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>> we just saw the presidents motorcade arrive at the palace. this meeting is after president biden assured the alliance will remain strong and continues to support a two-state solution while saying he does not believe this is something likely to happen in the short term. we are awaiting remarks in bethlehem. the president visited a palestinian run hospital in east jerusalem. here is what he said there. >> president biden: i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve...

Ill speak live with him later this hour. christine romans, thank you very much. cnn has learned that dr. rochelle walensky began media training months after she began working as the director of the cdc. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is joining us from the white house right now. jeremy, have officials there, what, grown frustrated with dr. walensky? >> reporter: well, wolf, criticism of the cdc and the -- and dr. rochelle walensky has grown to a fevered pitch after the new isolat...

But it is really important it to be regained right now. >> i have a good friend who was -- who came down with covid, got a positive test yesterday. hes in isolation at home right now. but heres the question. he asked me this. ill ask you because youre the expert. after five days, can he go out and about assuming he doesnt have any major symptoms or anything along those lines? does he actually need after ten days to get a test, which shows hes negative right now? because these guidelines from the...

Democratic media consultant, mandy grunwald, shes been doing that media training for several months now. we know dr. walensky is set to do her first solo press briefing since the summer to address some of the questions that she has been facing. but, really, it is not just about the messaging. it is also about the public health guidelines themselves and the way in which they have been crafted. i spoke with one cdc scientist who said it is also a problem with the process of crafting some of those ...

The fewest number of jobs added in any month of 2021. the unemployment rate, however, fell to 3.9%. thats the best it has been since the beginning of the pandemic. were going to have much more on that in just a moment. and later this hour, ill break down the numbers with the u.s. labor secretary marty walsh. were also watching a major courtroom in brunswick, georgia, where in the next hour a sentencing hearing begins for the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. were going to bring you...

Confusing the message that is coming out of the cdc, not the least of which is the idea that you should get a test, you know, before you actually leave isolation. the cdc director unfortunately seemed to really minimize the value of testing, saying, hey, look, theyre optional, if you get them, thats great, if it is positive, stay in isolation. maybe it is not disincentivizing testing, but it is not inc incentivizing it. wolf, you know, a couple of weeks down the line from now, how do you then re...

In brunswick, there are also federal hate crime charges that there will be a trial for. there was a plea deal offered to the family and we were told this morning by the attorney that ahmaud arberys family rejected that plea deal, saying that the expectation is they think that these three defendants will be given life without the possibility of parole and they would like to see those hate crime charges then go to trial. >> all right, diane, thank you very much. well get back to you. in the next h...

Of contagiousness does go down. you asked about day five, wolf, there. roughly a third of people, 31% are still considered contagious at day five. now, lets say your friend doesnt get a test, so, you know, he or she may not know whether they are contagious. now, thats a pretty significant number, pretty significant likelihood they could still potentially be spreading it to other people. despite the fact they have been in isolation for five days. thats where the testing i think is so important. a...

We have room we can improve in our communications of how we convey that science to the american people. we will continue to do so. >> reporter: but, wolf, administration officials told me and kaitlan collins it is not just the messaging of this, it is the way in which the guidelines are crafted, often by a small silo of aides around dr. walensky. one cdc scientist told me that the process of crafting these guidelines has really been shortened. dr. walensky focused on speeding up operations at th...

Changing science. but do you worry the cdc will lose the trust of the american people as a result of these frequent changes because as you and i well know, there is a lot of confusion out there. >> yeah, unfortunately, wolf, i do. i think we have seen some of that erosion of trust over the last couple of years for sure. and it is difficult to be sure to inject certainty into a very uncertain situation. but i think the transparency around these things is what is lacking . people understand that t...