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Declared a state of emergency today. to try to help alleviate the shortage. airlines canceling more than 900 flights again today because of covid staffing problems, as well as the weather. in d.c. today, the smithsonian was forced to close for different museums in the washington post is reporting that that is a large reason why the cdc shortened the isolation period with asymptomatic covid. for fear that so many people are about to pests positive that wants, that it could be impossible, literally impossible, to keep society functioning. today at the white house covid briefing, the nation's top...

We're already seen that across the country. in new york city, officials at the subway had to suspend an entire subway line. there were not enough people to drive the trains around this city. in cincinnati, there are so many firefighters out because of covid that the city there had to declare a state of emergency today to try and help alleviate the shortage. airlines cancelling more than 900 flights again today due to covid staffing problems as well as the weather. in dc today, the smithsonian was forced to close four different museums. that is a large reason why the cdc shortened the quarantin...

0 now, the white house repeatedly has warned russia over the last few weeks that a russian invasion of ukraine would have severe, severe diplomatic and economic consequences. what did administration official told politicaltratio official told politica will come in the midst of a, quote, moment of crisis between the two nations. we'll have a lot more on that coming up later in the show.ha but we start tonight with a moment of crisis of our own right here at home.a take a look at this map. this is a map tracking community transmission of covid across alt 50 states. blue and yellow there on the...

They say the range of uncertainty is reduced as more data is collected. health officials say cutting isolation time for covid patients was necessary to keep society functioning. >> there is a danger that there will be so many people who are being isolated who are asymptomatic for the full 10 days that you could have a major negative impact on our ability to keep society running. >> nation's largest nursing union says cutting isolation from 10 days to five days will endanger patients. the cdc hid says its decision was driven by several factors including the behavioral science. >> well, so it re...

Questions that we're going to be asking in this briefing in the next hour, chris. >> a lot of questions, dr. patel. so much confusion over the cdc's new guidelines shortening quarantine procedures for those with covid and exposed to it. i want to read what a senior health official told "the washington post." they worried that the sheer volumes of infections could mean that tens of thousands of police, firefighters, grocery workers, and other essential employees would be out of work, making it challenging to keep society functioning. even though many of the infections would be mild or produce n...