propaganda that s meantre to assure the global community t that china can adapt and even moderate when necessary? necewhen the people ask them to? joining me now from tokyo is gordon chang, senior fellow at the gate stone institute col and author of the coming collapse of china. now, gordon, we knowch thaina. t the chinese government says that they re loosening restrictions, but whatrnment ar hearing from your sources inside china tonight? ourcesyeah, i don t think that leey are actually going to relax substantially, at least over the long run. you knowas, laura , november 11th, they announced 20 optimization proposalannounsn other words, relaxation, and they were implemented only in a very scattered fashion or sometimes not at all. and the reason we know that is they weren t supposed s to lock people inup their apartments. pose pethey did that on november.n ne twenty four people died inmbe urumqi in that fire because people were sealed from the outside. you know, right now, in terms
different from the last two years. we have details from the changes in reaction from educators. reporter: the cdc s new guidelines are loosening restrictions on some of the policies we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic including no longer needing to social distance. of course those guidelines also impacted schools. is take a look at some of the changes, it is now okay for different classrooms to mix, we are moving away from guidelines that required students to stay isolated and then there is the test to stay policy, schoolchildren exposed to the virus no longer need to take regular tests and test negative to stay in the classroom. we spoke to a analyst why he believes the cdc is changing guidelines now. i think the cdc has given up on trying to prevent transmission of the virus. they are focusing on trying to mitigate the disruption to our
the federal level right now. we were discussing this deal that took a long time to get to, and yet you re in a state that ranks number one in gun ownership. the governor said new gun regular laegss are not the answer. he s responded to previous shootings by loosening restrictions. what nak maiks you think this is going to go anywhere? hopefully just the outpouring of support, i think the support for this legislation and certainly all of our mayors are et ging support for colting up with solutions. we cannot continue to allow santa fe and el paso and uvalde and others to experience this tragedy. and the slougss we have had in the past obviously don t work. i was on the school board in
are deeply sorry the voluntary recall worsened the nationwide shortage. if the fda and a federal court give abbott the green light, it would take two weeks to reopen and another six to eight weeks to get formula on shelves the plant has been shuttered since february over bacteria possibly linked to infant illnesses abbott says there s no conclusive evidence linking that formula to those sicknesses. we re taking a number of measures, including getting all manufacturers to step up, getting the sturgis plant up and going. reporter: the months-long shortage hitting low income families disproportionately hard. we definitely go home with a little hole in our heart. reporter: after the white house proposed loosening restrictions last week, many parents who rely on government assistance from the women, infants and children program known as wic are still unable to track down formula how frustrating is it when you issue a benefit to get formula and there s no formula on the shelf?
under 5 group of kids will soon become eligible. fourthly, we know we have a little bit more latitude four weeks from now when it s lifted in little bit better weather and ventilation options. put that together, analyze the data streams and realities, it s pretty clear in our judgment this is the responsible step to take. do these sound like reasonable metrics for loosening restrictions? should the white house follow this? if you re a governor governor murphy is one of the best, a friend, incredibly thoughtful, and right that things are headed into right direction. i also know when things have turned course and not turned out as good as expected if we get another bump, wave or variant, he will level with his state and the public and change course. i think what the cdc is going to