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Wildlife there? >> reporter: well, you can see here this is the oily goop animals are up against just in this pool here. numerous fish are trapped beneath the oil coated surface. this is just a tiny fraction of the miles of beach impacted. >> makes the point very well. thank you. we are just hours away from new covid vaccine mandates going into effect in more cities and states and there's new concern they will cause major staffing shortages for critical roles from state employees to teachers. one governor is calling up the national guard to help. >> reporter: tomorrow one of the strictest va...

More workers will now be facing the mandate

Area. tonight, amtrak saying they're cooperating with investigators. >> zohreen, thank you. and now to the pandemic, and the growing battle over vaccine mandates. only hours remain until tens of thousands of unvaccinated health care workers in new york could lose their jobs. the governor is putting contingency plans in place including using the national guard. this comes at a critical time. on average, nearly 1,600 people are dying of the virus every day nationwide. that's up 730% since mid-july. here's phil lipof. >> reporter: tonight, with the deadline just hours away for all new york stat...

Welcome back pfizer ceo believes we are on the verge of normalcy but it isn't ruling out lifelong vaccination shot to protect people from covid. >> within a year,ening we would be able to come back to normal life. i don't think this means that will continue coming, and i don't think that this means that we should be able to live our lives without having immune without vaccinations basically. but let's begin that to be seen. pfizer booster shots cleared for certain people and expected to submit its vaccine data for five to 11-year-olds to the fda in the coming days. and massachusetts police uni...

When it comes to their own risks of getting covid and whether they want to get a booster at this time. >> is there any risk to getting the booster too soon. if you get it at six months instead of eight months, is there any risk? >> well right now the cdc and the fda are recommending after six months. soft eight months is what is the biden administration said. that is par of the confused messaging. but the recommendation now is six months. there is a not necessarily a risk before six months but it might not be as effective if you just finish your vaccine and now you're rushing out to get a thir...