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Justice will appear the district court decision. what do you make of this response from the department of justice, excuse me, should the doj wait for the cdc or be more forceful in appealing it regardless of what the cdc thinks in terms of public health concerns at this moment with masks? >> well, i certainly hope that the doj will reconsider its decision to wait until the cdc makes a decision we have about three weeks before we get to may 3rd and during that time we might see a spike in cases w...

Worse ruling with broader implications against the cdc. the question is do they push this or do they simply let it lie? remember, the only thing that this order does is stop the mask mandate between now and may 3rd, just a couple of days. they may say to the cdc, you know, lets just leave this thing alone at this point. the cdc was going to withdraw the mask mandate yesterday. president biden said got off message and said, heck with it, let people decide themselves. they are leaning in the direc...

On until may 3rd. >> dana: thank you so much. this is really a topic on a lot of peoples minds if you travel a lot or if you travel with little kids. meghan mccardle has a great piece saying why now is the time. the president doesnt talk about how were at a different place than we were in april of 2020 with vaccines, therapeutics. a lot of people with natural immunity and there hasnt been a super spreader event on a plane but has been at elite dinners in washington >> bill: in 24 hours -- >> dan...

Thats when the mask was extended to, may 3rd, and if it is needed past that, then the judges decision will be appealed. it probably wouldnt be appealed for probably a week. but it could bring its own risks. if the appellate court, the main circuit, if they were to uphold the federal judges decision from this week, that could hamstring the cdc in the future. the if the administration appeals and then loses, they really couldnt enact another mandate even if there is another future variant that eme...

They feel that one of the reasons we have a cdc is to act in public health emergencies to protect the public health >> what is the risk of not appealing this decision? >> the risk is you have this ruling on the books. it is not of nationwide application. its only from the middle district of florida. the other risk is there are people in the government who feel we still need a mask mandate and we need to protect people on planes and trains before may 3rd. we have to hope the covid situation doesn...

So,s question is do they push it or let it lie? the only thing that this order does is stop stop the mask mandate between now and may 3rd. >> here now jonathan turley, fox news contributor and constitutional attorney. jonathan, i cant think of anyone that i would rather speak to right now, especially on this subject than you. all right. so the cdc decides, tells doj you have to seal this. i assume jonathan its a 30 day notice of appeal to the circuit of appeals? >> they could seek expedited revi...

To be part of the administrations covid response team. so, i think you have the inside track in hearing what is thought of. what was behind the decision, do you think, to try to extend it several more weeks? i think it was in part the -- you know, the variant of the omicron variant and the -- and also thinking about the hospital capacity rates. was that part of the logic? >> thats exactly the logic. you know, i think that by may 3rd, which is the date this was set to expire, we will have enough ...

And one district in florida. who said that the reason you needed to make a nationwide order, one only toward the people have been in front of, her saying, it makes us anxious to wear masks. she said there is no way to give them the relief that they want on less you make it nationwide because you could never tell them from other travelers. just basically silly, of course you could. you could give them a piece of paper. i dont know how the fellow travelers of take to. it but they would, say i dont...

Transportation mask mandate was slated to end in two weeks on may 3rd. now by order of a u.s. district judge in florida, kathryn kimball mizelle, he says that goes beyond the cdcs authority, and now the white house has confirmed that the transportation mask mandate is no longer in effect pending a federal review. this was required on planes, trains, buses, boats, and in terminals starting in february 2021, not long after president joe biden took office. it was extended to march 18th, then april ...

Sudden masks came off. families or travelers fully anticipating they could still be able to travel in a masked environment suddenly could not. children under the age of 5, who have not been able to be vaccinated, again, feeling more comfortable in a masked environment, suddenly were not in a masked environment. so, what we have known is airplanes are probably one of the safest places because of the high air exchange rates. we havent seen significant outbreaks on airlines. we have been following ...