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>> very important conversation as the school year approaches. dasha burns in north carolina. thank you as always. just a few hours ago atlanta public schools announced that masks will be required for all students and staff when the school year begins on august 5th, regardless of vaccination status. covid testing and vaccines will continue to be offered to help mitigate the spread. joining me now are senior scholar at the johns hopkins and the chair of the atlanta board of education. tell us what pushed the board to make this decision to require masks for all when we're not seeing that direct...

Georgia. take georgia, for example. just got off the phone not too long ago with a representative from the atlanta school district. up until this point atlanta has said you need to wear a mask in order to come to school. we don't care what the governor is saying, what state is saying. we're the district here. we're saying you need to wear mask. i asked them about this new guidance. they said they will be taking that into account when they make their new guidance for the upcoming school year. classes start august 5th. that hasn't come out yet but they are about to release it. it could come as s...

We haven't even hit july 4th. thinking about back to school seems terrible but do you have to think about in t in some parts of the country, for example atlanta, where the first day is august 5th. so let's look at a calendar and you'll see what i mean. it is sobering. for places like atlanta and many other school systems the first day of school is august 5th. if you back time, in order to for your child to be fully vaccinated, this is kids 12 and older, they would have to get their second shot on july 22nd which means that they have to get their first shot on july 1st because this is pfizer an...

Unvaccinated people. the only conclusion you can draw from that, get yourself vaccinated. if you want to get your children vaccinated, ages 12 and up, we have been looking at a calendar andic l looking at data and itsr not the fourth of july weekend and you have to start now, really this week, in some parts of the country. that's because in some parts of the country they start school quite early, for example. in atlanta, georgia, august 5th. let's take a look at a calendar and this will sort of lay it all out there. so, july 1st is this week. august 5th is the first day of school for places li...

President trump's phone call with president zelensky, mr. duffy put the three-pronged plan into motion. when he sent ant email to senior d.o.d. officials copying sandy. the email is in front of you. in this email duffy stated, quote, based on the guideness a i have received and in light of the assistance of the administration for ukraine, please hold off any of the obligationings of these funds pending direction from the process. given the sensitive nature of the request, i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute the direction. so in other word...