original omicron. it is more transmissible. which is why working more about it. risk in who is otherwise fully vaccinated. which is why, chris, ice expect that we re gonna have the next six months relatively free from hospital stress across the country. and that is going to be the wintertime, however, is going to be a different situation. talk to me about what you think current should do. this may be particularly personal to you. if they have to take their unvaccinated children, though now they re a plane, subway or any other crowded places where, now, as of now, masks are no longer required well, i would say that if you re with a child under, five i tend to wear a mask even though i feel very comfortable with my triple vaccine status that i m protected. i do it to minimize my child s confusion. and i would recommend that you do the same if you re going in an airplane cabinet 30,000 feet or down the subway. but that is the right thing to do right now. and i would make a larger
to join democrats to perhaps consider a bipartisan solution here and perhaps this can be some sort of consolation prize, if you will, for democrats to try and look at once voting rights appear not to move sgloord that may become a more significant count in the republican math after we see what happens in the united states senate tomorrow. the conversation continues. your covid depends on where you live and when omicron first hit. encouraging signs in northeast but a rights case count and hospital stress just about everywhere else on the map. (burke) this is why you want farmers claim forgiveness. [echoing] claim forgiveness-ness, your home premium won t go up just because of this. (woman) wow, that s something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. [echoing] get a quote today. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum
be clearer indoor masking is necessary in school right now. there s no evidence that masks are harmful. we re still in the thick of this, by the way. 15,000 americans just died last week. 2 to 4% of all hospitalizations in any given state are of kids. hospitalizations have been at the highest levels during this omicron surge. it s not like kids are somehow spared the worst impacts of this. but that s been the narrative. it s wrong. i do think relief is ahead. so when governor hochul is saying, maybe in a few weeks, we ll reconsider this, absolutely. i ve been saying, i think april 1st will be a watershed moment for the country, where we will really start to see that movement towards an endemic phase, less hospital stress, less cases. but these conversations will make a lot more sense. it s just a few weeks away, hopefully, where we can really have this conversation rationally. right now, it just doesn t make much sense. and remember, kids and vaccine, under 5, still no access. parent
when you look at what they re bringing to the table, that doesn t give you the full picture. you mentioned these anti-aircraft systems and we ve seen fighter jets, and grounded attack aircraft, kind of like the russian equivalent of the a10 warthog. this has been going on for several weeks. they started piling this stuff in at the end of last month, declaring that they re preparing for an exercise. today is the last day of the phase i, they later started calling it, and this goes into active exercise tomorrow. and it s supposed to last ten days until february 20th, at which point we re being told those troops are expected to leave. so really, we kind of now have a date on which we can kind of look to to see to try to guam what russia s intentions are, ultimately here. are those troops going to stay in belarus on the 21st or start leaving? we ll find out. and russia is also making new demands at agreements aimed at ending the long-running conflict
china going forward. and in part, he told me, the data released today confirms that china has fallen well short of the purchase commitments they made under the phase i agreement. we have engaged the prc on its shortfalls for months, but have not seen any real signs towards making good on the purchase commitments and our patience is wearing thin. the biden administration has actually held on to most of those tariffs against china. the question is, clearly, those haven t worked well enough. now where does it go from here? vaughn, i know you re going to stay on top of this. it s fascinating and really important right now. thank you so much for coming on. that s going to wrap up this hour. i m chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. it s 10:00 a.m. ian, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. and happening this morning, moscow is sending war ships towards the black sea, a stunning move as the west continues to ramp up d