particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. we ve been talking about this idea for some time. it s now official from the cdc. but they re specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. that s for elementary school students. so that s going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and high school students, they should still maintain at least six feet apart if the community tr transmission in their community is high. so making a difference between older and younger students. for all elementary schools, regardless where you live in the country, guidance is now going to be three feet. but if you happen to live in a community where community transmission is high still, at about 41% roughly of counties in the united states do have high transmission, if you live in one of those
vaccine shots in the first 100 days, being met today. the biden foreign policy challenge on front and center, after a testy day one of first biden talks with china. the american chinese trading insults, the same day a sneering back and forth from the russian president to team biden. this morning the president stressing what you might call a wait and see approach to both of these global challenges. what s your reaction to china last night? very proud of the secretary of state. are you going to take vladimir putin up on his offer to talk live with you? i m sure we ll talk at some point. have you on russia, sir? that will come in time. up first, though for us today a game changing move in america s covid back to school debate. the centers for disease control last hour changing its classroom safety guidelines. the cdc says three feet of separation is safe, cutting in half the current recommendation to keep students six feet apart. masks are still required but the