destabilize ukraine, to make them a failed economic and political system will continue. peter baker, general barry mccaffrey, thank you both, guys. appreciate it. we got new mask guidance from the cdc. but what does it mean with so many states already easing up? plus, just talked about it with peter baker. gas prices soaring. some democrats have a plan and it could save you 18 cents a gallon for the rest of the year. so why are other lawmakers saying no way? and new legal victory for the january 6th investigation. president biden has ordered president trump to turn over logs. what they could reveal ahead. logs what they could reveal ahead
since the previous week. the white house today said planning is under way for the next less restrictive phase of the covid response. still, the cdc has not changed its mask guidance and still recommends wearing them indoors. our death rates are still high. as we work towards that and as we are encouraged by the current trends, we are not there yet. reporter: once again, there will be a patchwork of covid policies across the country as cities consider whether to continue their own restriction. getting back to more what it used to be. reporter: massachusetts today announced it was dropping its mask mandate for schools later this month. but new york s governor put off any final decision on that until early march. it s way too soon. not everyone is vaccinated. reporter: the moves by some democratic politicians reflect a shift ahead of this year s midterm election. in virginia, ten democrats in the state senate just joined republicans in passing an amendment that would give pare
saving face because he is before a judge. so what he wrote in this filing, he said, if third parties or members of the media have overstated, under stated or otherwise misinterpreted facts in his previous filing, that does not mean in any way it does not undermine in any way his court proceedings. so durham here is saying he doesn t want to be inflaming any sort of partisan discourse, he just wants to be arguing in court but the political class is hanging on his every word. he s a special counsel and he is still having an ongoing sbregs 2016. yeah. an investigation which has gone on longer than robert mueller s special counsel investigation of russia. caitlyn, thank you. appreciate you staying on top of that one. thanks, laura. still ahead, california moving onto the next phase of the pandemic. will the cdc finally follow suit with new mask guidance? and how the irs promises to
we look at casing, hospitalizations, we ve been reporting hospitalizations. we look at deaths. though decisions are made at the local level. we continue to recommend masking in high areas of transmission. that is much of the country right now. martha: that s the cdc director rochelle walensky that sid she s not ready to update mask guidance. several democratic governors relaxed mask requirements. they say we re still listening to the scientists and the data does not move at the speed of politics. let s bring in former cdc directeder dr. robert redford. doctor, great to have you with us. thanks for being here. i d like to start by showing everybody thanks for having me. martha: this is the map of the high transmission areas for omicron right now. as you can see, it s rather red.
disputing moscow s claim that it was pulling back some forces. the official also said that 7000 troops have been added to the border in recent days. we will have much more with former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, a little later on. meanwhile, here at home, covid cases are falling. more states are dropping their mask mandates. the latest, michigan. an nbc news reports the cdc could release new mask guidance is later this week. today, the agency was still sounding notes of caution. we want to give people a break from things like mask-wearing, where these metrics are better, have the ability to reach for them again should things worsen. if and when we update our guidance, we will communicate that clearly. with that, let s bring in our lead off guest on this wednesday night, philip rucker, pulitzer prize winner senior washingto correspondant