meanwhile, the biden administration is still denying there is a border crisis preferring to call it a, quote, challenge. with officials now scrambling to find places to shelter asylum seekers including a new influx of young children. we have live team coverage for you on all of this. david spunt is in wilmington the, delaware, covering the administration's response, but first we start with griff jenkins who's down on the border in mission, texas. griff? >> reporter: hey, eric, good afternoon. we are here in the rio grande valley sector, mission, texas, part of that. and let me just show you the proximity to which we are to the border. you can see as we come around the wall, a hole in the wall, the levee in the distance about a mile two two miles is the rio grande river. that is ground zero where we see migrant after migrant, as well as some single adults. they are just coming in an overwhelming number that the border patrol agents here can't deal with. and it's not just the officials that are seeing it. residents like emily lord talking about what she's seeing in her area. here's what she said earlier on cavuto. listen. >> it had been fairly quiet and peaceful for, you know, i'd say the last 2-4 years. and overnight there's, you know, smugglers everywhere. your fences are torn down. he's welcome to come down and help us mend a fence and keep our livestock in or help protect my house because now i don't know who's on our property. >> reporter: and, eric, she talked about those numbers. let's look at just rgv. in the last 24 hours, we can see that 1,940 apprehensions have been made bringing the total fiscal year number in the last five months up 177,000 compared to last year. now, let us show you some exclusive photos fox news has obtained of a processing site. it's temporary right here along the border. these, you see a bus there, you can see hundreds of migrants. they've had to set up a point of entry really after the river crossing to process them because the numbers are so unbelievably overwhelming. if we can go off, i we've got our drone up in the sky, you can really see the challenging terrain in the valley here, and that's why you see these temporary sites being set up. we asked for a statement the, a comment from dhs has to why they're having to do it here, but we have not heard back yet although on the ground they tell the us it's helpful to deal with these overwhelming numbers. and it's just a snapshot here, eric, of what they're having to deal with not just today, not just yesterday, but really since the biden administration started to undo many of the trump policies particularly that remain in mexico. they tell us here on the ground that when these migrants cross, they're able to be caught and released, they send messages back on facebook, they call back home to tell family members in honduras, guatemala, el salvador, hey, we got here, we got across, come on, this is the time to do it despite the administration very firmly, even jake sullivan, the national security adviser, yesterday saying now is not the time to come until they sort out the asylum process. one thing for sure, it is whether the white house wants to call it a crisis or not, it is an untenable situation at this very moment, and no one knows it better than the folks here in the rio grande valley. eric: on the ground they're saying it is overwhelming. meanwhile, griff, what's the impact on the flow of illicit illegal items like drugs, and can you talk about the wall? is that the trump wall? where are you standing? can you explain what's there? it looks like you can walk around it. what is that? >> reporter: first on the drugs, because that's a great question. they're having overwhelming numbers of humans coming, it's an opportunity for cartels to push narcotics. they have apprehended more than 43,000 pounds of cocaine, and that is because the border agents and the feds are being distracted. that's a huge part of the equation. when i told you here in the rgv they're up 177% in the apprehensions of humans? guess what? that means the narcotics are 177% increase for the cartels conservatively speaking. but here you see this hole in the wall, and9 with the drone spot you can see it even better. this is a section of the wall that they were building under the trump administration, but when president biden halted immediately the construction of the wall, they were not able to complete this portion of the wall which is about half a football field's distance. now, this matters because when 1,940 people are coming across the border many of them at night, the ones that don't want to basically surrender to border control, they come right through this hole right here. and i'm not sure if you can really tell, but here there's a bar. this is a local gentleman's establishment, open air patio here. he says that on a daily basis in the morning when they come in, they see many migrants here sleeping, using the facilities because they've come through a lot of times people are picking them up on the road to try and evade the border patrol officials. he even told me about two and a half months ago a woman gave birth right here in the parking lot. eric? eric: wow, that's amazing. it's more than a hole, it's like that's a door without a door. griffgriff jenkins in mission, , thank you. arthel: the dire situation at the southern border is testing the biden administration's strategy on immigration. this as president biden continues to roll back trump era immigration policies. let's go to david spunt now. he's in wilmington, delaware, with more. but, david, as was just reported by griff, the trump wall was never completed during the trump administration, and now more children and migrants are heading for the border. what's the word from the white house on all of this? >> reporter: very much so, arthel. and the white