this just kind of acknowledging the reality of having kids in school that you can t actually space them six feet and get them all in a classroom? hi, brianna, thanks for having me on. i think it s a little bit of both. i ve looked at this research and it does seem that the spacing doesn t need to be as far as six feet in order to keep the children safe, and so that s one of the factors involved in the cdc changing its guidelines. the other factor is exactly what you said. there is a push to try to get these schools reopened and then you can t do that with them six feet apart so i think both factors play a role, but it does seem, from what the evidence looks like, that three feet might be enough distance. with masking, right? masking is obviously the key part. correct, correct. yeah. so, the things that need to occur for that to be safe is that they have to be fully masked and continue to do this the hand washing and things that we have become accustomed to. very imp
come to the u.s. amid the growing crisis of children at the border. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, we have reports this morning from seoul, the pentagon, capitol hill and rome. this is early start, i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. it s wednesday, march 17th, it s 5:00 a.m. in new york and we start this morning with the big breaking news. a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in shootings at three massage parlours in the atlanta area. now, authorities have not offered a motive yet, but at least six of the victims were asian in about the span of an hour eight people were killed at those three atlanta area spas spread across three miles. the attacks took place in quick secession, the fbi is assisting authorities in atlanta and cherokee county. here is a spokesperson for the chairy county s office. it s pretty unusual. as i mentioned earlier, in 2020 we had one homicide in cherokee county, we have had at leas
contractor the city closes were so loud they will come out of bed. it houses dozens of us contractors. no group has taken responsibility for the attacks but indicate similar rockets used by shia militias in this area. the damage was caused with civilian house next to the are base but no casualties reported. this after a rocket attack in the kurdish city killed one contractor and injured a us service member. there have been a series of rocket attacks on us interests in iraq that led president biden to launch targeted airstrikes in syria last month against hezbollah positions, a group partially responsible for the ongoing launches. the tension comes along a stalemate between the west and iran regarding a nuclear deal. iranian s sadist time to strike an agreement. they provoke tension them in the middle east. benjamin: thanks very much. jillian: 8 illegal immigrants killed in a head on collision after high near the border. a red pickup crashed with a white ford trying to get a
interior secretary, making her the first native american secretary. all of this as two men accused of attacking capitol police officer brian sicknick who later died from his injuries with bear spray during the january 6th riot make their first court appearance later this afternoon. joining us, correspondent kara lee, covering the white house, and nbc correspondent garrett haake in el paso, texas. and the co-author of the political play book. great to have you with us. the president saying they re hitting their goals in the pandemic. then there s this. a new poll finds 30% say they will not get the vaccine, 47% of trump supporters say they will not get vaccinated. he was asked about that a short while ago. what does the biden administration plan to do about the hesitancy. look, they have been planning to do a broad national campaign, ayman, and meantime have been doing smaller, more targeted efforts to constituency that show high rate of vaccine hesitancy. when the president