the fightening collision between a car and a passenger train. the driver raced to the hospital. why is this happening more often? the deadly and chilling shark attack at a major travel destination. the first in decades. queen elizabeth seen for the first time after prince charles and camilla both tested positive with covid. the prince had been with the queen. and america strong tonight. the schoolhouse found in the woods. and the history saved. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have news just coming in on russian troops and the numbers, what is white house has just told us. a change in mask guidance for the country likely coming from the cdc. dr. walensky and dr. fauci, you ll hear from them here tonight. but we do begin tonight with this major winter storm. snow, ice, freezing range, and dangerous winds.
she s a hospital physician. thank you so much for your time. thanks for having me. before we get to the content, i want to talk about this reaction you receive. res p respirators are highly effective. as a result schools can violate safely make masks optional for students and staff. you got this backlash. tell us what the response was from some to that op-ed. yeah, we were trying to find a way forward on this really polarizing issue. when the cdc change mask guidance to say the public should consider purchasing medical grade personal
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understand and don t agree with. for example, new jersey is lifting the school mandate but not until march 7, only 1100 new cases in the whole state of new jersey today. connecticut, february 28th, and again, connecticut only 2,000 cases. so, the case number has dropped down, the hospitalization number has dropped way down, and yet they are delaying that. i just spoke to c.d.c. director walensky about this issue and she said c.d.c. is not changing their guidelines right now. they are leaving it to the governors and the local municipalities. they still feel that masking in schools is the way to safety and they are not changing it because they think there is still too much omicron around. my view is that i think it s time to start peeling back some restrictions. again, it s impacting kids in schools in a big way. i may recommend masks in schools, not the same thing as mandating. john: so the c.d.c., and it s not going to change the mask guidance. teachers union were
to believe that emergency authorization for a two-dose shot was imminent. with me now to talk about this is u.s. surgeon general dr. vivek murthy. thank you so much for jumping on with us, it is such a pleasure to speak to you this afternoon. and to answer some of the questions that so many of us have, me, specifically, as a parent of a 3 and a half-year-old and a 5-year-old, only one of whom is vaccinated. it s like whiplash, so many of us banking on this eua. between that and the confusing mask guidance, what we re hearing from the cdc and local officials as well, how do you explain this decision, this delay to parents? well, yasmin, let me just say first of all, as a fellow parent of a child under 5, you know, i know how disappointing this is for parents across the country. many of us were waiting for the opportunity to make sure that our youngest children had protection. i have a 5-year-old as well. he s fully vaccinated, thank goodness, but we want that chance to vaccinate our