being overly cautious, particularly when it comes to air travel. we're learning about what into the decision by the cdc. joining me now is jeremy diamond at the house with much more on this. what are you learning? >> reporter: well it appears that the cdc did consider the possibility of changing these travel restrictions, but ultimately decided not to do that. two federal health officials telling kaitlan collins that the possibility of changing travel recommendations was discussed but there was never really any real momentum behind the idea of changing those travel restrictions right now. but right now really is the operative word here because these are interim guidelines by the cdc. and the cdc director rashiel walensky made that very clear yesterday as she announced the new guidelines. we saw new guidelines here in terms of how individuals who have been vaccinated could interact with one another as well as others in low risk settings in terms of removing masks but they did not change the guidelines in terms of recommending against travel for individuals including those individuals who have been vaccinated. that of course will result in quite a bit of pushback and some saying that the cdc is being overly cautious but again these are interim guidelines and it is very likely that you'll see the guidelines loosened and changed over time as a larger share of the population is vaccinated and as we learn how much people that are vaccinateds could still potentially transmit the virus to others, kate. >> that is a key part of it. great to see you. so the travel industry is not happy with what the cdc announced yesterday. let me bring in pete muntean with what he's hearing from his sources. what are you hearing from industry leaders? >> well the industry is really pushing back here because airlines have long thought that vaccines were the ticket in bringing people back to travel. what is so interesting here is the confusion about the cdc guidelines because the cdc has said fully vaccinated people should still not travel even though it said in the same breath that they could meet with other fully vaccinated people face-to-face and unvaccinated people so long as they are low risk. airlines insist that flying is safe regardle and 27 travel groups just sent a letter to the white house to say that vaccinations should not become a requirement for domestic or international travel and that the white house should work with the industry to come up with a digital health passport to show a passenger's record of coronavirus tests and vaccinations. all of this comes during a big time for air travel levels. the last five days have been the busiest five-day period for air travel since the holidays. 1.1 million people flu yesterday. that means about 5.6 million people have flown in five days and this is led health experts to really worry with spring break trips on the horizon, kate. >> that is really interesting. thanks. joining me now is dr. cregg spencer, director of global health at columbia university medical center. it is good to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> cdc right now still discouraging travel for fully vaccinated people. do you think that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to travel? what do you think? >> that is a great question. first i want to start by saying that i'm happy that the cdc came out with this guidance. we know it mixes the science with the reality. people who have been vaccinated, may know the vaccines are greet and are meeting and hugging and doing so many of us have wanted for such a long time. i understand why the cdc is being cautious here. it is great that we have had a vaccine rollout that has sped up a lot. but think about this, it is less than two months and anyone has been fully vaccinated and right now less than 10% of americans are vaccinated meaning at least two weeks after the johnson & johnson single dose or two weeks after the second dose of moderna or pfizer and that means if you're on a plane or in -- or anywhere else, right now we have around 60,000 cases per day and even though it is not as bad as it was just two months ago, there are still 2,000 people dying per day and there are still concern that we could have more cases in the coming weeks, especially with an increase in travel, concern about variants that are spreading, and no guarantee just because we're ramping up our vaccine levels that we're completely out of the woods. i expect in the coming weeks and months we'll likely have in some change in the cdc guidance but i recognize why they're trying to go slower here with travel around the corner. >> so when you hear other health experts say they believe this was overly cautious, they could have gone further in this initial kind of announcement, you think not so? >> i think that it was great that they came out with this guidance. this is real welcome. look, i know we all want to travel. i travel many times a year, internationally, i want to see my family. i'm vaccinated, would i feel comfortable, i would but wife is not vaccinated and we have two kids. we can't assume that someone on the plane is not sick and again we don't know what the actual ability to vaccines to prevent vaccination is and with you expect it is significant but we don't know that right now and it is harder for the cdc to walk back guidance -- >> i think that is the key. i think what you're seeing is the key. we've seen with restrictions, it is really hard to walk things back even when you continue to say that the science is evolving and we're learning more and we'll adjust guidance as we learn more, it is hard to change and pivot because the public want to get their set of rules and they want to move on with her lives. >> and the reality is that in a couple of months, the overwhelming majority of people that have access to a vaccine and we'll have a significant portion of the community that is vaccinated and this will be much less of an issue. it wouldn't be a topic of discussion for many communities and for much of the travel that people want to do over the summer. >> cnn has an analysis out today that 65% of americans 65 and