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When teams cut through the granite pedestal -- >> the capstone slid off and there it is. >> reporter: -- they found a 36-pound box, what experts are calling a cornerstone box, mads copper. the bomb squad examined x-rays for active gunpowder. then virginia archeologists got inside, 144 years after it was sealed. inside, confederate money. bullets and buttons. a hand carved confederate flag. an old newspaper. a bible. coins. and letters. historian dale brumfield says it gives us a firsthand look a...

In the last hour, president biden will be speaking with russian president vladimir putin and hes going to do it tomorrow. what more do we know, mike? >> reporter: joe, it certainly speaks to the heightened tensions dealing with ukraine, that it was six months between that in-person meeting between presidents biden and putin in geneva to the virtual conference that took place three weeks ago, and now within the span of that three weeks, theyll be speaking again. we just learned more about this fr...

Hearing about 20 minutes yesterday with the prosecution and defense team and the judge. no word on what that was about. the transcript has been sealed. could be any number of things, but its one more thing to keep us guessing as we wait for a verdict. >> lots of guessing right now. lets go to the other side of the country and, ron, any clue whats happening with the jury in the maxwell trial, ron? >> reporter: theyve been asking a lot of questions and asking for a lot of transcripts. 15 questions...

Led to this decision. we heard walensky really reiterating this is a decision that represents something of a balancing test. yes, of the need to keep america running as close to normal as possible in a pandemic but also clearly based on the science. lets listen to part of her response. >> let me make clear that we are standing on the shoulders of two years of science, two years of understanding transmissibility and a lot of information that we have gleaned from the wildtype virus as well as the ...

Hour ago. how did they defend the cdcs new quarantine and isolation guidelines? >> reporter: yeah, joe, this was an important opportunity for the country to hear from the presidents top advisers on dealing with the pandemic. so many questions about a number of issues. we heard from dr. fauci, new data, which indicates that this particular strain, the omicron strain, while it is much more highly transmissible, does appear to be less severe. thats certainly some good news, even if the transmissibi...

White house, if youre a reporter. a staff who has been testing positive. walensky has been stressing, no, they are not recommending you get a test after that isolation period, once youre no longer showing symptoms for two reasons. one, those more sensitive pcr tests may show youre positive for as long as a period of 12 weeks after the original infection and those more rapid antigen tests may not show if youre transmitting the disease. thats adding to the confusion given the requirements that so ...