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>> thank you. coming up, the cdc updates its controversial and confusing isolation guidelines. were going to tell you what theyre now recommending in their brand-new statement. well be right back. so the light hits it just right, and people think... wow... ...he knows what hes doing... ...when im actually pretty lost with my payroll taxes. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes. cheers. 100% accurate payroll tax calculations guaranteed. dove 0% is different. we left aluminum out...

>> thats all they care about. i want to see that clip later. that is it. cbs even captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, the u.s. nears a record high for coronavirus infections. the seven-day average ready to surpass the previous high set in january. plus, confusion and push-back following the c.d.c.s new isolation guidelines. returning to the classroom: with a what the spike in new cases means for in-person learning. >> your children are safer in school. the numbers speak for themselv...

On the pandemic. the agency has faced criticism in recent weeks over confusion, if you remember, surrounding the isolation guidelines. now, health officials and hospitals in the u.s. are preparing for a surge in covid-19 patients over the next four weeks as cases as we pointed out continue to climb. cnns athena jones has the story for you. >> the next month is going to be awful. >> reporter: covid-19 is taking more than 832,000 lives in the the. thats one out of every 400 people. and with the ...

>> doctor blackstock, to do you worry some of the confusion may be hampering the biden administrations ability to get out a clear message and to allow states, quite frankly, to combat covid? >> absolutely. the messaging has been off for quite a while. i thought with the change of the guard earlier in 2021 that we would see more clear messaging, but its been off. its been very personal responsibility individualistic focussed as opposed to emphasizing that a collective response is needed to end th...

This covid surge and the need to treat people for other very real medical issues they typically go to the hospital for? >> thats exactly right, i got a family member who is e.r. resident in chicago, tells me just how difficult it is when someone comes in with pain, appendicitis, and now a good number of hospitals delaying or postponing elective surgeries, whether its women needing mammograms or cancer therapy that may not be able to be given swiftly and quickly, so this is really setting up a si...

New year kick off with millions more americans. now eligible for a booster. the fda hours ago giving a green light for children ages 12 to 15 who have already gotten both doses to get a third dose of pfizer. the agency also shortening the window there. you remember with adults you had to wait six months past your second shot. well, its now five months. that i a nounsment cops as the highly contagious omicron variant has upended the start of 2022 for millions of americans. travel, youve heard a l...

Where things change over time, you have to come back in and make adjustments, and so the problem that they have is that while that may be true, they seem to be making adjustments very quickly. i mean, if they announce something and then the following week have to clarify like their isolation guidelines, for instance, and you hear different things from different faces of the administration where dr. fauci came out and said they were going to fix it, they were going to clarify this, whereas the cd...

Cdc, and shes been pressed after the decision to relax isolation guidelines just as covid cases hit record numbers. the question is did she provide assurance that the agency can, in fact, be trusted? and fully vaccinated. its currently defined as two doses of either pfizer or moderna vaccines or one dose of the j&j. the question, is it now time to redefine that term? and ghislaine maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking for her role in recruiting teenage girls for jeffrey epstein. the question...

Maskless at a miami restaurant. according to a statement, the congresswoman is "experiencing symptoms, is recovering at home and received her booster shot in the fall." john, we are reporting it, and you can decide how you feel about that. she was obviously highly criticized for not only, not only going maskless but going to a state where she was very critical of the policies, the covid policies there, and now she has covid. >> john: tim kaine, the senator proved i-95 is the great equalizer, eve...

Thanks. i think lena nguyen is back with us in the great city of baltimore. can we go back to dr. nguyen. >> hi, jim. >> we heard from jeff zeleny covering the funeral of harry reid. were going back to jeff and whats going on there in just a little bit. but i want to get back to you, dr. nguyen because we were in the middle of the discussion of whats going on at the white house and concerns about dr. walenskys messaging issues, how she worked with a consultant and so on. you were making the poin...