over have received one dose of a vaccine and the country is -- the head of the country largest nursing home organization that i spoke with last week said something really amazing. that they are seeing zero new cases of covid in their facilities right now. listen to this. >> it is absolutely astonishing. we all thought that the vaccine would reduce cases i don't think any of us thought that we would have zero cases but that is almost all of the cases across the country. it is amazing and fantastic. >> it is amazing and fantastic. and it has me kind of thinking, do you think there could now be a focus shift to younger populations, because as we know they get less sick generally speaking but are transmitting the virus. >> yeah. i think it is important to recognize that for all of the criticism that this vaccine rollout has had in the u.s., look at what we're doing right now and look at who was prioritized early on. we're reaping the benefits to vaccinated in long-term care facilities at the end of december and you're seeing such a small number of cases and deaths in communities can a made up 35% to 40% of the deaths prior to the vaccine. this is fantastic. this is great. i'm glad that we have broad coverage for older groups, 75 and 65 and above and those with chronic conditions. in the next month or two we're going to have more vaccine than we even know what to do with, right? it is not 100% certain that every single person is going to want to be vaccinated. so we'll going to switch from some areas which we're already seeing already having excess demand versus supply to probably having more supply than demand. i think it is going to be really important to get this pandemic under control so people could fly and do all of the things we want to do over the summer to start focusing on more vaccine rolling out in the coming weeks and months. >> it is wonderful to hear your optimism and a smile creeping up on your face about what it looks like on the horizon. good to see you. thank you. i want to go now to minneapolis where jury selection is underway in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin. he's accused of killing george floyd last may. it was also supposed to really ramp up and begin yesterday but was abrauptly delayed over continued questions about an additional charge against chauvin. let's go to omar jimenez. what is happening there so far today? >> reporter: kate, well for starters, jury selection is underway. it was expecting to be able to say these words yesterday at this point. but 24 hours later after that day-long delay, here we are. now derek chauvin is in court. he filed in early this morning. even an hour before jury selection began because his attorneys an the prosecutors were working out this pretrial motion with the judge before the jury was actually called in. so everyone is seated in there. masks up as they begin to question some of the jurors. now to remind you what he's been charged with. he's facing second-degree unintentional murder charges and facing second-degree manslaughter charges. the third-degree murder charge is what is so much in question right now. it was initially filed in the criminal complaint last year and it was dropped by the judge in october. then the -- an appeals report ruled that the district court should reconsider readding this charge and just a few moments ago we learned or a few hours ago at this point we learned that the attorneys for chauvin filed a petition with the state supreme court over whether the district court will have jurisdiction to potentially bring this charge back in. so while all of that is happening, prosecutors did not want to proceed with the jury selection process until that was resolved and that was why we saw the delay but the judge in this case said we are going to continue while we wait for that appeal and no word from that appeals court yet, kate. >> omar, thank you very much. coming up for us, it was -- it will be one of the largest and most consequential bills to be passed by congress ifn a very long time. congress is getting ready to vote on the covid relief bill. when families could expect to start seeing some of this aid. that's next. plus prince charles is asked about the huge criticism leveled by prince harry and meghan markle in their interview with oprah. the prince's response is ahead. y for what you need? 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>> reporter: well, we do expect it to pass. now it is expected to pass tomorrow morning. the house democratic leadership is setting the stage for a vote tomorrow. this came after the house had been waiting since saturday to get formally get the paperwork from the senate over to the house in the aftermath of the party line vote in the senate by 50/49 to advance that $1.9 trillion package. so they'll begin some of the procedural steps today in the final passage vote tomorrow. the democrats are still confident that they do, in fact, have the votes to pass this bill. they have a very narrow majority in the house. they can't afford to lose more than four democratic vote as assuming all members show up and that the expectation is they probably wouldn't lose more than two. there are not concerns that the progressives may revolt in any way because of changes to the bill in the senate, namely the removal of the $15 minimum wage. there is support among the progressive members of the caucus and not expected that more moderate members maybe balk at the price tag. only a couple voted against it last time. but we do expect republicans to vote in opposition in lockstep against this plan, concerns that they have about the size and the scope of this sweeping proposal and it's you mentioned it, kate, such a dramatic amount of money being spent to throw at this crisis, everything from money for schools to vaccines to direct payments to individuals and extending the jobless benefits set to expire in a matter of days. a lot riding on the vote expected tomorrow and then soon heading to joe biden's desk where he'll sign it into law, kate. >> and as manu digs up, let's dig into this bill. 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