house clearly watching what's going on down at the border, no question about it. president biden here in wilmington, delaware, at his home for many years, he's actually meeting with advisers this weekend talking about a multitude of topics. just off that victory from that covid relief package, but many want him to focus specifically on that surge of migrants coming across the u.s. border, especially children. arthel, republicans -- you've heard them call this a crisis -- president biden and his team, they call it a challenge. both sides of the aisle agree this is a problem that needs to be looked at almost immediately and that surge of unaccompanied children happens to be at the top of the list. these children just desperate to get into the united states. ultimately, according to senator john cornyn, the senator from texas, says that it's the car a tell that is taking advantage -- cartel that is taking advantage of our dysfunction on the border, and it's working out for them. listen to this. >> the cartels, the criminal organizations have figured out our laws. in some ways, they understand our laws better than we do ourselves, and they play the gaps. they find the gaps, they find the places where they can advance their goals. >> reporter: in an interview with univision, alejandro mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said, quote: it is not an open border policy. that is absolutely untrue. as a matter of fact, there are many members of the community who are criticizing us because we are returning families under our public health authorities of the cdc in our efforts to insure the public health not only of our american communities, but also the migrants themselves. as for a potential visit by president biden to the southern border, nothing on the schedule yet. republicans have been asking him to do this, arthel, since he took office. now there is a growing chorus of democrats who are telling him he needs to go to the border physically to see what is going on. arthel? arthel: clearly, they have to be much stronger with their messaging. david spunt, thank you very much. and, by the way, we're going to have much more on this border crisis when we speak to former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf later in the show. eric. eric: well, in new york, the governor, andrew cuomo, rejecting calls to resign following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. the governor says he was elected by the people of the empire state, not by the politicians, many of them democrats saying he should go. so far more than 360 state lawmakers -- 160 state lawmakers want cuomo to step down including a majority of the democratic congressional delegation from new york state including its two senators. all this as another woman has come forward with accusations against the governor bringing the total now to seven. alex hogan live in new york city with more on this continuing drama. alex? >> reporter: hi, eric. so as you mentioned, now seven women have come forward either saying that the governor sexually harassed them or that he was conducting inappropriate behavior at the time when he was around them. and even some of the governor's longtime supporters now are speaking out asking him to step down. as you mentioned, one of those is senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirstin gillibrand issuing a joint statement saying confronting and overcoming the covid crisis requires sure and steady leadership. we commend the brave actions of the individuals who have come forward with these serious allegations of abuse and misconduct. new york's representative jerry nadler saying the bravery individuals, the bravery individuals have shown in coming forward to share their experiences with governor cuomo is inspiring, and governor cuomo has lost the confidence of the people of new york. governor cuomo must resign. at least 135 new york lawmakers are calling for him to resign or be removed. currently, there's not enough support for impeachment. cuomo himself says he's not going anywhere. reporter jessica bateman is the latest woman to come forward. former staff have told -- have talked about working in the administration and the environment there. new york state senator alexandra biaggi calling it a culture of toxic behavior. >> it prevents new yorkers from receiving not only the best leadership from a governor and his governmental staff which the primary mission should be to serve the people of new york, but it prevents people from being able to enter a workplace and to be safe. >> reporter: governor cuomo faces two investigations right now one, obvious, into the handling of nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic and, of course, the sexual harassment allegations. now as more people come forward, the state attorney general has created a web site so that the public can provide whatever information they have about this moving forward. eric? if. eric: and he is standing fast. alex, thank you. arthel? if. arthel: eric and alex, thank you so much. for more on this, we're going to bring in james freeman, assistant editor at "the wall street journal" editorial page and also a fox news contributor. james, new york attorney general leticia james' investigation is still in progress, as you know. still, the political pressure is mounting. can governor cuomo stick it out? >> i think it's going to be tough. obviously, the political support declining here, and the new york constitution is not like our federal constitution in that it doesn't have the specific bars that they need to clear. so in other words, they don't need to prove that he committed a crimement -- a crime. obviously, as far as the harassment allegations go, if he was holding himself to the standards he's demanded of other people, he would have already resigned. on the nursing