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And we are doing everything we can possibly do to stop it. >> and he mentioned the school going virtual. this is the heartbreaking thing about all of this. the restrictions were being lifted. those kids have only been in school for a few weeks. businesses in this area, especially restaurants, just allowed to open in the last few days. they're closed, ana. they're closed because of this protest. and as you heard, many people now saying it just absolutely has to end. >> paula newton in ottawa, thank you. georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams is pushing back after being criticized for t...

Georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams facing criticism of a picture of her maskless in front of a class that is masked. it is shameful they are using a back history month reading event for georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack, and it is pitiful and predictable that our opponents continue to look for opportunities to distract from their failed records when it comes to protecting public health during the pandemic. how do you think she did there? >> she wore her mask as everybody has opined since then, took it off for the photo, and realized that was a mistake.

Well, people look at that and says it doesn't make any sense. it's crazy. the broader picture of course bret is that the efficacy of these masks is really not particularly well established scientifically. they there have only been a couple of studies done related to this pandemic. there was also mixed at best. so you have the formula there for that picture becoming a powerful symbol of what makes people upset about all of this. >> bret: the abrams campaign says it's shameful that our opponents are using a black history month reading event for georgia children as impetus for false political att...

President trump and all of the key enablers around him. i'm not willing to let them off the hook because if we let them off the hook, it can and it will happen again. we have to be extremely clear and honest about them. communicate that relentlessly and say we're not going to let it happen on our watch. >> all right, congressman jason crow, thank you for the conversation tonight. >> thanks, pamela. stacy abrams, a democratic candidate for georgia governor, faces criticism tonight for what she didn't put on her face. these are pictures that both abrams and the principal of an atlanta-area ele...

Districts to make choices which is what a number of these states are doing. >> democrats embracing the change. the chair of the party's campaign arm tweeting democrats plan to fight covid is working. cases are down and vaccines. now it's time to give people their lives back with science as our guide we are ready to start getting back to normal. republicans say it's clear politics is the real guide. >> democrats have demonstrated to the world complete and utter up had hypocrites. the picture seen around the world of stacey abrams sitting there smiling ear to here, no mask, surrounded by childre...