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Youve seen when governors have been here at the white house in recent weeks have asked the white house for guidance on how to move into this phase of the pandemic and what them should do. when it comes to that guidance the cdc says they are working on it but are not ready to make it public yet. >> when it comes to masking should people be listening to the cdc or to their governors? >> kaitlan, weve always said these decisions are going to have to be made at the local level and that policies at t...

One is that each state is kind of in a different phase of this wave. new york was hit early on so its cases have dropped down a lot further, a lot faster than some other places that were a bit later in this omicron wave and they havent gone all the way down. they say variations state by state and local level by local level depending on what the cases are. the cdc is maintaining that people should continue to wear masks in areas with highest substantial transmission. at this point the overwhelmin...

We said it wasnt partly driven by public sentiment and politics. thats probably what is happening, yeah? >> thats exactly right. i think its key here to see who is making these decisions. this is not the cdc. the cdc has said, wait a minute. and dr. fauci is saying there is a new phase coming. we have hope on the horizon. i understand the frustration, but it just feels like were getting a little bit ahead of ourselves, kate. >> lets focus specifically on schools. always i mentioned, youre a pede...

Soon follow suit. we saw the cases with the omicron variant skyrocket. and they crash down quickly, as from the beginning. 32,000 new jerseyans died from the coronavirus since the beginning of this thing. it signals a new start. del delaware, lifting the universal mask mandate. friday, and new jersey looking into march, and lifting that mask mandate for schools. we are in a new phase, bumping our way forward. >> its a bipartisan one, right? it started as a red state move. its becoming one where ...

The second the political polarization came about. we need to move to a point now as we get to endemic phase will be respect one another. if someone is on vaccinated we dont make fun of them, we dont mock them we dont single them out or farther from a job. we do not know if they have natural immunity which is more protective against hospitalization then vaccinated immunity. we dont know if they have a medical exemption so we need to respect each other. >> speaking of the truckers in this particul...

Mandate for businesses. however, the mandate will remain in effect in schools for now. similar states have instituted similar rollbacks. athena jones is tracking all of this. what are you seeing, athena >> reporter: good morning, brianna. tremendous progress in cases. cases down 90% since january. the governor said it is time for the new phase of the pandemic. businesses that dont require proof of vaccination will no longer have to require masks. now, individual businesses, cities and counties c...

Excessively angry? >> no. no. >> the showdown was set for october 22nd, 2018, the first day of madisons murder trial. >> this is the start of war, you know? >> madison, who had always been so convinced he would be found not guilty, was worried. hed found a new girlfriend while out on bond and told her this -- >> if this goes downhill, i would have two life sentences, be in prison for the rest of my life. and i was like, its okay. like, if you dont want to be with me anymore, you can go. that was...

Given the west time to get organized, time to prepare sanctions, time to close embassies, arm the ukrainians and time to move troops to the eastern flank, this is been a master stroke by the biden administration and winning this decisive phase zero. >> you served as moscow bureau chief for the washington post, peter. after covering big putin for years, let me ask you, have you seen -- him building capabilities, we know the level of concern is extraordinarily high. does that mean hes made his dec...

Was reason to be optimism, reason to keep the process going rather than -- rather than, you know, put putin in a corner which he didnt do, john. >> significant. nic robertson, thank you very much for that. perspective from two experts on the situation in eastern europe, a foreigner cnn moscow bureau chief and now a adjunct professor at georgetown. and wesley clark, form remember nato supreme allied commander. general clark, u.s. intelligence estimates say putin has about 70% of the military pers...

Business practices. but the former president mplans to appeal. an were standing by for california to unveil the next phase of his covid response shifting to an end emic approach, taking a leading role in the accelerating push to return to normal. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this hour with president bidens most urgent warning yet that a russian...