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Lets go to ar let saenz at the white house. what is dr. walensky doing to address the issue? can she regane confidence of the people in the building behind. >> you cdc director dr. walensky is trying to. and yesterday she held her first independent media briefing since the summer, telling reporters that she is committed to trying to continue to improve, eep as frustrations are mounting within the white house and the cdc regarding some of the messaging missteps that walensky has made. cnn learned...

When the cdc announced they were shortening the isolation period from 10 to 5 days. some confusion ensued in the days after. they eventually released more guidance relating a little bit to testing. but its coming at a time when americans lack for clarity how to live with this virus. now, the -- its not just the messaging problems that are coming under scrutiny. there are some scientists within the cdc, cnn has learned, who are also frustrated with how the guidance have come together, as walensky...

Everyone who wants them all kids over age of of 5 and adults able to be vaccinated. if you are vaccinated and boosted, the chance of becoming severely ill from omicron is extremely low. there is no reason for schools not to be open for in-person instruction at this point too. >> so do you think that georgia is maybe not going far enough and chicago is going too far in do you think its okay what theyre doing down in georgia, people testing positive but asymptomatic and going to school if masked? ...

Want more contact tracing. were all over the place in this country. so, my question is is how is the white house supposed to get the message right if everybody is just all over the place? >> well, the role of the cdc appear white house is to provide guidance that ideally everybody is supposed to follow. but right now we have two sides, if you will, neither side has it right. because on the one hand you have governors actively stopping the very protections that would actually help schools to reop...

Commissioner and analyst, a contributing columnist at the poev post. walensky got media training last fall to help with messaging struggles. was that a necessary step? does this go deeper than a messaging problem? i mean, i suspect it does. >> i think dr. walensky is an excellent communicator. i dont think that her communication style is the problem. the problem is the policy itself. i mean, you can have the best messenger. but if what theyre dealing with is a message thats problematic, that is ...

Averaging nearly 8 hup per day, fueling the debate playing out across the country when and how should students return to the classroom. right now sfunts in the third largest district are in limo. a zanl jaaf gone after the chicago teachers union voted to reach remotely and cancelling classes since wednesday. in georgia public school teachers and staff get this who test positive for covid no longer have to isolate before returning to work as long as they wear a mask. contact tracing is no longer ...

There was so much mis -- the misstep was not around the communication around the booster policy. it was are boosters needed in the first place? i think the cdc needs to have a hard reset, led by dr. walensky but ultimately sported and driven by the white house as well about what is the cdcs role, and how they get better at formulating policies in a transparent and accountable way? >> and dr. nguyen, i wonder if its a messaging issue or people not getting the message. i want to talk about schools...