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Democrats remain more focused on masking than punishing the people who harm us. this week a violent mob ransacked a california jewelry store in broad daylight. the thieves forced their ways in smashed the glass counters and took what they wanted. police say 8 to 10 people were involved in the robbery. and as of today, no one has been arrested. we dont even know how hard they are looking. but this isnt surprising. crime is clearly not a priority for the leaders in the state of california. after a...

Learning loss and getting a better footing with regards to the mental health issues and the challenges around social isolation is to resume the lives of children and their families as quickly as possible. >> martha: that is action that will probably provide the best benefit right now. just to go ahead. but you said, if we look at the people being asked to quarantine right now, we would be quarantining everybody. what policy do you recommend? someone has been exposed, what should they do if they ...

Gain-of-function research. cdc, dr. makary is facing more backlash after it said it is considering a recommendation for better masking or n-95, kn95 masks and twitter called them out. one tweeted what is surprising it has taken so long to think about recommending proper masks. great work, everyone, awesome job at building public trust. are they waiting for the wave to be over before deciding? and just moments ago cdc director dr. walensky, because again they are holding this response team digita...

Free testing sites across the country. these new weapons coming as omicron continues to surge across the country. california alone added a record 1 million new cases just last week. i want to bring in infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist dr. celine gounder, she was a former adviser to president biden on covid and nbc white house correspondent mike memoli. good to see both of you. so dr. gounder, you have the masks, you have the tests. help us understand how this fits into the overall...

Disease in six to eight weeks? >> its impossible to know, and any of us who have been in the prediction business over the last couple years have been burned enough by delta, by omicron, by not as many people getting vaccinated as we thought would happen. but i think we have to take our best shot and our best shot today is that the next month is going to be awful. that people should try to do everything they can to be careful and -- and thoughtful about their activities and their masking. i dont ...

Two mandates. a vaccine and testing and masking order for businesses of 100 or more employees. the second a measure requiring hospital and healthcare workers to be vaccinated at most facilities. those orders combined affect more than 100 million workers. so thats where we are today. lets flashback to the white houses earlier take on mandates. >> you dont want a mandate and force anyone to take the vaccine. weve never done that. >> president biden: i dont think it should be mandatory. >> no feder...

Approach to the power of the federal government to regulate health and safety. this is the first time were seeing it dramatically come through and as joan suggested the three most conservative justices suggested they would strike down many, many other regulations in the future dramatically restricting the ability of the federal government to regulate health and safety. this may be the first salvo in a dramatic clash about different visions of the scope of the federal government and it came in a ...

Little capacity to mitigate risk. covid-19 in short is a men as in work settings. the proof is all around us. since the diseases on set most american americans have seen workplaces transformed. so the administrative agency charged with ensuring health and safety in work places did what congress commanded it to do. it took action to address covids continuing threat in those spaces. observera, the occupational safety and health -- excuse me the occupational safety and health administration issued ...

The parents need to go back to work, so there are a lot of variables here. but other families have elderly or immune-compromised family members at home. sometimes the children themselves are more prone to illness, so there is that very difficult balance that parents, the decisions that parents and school administrators and health experts have to make. the advice is that, of course, we want children to be in person. we know the devastating effects of the children not being in, so we want them to ...

Causing those roads to freeze up. >> thats happened quickly. pete muntean and chad myers, thank you so much. some schoolchildren will have the day off and enjoy a snow day. this morning the rise in new infections among children is forcing some schools in the country to start the new school year remotely. >> but big picture, most are opening up. thats good news. new york city one of the largest in the country and despite a warning or request from one of the largest teachers union, mayor eric ad...