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Assistant professor of medicine at the university of illinois chicago. tell us a little more about the cdc decision. what does it mean for us in real time? >> well, the cdc advisory panel met yesterday and voted 11-1, with one abstention to recommend the authorization of this booster shot for kids ages 5-11. and just a short time after that the cdc director signed off. jose, there had been some debate about whether kids in this age group actually needed it, considering there's evidence that so many of them were infected during the winter omicron surge, and also because many parents reluctant t...

Border. grilling anthony fauci today. >> i'm asking you purely from a public safety standpoint, is it safe to rescind title 42. >> i think given the level of infection at the time, which is right now, i think the c.d.c. decision was a reasonable decision. >> reasonable decision. for now, republicans are stalling the covid aid package until they get a vote on keeping title 42. meanwhile, the acting i.c.e. director as you mentioned john is also asking congress right now for more cash, to support the surge of migrants expected once title 42 is lifted. so republicans say democrats need to get thei...

The CDC has decided to extend the face mask rule for the nation's planes, trains and buses for additional two weeks.

To critical infrastructure if so many essential employees are kept home too long? >> i do. and i applaud the cdc decision. i think it's important that we do not view the tools that we had in 2020 and 2021 relevant for the future. we know that vaccinated and boosted people that get infected are only having flu-like symptoms. so we snead to push the envelope to not focus on what is the best public health advice, but what is the best public helded eadv in a society that needs to move forward? i realize things are dark now but it will be better next year. >> on that optimistic note, we'll leave it...

Message isn't confusing, it's dangerous. >> the cdc should be loud and clear about implementation here because no worker should be forced to come to work when they are still sick. that is i believe what we are going to see here. we are very concerned about that. >> it is only going to lead to more illness, more cases. this is when you should be tightening your controls not lessening them. >> tonight dr. fauci was back on tv defending the cdc decision. >> what happens is you are isolated for five days. then if you are still asymptomatic at the end of the five days you can go out and do your job...