tonight, cities and school district across the country with freshmans to drop their indoor mask mandates in line with the newest masking recommendations. cedar rapids, iowa, and long beach, california, dropping certain indoor mask mandates almost immediately. school districts from pennsylvania to ohio proposing to do the same. next tonight, washington, d.c. is steppings up security ahead of the president s state of the union address on tuesday setting up roadblocks and barriers. the defendant department approving the d.c. police request for assistance of up to 700 national guard personnel. authorities are also monitoring so-called trucker convoys like those in parts of canada protesting covid restrictions, departing from as far away as california that could make their way to the capital. and a reminder, david muir leads abc news live coverage of president biden s state of the union address and the response on tuesday starting at 9:00 eastern. when we come back the u.s.