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In notifying the press for a social media stir. nonetheless, im beside myself and contacted the sheriffs office to explain myself. i never meant to imply id show up with firearms. im not a dangerous person or a threat and im so sorry for the way it came across. >> people in the room shaking their heads in disbelief there. i want to talk about this cnn national security analyst julia. wow. hello. this is a serious charge that could land her in jail for up to a year. do you think this is a correct...

We were able to keep our children safely in school before vaccines. now today what do we have for our children? we have vaccines that we can use, we have school testing programs and new science that demonstrates tests the stay. this is where a child might be exposed in the classroom but if they are exposed they dont have to stay home and quarantine. test every other day or twice a week and stay in the classroom safely. what that has demonstrated is hundreds of thousands of person days of childre...

No matter what the cdc says it wants to recommend, thats what theyre hearing from our experts, even from members of the administrations task force. >> not surprising with so many things in this pandemic, it is confusing. dr. walensky tried to address this in comments yesterday, and said the cdc is not going to update its guidance on masks but also added that the website, the information about masks on its website needed to be updated, and you also have to consider the logistics of this whole mas...

When children are not in school, theyre not in a magic bubble learning haiku. they are doing all sorts of things in the community. and engaging in the community in all sorts of ways. as evidenced by the widespread transmission thats going on right now when schools are closed right now. so when we come up to january 3rd, those five days of monday through friday, schools will have a choice. do we want for the 80 waking hours of monday through friday to be 40 hours where children are in a very regu...

>> martha: but youve called for some change. you mentioned the possibility of a new cdc director. the confuse is one of the things that has really made it so difficult for all of these businesses. masking and testing and all of it makes it hard for them with a lot of regulations. you think a new cdc director would make a difference? >> what i treated out, we need someone that is compassionate, consistent and the messaging is -- we need someone that will help make sure that we have testing for ev...

The founding director of the national center for disaster preparedness and an msnbc public health analyst. good friday morning to all of you. what are the conversations going on at the white house about where the federal response goes from here? >> the white house was hardened the supreme court let stand the mandate for health care facilities that are taking medicare and medicaid funding. they are pointing to the fact that over the last year or so the aministration has been able to put in the va...

Vaccinated. we have masks. this is not place thats banned masks. the combination of being vaccinated and masking provides a high level of support. i think kids should be getting back to school and we can do it safely. >> students and staff ahead of their return. should chicago be able to open classrooms as well not just l.a or new york or d.c. or elsewhere. >> i agree completely. yes is the answer. we have two powerful weapons in fight against this virus. masking and vaccines especially for ever...

On your screen in protective gear, to help fill the void. new york is now the latest state to mandate booster shots for health care workers. a former member of president bidens covid-19 advisory board says the nation needs better long-term planning. >> unfortunately if you vaccinate today, the people who are unvaccinated who account for about 75% of the hospitalizations, its not really going to make a big difference over the next month because they need a second shot and then 14 days after the s...

Who became eligible a month or six weeks ago and she got boosted and 14-year-old who just got eligible and we are setting up an appointment for her in the next week or so. the issue is with omicron two shots provides some protection and certainly but 3 shots are much, much better. over the lung run we will come to realize this is a three-course vaccine, 3-shot vaccine like polio, i do feel comfortable and i think the data is pretty clear that 3 shots are really helpful. arthel: what is your guid...

What would you say to a school administrator thinking about going back to remote learning? >> i would say weve learned a lot over the last couple of years. in the beginning when we werent sure exactly how this virus would behave, who would be most likely affected by this, i think there was a lot of confusion. if you add in that we were flying blind because there wasnt enough testing, it was tough to make the case that kids should be in school at that point. but by the fall of 2020, jake, certain...