home thing, i think you already have ample evidence for lawmakers who want to conduct that impeachment investigation. you have policies that were highly destructive, appear to have killed hundreds of people, perhaps more. then a cover-up of those results which included violation of the freedom of information laws. so it's kind of astounding he's lasted this long. arthel: so what is more politically damaging for him, to resign or to get impeached? >> i don't see him resigning, so i think obviously he's gotten a lot of advice in that direction, a lot of people in his own party saying he should. i don't see that happening. i think if he leaves, it is going to be through impeachment. obviously, there is not yet support or doesn't appear to be the votes for that in the legislature at this point. it's an overwhelmingly democratic legislature. but i think -- arthel: yeah, but, excuse me, you know, hang on, you threw something in there by saying overwhelmingly it's a democratic legislature, so it seems that you're saying they're not willing to, you know, go all the way with this. but it has -- >> not yet. arthel: not yet. well -- >> not yet, but -- yeah, so it's a question of how much of this evidence is going to, going to be enough. but i really think if they look at the covid policy, and we've talked a lot about nursing homes, but he did the same thing to people with disabilities that he did to the elderly, forced them to accept higher risking of infection -- risk of infection at the same time preventing them from seeing their families and then a very aggressive effort by his administration to prevent the details of this catastrophe from coming out. so i think if lawmakers focus on that set of facts, they really should reach the conclusion that this is unacceptable. arthel: and it seems though that, you know, you've got more democratic lawmakers calling for the governor to resign due to the sexual harassment allegationings that seem to be -- allegations that seem to be mounting. so governor cuomo seems to imply that the pile-on is driven by political expediency saying it's, quote, reckless and dangerous for any politician to make a decision without all the facts. is this a valid point or a victim-playing? >> well, i do think once you have the two new york senators, two democrats, schumer and gillibrand, saying he's got to go, that certainly does leave more breathing room for other democrats in the state if they're kind of calculating whether to cross governor cuomo. it does give them more room to come out against him. but i think the underlying facts, whatever the political motivations of legislators is, the underlying facts are damning. this was an absolute -- arthel: so then is he, is he a lame duck governor? has he been rendered a lame duck governor? can he still govern effectively? >> well, i don't believe he has said that he won't run again, so i think at this point we have to say it's unclear. when -- if you have the entire legislature saying we won't work with him, then that would perhaps force his hand, but we're not there yet. i don't think this drama is over, but i do think that the move by new york senators does make it easier for, frankly, politicians who were scared of him to come out -- arthel: yeah, james, i'm not sure that we've heard the governor say that he plans to run again. but let me can you this -- >> right, right. i think some people have said maybe he should announce that he won't, but i don't see him doing that. arthel: as the intraparty pressure mounts against governor cuomo, how is the gop both in new york and on the federal level digesting this? they've got to be licking their chops saying, hey what could have been a political titan for the democrats is being kicked to the curb by their own party. >> yeah, i think probably some mixed feelings in the sense that i think for people who like limited government in new york, you know, you have a lot of that, i think there is a fear that whoever follows him might be worse in terms of favoring bigger government, more spending, etc. so i'm not sure that if he is taken down, it's going to be celebrated by republicans, conservatives generally. but i, again, i really think regardless of motivations and kind of the political outcome and, obviously, this does take him out of a 2020 -- or 2024 presidential possibility, i think the underlying facts are damning. if that's where the focus is, i think eventually he will be in trouble. arthel: james freeman, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, arthel. arthel: take care. erin. eric: arthel, you know, they say march comes in like a lion. well, it's certainly staying that way at least throughout the rockies and the plains this weekend. let's take a live look at denver. the rocky mountain city now bracing for a massive snowstorm. the flakes, as you can see, are beginning to fall. what is coming is describe thed as a potential blockbuster blizzard. meteorologist adam klotz in the fox extreme weather center. extreme is the watch word. what do we expect, adamsome. adam: eric, it is a big, large system we're talking about. all of the weather whether it's the severe weather out in front or the blizzards, it's all just one system that's happening right along this frontal boundary. you see that warm air bumping up against quickly cold air, and that's when you get some of these big spring-like systems that we're currently looking at. what does this mean? for some folks in portions of texas, this could mean severe thunderstorms, but across the rockies it is going to mean a whole lot of snow. this is something that's going to last the whole weekend. we've got winter advisories from colorado, running up into wisconsin wyoming, over towards nebraska. blizzard warnings means heavy snow, lower visibility and strong winds. we could see a bunch of