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Dr. anthony fauci having to do some cleanup today on confusion that he created about where the united states stands right now with the covid-19 pandemic. this is what he said last night on pbs news hour. >> we are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. namely we dont have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. we are at a low level right now. >> okay, by saying this country is out of the pandemic phase a lo...

Shelling. what are the types of targets russians are hitting in this new round? >> reporter: well, i think more generally in this new round of conflict theyre hitting, as weve seen in mariupol before what they declared was the second phase being launched, theyre hitting civilian targets overwhelmingly, i think. certainly in sarava donetsk they were hitting the hospital and they were hitting, we saw the evidence of this all over the town, banks, street corners, trees were felled, coffee shops, pe...

Different phase of the pandemic, a phase thats a transition phase hopefully headed toward more of a control where you can actually get back to some form of normality without total disruption of society, economically, socially, school-wise, et cetera." to hammer home his point fauci noting covid cases are trending upward again but nothing like the omicron wave over the winter. russia escalating the rhetoric over ukraine to alarming new levels. putin now vowing a lightening fast response to anyo...

Ukraine is acknowledging the gains made by russia. they also repelling russians in the donbas. how critical is this phase of the war right now? >> well, if putin makes a major gain, he will tout this as a victory and gives a reason to go on. if ukrainians manage to prevent from making major gains, he will beat out his hands and this will hasten the end of the war as the russians recognize they cannot win. if they can take major city or two, its a small sdicity but t will be a victory for putin. ...

Sam, throughout your piece you could hear near constant shelling. what are the types of targets the russians are hitting in this new round? >> reporter: well, i think more generally in this new round of conflict theyre hitting, as weve seen in mariupol before what they declared was the second phase being launched, theyre hitting civilian targets overwhelmingly, i think. certainly in sarava donetsk they were hitting the hospital and they were hitting -- and we saw the evidence of this all over th...

>> the presidents chief medica advisor, dr. anthony pouch he i facing a fresh round of criticism after walking the comments he made tuesday that the us is out of the pandemic phase of coronavirus. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. >> that paid internet could be just a simple case of pandemic whiplash because i just interested do say into said apparently over. >> we are certainly frightened now in this country out of the pandemic phase. but hold the celebration becaus five wednesday ...

But since were in a different moment now, beyond the intense phase of the pandemic, maybe people as andrew said will be able to go to nightclubs and restaurants and sporting events and fit time in to coming into the office. >> well, that is possible. definitely going to nightclubs and restaurants right now. and theyre also definitely getting covid still. the vice president has it. anthony fauci is not going to the white house correspondents dinner this weekend but the president is, peter baker. ...

I think we need greater overnight. i think a lot of the misconduct you see in a lot of police departments are becoming more surrep surreptitious. i think we need more facets within policing to ensure we ultimately its the policing community relationship being fractured based on these messages being amplified to the public. >> fixable problem? >> i think its fixable however we need the appropriate elected officials in place to pull the charge and handle to ensure that this happens. >> thank you b...

The white house correspondents dinner over covid fears. but at the same timeouen saying that were out of the pandemic phase. reconcilehe these remarks. how close arere we to the end of this pandemic? well, thats an unanswerable question for the following u reason and i dont want to be evasive about it, but let meb tell you i why im giving j that answer, judy.we we are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase, namely we dont have nine hundred thousand new infections a day and...

Now back in the u.s. and major news on the pandemic. moderna asking the fda to authorize its covid vaccine for kids as young as 6 months old. breaking this morning -- new numbers from the government finding the u.s. economy shrank in the first three months of 2022. well take a look at whats going on. and we begin with president biden expected to ask congress to fund a new aid package for ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the matter. joining us with more is nbc white house cor...