on what they re seeing right now with new cases jumping across most of the country. dr. jha, of course, now the white house covid-19 response coordinator, dr. jha, thanks for being here tonight. you ve seen the confusion all over the country. you saw the relief, the joy from so many when they heard they could take the masks off. the concern from others for their family, for their children. so, bottom line here tonight, is this justice department appeal right now an effort to get americans to put the masks back on right now? or is this about preserving the cdc s authority moving forward at critical moments down the road if we face more threatening turns in the pandemic? yeah, david, so, first of all, thanks for having me back. i think there are two sets of issues. first is that public health decisions like this should be made by public health scientists. and cdc had made a decision that masks were useful, and it was deeply disappointing to see a federal jung step in and take that deci