snow. now, fairly widespread, you're looking at an area getting 18 inches of snow, but that pinkish-purplish color, suddenly we're up to 3 feet or more. it's not the only part of this. out in front where that air's warmer, potential for severe weather across portions of western texas, maybe each some tornadoes. that kind of lasts through today. we're going to be tracking that snow all the way into sunday though. eric. eric: all right. bad for driving but great for the skiers. adam, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, one year after the pandemic put a halt to education as we knew it, a new study is taking a look at the effects of closed classrooms. what it's finding about keeping children out of schools. that's up next. ♪ ♪ h insurance tells you to see a doctor but, um, look around. these days it's not that easy. you're telling me. but humana helps make it easy. human care gives you tons of ways to talk to your doctor: phone, computer, in person, or tablet. hey jean! hi! this is just a quick follow up. your numbers are looking great. you don't even have to put on shoes. ooo! easy peasy. you like that, huh? 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>> reporter: hi, eric. the study lays out how virtual learning could be taking an intellectual, economical and mental toll on children around the country. the report, which was authored by seven different groups including conservative-leaning american enterprise institute, urges officials to take a deep look at the long-term effects school closures are having on american children. researchers used data from 130 studies and discovered increased cases of children developing mental health issues in the last year since schools have gone virtual. the analysis also highlights a june 2020 report which estimates some children stand to lose anywhere between 61,000 and 82,000 in future earnings over their lifetime if in-person learning doesn't increase this year. as students fall behind academically, black and latino children are at risk of losing the most. >> we just cannot emphasize learning acceleration. kids have missed days of learning, they've missed lessons, they've been struggling with remote learning, with zoom sessions like we're in. and the struggle translates into falling behind academically. we need to find out where they are and then help them catch up and accelerate as fast as possible, and that starts today. we can't wait until the fall. >> reporter: now, the report says it's possible for schools to reopen safely because covid-19 transmission is limited in schools if they follow common virus mitigation efforts like hand washing, increased cleaning, covid testing and social distancing. statements across the country -- states across the country are slowly moving in that direction, oregon's governor announcing schools there will reopen more most students by next month. >> i've signed the executive order to open oregon schools for in-person instruction. i'm happy to report as of this week there are now more than 174,000 students back in the classroom, and we're excited that all of our kids will have the opportunity to return in the coming weeks. >> reporter: and, eric, while that report strongly encourages schools to reopen, it also, you know, highlights that there are participants who are hesitant -- parents who are hesitant about sending their students back, and it says there's time to become comfortable with a decision like that. eric: understandable. charles, thank you. arthel: prince harry and meghan markle's recent interview reportedly hasn't damaged the reputation of buckingham palace as much as the couple themselves. they've taken a hit in popularity following sunday's sit-down with oprah according to a recent poll. let's go to ryan chilcote live in london, the epicenter, with more on the fallout. so, ryan, how does the reaction in britain compare to the way americans are reacting to the interview? >> reporter: yeah, kind of the polar opposite, actually, arthel. so both prince harry and meghan became a bit more popular in the united states after that interview. if you look at prince harry, for example, here in the u.k., well, more brits now have a negative view of prince harry after that interview according to the poll you were just mentioning there than a positive view. in fact, that's the first time ever that prince harry has had more critics than fans. and it's really kind of an extraordinary reversal of fortune. his popularity has gradually been falling for a few years now, but, you know, you go back, say, three, four years ago, seven out of ten brits said, yep, love him. you know, not the case anymore. meghan markle? well, brits had an even more negative view of her, just one in three have a positive view of the duchess of sussex as she's still referred to here in the u.k. prince charles' popularity also took a little hit after the interview, just 49% said they had a positive view of the heir to the throne which isn't great because, obviously, he wants to be king. though he wasn't wildly popular before this interview either. so the one, i think, big takeaway is at least so far meghan and harry's interview, with charles as an exception, habit really affected any of the royals' concern hasn't -- hasn't really affected any of the royals' popularity. the queen has maintained a rock solid, i would say rock star 80% approval rating. arthel? arthel: that's because the queen is a rock star in britain. okay, ryan -- >> she's 94. arthel: and she's 94. okay. ryan chilcote, thank you so much. eric. eric: yeah, i saw the queen once at the u.n. she even did one of those. she actually did, you know? way back. meanwhile, back here at home the biden administration is struggling to deal with an influx of migrants who are crossing the southern border. our next guest says the crisis is one the biden