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>> a stark difference there. matt gutman, how soon could the cdc update its mask guidance? >> reporter: david, health officials with whom i've spoken tonight say that the cdc could update that guidance as early as the end of the week. now, officials have been urging people to upgrade their masks since omicron, specifically moving away from those cloth masks. health officials also telling us today that they are ramping up production of n-95s to make those available to those who need them. david? >> matt gutman leading us off tonight. thank you, matt. you heard dr. fauci there talking about th...

Kn-95s, like this one. we can get these. and i think there are enough. furthermore, we don't know if any masks work right now. i want to point out something really important. the masks have not been tested against omicron, which is incredibly contagious. we don't know if they work at all. we have got admit that we can't keep saying do this, do, this and send something out in the mail like you are a mummy, and by the way where are the tests as you said at the beginning. we don't have the tests so i can tell who even has this variant. >> ainsley: dr. siegel, vanity fair had an article and it say...

Expressing what is happening. "the washington post" is reporting the cdc is considering updating their mask guidance to suggests that everybody use n 95 or kn 95 masks and just a few days ago they said cloth masks were still fine. so what is going on? this one is a kn 95. i think the n 95 i have is tougher to breathe in. what is going on here? >> if you can wear a kn 95 or n 95, if you can get it, it is absolutely the best protection. no question about it. nobody disputes that. the cdc doesn't dispute that. they hopefully will update guidance. every test that's been done shows this is what to ...

Does he mind doing it in pieces and parts? >> reporter: he's not going to lay out a strategy right now in front of the public. it gets done one on one with congress as we work on how to get it done. i'm not going to lay out a legislative strategy here in this very view. he will do everything in his power to get the pieces done because they are critically important. >> i want to leave one announcement the white house did make this morning is 400 million. did i get that number right? >> reporter: yes. n-95s. they will be available at community health centers and pharmacies and locations around t...

>> it was the biggest year of job growth in american history. >> we look to a year ago, only 1% of adults were fully vaccinated. 74% of adults are fully vaccinated now. 46% of schools were open a year ago, now 95%. >> of the president also recently announced plans coming soon to make high quality masks available to americans for free. it reignited the debate over what confuse a high quality mask after the cdc recommended use of n-95s but said any mask is better than no mask. and, of course, critics wonder how much it will pay off given that those masks will only be good for a couple of uses. b...