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Large crowds are celebrating mardi gras in new orleans this weekend, the masses, mostl maskless, as is much of the nation. >> we're finally going back into normal life. >> reporter: the c.d.c. now suggesting more than 70% of americans can stop wearing masks indoors, this prompted by a dramatic drop in covid cases from a january peak of 807,000 a day, to about 75,000. the government's new pandemic map showing county by county which areas have low, medium, and high risk rates. dr. peter hotez, a vaccine expert at texas children's hospital. >> i like the color-coding system to give people a sense...

Trends, so let's just take a listen to what the homeland security director jeh johnson said about this enhanced change. listen. >> this is general information for the public about the current threat environment, what we see, additional details, what your government is doing about it, and how the public can help. recent attacks and attempted attacks, internationally and in the homeland, warrant increased security as well as increased public vigilance and awareness. >> so, ron, let me ask you first off the impression of this new directive. do you think it's necessary, almost like the outdated co...

Putting on enough sunscreen. i think we should let people enjoy the weekend. instead of being on razor's edge that there may be a small terror attack in the united states. that's the most likely worst case. people have bigger problems to worry about. >> does intel have a format they follow based on the information that they get to bring us to this level of this reaction of preparedness? >> as you know we've never done a very -- the answer is yes at one level, we've never done a good job of establishing what threshold is the right one. the color coding system was widely mocked after 9/11. i did...

Potential terrorist threat is out there without any guarantee. but we also heard from the director of the fbi talk about potential terrorist sympathizers and isis sympathizers all over the country. that they're trying to track. so do we have a serious concern here in the u.s.? >> i tell you one of -- yes, we do have a serious concern. as we saw in garland, texas there are groups already in the united states that are ready to attack. and it didn't take them very long to muster up a plan in order to go into garland. what i have a real problem with this color coding system and the way that the mi...

truck bomb. officials say the focus seems to be on new york and washington but law enforcement around the country is on alert. we asked cnn national security contributor fran townsend how concerned we should be. >> most concerning to me we heard from commissioner kelly this morning the three individuals at least one of which is a u.s. citizen officials tell us they haven't identified. that is a very difficult problem. especially for the u.s. citizens. americans cross our borders easily. that is a real challenge for them and why you're hearing officials ask for the americans for help....