just in the nomination process, essentially they re to get all 50 senate democrats here. we re looking for them to start this whole process in a matter of hours. the big question mark is when exactly will they do that. we don t quite know. they re waiting on a couple of things. you mentioned the senate parliamentarian. they re using a specialized budget process to move forward. they only need democratic senate support to get it through the senate but in order to use that process they have to make sure, they have to go through the parlia parliamentarian to finish. so they re waiting on a few more rulings from her and also waiting from the congressional budget office on how much some of these provisions will cost and how they will affect the deficit. once they have all that have in place, senate democrats can feel comfortable with a motion to proceed, which is essentially the first vote to kick off what is a very long and tedious process to get this across the finish line. once
let s listen. [ speaking russian ] i want to apologize to my teammates, my club, the fans and the city for my mistake i made and the embarrassment i brought to them. [ speaking russian ] i want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the phoenix mercury organization back at home, the amazing women of the wnba, and my amazing spouse back at home. [ speaking in russian ] i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. [ speaking in russian ] i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn t end my life here. [ speaking in russian ] i know that everybody keeps talking about political pawn, and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. [ speaking in russian ] i want to say again that i had no intent on breaking any russian laws, i had no intent, i did not conspire or plan to commit this crime. [ speaking in russian ] i hope you take into accoun
so the end of an era. the cdc is expected to update its covid control guidance just in time for the new school year. a preview of the plans obtained by cnn shows the agency will do a couple of things. ease quarantine recommendations. also remove recommendations for six feet of social distancing. elizabeth cohen joins me now to discuss. how are they going to ease quarantine requirements? let s talk about that in a second actually. first i want to say that the six-feet rule which i think is going to get a lot of attention, people and practice haven t been doing this for quite a while, jim. but it is a milestone that the cdc is saying this and also making the quarantine rule change. now, this is based on a document that cnn obtained that cdc made in preparation for changing these requirements. now all of that could change, but this is what we re expecting them to announce in the next few days. so, first of all, removing the
expect that to continue. the demand may not be there because we are going to be past the holidays but obviously still going to be people trying to get home. what the airlines have been doing and talking to friends who have been stranded and certainly you have to too, jim, is they are just rescheduling people. and for the most part, doing what they can to try and make the best of the situation, jim. it is all we can do, it s all we have been doing for way too long. all right. shimon prokupecz. thanks very much. again, tonight s new cdc quarantine recommendations could take some strain of the airlines and others. cnn learned the nba just shortened its quarantine time for players and coaches to six days as long as test showings they are not infectious. that is a day longer than the cdc guidelines, which specify five days regardless of vaccination status. except for people who have also been boosted. they don t need to isolate at all, unless they are showing symptoms. and joining us now,
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