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base. we ll have more on that soon. welcome to our vurszs in the united states. all around the world. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. it s wednesday, march 3rd. the finish line for of marathon pandemic is in sight. but some states are stopping short. they re now reversing course in baffling ways. core restrictions lifted by two republican governors just a day after warnings, dire warnings from the cdc. texas its 29 million americans effectively restrictions-free. governor greg abbott announcing restriction there s end in texas and mississippi and iowa theirs. they join 14 other states that have no mask requirements. one texas icu nurse says this all comes way too early. it s a little nerve racking to see that, you know, we re going to take away the masks. i don t think it s safe to do that right now. we don t have people in the hallways anymore in stretchers. we re not putting dead bodies into rooms at this point. the breathing is a l ....
journal. with this lead line, it says that joe manchin is rescuing the democrats with his opposition to this bill. they also write about the fact that they think this is a moment to offer president biden a chance to shift some of the deck chairs in the west wing. they point fingers directly at the chief of staff, ron klain and also adviser susan rice by name. they say they re leading him towards policy is not working and it s time to make changes. also, another huge story today. the omicron problem and the lack of available testing treatments that are available in some countries but not here raising a ton of questions. everybody is trying to get tested today in new york city. we ll be joined by dr. amos who is great at answering the questions about what the this means as we head into the holidays. we can take some of your questions. we ve been getting good ones throughout the afternoon. sends your questions to@martha maccallum on twitter. we ll look forward to receivin ....
massive social spending plan. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. good to see you. mike: great to see you. i am mike emanuel in for john roberts in washington. a tough week for a democratic leaders as they leave town for the break was no victory in hand, and dwindling hopes they can pass their goals ahead of the 2022 midterms. see eight squad members like ilhan omar and alexandria ocasio-cortez and other liberal lawmakers making things personal with manchin after his announcement on fox news sunday. we all know that senator manchin couldn t be trusted, the excuses that he just made i think our complete [bleep]. he waited until everyone was on vacation to say, no, i m not going to vote for this. let mr. manchin expand to the people of west virginia what he doesn t have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. mike: we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, are democrats wondering if ....
diminution of protection and a degree of immune evasion, you still, from experience that we have with delta, can make a reasonable conclusion that you would not eliminate all protection against this particular variant. and that s the reason why we don t know what that degree of diminution of protection is going to be, but we know that when you boost somebody, you elevate your level of protection very high, and we are hoping, and i think with good reason, to feel good that there will be some degree of protection. cnn international correspondent david mckenzie is tracking the many developments for us from south africa. what s happening there, david? reporter: alisyn, there is lots that is unknown about the virus, but here in south africa, they re very concerned about those many mutations and despite all the unknowns or perhaps because of it, the world has shut its borders to this region. the coronavirus testing center in johannesburg, the omicron variant is already do ....
from an appeals court this afternoon as the judges seem skeptical of his argument that white house documents about the riot should be kept secret. we re live on that and we re live on omicron with the new warning from the w.h.o. on travel for people older than 60 with the government and pharmaceutical companies scrambling to get ahead of the new variant. we are working around the clock to ensure we re doing everything we can to understand this new variant. all of it sinking stocks this afternoon, with the dow down, as you can see, about 500 points or so in this last hour of trading. the fed chair telling congress today the new variant is a risk to the economy and says inflation may not be so temporary after all. i m hallie jackson in washington, where we re starting with news out of the building behind me. former chief of staff mark meadows now cooperating with the congressional committee investigating the january 6th riot at the capitol, with the chairman bennie th ....