because masks have become politicized and are a lightning rod, a conversation around the pandemic, we sometimes forget that there are all these other tools that are also at risk now. i m going to bring up the fact that the congressional funding for covid relief is stalled. that s money for vaccines, therapeutics, testing, that s just going to fall off and going to affect those among us who are uninsured, for example, get hit the hardest. that s about to happen in a few months. and there s no solution. we re talking about masks, but here we have all these other tools. and, you know, there s one other thing that you can do is call your representatives to act ask congress to act on that so we don t lose all the other tools keeping us safe and saving lives, as well. important, important point there. earlier this week you attended the white house sum on strengthening the nation s early system for health threats. and you tweeted that white house covid czar, the new czar, dr. i
like there s not been already, i m sure. neil: thanks, jim or is it jeff? thanks very much. i love when that happens on the air. jeff flock at philadelphia international airport. so could it go beyond may 3? let s call the gentleman that they call the covid czar. dr. jha, thanks for being here. thanks for having me back. neil: you telegraphed the pollty that this could be extended a few days ago and you were proven right. now there s this talk that if these cases that we re having with some of these sub variants continue to spike that it might be pushed back again. you think it will? you think it should? neil, first of all, the decision of the cdc is fine. what happened here is the ba-2 variant is dominant in the last couple weeks. cases are up in 25 states. the cdc scientists said that we
cdc recommendation and at the same time president biden s covid czar says extending the federal mask mandate for public transportation is on the table. the requirement is currently set to end monday. the cdc extended the mandate past its original march 10th deadline and it s facing several lawsuits challenging it. listen to this. a new research showing most americans can t name all four of their grandparents. wait. folks, folks. carley: 47% of those surveyed by studies finds.org could correctly name all four grandparents in chicago that number fell to just 36%. in philadelphia, 26%. so i guess people in philadelphia don t love their families. is that the take away? steve: they don t know their families. ainsley: maybe the grandparents weren t alive when they were born and they didn t know their names. carley: it s a family tree stump. get it?
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the necessary protection. julie. julie: david lee miller at laguardia airport. thank you, david. benjamin: the white house is pumping the brakes on mass mailing half a billion covid tests and lines stretching for miles at testing sites across the country. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest. good morning. the record setting surge in cases hitting during a testing shortage. the true numbers could be much higher. the president promising half a billion tests for free beginning next month but his covid czar says the contract hasn t been completed. the white house is getting bad medical advice from a small group of individuals who are are like minded and shut down other ideas. got burned badly on masks and testing. new york times reports the covid number of cases reached a record and skyrocketed to half a million compared to the worse