you re not wearing as mask. there may be people on the plane that are elderly and immune compromised or children that haven t got vaccinated and there is a lot of virus out there. you put those things together in a contained box for a long time, it could be an issue. we don t know. that s why the cdc wanted the first week of may to study this to be sure this ba.2 variant wasn t transmitting on the airplane. let s show data. there are people out there that should still be wearing a mask, the immune compromised and children as you mentioned, they should be. yeah, i think they should be. they don t have the immunity. they don t have the protection. if the virus was circulating significantly in your area and you re at high risk yourself and be around people who are high risk, if you have a young child that can t get vaccinated for example, my parents, don, will travel in the next few days and i ve recommended to them that they wear a mask.
problems on the information battle field. let bring in douglas london, the operations officer and professor of georgetown university s senter for security studies. he s also the author of the recruiter, spying and the lost art of america n intelligence. thank you, sir. let s talk about a recent piece you wrote in foreign affairs and you wrote one of the better ways for the west to build leverage against putin is to foment unest in his own house and weaken his regime from within. what exactly does that look like? thanks, don. very good at stealing secrets and smuggling that out of totalitarian countries like russia and also good at getting information in throughout the days of the code war and since that time and other areas like iran and north korea. the cia and elements are able to smuggle in information, sometimes programming on via
political or left or right. it asinine. it stupid and crazy and very dangerous. that s my hope. we need a lot more people like me to say hate won t win. the news media needs to do it, as well and not be afraid of being called names or bias or liberal or what have you because it s just plain old wrong. so to my colleagues out there, do the same thing, carry that message, don t let this go over. this is not what america should be about. thank you. you be well and safe. thanks so much. don, thank you. we have to wear a mask, you don t have to wear a mask? do you have to wear a mask? sanjay gupta fills us in and plus, johnny depp taking the stand. we ll tell you about his $50 million defamation suit against his ex-wife amber heard.