administration is to blame for, and he will tell us what the president should do to stop it. former trump acting department of homeland security secretary chad wolf is here. more on what he suggests we should do next. ♪ ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your day. if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for you. get 2 unlimited lines for only $70. and now get netflix on us with your plan. and this rate is fixed, you'll pay exactly $70 total. this month and every month. plus, switch today and get a free smartphone for each line. the best value and award-winning customer service. only at t-mobile. ♪♪ eric: well, dramatic new numbers from the southern border raising new alarms about the migrants as we learn that customs and border protection has encountered more than 100,000 migrants in the month of february as well. you're taking a look live in mission, texas, along what's been completed so far of the trump border call. work there, of course, has stopped, and you can see that giant, well, hole right in the middle of it next to the road. griff general kins moments ago was telling us that at night the migrants flood right on through there. the agency says a lance armstrong number of children are -- a large number of children are taking the dangerous trek without their parents. joining us now is chad woman, former acting department of homeland security secretary under president trump. he's also a heritage foundation visiting fellow. mr. secretary, welcome. you have seen the biden administration dismantle some trump immigration policies. what bothers you the most? which one do you think is the most dangerous to have not deployed? >> well, there's certainly a number of them. the remain in mexico program, our mtp program that they canceled is a big issue and one that is certainly a cause of concern. that program allowed individuals seeking asylum to remain in mexico until the immigration court proceeding and allow them to come over the border. what we've seen is the biden administration dismantle that program and allow those individuals to come across the border into the u.s. where they stay and wait for their immigration proceeding. and what we know by the data, the data tells us this, that the vast majority do not show up for those court hearings. so that is a cause of concern. that is the catch and release that we have talked about that the trump administration was very successful in ending. so that one along with the border wall construction that you mentioned as well. that construction and that border wall system is absolutely necessary. if you talk to the men and women of the border patrol, they need that impedens of denial that wall system provides them. when you have steel sitting there on the ground ready to be installed, you have the rows, the cameras and the sensors. late at night, as you anticipated, certainly the cartels and traffickers are going to take advantage of the holes in that system. and it's very easy to do. contractors were in place. we were building 3, 4, 5 miles a day at the end of the trump administration. so there's a number of things that the current team can do. eric: we're looking live at the wall. we're looking right at the trump wall. if we bring that -- guys, can we bring that picture up again? there it is. you've got the road, a big, guy gachtic -- gigantic space. i'm not even going to call it a hole. it's a space on the right. griff jenkins on the ground says at night they just come right on through. your thoughts looking at that wall and the fact that, i mean, look, it really is a monument toll, what, to something that, well, it's not working now, apparently. you know, you spend all this money and trouble to build that wall, just take a look. it's rusting, it's not -- doesn't even matter if it's there. look at this big space. what are your thoughts, mr. secretary? >> so there's been a number of, there's been a lot of work that's gone into that border wall system over a number of years. it's not in every mile along that border. the men and women of the border patrol identified ld high priority, high risk areas where they need that border wall system so they can redeploy their assets elsewhere. that's what you're seeing today, and that's where we were drugging over 50 miles -- 500 miles of that system. it reduces illegal crossing and crime in those areas, and the fact that the current administration doesn't want to continue the great work that was done over the last several years, i think to fulfill a political promise on the campaign trail, when you have law enforcement officers in the department of homeland security that says this works from an operator standpoint, this works, and you have political appointees elsewhere in the administration that says, no, we're not going to give you the tools to do your job, that is concerning. and we know whether it's in the rio grande valley in texas or elsewhere, there are high priority areas that need that. ing it works, the data shows it works. eric: well, it works, i mean, if you can't get around the wall. it's not going to work there. as the camera pans right with that drone, it works if the wall is a complete wall. this, obviously, is not a complete wall. therefore, your thoughts on the fact that you can walk right through it. >> yeah. again, we had a lot of the steel that was ready to, you know, puppet in those gaps or to fill in those gaps, to complete the wall system. we're down on the southwest border, so the administration's going to have to cancel those contracts. i know they've started doing that. it's going to cost the american taxpayer almost as much money to cancel those contracts as it will to fulfill the contracts and to get that border wall system. and i will just say, you know, it's interesting, shortly after the january 6th events in d.c., one of