he's going to be on, the law one or the hard court. patrick, always good to see you my friend. patrick snell there. the u.s. public health emergency declaration has been renewed again. it allows for emergency use authorizations of vaccines, access to certain funds, and deployment of the military. and the cdc updated its mask guidance on friday, urging americans to wear the most protective mask available, like the n95 and kn95. it comes as the biden administration is under more criticism for its omicron response. cnn's nick watt with that. >> reporter: this administration placed all of their eggs in vaccination. >> reporter: there are doctors who agree with those democratic senators, that the biden administration has been too reactive to omicron, not proactive. >> we saw south africa getting ravaged with this virus. we knew it was highly