contests in border states. republican lawmakers were on the border yesterday. we ask them what their plan will be. no plan is given. the white house is being pulled in the other direction by members of the congressional hispanic caucus who met with president biden monday. title 42 should be lifted. we should focus on border management policy in order to make sure that they have the resources in order to move forward. joining me now is julia ainsley who covers the department of homeland security and the justice department. first of all, what s going to happen with this court ruling? it s a temporary injunction. is the administration going to fight it because it s so short-term? it s analogous to the masking rule. it s more temporary than it first appears. what the judge is ruling on he says he will issue this
it is, quote, a valid exercise of the authority congress has given cdc to protect the public health. todd: now that we have that all cleared up. sean duffy. the former congressman and, of course, a fox news contributor. sean, what kind of a response is that from biden s doj? well, it confused response from everybody, todd. listen, i think the doj is saying, listen, we have to defend the cdc if the cdc wants to go forward with masking rule on airplanes. the bottom line though is the cdc isn t basing many of their recommendations on science. it s all politics. you look how happy americans are to take their masks off on planes. as evidenced every airline basically lifted mask mandates immediately. they know the customers don t want to wear them. i think this is december 5th, 1993 when prohibition ended. people are celebrating. grab their drink, taking a mask off. same thing here. the cdc is not going to come to the doj and say we want to extend this mask mandate this
moment. laura also has breaking developments this hour on the uptick in violence back home. yes, jim, ten mass shootings here in the u.s. just this weekend, and it was a holy weekend at that for many. gunfire at least at two house parties, one at a mall, and elsewhere have left eight dead and dozens injured. and this on the heels of that horrific subway mass shooting in new york city just last week. so, in many congress keep saying we re going to do something about the gun violence epidemic. but the question really is, when will something be done about it? we ll put that question directly to a member of congress. that s ahead. there s also big breaking news tonight on the federal mask mandate for travellers. a florida judge striking down the administration s masking rule for planes and other public transportation. this is less than a week after the cdc extended it through the 3rd of may. so, what does all this mean? and this comes amid a new uptick in covid cases. the question is w
for those of you headed out on a trip, don t put your masks away just yet. the justice department can file an appeal and request an urgency order to keep it in place. the cdc recommended extended the masking rule until may 3rd. you can follow me on twitter at pamela brown at cnn. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer now in the situation room. happening now, breaking news. ukrainian officials say the second phase of russia s war has begun in the east with the critical battle for the donbas region now underway. this as officials warn no part of ukraine is safe from the kremlin s brutal onslaught after deadly new strikes on the western city of lviv. also breaking, the first images from a significant military embarrass many for moscow, showing a russian warship on fire before it sunk in the black sea last week.
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