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Jeff. >> thank you, doctors. and with that, let's open it up for some questions. >> all right. we have been watching and listening to the white house covid-19 response briefing. we just heard from dr. fauci there, and before that dr. walensky who runs the cdc. i want to bring in a doctor from st. joseph health. he is a professor of medicine at rutgers and new york medical college, also the author of "immunity strong". he's been listening to the briefing with us. doctor, we've heard a lot about the cdc isolation guidance. this morning the cdc announcing that the guidance to now -- to say that c...

Covid response briefing next hour. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, heidi przybyla, from mcclain, virginia, who broke that story. and dr. ebony hilton, a professor of critical care medicine at the university of virginia and also an msnbc medical contributor. heidi, what more can you tell us about the cdc's plans coming up. >> reporter: yeah, jose, this is just the first part of many considerations that will need to be made as we enter this new phase of covid, which is learning to live with it. the cdc is looking at the criteria that they use to determine when people should mask up. ...

>> we are going to keep our ear on today's covid-19 response briefing. we are told president biden at this hour is set to deliver remarks on afghanistan. let's bring in mike memoli, and admiral james stravdus. let's talk about what we expect president biden to say. our reporting is he's going to stick to this august 31st deadline for a full withdrawal from afghanistan with contingency planning in place to stay longer if the mission requires it. >> to use the word that white house officials use often, this is still a very dynamic situation. all accounts at this stage are

Over 9,300 new cases of covid-19. >> okay. there you have it. we have been listening and watching the covid-19 response briefing. big news there from the response team on a global vaccination plan. i want to bring back mike memoli at white house, dr. badelia back with us. mike, we heard them lay out who is going to get the doses first. a million doses headed to south korea, it would seem, tonight. sounds like those are going to be on a plane tonight. the timing here, mike memoli, i think it probably should be noted that this comes ahead of the president's foreign trip, the g7 next week. vice p...