particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. we ve been talking about this idea for some time. it s now official from the cdc. but they re specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. that s for elementary school students. so that s going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and high school students, they should still maintain at least six feet apart if the community tr transmission in their community is high. so making a difference between older and younger students. for all elementary schools, regardless where you live in the country, guidance is now going to be three feet. but if you happen to live in a community where community transmission is high still, at about 41% roughly of counties in the united states do have high transmission, if you live in one of those
Liz cheney of all people has come out against the resolution. if you re looking for the clearer sign yet of which way the winds are blowing among the conservative base, the newly minted wyoming resident may be an indicator. she looks to unseat mike enzi in the primary. she has accused the president of being a traitor. people have got to begin to ask, who is benefiting from barack obama s foreign policy. time and time again, sadly and disturbingly, it s america s enemies who are benefiting. joining me now is tony blaken, white house deputy national security adviser. the president s comments this morning about a red line caught some confusion when he referred to it being essentially international red line. the president talked about how use of chemical weapons on the scale that we re now seeing would change his calculus when he enunciated that. can you clarify those comments for people? sure, chris.
people have got to begin to ask, who is benefiting from barack obama s foreign policy. time and time again, sadly and disturbingly, it s america s enemies who are benefiting. joining me now is tony blaken, white house deputy national security adviser. the president s comments this morning about a red line caught some confusion when he referred to it being essentially international red line. the president talked about how use of chemical weapons on the scale that we re now seeing would change his calculus when he enunciated that. can you clarify those comments for people? sure, chris. the president was exactly right. there s been a longstanding international red line against the use of chemical weapons. it goes back nearly 100 years. after world war i, when these weapons were used to terrible effect. the world got together. it said, you can t use chemical weapons in war. more recently, congress strongly got behind something called the chemical weapons convention in 1997.
Liz cheney of all people has come out against the resolution. if you re looking for the clearer sign yet of which way the winds are blowing among the conservative base, the newly minted wyoming resident may be an indicator. she looks to unseat mike enzi in the primary. she has accused the president of being a traitor. people have got to begin to ask, who is benefiting from barack obama s foreign policy. time and time again, sadly and disturbingly, it s america s enemies who are benefiting. joining me now is tony blaken, white house deputy national security adviser. the president s comments this morning about a red line caught some confusion when he referred to it being essentially international red line. the president talked about how use of chemical weapons on the scale that we re now seeing would change his calculus when he enunciated that. can you clarify those comments for people? sure, chris. the president was exactly right.