we are excited for him. some are pulling for the rams. ashley: they are psaltery about it. tell you that. todd: going to be a great game. we have news to kickoff friday. ashley: we do, americans are demanding president biden put an end to covid-19 mandate and drop mask mandate. todd: brooke singman has more. good morning. brooke: good morning. news people have been waiting for. starting to roll back covid mandate with nevada being latest to follow suit. president biden says not so fast, changes to federal mask guidance may be premature. president biden: i committed i would follow the science issue the science as put forward by the cdc and the federal people. i think it is probably premature, but it is a tough
rochelle walensky said because there s high areas of transmission of omicron, we can t change our mask guidance. do you agree or disagree? no, martha, i don t agree with that. it s not so much where it is in the larger community but what is it in the setting that you re in. with the debate about schools, schools have always been a very low transmission zone for covid. i think this is what many people are realizing, that the risk of transmission acquisition within the school setting is extremely low, even if one is in a community where there s significant transmission. the risk for students has always been not the schools. it s been the community in which they live, the dinner table in which they have dinner at. martha: but masks off on on for everybody in the general public, restaurants, schools across the board in your opinion? i think we re at a stage, and we have been for several weeks
news, the crackdown on those unruly passengers. why they could be added to a no-fly list. lester holt joins us right now in washington, d.c. we ll see you, again, at 4:00 p.m. breaking news tonight. the massive winter storm sweeping across the country as we come on the air. dun of millions in the path of snow and rain, high winds across 2,000 miles from colorado to maine. al roker timing it out. the u.s. is seeing more russian troops, not fewer, near the ukrainian border, despite vladimir putin s claims of a partial withdrawal. it comes as another wave of u.s. troops arrive in eastern europe. the cdc under pressure, the director saying new mask guidance is coming as another blue state, michigan, drops mask
until this stowed, we had not yet had data to demonstrate whether these antibodies might provide protection for the baby against covid-19. reporter: so we heard there, brianna, this is really the first study of its kind. of course i know there might be mothers who might wonder, well, what if i got vaccinated before i became pregnant. while this study didn t look at that, the idea that the mothers will still be able to transfer antibodies to their babies as well. and hopefully be safe themselves. reporter: yeah. and i know for you as well, the numbers with pregnant women being hospitalized and is some of the tough choices being made are heartbreaking. tell us where the cdc is on this? reporter: we know the cdc is reviewing its mask guidance. brianna, we reached out for a timeline on this updated guidance. the cdc says, quote, as always, cdc is regularly reviewing our
diplomacy is always the preferred path. mask, when are we going to hear from the c.d.c. on this guidance? california yesterday changed their guidance, randy winegarden, teachers union is vocally asking for the white house and the c.d.c. to weigh in. when are we you ll have to ask the cdc. the cdc moves at the pace of data and science. i know that our goal remains continuing to ensure that there s guidance that helps school districts stay open. that is our goal. we want kids to be in school. that s a very good sign. we know what works. the cdc will all be reviewing their guy cans including mask guidance. when they will provide additional new guidance, that s up to them. do you believe then that the democratic-led states that are breaking with the cdc on this guidance is that they re not they re throwing science away