with gillian turner in the nation s capitol. gillian, good afternoon. hi, trace. a federal judge appointed by president trump just vacated the cdc s mask mandate. it applies to all public trans important hubs including train and bus stations, this decision has wide ranging implications for tens of millions of americans. it s a summer travel season. it s kicking in to gear. the judge writes, as you mentioned, the cdc failed to justify its decision and the mask mandate exceeds the cdc s statutory authority, violates the procedures required for agency rule making. last weekend, the biden administration extended the mandate for 15 days. it was slated to expire may 3. take a listen. the rise of the cases on severe disease and the assessment is that two weeks would give them additional time to do that. in march 21 states sued the biden administration seeking to have the mandate repealed. in congress, there s bipartisan opposition to nationwide mandates of any kind. this has
cavuto, this is your world. first to hillary vaughn at the white house with the latest. hillary? progressives had been pushing for a while for the president to act alone on some of the items in build back better. but now there s a renewed sense that there may be a possibility that democrats can get enough of this on board to pass a slimmed down or skinny version of what was the president s build back better agenda. senator elizabeth warren saying in an op-ed today that it s mandatory for the president to try to do something because if he does not, she does not see democrats holding the majority in congress in the mid-terms in november. white house chief of staff ron klain signals there may be some negotiations going on for a revised reconciliation bill headed in to the summer and fall. inflation though has been a top concern of some democrats like senator joe manchin and one of the reasons why he has been a road block to passing build through reconciliation. if it s not j
About it right now. we have to get the lethal aid in there as quickly as possible so ukraine can win this war. thanks, senator. that is the story of monday, april 18, 2022. as always the story goes on. martha is back tomorrow. i m trace gallagher in los angeles. your world starts right now. neil: a federal jock knocking down biden administration s mask mandate for travelers. how will the white house respond. a press briefing is moments away. we re on it. it s tax day. democrats could be looking at more taxing, more spending even with inflation raging. democrats reportedly eye ago scaled down version of the president s build back better bill. hoping that a win will improve the president s slumping poll numbers ahead of the mid-terms. welcome, everyone.
We have to get the lethal aid in there as quickly as possible so ukraine can win this war. thanks, senator. that is the story of monday, april 18, 2022. as always the story goes on. martha is back tomorrow. i m trace gallagher in los angeles. your world starts right now. neil: a federal jock knocking down biden administration s mask mandate for travelers. how will the white house respond. a press briefing is moments away. we re on it. it s tax day. democrats could be looking at more taxing, more spending even with inflation raging. democrats reportedly eye ago scaled down version of the president s build back better bill. hoping that a win will improve the president s slumping poll numbers ahead of the mid-terms. welcome, everyone. i m charles payne in for neil