really pretty. pete: one of the army bases in our country fort lewis in the state of washington. salute to you out in washington state. you didn t know you are getting a shoutout but you did. steve: a blue state. ainsley: very blue state. pete: too blue not if you go to southeastern washington super red. that s why some want to split the state up and say let s have two different states. ainsley: speaking of blue states. pete: speaking of blue states. blue state governors are finally backing down on mask mandates in school. ainsley: white house giving those governors a pass on the change. but, is refusing to let virginia s republican governor off the hook for his mask mandate ban. steve: mark meredith is live at the white house on the latest over battle masks 2349 schools. slowly, mark, they re come down. they are. good morning to all of you from one washington to washington, d.c. growing pushback to making kids wear masks in school all day long. now that we are seeing