Guidance according to admiral giroir. We know cases are going down. Vaccinations going up. Cdc made the right play call but fumbled the ball at the oneyard line. The communication was a business mall. Dana: when you have a former cdc director saying it was abyss mall. It continues to be reported the white house, the president specifically, was not informed about this guidance change until thursday morning of last week which is the same time we all found out about it. So is that how it went down? there is a new channel of communication at the cdc as a result. Dana: a big resignation we ll find out more in a moment. Former coronavirus testing czar admiral giroir will join us in a moment. Peter doocy will join us from the white house. Very interesting here at the white house. The guidance keeps evolving. President biden started out by saying people need to be either vaccinated or masked. But now he is saying the va x is much better against covid. President biden: science shows your vaccin
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me. it sounds like somebody had the intent that malice aforethought, all those phrases you learn in law school and everyone can use after watching law and order, the entire thing says that you premeditated a nefarious behavior. imagine that took place on january 6th and all they were doing in that room was trying to certify in a ceremonial thing, chris, wasn t lake there was any suspense, we already knew who was going to be certified and to use bear spray in that way, sto sto stomach turning. we have half the aisle, basically, fomenting for more. that s what we re seeing going on in their crazy convention right now. so time to be onboard. is that the that s what the acronym is, the crazy convention? i ll let them be the judge. chris, happy friday. happy friday. this is cnn tonight. i m laura coates in for don lemon. breaking news. the house voting tonight on president joe biden s $1.9 t $1.9 t $1.9 trillion covid aid packaging. the vote expected to be tight after
congress madison kathorn, with proxy voting democrats were asking for because the pandemic who was a private citizen said leaders show up. no matter. leaders. they won t be voting in person for that we go to ryan nobles. abby philip. what is the latest? anderson, it looks that this bill will pass. it could be late tonight into early tomorrow morning but democrats are confident that they have the votes. they would need 217 votes to pass. it means they could only lose three democrats if it were to cross the finish line. there is a chance maybe one, maybe two democrats do not vote in favor of the package and maybe one republican crosses over and votes with the democrats but right now, democrats expressing a lot of confidence particularly because the minimum wage hike is part of this house version. when it comes to the senate side, it s a different story. for now, it s part of it so democrats are confident they will pass that legislation later tonight. abby, if the minimum wa
the bill that would affect tens of millions of americans. at least a dozen lawmakers that said they could not be at the capitol due to the on going public health emergency oddly enough sought refuge in the same place, orlando, florida where they re taking part in cpac and the idea of the respect they have down there for the on going public health emergency, listen to this. everyone, when you re in the ballroom, when you re seated, you should still be wearing a mask so if everybody can go ahead, work on that. i know. i know it s not the most fun. you have the right one of the cpac refugees is freshman north carolina congressman madison. with proxy voting democrats were asking for because the pandemic who was a private citizen said leaders show up. they won t be voting in person for that we go to ryan nobles. anderson, it looks that this bill will pass. it could be late tonight into early tomorrow morning but democrats are confident that they have the votes. they woul