as we heard, even the healthiest of individuals being outside, the air is an irritant now. you can feel it in your eyes, lungs, chest. if you can limit your outdoor activity is the best thing to stay indoors when the air is at such unhealthy levels. if you have medications make sure you have them by your side. if you re an asthmatic have the inhalers and stay in touch with your doctors. bill: you go out on the sidewalks in new york now the masks are back. do they work in this circumstance? listen that s a great question. if you are walking around with cloth mask, they won t do anything. any mask at this point, the surgical masks maybe they will filter out some of the larger matter that is in the smoke but when it comes to fine particulates it won t do as much. n-95 may filter some out but not filter anything out. a non-smoker, has never smoked a
while you are indoors. so folks that follow that advice and don t go outside, they could start feeling that irritant, that nasty cough, et cetera. what s your advice to those folks? and how do you know, what do you watch for if you re having a serious issue indoors? yeah, i think what you want to watch for is the beginning of a scratchy throat, beginning of a cough, increase in shortness of breath. those are some of the symptoms that you want to look for if you re having a problem from air quality. most people indoors now should not suffer those effects. but being outside for a period of time, that s when your most likely to have the full irritant effect of this kind of toxic air. all right, dr. reiner, thank you so much for walking us through this. i know this is information that s going to help a lot of people. we have much more on our breaking news ahead. 55 million people under air quality alerts due to these
over into the east, and only half of them are actually under control right now. and so, it s the wind that s bringing that air down to new york, and even as far down as the carolinas. and the air s actually quite polluted, as well, because in it, there s this fine dust that is particularly irritant a particular irritant, rather, for people with lung disease and asthma, which is why there s so much caution around people staying indoors, especially if you re more vulnerable. samir hussein reporting in new york city. wejust samir hussein reporting in new york city. we just learned that canada s justin york city. we just learned that canada sjustin trudeau has canada s justin trudeau has said canada sjustin trudeau has said hundreds of american firefighters have now arrived in canada in order to help them with those wildfires that we ve now just with those wildfires that we ve nowjust been telling you about. he also spoke to us presidentjoe biden about critical support from the
conditions, it s not great to be in that environment, but it s probably not super dangerous. having said that, when the air looks brown, maybe it s better to stay inside for most of the day. yeah, sounds like a pretty good idea. doctor, obviously the forecast is changing as we speak, but it looks like it is going to be a few days before this disappears. what concerns do you have about long-term exposure over several days and not just an afternoon in this kind of smog? i think fortunately the long-term effects for just a few days of this are probably pretty minor. as i said, the short-term effects are mostly the smoke is a respiratory irritant. remember when wildfire burns, it burns not just organic material, grass and treats, but it burns structures and vehicles. all of that toxic material goes into the air. there have been study looking at
of choice. anyway, let us look at the arrest for which mr. friend claims he was a conscientious objector. the new york times reports, mr. friend declined to join an arrest on august 24th in jacksonville, florida. justice department records show only one of january six related arrest in the jacksonville area on august 24th, for a man named tyler here s what he wore on january 6th at the u.s. capitol. tactical vest, a military style helmet, goggles and a gas mask. he carried a chemical irritant on the front of his vest. the justice department alleges, mr. is a self-described supporter of the far-right militia group, the three percenters. you can see him with the other alleged three percenters here at the entrance of a tunnel to the capital. allegedly, heave-ho-ing with the crowd to push past police. the justice department further alleges, he used his chemical irritant to spray the face of a, quote, unknown member of the crowd, even though that person posed no threat to him.