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Things that are going on in the golden state there. i know students, scott, are supposed to go to school this week, but is there my plan to better equip teachers where these planned sickouts are happening? >> it very much varies, alex, across the state. here in snowy, theyre trying to keep the schools open. there are events going on at this middle school and high school complex today, but they say they have about 800 students and staff that have tested positive or about 3% of the schools populat...

Masking. it would be reasonable to have a conversation at this point about when can we remove indoor masking including in schools for example. if kids are vaccinatedor if there is regular testing, could masks go. i think that would be really asonable. and this really should not be a political issue. now were seeing people on both sides treating it as if it is. we need to have a reasoned conversation, establish the bench marks for whenth the understanding they may need to come back if we have a n...

Who are unprotected, the unvaccinated. >> interesting. dr. jha, i just spoke in the last four with congressman ro khanna of california, who suggested you would make a great choice to lead the cdc. i want you to listen to what he told me. >> i think we need someone like dr. ashish jha, who is compassionate, has been right on most of the calls, who understands that we need to be fast when it comes to masking and testing and getting that out there. there are others as well. but i do think that we n...

>> harris: critics are going after white house press secretary jen psaki speaking against youngkins executive order banning mask mandates in schools. two school districts are defying the governors order. she tweeted thank you to arlington public schools for standing up for our teachers, kids and administrators. then pure fire. federalist co-founder molly hemingway responded with this. this isnt a ban on masks but on forced masking of children against other parentss wishes. a concerned parent who...

Represent the gold standard right now, but at the same time, if those masks arent available to you, a lower quality mask like a surgical mask or even double masking with a cloth mask, still is better than no mask at all. family and to your community. >> reporter: it comes just as the government rolls out a new program tomorrow, reimbursing insured americans for up to eight at-home covid tests per month. but insurance companies warn it will take time to set up the new system. >> keep that receipt...

Already, i mean trying to learn through this pandemic, right? remember they had the school closures with virtual learning and all of that, and some schools still have that. now a parent is getting arrested for making threats on school property, and there will be increased police presence at the school. how is all this chaos affecting kids, juliette? thats really the question, right? >> it really is. the long-term psychological impact of this we know both from the fact that kids are home, and the...

Available. these masks are going to be available at some of the very same locations where americans got their vaccines, community health centers and pharmacies. i think what it reflects, chris, as well, is the fact that the white house was so focused on vaccinations. so much of the marshaling of the logistical manpower of the federal government went towards getting vaccines out as quickly as possible. some of these issues like masking and tests maybe fell by the wayside. the white house making u...

There. some religious and medical exceptions may be allowed. all the while children under five are still not eligible to get a covid-19 vaccine. >> it is just really frustrating and i think with older kids, at least you have that option, at least theyre able to vocalize how their faeeeling when they d get sick. it is difficult for parents to work remotely, when there is day care and school closes. you cant pop a 3-year-old in front of the tv by you for 15 minutes but that is about it. >> reporte...

Something we heard from a democratic focus group reported on in the "washington post". how do you see it in the international context? the idea that he acknowledged there were divisions on how to deal with said minor incursion stuck out to me. is he projecting weakness that vladimir putin can seize on? >> i think the world is tired of this pandemic. it has gone on a year longer than many of us had initially hoped or expected because of the delta variant. now the omicron sraeufrpbt. and frankly b...

Makers are trying to directly inhibit childrens education and insure that they remain as narrow minded as their predecessors and do not defect to the more urbane and sophisticated party. i think its clear that since the start of covid republicans have latched onto this idea of parents rights. this was about masking in schools, right? we have had so many culture wars in so many states now and on the federal level about whether schools can require children to remain masked to limit the spread of c...