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The development of a coal mine in a protected area in one of the country’s Strategic Water Source Areas is being challenged in the Pretoria High Court.

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History here. but it's not guaranteed that you have an absolute wipeout. it's far from guaranteed that democrats lose the senate. their goal has to be to kind of avoid the worst. again, if you look at abortion, guns, gender, and now this, it gives them at least something to work with in trying to do that. >> so let's talk about the bench marks. i know that the average midterm loss for the party, president's party, is 27 seats since the second world war. i'm not asking to handicap that precisely. if drug prices are reduced, does that act as a counter to the president? >> yes, pricing are coming...

Masking. it would be reasonable to have a conversation at this point about when can we remove indoor masking including in schools for example. if kids are vaccinatedor if there is regular testing, could masks go. i think that would be really asonable. and this really should not be a political issue. now we're seeing people on both sides treating it as if it is. we need to have a reasoned conversation, establish the bench marks for whenth the understanding they may need to come back if we have a new more threatening variant in the future but let people manage their own risks especially because ...

>> reporter: why the change? the now dominant omicron variant spreads faster but causes more mild disease. plus, vaccines and therapeutics are now widely available. >> anybody is welcome to wear a mask any time if they feel safer wearing a mask. >> reporter: previously the cdc was saying 99% of us should be masking up indoors, based purely on county level transmission rates. from now on, they'll use hospitalization rates and beds available as the bench marks. many states and counties have been ditching mask mandates anyway. oregon just set a knew date, march 19th, masks optional. >> we still f...