columbia sportswear ceo tim boyle was in that meeting.ow in a first on cnbc interview great to see you as always thanks for joining us. >> thank you it's great to be with you. >> what do you make of this mandate? do you think it's fair for the federal government to be prescribing this sort of action on business leaders like you >> actually, you know, we're thrilled this really needed to have happened we have been quite clear to our employees and the general public in our area that vaccines are going to be the only way we're going to be able to get out of the pandemic and you know, we've had mandate discussions internally in the company for many many months, and frankly, the government coming in, laying down a structure is welcomed and will be very good for the country, and i'm just thrilled with the president's leadership on this >> obviously vaccines have been provided for free by government. i'm not sure what percentage of your work force is vaccinated but for those that aren't, who's going to pick up the cost of the testing. >> that's

that have already issued vaccine mandates for their employees, including disney microsoft and columbia sportswear representatives reportedly discuss how they're implementing the mandates. this meeting follows the president's announcement last week that the labor department will require businesses with 100 or more employees. 2 order mandatory covid vaccinations or have their employees agree to weekly testing. >> and a hopeful sign after the deadly covid delta variant surge is california's transmission rates drop making us the only state in the country, not in the highest tier. that's according to the cdc, the state's covid transmission level fell from high to substantial the second highest tier as defined by the cdc. california is now one of only 3 states including connecticut and vermont that fell into this category state health officials credit relatively high vaccination rates as well as indoor masking practices in helping drive down new coronavirus infections. >> happening today. first responders in marin county are now required to show proof that they are fully vaccinated or submit to weekly

order went out which requires any company with 100 employees get their shots or get tested, columbia sportswear 14,$000 for violation if not in compliance. the order affect 80 million workers, 54% of the population has been vaccinated. this will be an interruption to business. todd: the story america cannot get enough of. >> reporter: became an irish is in twitter jail and will never use the platform again. she brought this on instagram. twitter jail, they didn't like what i was saying over there. she is referencing controversial comments about the covid vaccine which up online, the wrapper responding to criticism saying i can't look at someone from a particular political party, people aren't human anymore. twitter is telling fox she is not band. >> it isn't about disinformation. most of the vaccine if you trace it back to joy read's twitter feed. >> reporter: he has been invited to the white house, she tweeted she's going to wear pink like they did in legally blonde. jillian: there is confusion with that. jackie heinrich was reporting i don't think she was invited to the white house but she wa

columbia sportswear ceo who attends the meeting tells cnbc he thinks the government's actions could helpome cover. >> we have had mandate discussions internally in the company for many, many months and frankly, the government coming in, laying down a structure is welcomed and will be very good for the country >> reporter: before last week's announcement, a survey of 1,000 companies with hat least 100 employees found many of them planned some type of vaccine requirement by the end of this year former fda chair scott gottlieb says he believes the actions could backfire with some pausing to delay the plans until they see the new regulations, and today press secretary jen psaki said that could be weeks away. >> osha is going through the process of determining the regular rations and requirements to give businesses and employers the clear guidelines, which are all good questions being asked and hopefully we'll have more on that in the coming weeks. >> reporter: legal challenges are already mounting three republican governors threatening to sue, and gop senators say if and when they materializ

president biden met with business leaders and ceos today from the likes of walt disney to columbia sportswearthey talk his vaccine requirement for companies with at least 100 employees. nearly 80 million workers would be required to get fully vaccinated or show a negative covid test result at least 2. what at once a week. the labor department is working to implement the requirement in the coming weeks. biden hopes america's business community can reinvigorate vaccination efforts saying that vaccines can be beneficial to the economy. >> it's about viruses about saving lives. that's what this is all about. and here's what wall street had to say recently goldman sachs vaccinations will have positive impact on employment. measeles spread of covid which will help people return to work in movies, vaccinations mean if you're infections hospitalizations and deaths in a turn. that means a stronger economy. >> just over half of the u.s. population has been fully vaccinated against covid-19. >> the white house is offering to connect nicki with one of the biden administration's doctors to address her que