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You nothing for that first line of your obituary. what history will remember you for is whether, when democracy was at stake, when we faced a choice between protecting free and fair elections or giving up on them, whether you voted with the forces of trump to undermine our future or in favor of democracy and for our children and our grandchildren to have a democracy. >> marc, we sometimes get to the point of asking, you know, wwrd? what would republicans do? i think we both agree mitch mcconnell...

Emerging data is optimistic that it might lead to less severe illness but still, combination of delta and omicron so we have to be careful. as to kids if theres one thing clear here, alicia, expecting 2 and a half million expected infections day to day over the next month and its going to be a long tail. still million estimated infections through the the country into march. after that, the number of kids ending up in the hospital is a small percentage so i think we still need to have contact car...

>> well, i think cloth masks that are thick two and three layers really continue to provide good protection, and we have to remind people, first of all, to use those masks and, second, to use them up above the nose. you know, down here, that doesnt count. so i think masking, social distancing, i think we can weather this next storm. we will have some tough times because of all the travel and the wonderful celebrations weve had over the holidays. were going to continue to see an uptick in cases, ...

I mean, i had never seen anything like it, having reported through and lived through the pandemic multiple times, it was clear that like something new was afoot. what does it say to you about the rapidity of transmission and what are your observations or what does the data suggest about most of the people i know who got it have had break through cases. >> we have to look at exposure, infection and disease. when it comes to an exposure to the coronavirus turning into an infection, omicron is. fas...

To 12 days. that means households should receive these test kits at the end of the month or early next month. strategically, if you think about the tools that we have had to contend with this pandemic as a nation, a lot of things have been within our grasp, whether or not to get vaccinated, to get boosted, to follow the appropriate public health guidance on social distancing and masking and quarantining and all of those things. but for the first time, this should wholesale across the country put...

Be with omicron for six, eight more weeks at a minimum, and if you get, you know, a couple of vaccines in you over that time it will help prevent serious, serious illness. and thats the key. i think we also need better masking. people need to wear n95s and kn95s. when they are in crowds, outdoors and certainly indoors. and we need to upgrade our ventilation. hepa filters for use so that youre not actually inheriting -- inhaling other peoples aerosols. those are the key changes we need. >> it wil...

Heard from the cdc director today didnt necessarily hit it? >> right. the clarification in a way makes it more muddled because people are left wondering what is the real reason why these guidelines have come forward? is it because we dont have enough testing and youre saying thats the reason youre not recommending testing or because tests dont work but in the future if we get more tests will you recommend more testing and no one is going to believe in testing and not following isolation procedur...

Cloth masks are less effective. how can we get the high quality masks out to americans? also rapid testing. i know thats part of the administrations strategy. but we need to get them out as soon as possible. people are still waiting in very long lines to get tests. theyre waiting over five days to get test results back. so masking and testing are really the areas that i want to hear more about as well as federal guidance to the states on an air filtration and ventilation in businesses and school...

>> now, as far as returning to school, i know many parents the last thing they want to contemplate is home learning, at-home learning, virtual learning. but from a medical perspective, should any schools be going back to in-person learning this week? >> yes. i believe that every school should be returning to in-person learning. the reason is at this point in the pandemic, we know what it takes in order to keep our children safe. we know that when protective measures are in place, schools can act...

Up more than 204% compared to two weeks ago, and about 95% of those cases are the omicron variant. its highly contagious, its putting a lot of places on edge as we start this new year with the new strain, and folks are returning to school and work, the cdc did issue some new guidance for k to 12 schools, reiterating the importance of getting young students back in classrooms and how to do so safely, recommending vaccination as the strongest tool here to end the pandemic, really encouraging folks...