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And brown, hispanic americans are overrepresented in essential jobs and that black communities have reported disproportionately worse impacts of the pandemic. meanwhile, disabled and immune compromised people feel a new lift on mask mandates will put them at increased risk. are people calling for a new reality, where we all simply live with the virus, not seeing the whole picture? >> well, no, i do think we have to embrace the new norm at, rev. covid is not going amp. it will dissipate in various parts of the country at different time tables. this is the new normal. there will be time periods ...

Joining the band wagon of easing covid restrictions, as all cases are continuing to drop across the country. you've got massachusetts and new york and rhode island and illinois all joined other states today in lifting mask mandates either in schools or indoor public spaces entirely. it now puts them frankly in conflict with the biden administration's guidance, which still calls for masking indoors. and that's regardless of vaccination status. the cdc director defended the agency's stance today. >> we are working on the guidance. we are working on, you know, following the trends for the moment....

End of quote. meanwhile, support up for masks and social distancing guideline dropped to 52% from 63% in september p how do you think president biden should respond? >> well, again, i want to applaud the president's team. i think they responded very effectively. i get their achilles' heel has been the fact they haven't been able to ramp up testing, as you and i have discussed in previous conversations. they are trying to balance the clear fatigue that the nation has with covid. they're trying to keep schools, you know, in education moving, because we know what a deleterious effect the major lo...

That flu circulated, over 70 years ago, obviously. we have to understand this is a new normal. we can get back to a more reasonable remembrance of the way things were pre-covid, but covid is not going away. we may need yearly vaccinations, just as we need vaccinations periodically for other things. like i said, there may be regional outbreaks with governors, mayors, deciding makers will have to reimpose mask mandates, but generally it's likely not to be as broad-based as what we've been living with in the last two years. >> there is growing exhaustion with the pandemic, there is a nationwide p...

Winter weather advisories for iowa all the way to the chicago metro area. for the south, a tornado watch. oklahoma, arkansas, into missouri into 8:00 p.m. local time. the storms fire up over the next few hours, last through the night, and move to the east. exiting the east coast later on tomorrow. bringing some heavy rain to the northeast. the biggest threat for severe weather tomorrow, alabama to west virginia, maybe some gusty winds. and ahead of the storm, record falling along the east coast, and we could do the same tomorrow. linsey? >> jeff, thank you. still ahead, news on easing covid ...