we begin with david mckenzie in johannesburg with more on the emerging variant. david, what more are you learning at this hour about this variant and how effective vaccines may be against it here? reporter: isa, we just don t know what the impact on vaccines will be. it s just way too early to tell. it does speak to the quick reactions from south african scientists who have used a quirk in this particular variant that allows it to be picked up by regular pcr tests, to notice that it is increasing rapidly in this part of the continent and also possibly in several other parts of the region. now, it must be stated that it s not so much about where the variant is. it s about who has the capability the it s very early days, but this is a concerning variant amongst several that have been identified. we ll have to watch it very closely. and in the meantime, these travel bans have been put in place and it seems are increasing towards this region. isa? indeed. and i know you ll ke
here is what we know right now. for the first time in 14 months you can board a plane or a train without your mask if you choose. the tsa, uber, amtrak and public transportation systems in major cities like washington, d.c., and philadelphia are all lifting their mask mandates after a federal judge in florida struck down the cdc s requirement. delta, united, and jetblue were among the airlines to announce today that masks onboard are now optional. some pilots even picked up the intercom mid flight to share the news. here was some of the row action. the transportation administration will no longer enforce the federal mandate requiring masks onboard aircraft and in airports. finally! finally, you hear one person say. in her ruling the federal judge in florida said the cdc was relying on a 1944 law, the public health service act, that did not support the mandate as necessary for, quote, sanitation. wearing a mask cleans nothing, judge mizelle wrote. it traps droplets bu
airport nightmare next week, warning there could be major flight delays if airlines don t update their 5g boost happening on july 1. mayor pete saying: hopefully there won t be another repeat of what happened in january. when faa system glitch grounded thousands of planes across the united states, so maybe the answer to fixing the 5g issue is taking a vacation from the phone, a tourist hot spot in sti fin lap land creates first cell phone-free island. let s take it to the table. grif, this a huge price tag, you have covered a lot of administrations, has there been this many issues with transportation. no, let s say i heard the beginning of show i m glad i m going back to dc on a drain, we should revive the train thing. there may be an issue with that in biden s america. if your name is pete buttigieg, you have one job, make sure that planes take off and land and reasonably in a normal time realm vent to their time, interestingly enough in research reading for show it
airport nightmare next week, warning there could be major flight delays if airlines don t update their 5g boost happening on july 1. mayor pete saying: hopefully there won t be another repeat of what happened in january. when faa system glitch grounded thousands of planes across the united states, so maybe the answer to fixing the 5g issue is taking a vacation from the phone, a tourist hot spot in fin l land creates first cell phone-free island. let s take it to the table. grif, this a huge price tag, you have covered a lot of administrations, has there been this many issues with transportation. no, let s say i heard the beginning of show i m glad i m going back to dc on a drain, we should revive the train thing. there may be an issue with that in biden s america. if your name is pete buttigieg, you have one job, make sure that planes take off and land and reasonably in a normal time realm vent to their time, interestingly enough in research reading for show it looks
airport nightmare next week, warning there could be major flight delays if airlines don t update their 5g boost happening on july 1. mayor pete saying: hopefully there won t be another repeat of what happened in january. when faa system glitch grounded thousands of planes across the united states, so maybe the answer to fixing the 5g issue is taking a vacation from the phone, a tourist hot spot in sti fin lap land creates first cell phone-free island. let s take it to the table. grif, this a huge price tag, you have covered a lot of administrations, has there been this many issues with transportation. no, let s say i heard the beginning of show i m glad i m going back to dc on a drain, we should revive the train thing. there may be an issue with that in biden s america. if your name is pete buttigieg, you have one job, make sure that planes take off and land and reasonably in a normal time realm vent to their time, interestingly enough in research reading for show it