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>> john: we talked to dr. nicole saphier and cdc director dr. tom frieden, they will explain what this means for the millions of americans who have been living under some form of lockdown for nearly a year now. >> sandra: all good stuff but for us to jonathan serrie in atlanta. what are the biggest takeaways from these brand guidelines just out a short time ago? >> hi sandra, these guidelines apply to americans who have been fully vaccinated. they guide safe activities mostly in small ...

Standing by. >> whether you call these adjustments, republicans can only afford to lose 21 g.o.p. votes, fox news has them somewhere in the low 30s. the big changes are freezing and unwinding the medicaid l expansion. conservatives are irate that since obamacare started, some 11 million able-bodied people with no children have signed up for medicaid. the previous bill would have allowed those people to keep signing up until 2020. the modified bill would freeze out but it would allow more generou...

Hard to make sure it passes. we go to trace gallagher, standing by. >> whether you call these adjustments, republicans can only afford to lose 21 g.o.p. votes, fox news has them somewhere in the low 30s. the big changes are freezing and unwinding the medicaid expansion. conservatives are irate that since obamacare started, some 11 million able-bodied people with no children have signed up for medicaid. the previous bill would have allowed those people to keep signing up until 2020. the modified ...

>> all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >> the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnns deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? >>...

Around the nation. all 14 democrats left for illinois. republicans figured a way around it with a modified bill. here is governor walker after he signed night law. >> this is ultimately about a commitment to the future. so our children dont face even dire consequences than what we face today. that is what this bill is all about. >> shep: critics say the law has nothing to do with fiscal issues because the unions made a concessions in the very beginning. it became about politics and all about uni...