doctor, let s listen about president biden talking about lifting mask restrictions. i love how people talk about personal freedom. if your exercising personal freedom puts somebody else s health in jeopardy, i don t see that as freedom. we have so many tools to prevent death, i think they should be careful. i think people agree but you can t talk to anybody and not hear i m so tired of this, i just want to move on. how do you balance that sentiment with safety? we all feel that way but everything we do from here on out just has to be very measured. i think a graded approach back to normalcy is what is
skates didn t make it. he had to borrow a pair from a latvian speed skater and within 12 hours he was skating. the victory was just getting on the ice. we re happy for it him. tonight as covid infections and hospitalizations drop dramatically more states are easing mask restrictions but there s growing concern about the production of johnson & johnson s vaccine overseas as health officials watch new variants closely. miguel almaguer with more. reporter: tonight reports that critical supplier of covid vaccine to much of the developing world johnson & johnson has quietly shutdown production at a plant overseas amid growing concern the virus will continue to mutate especially if developing countries don t have quick access to the vaccine. j&j says it continues to manufacture its vaccine around the clock and around the world. it all comes as
alexandria hoff his life in washington of the lifting of those mandates. hi eric the cdc does stand by existing mask of guidance and president biden told nbc that moved by democratic governors wasn t probably premature. there is a split in the messaging there. republicans feel governors on the other side to simply have their eyes on the midterms. these are democrats saw what happened in virginia for they saw what happened in new jersey. where there is a wave of republican voters because people were so fed up with the mandates. this a wave last week with the easing of mask restrictions by an organ and connecticut followed by rhode island and about a. that will resend our mask mandate. effective immediately. masks will no longer be required in public places. california new york illinois mandates are set to be lifted not for kids in school. schools need a little more
ranks with the white house and the cdc when it comes to lifting mask restrictions. of course, you have those inflation numbers at 7% which, in a way, wipe out at least some of the good news on the unemployment front that we got earlier this week. and then certainly the impending threat of ukraine. i think every white house, every president, deals with president that are factors that are outside of their control. certainly, as you noted, there s three big ones right there competing with the agenda of what the white house wants to talk about, which is prescription drug prices, infrastructure, clean energy, expanding broadband those are the items the white house one on the agenda. those are the things they think will help democrats in the november. there s a lot of competition right now for attention broadband in that white house. heather, we did get this
unquote elections coming up. he could keep forces there for a long period of time. do you think the u.s. has the appetite to continue to support ukraine both militarily and financially as their economy continues to suffer? well, first of all, i don t think that actually putin can keep his forces as far advanced as he has them right now, both in belarus and in russia itself. it is the operation and maintenance costs are expensive to do that. i think so much is at stake right now that it does make sense for the u.s. and nato to provide assistance to ukraine and not let it fall into russian hands. brigadier general mark kimmitt and seth jones, thank you so much for joining us. still to come, the cdc is the cdc preparing to loosen indoor mask restrictions? the latest on when the guidance might change. that s next. plus, three members of a san francisco school board are recalled after furious parents