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Considering allowing a republican bill to end the mandate demands. if passed, the bill would direct the secretary of defense to end the vaccine directive for active duty and reserve service members. however, not everyone involved is in agreement on the issue. here's the national security council coordinator john kirby. >> on the covid mandate issue, obviously we're aware that congress is considering putting a repeal in the ndaa, the repeal of the vaccine mandate. secretary austin's been very clear that he opposes the repeal of the vaccine, the vaccine mandate and the president actually concurs...

Language that would call for that mandatory vaccine requirement to end. so this has been something that the republican leader kevin mccarthy had spoken about for several days now, and he said initially, over the weekend, that the white house agreed with this decision. a white house spokesperson says the president was considering, but then today, we heard from john kirby, the nsc spokesperson, who said in fact on the covid mandate issue, obviously, we're aware that congress is considering putting a repeal in the ndaa, the repeal of the vaccine mandate. secretary austin's been very clear that he...

If somebody was jumping off the cliff, you might say we need to mandate parachutes, but off a diving board to a swimming pool, the calculus used to base the mandate is entirely different. i don't think the mandate issue has factored in that we are dealing now with a common cold-like illness and we are in a bad cold season and it will have some consequences and high risk individuals but it's nothing like the case fatality rate with delta. >> john: 30 seconds here. pfizer c.e.o. says an omicron specific vaccine will be out in march. do we need to do that for any variant? >> if it's approved, you...

Challenges from all sides. >> as quickly as the blow to the white house was delivered. >> the a.s are 52 the nays are 48. the joint resolution is passed. >> the administration returned the punch. >> if it comes to his desk, he will veto it. >> right now it's unclear if democratic leaders in the house will take up the senate passed resolution to repeal the vaccine or test mandate for private businesses. but democrats whitmer reportedly telling business leaders if that mandate happens, we are going to lose state employees. we have a lot of the same concerns that you just voiced. and it's going t...

Mandate for private businesses is senator john tester. >> the state of montana, folks are saying business people are saying even though the owners think it is a good idea to get vaccinated they are saying it puts me in a bind. the mandate issue for the private sector does become problematic for business. >> the other no is senator joe manchin who ex klains it is not the place of the federal government to tell private business owners to operate their businesses. we should incentivize, not penalize private employers to encourage vaccination among their employees. president biden has long said he...