planes, trains, buses. airlines are breathing a sigh of relief. alecia is joining us from down for a cup month good morning. good morning. it does not take long for those masks to start coming off. after the ruling the tsa announcing that due to today s court ruling effective immediately tsa would no longer enforce its security directives and emergency amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs. most major airlines giving employees and passengers the option to remove their masks, including united, american, southwest, jetblue. the former governor tweeting
decision and assessing what comes next. they still haven t decided whether or not they are going to appeal this, but the white house tonight is urging calm and recommending that all travelers still mask up, even though it is no longer required right now on planes, trains, and in other transportation hubs. the bottom line here, the white house knows this is confusing, this is complicate and they say they are working as quickly as possible to determine what exactly comes next. david? and a quick follow to you, mary, this was just a two-week extension from the biden administration anyway, so, can you get an appeal that quickly, they re just in the meantime saying, wear one if you d like to and we suggest you do? reporter: in the meantime, they recommend you wear that mask, they suggest that, they say it is what will keep you the most safe, but is not required as of right now, david. mary bruce live at the white house. thank you, mary. in the meantime, to the wlat season nor easter
not enforce mask use in public transportation and transportation hubs at this time. the cdc recommends that people continue to wear masks in indoor public transportation settings. but delta airlines ceo ed bastian saying it s time to move past mask mandates. we ve done it for two years and it s time to move beyond that and now make that the responsibility of individuals. reporter: it comes as the battle over masks heats up all over again. the city of philadelphia today putting its indoor mask mandate back into effect to curb a spike in new cases. being careful. being careful is the best way to be. reporter: but some frustrated businesses and residents are now suing to stop the mask rule. people have just generally had enough of this government overreach. all right, so, here s where we are tonight. have a with us tonight. the bottom line, no federal travel mask mandate moving forward, so the airlines are no longer going to require this? reporter: that s right, david.
department. that particular site is secure but also want to check other sites as well, worst case scenario. multiple locations simultaneously. what s the surge capacity of the various hospitals in the area, how many people or patients can you take to a given place so they can be quickly treated. how do you triage at the scene if necessary. these are all things that take place. if i was still commissioner in philadelphia, for an example or washington, dc, i would be just as a precaution, checking transportation hubs, subway systems, elevated trains, things of that nature. not that there s a threat for that but you want to give your public a sense of safety and security. they want to see a few uniforms because when they get on these
metropolitan city in the united states, defending and securing those transportation systems is a daunting task by any law enforcement entities. so it presents, you know, opportunities for individuals, and we have seen it in the past. you know, transportation hubs have been the target of terrorist attacks in the past. they ll continue to be so in the future, because they do represent a soft target. and they re an evaluated risk. absolutely. you know, chief, we know brynn gingras said earlier that the governor, kathy hochul, she s on the ground. she ll be there. one thing, you know, people should also remember is that the mayor, new york city s mayor, eric adams, is not going to be there. he just tested positive for covid, so he s in isolation. does that complicate this response at all? i think it does, to an extent of just information flow and so forth. he s the kind of individual, i don t know him personally, but just from what i ve seen so far, he obviously wants to stay on