, and so, victor, we're waiting to see the details of this, though, when it goes into effect, is it the company that has to pick up the tab for the testing or is it the unvaccinated employee? those are al...

Are up 75% from last week, 13,600 plus new infections, a week ago 24,000 on tuesday. that's a lower number than we went through in the winter surge, but that is the wrong trend line. the delta variant is responsible for more and more cases across the country. about half of the country more and more as you go. the delta variant taking root everywhere, driving the case spike. this is the cdc's map about community transmission right now. you want to be blue on this map. yellow is not bad. orange and red, you see way too much of it especially here in the center of the country, down here as you go ...

It is just above a state of emergency. closures of the borders, martial law imposed so haiti will not be plunged into further disaster. >> thank you very much. the covid crisis. we want to talk in a moment to somebody on the front lines dealing with the deadly delta variant. here's the case count right now. you see the case count and you think about the winter peak. way, way down here. we're still averaging 13,600 new infections a day. that's up from 11,000 a couple weeks ago. so the case count is inching up in part because of the disparity in vaccinations. 62% in maine. 66% in vermont. full...