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Nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. Welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper. We start today with our health lead. An alarming new coronavirus trends especially among children. New data from the american academy of pediatrics show infections are up 240% since july. To put that into context, more than 240,000 kids in the u. S. Tested positive for coronavirus just last week. Now, it is important, as always, to note that kids remain far less likely than adults to get seriously sick or to die from coronavirus. But that does not mean that some don t get seriously ill or worse. And either way, kids can still carry and spread the virus. With hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again among adults and with a quarter of the country refusing to get vaccinated, health experts say, once again, communities need to focus on slowing the spread. In just a few moments i m goin to speak with dr. Anthony fauci and whether booster shots will be ready by the orig ....
The people you work with, the people you care about, people you love. You ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin and refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing. Maria: look over here, not over there at the massive blunder in afghanistan. 13 military heroes dead, a nation still mourning. 20 years after the worst attack on our country. So who is accountable and will any heads roll? coming up antony blinken on the hot seat tomorrow, testifying and the first republican to question him is here with us this morning. Texas congressman michael mccaul, the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee gears up. Ramifications of shutting down bagram airbase as china looks to move in. Plus the call that no one is talking about. Joe biden and xi xinping, on the phone for 90 minutes this week but the origins of covid did not come up. Florida congressman michael waltz, the first green beret ever elected to congress, a veteran of the war in afghanistan, assesses the china t ....
In this country are required to start forcing employees to either get the covid vaccine or submit to regular covid tests. My job as president is to protect all americans. So tonight, i m announcing that the department of labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees that together employ over 80 million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. Or show a negative test at least once a week. Jesse: joe biden added that if state governments don t go along with this, he will use my power as president to get them out of the way. What power does the president have to override state governments on this issue exactly? joe biden didn t say. Maybe it s the same authority that allowed at the cdc to suspend all evictions in the country. This administration no longer cares about the rules, they will do whatever they want. Keep in mind, less than a year ago joe biden told us that vaccines would never be mandatory. He knew he didn t have the a ....
Start forcing employees to either get the covid vaccine or submit to regular covid tests. My job as president is to protect all americans. So tonight, i m announcing that the department of labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees that together employ over 80 million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. Or show a negative test at least once a week. Jesse: joe biden added that if state governments don t go along with this, he will use my power as president to get them out of the way. On what power does the president have to override state governments on this issue exactly? joe biden didn t say. Maybe it s the same authority that allowed at the cdc to suspend all evictions in the country. This administration no longer cares about the rules, they will do whatever they want. Keep in mind, less than a year ago joe biden told us that vaccines would never be mandatory. He knew he didn t have the authority to do this. Reporter ....
Americans. As unemployment benefits pushed through the pandemic expire today. 7. 5 million people are said to lose their jobless benefits today. 3 million are using a 300 dollar state boost to their benefits. Labor secretary marty walsh today, saying states can choose to use other funds, to extend those benefits. We ve allowed the actually using rescue plan money. To extend the unemployment benefits in their state. If they need to. The rate is different all across the country, so really it is about how we continue to get the economy back and running. Meanwhile millions still struggled to find work in the middle of the delta variant surge. Many will soon be facing the reality of losing their, housing is the supreme court struck down biden s eviction moratorium extension. Let s talk about this. Joining me now former clinton labor secretary an offer of the assistant who rigged. It how we fix it. Maria, founder of footsore media, her memoir was once i was. You and the political strategist, ....