we need to learn to live with it. but we're not going to learn to live with it by locking down and shutting borders. the right answer is to get everyone vaccinated. >> changes to the transportation wide federal mask mandate was set to expire january 18th. it has been extended two months. the expiration date march 18th, 2022. that applies to all public forms of transportation, including planes, trains, buses, boats, and also here in terminals. john and brianna. >> pete muntean at dulles, thank you so much. one of the key questions overhanging all of this, what is the deal with omicron? how severe are the illnesses there? we get new information from south africa from one of the leading scientists there who may have some answers as to how severe the cases are. that's coming up. this week the biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 beijing winter