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particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. we ve been talking about this idea for some time. it s now official from the cdc. but they re specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. that s for elementary school students. so that s going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and high school students, they should still maintain at least six feet apart if the community tr transmission in their community is high. so making a difference between older and younger students. for all elementary schools, regardless where you live in the country, guidance is now going to be three feet. but if you happen to live in a community where community transmission is high still, at about 41% roughly of counties in the united states do have high transmission, if you live in one of ....
more anxious and less confident as people, but there have been gains, too. we listen to the birdsong more, we speak to neighbours that we didn t previously know, we are more connected to our surroundings and our communities. for some, the pandemic has meant new roots. sam walker and family moved house for more space. when we were in london, we lived in an upstairs maisonette. we were inside the flat, you know, with no outside space apart from a really small balcony that we had, so that really was the motivation to get a house with a garden. sam is a make up artist who s seen all her work disappear. it s changed her as a person. before, i had a lot more focus on my work and my career, and that has flipped 100%. you know, so now i realise, you know, where i get my values from, my family and my home. did you feel lonely? a little bit, because i didn t have as many people around me, - because i was used to, like, as we were going to school, i was used to having quite a lo ....
off the table. explosive hearing on capitol hill where chip roy invoked lynchings and railed against china, prompting a very emotional congresswoman grace ming to accuse him of, quote, putting a bulls eye on the backs of asian americans. congresswoman grace meng is standing by live. we ll discuss with her in a few minutes. we re also following new video released by the fbi showing some of the most violent attack on capitol police during the january 6th capitol siege. they include rioters beating police with metal poles, stolen shields and doucing them with chemical sprays. we ll share that video with you. that s coming up. first, let s go straight to atlanta where ryan young is joining us. ryan, atlanta s deputy police chief is stressing that this investigation is clearly ongoing. reporter: yeah, wolf. we ve been learning new details from the atlanta police department. they are stressing the fact that they are going through this as a separate investigation. they sti ....
asian. news of the shooting sparked a new round of fear, a fresh round of fear across the country given the rise of anti-asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic. the white house says president biden is monitoring the developments out of georgia. attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray are set to brief the president on these developments throughout the day. let s start this hour in georgia with the latest from the shooting scene. ryan young is joining me right now. ryan, that police briefing just wrapped up. they did release quite a lot of information. reporter: kate, i m just surprised by how much information we ve gotten so far in this case. you can really see the coordination that was involved in bringing the suspect to justice in terms of being able to capture him yesterday. this entire area was put on alert after the shootings occurred. we are standing in atlanta. the original shooting happened in cherokee county which is about 47 mi ....
arrest, there s still a lot more work to be done. we re just not there as of yet. during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. more on that tragedy in a few moments, but we begin with a sweeping and news-making new interview with president biden, his message to vaccine hesitant americans, quote, be patriots. the president also says he won t let senate procedures stand in the way of his agenda but he proposes changing the filibuster and not getting rid of it. and stern words for vladimir putin. he would pay a price. i said i looked in our eyes and i don t think you have a soul, and he looked back and said i think we understand each other. i have dealt with a lot of foreign leaders in my career, it s just know the other guy. you know vladimir putin and you think he s a killer? uh-huh, i do. what price must he pay? a price he will pay well, you will see shortly. the president said his message to migrants ....