the first things that most of the democrats did here in the capital was to puppet a wall and put up a fence around the u.s. capitol to protect themselves -- eric: well, they need that. look, we had -- yeah, but don't go there because we had an attack, a domestic attack on our capitol, and it's needed for security -- >> right, but the impee dense and denial -- eric: i know -- >> the that they need. eric: i got what you're saying, but that's not a moral equation when you're dealing with illegal immigration and an attack on our democracy like we saw on capitol hill, in all due respect. bottom line is when you look at that wall down there and that hole, what would you suggest the biden administration do about that? >> well, obviously, the first thing that they can do is finish the border wall construction. if they choose not to do that, they're going to have to redeploy assets to address the illegal crossings in those areas, and what that's going to do at the end of the day is you're going to takes a sets from other parts of the border that need it. they're taking individuals from the northern border, cbp officers from the northern border and deploying them down there. they're asking for more resources from elsewhere in the department to go down to the border. so there's clearly a manpower issue at the border today to address what's going on. and so they have some tools there. they can finish border wall construction to address some of those high priority areas. eric: and we will be following this up, chad wolf, how former homeland security secretary, thanks for walking us through the wall. that doesn't seem like too much of a wall anymore. mr. wolf -- >> thank you. eric: arthel? arthel: the u.s. reaching a milestone in the administration of the covid vaccine, this as president biden looks for the nation to have a bit more freedom from coronavirus by july 4th. former cdc director dr. tom frieden is here to discuss. he's up next. ♪ ♪ cell phone repair. did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? 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>> well, first of all, arthel, the bottom line is we're making a lot of progress, but the pandemic ain't over until it's over, and it's not over yet. there are a few things that we know with more and more certainty. first, that vaccinations work. they're a fantastic scientific discovery. they're already saving thousands of lives, and they will be the way we get to normal or a new normal. second, that variants are a real risk. variants can spread and can be deadly. and, third, masks work. now, if you're home, there's no reason to wear a mask. but if you've got a bunch of kids together in a childcare along with teachers, staff and others, the risk is that there could be some spread. and there's some data that that the newer variant may spread more among children than the older strains of this virus did. arthel: interesting. thank you for clearing that up for us. the biden administration making good progress, you agree at this point, with vaccine distribution and getting people vaccinated. but, you know, with2% of americans fully vaccinated, 2%, and .7% having had at least windows, can we outrun this more deadly u.k. variant? >> well, the vaccination is really picking up speed. over the past 24 hours, the 100 millionth shot was provided. there are more vaccines, more vaccine options. we're still seeing some challenges. some groups that don't have enough access to vaccines, a lot of people frustrated. about 15% of people who are eligible say they've tried to get one and haven't been able to. but that's going to get better in the coming weeks and months. and soon there's going to be enough vaccines. and then the question is how do we make sure that we protect everyone, because the more of us who get vaccinated, the more we'll be protected and the sooner we can get back and the safer we can get back to all those things we love. arthel: i get that, but considering this variant that is more deadly and we're still trying to get there in terms of however much we need for herd immunity, will we be protectedded? can we outrun, as i said, these variants? >> that is a great question, and the honest answer is we do not know. what we do know is if we vaccinated as quickly as possible, mask up which stops the spread of the virus and limit large indoor gatherings where the virus can spread explosively, we've got every chance of having the vaccine and our immunity outrun the variant. but we're going to have to see with time. what we know now is everyone should get a vaccination the moment it's their turn and wear a mask when you're indoors near others who aren't in your household to protect everybody. arthel: well, this leads me to texas. 46,229 texans have died of covid. 17.62% of texans have been fully vaccinated. texas governor greg abbott has cleared the way for businesses to reopen at 100%, and he lifted the mask mandate. so is this an equation for success or for a major relapsesome. >> well, i think it's very risky. on the one hand, i think we have to look differently at opening businesses, and, you know, if you have a mask mandate in place, businesses are going to be able to open more safely and stay open. and mask mandates. mask mandates work. the main freedom that a mask impedes is not someone's freedom, it's a virus' freedom. the freedom of that virus to infect other people and potentially kill them. so in a way, a mask mandate is a way of helping us reopen faster. now, there are challenges. particularly restaurants and bars -- arthel: right. >> -- and indoor stadiums where the virus really can spread readily. arthel: sorry, i have to go because i'm against a hard break. dr. frieden, because you said it ain't over til it's over, you made me think of lenny kravitz. 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